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Paddle Canada and the Boating Community

On the Water, We Are a Community

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Paddlers in the wild

  • Current Strokes, our newsletter has over 35,000 subscribers
  • Almost 70,000 names in our database
  • 10,000 are or were instructors
  • Countless Facebook groups
  • 12 paddling organizations across the country
  • Clubs, schools, camps and more

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Photo: David Donaldson

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Who is Paddle Canada?

Our Mission Statement

Our mission is to promote, educate and support the recreational paddling community, paddling instructors, and partners.

Who are we?

Paddle Canada is a community of trusted leaders that inspires connections to Canadians and nature through paddling

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Photo: Matt DeLong

Photo: Jennifer Kane

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1,700 Instructors

12 Directors

70 volunteers

2 staff

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Photos: Colin Freeland, Gabes Images, Chris Pater, Valerie Turcotte

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Over the past 15 years, we have reported almost 30,000 clinics and courses taught to over 100,000 people.

Photo: Adam Zita

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What can we offer this community?

Photo: Stephane Burns

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Wear you PFD

Paddle Sober

Take a course

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Be prepared

Be cold water safe

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What we need from this community

Photo: Natalia Kouznetsova

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The future of every community lies in capturing the passion, imagination and resources of its people

-Ernesto Sirolli

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THANK YOU

www.paddlecanada.com

michelle@paddlecanada.com

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