Where Your Outdoor Adventure Begins
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What is Orienteering?
The simple answer would be that it is one of the greatest outdoor activities which involves the mind and body and helps people to connect with nature by building confidence and competence to be outside. Participants navigate (mostly running or walking) to a series of checkpoints marked on a map. The goal is to find each point, and if you are competitive, to do so as quickly as you can. Orienteering is perfect for anyone seeking to add some outdoor adventure to their life. It is super fun because of the cognitive aspect of route finding and decision making, which always brings a new perspective. Anyone can participate regardless of experience, ability or age and it is very family oriented. At the same time it is a challenging sport for runners or adventure racers with a competitive edge. The sport of orienteering started in Scandinavia over a hundred years ago and has since spread throughout the world with international events and established World Championships. A map, a forest and you. What could be better? |
UPCOMING EVENTS 2023
The ParticipACTION Community Challenge returns to help everyone enjoy the many physical and mental benefits of getting active together! Join AOA in the movement to build stronger, healthier and more active communities across Canada. For more information about our event, please click on the cities below.
Please contact us if your group would like to book a session to introduce orienteering for outdoor recreation to your community. |
We are thankful for the ParticipACTION Community Challenge Grant to help us organize free outdoor activities for everyone.
Funded by the Government of Canada’s Community Sport for All Initiative, the ParticipACTION Community Challenge grants support community organizations in removing barriers and increasing physical activity and sport participation and retention for equity-deserving groups. Anyone can participate in the ParticipACTION Community Challenge by downloading and tracking their movement in the free ParticipACTION app from June 1-30, or by joining local activities like our own events. The ParticipACTION Community Challenge is proudly supported by the Government of Canada, Saputo and Sun Life. |
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