Alpine Canada is the national governing body for alpine ski racing, para-alpine and ski cross in Canada. Alpine Canada represents coaches, officials, supporters and athletes, including the racers of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team, Canadian Ski Cross Team and the Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team. Alpine Canada is also involved in promoting participation within Canada's four million recreational skiers. With the support of valued corporate partners along with the Government of Canada, Own the Podium and the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committees, Alpine Canada develops Olympic, Paralympic, world championship and World Cup medallists to stimulate visibility, inspiration and growth in the ski community.
Goals
Alpine Canada’s mission is to inspire excellence at every level to build the best ski nation in the world. Thus, its involvement in skiing is broad by nature, encompassing national, provincial and regional teams, while promoting at the same time ski racing to the general population, the majority of its focus is result based, which means that a lot of effort is put on developing material and structures with the goal of developing the potential of elite level skiers for Canada.
Organization
Alpine Canada Alpin was registered with Canadian Revenue Agency as a Canadian amateur athletic association ; therefore, they can issue official donation receipts and are eligible to receive gifts from registered charities since 1992-04-01.
Canadian Alpine Ski Team
The Canadian Alpine Ski Team comprises athletes who’s focus is to compete at the World Cup|World Cup, World Championship and Olympic levels. Both men and women operate as separate national teams each with respective coaching staff. Athletes on the team compete in a range of disciplines, some competing in technical, some in speed, and a few in both. Alpine Canada’s rich history of champions dates back to the 1950s, as athletes on today’s teams continue to chase the podium. To date, Canadian alpine athletes have earned more than 90 world cup, world championship and Olympic medals.
Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team
The Para-Alpine ski team comprises both female and male athletes in three main classification categories: visually impaired, standing and sitting. Para-alpine athletes compete in five core disciplines,. Para-alpine skiing is governed by the International Paralympic Committee through the International Paralympic Alpine Skiing Committee. Canada is known as a dominating team on the international stage in all categories, and the team continues to collect medals and do our country proud at World Cups, World Championships and Paralympic Games.
Canadian Ski Cross Team
The Canadian Ski Cross Team is the newest addition to the Alpine Canada family joining the organization in 2010. The Canadian Ski Cross Team is made up of men and women who compete in heats. Four athletes race head to head downthe course, with the top two from each heat advancing to the next round. Canada has some of the sport’s biggest stars and continues to develop athletes who are able to compete with the best in the world. As a team that does not shy away from the podium at every level, the Canadians have established themselves as arguably the best ski cross nation in the world.
Provincial and Territorial Sport Organization (PTSO)
