Community Challenge: congratulations to the winners and thank you Sutton!

ParticipACTION today announced the results of the 2023 Community Challenge: the town of Salisbury, New Brunswick, is crowned the most active community in Canada, receiving $100,000, while the city of Montreal becomes the most active community in Quebec, receiving $15,000. Congratulations to the winners!

Award-winning communities by province and territory:

  • Barriere, British Columbia
  • Red Deer, Alberta
  • Regina, Saskatchewan
  • Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • North Grenville, Ontario
  • Montreal, Quebec
  • Inverness, Nova Scotia
  • Tignish, Prince Edward Island
  • Lourdes, Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Haines Junction, Yukon
  • Hay River, Northwest Territories
  • Iqaluit, Nunavut

Town of Sutton proud finalist

Even if we didn’t win, the community of Sutton participated brilliantly again this year in the challenge, accumulating a very good score of 3.4 million active minutes! 

Thanks to the participation of over 250 residents and 17 organizations, Sutton maintained its place in Quebec’s top 5 throughout the month of June, neck and neck with the province’s four largest cities: Montreal, Quebec City, Laval and Gatineau.

Thanks to the organizing committee

The Town of Sutton would like to thank the representatives of the following organizations for their involvement in this year’s event: COOP gym santé Sutton, Parc d’environnement naturel de Sutton (PENS), Plein air Sutton/MTB, Club de curling Sutton, École de Sutton and Corporation de développement économique de Sutton. Thanks to their dynamism, the committee was able to put together a great program that kept people moving throughout the month of June.

Congratulations to all participants!

Link to ParticipACTION 2023 Community Challenge’s results
Read the ParticipACTION press release

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