Section 4: Allocating Cards to Eligible NSOs

This section describes the policy and procedures Sport Canada follows to allocate cards to eligible National Sport Organizations (NSOs).

4.1 Policy

AAP cards are allocated to the following types of sports:

  • Olympic sports
  • Paralympic sports
  • Non-Olympic sports

There are three kinds of cards in the AAP, as follows:

  • Senior International Cards (SR1 and SR2 Cards)
  • Senior National Cards (SR and C1 Cards)
  • Development Cards (D Cards)

Card quotas are allocated to NSOs as an equivalent number of Senior Cards (International or National). The quota will include Senior International (SR1/SR2) Cards.

NSOs are permitted to allocate their card quota as Senior International, Senior National, or Development Cards, according to NSO carding criteria. A C1 Card is considered a full SR Card for the purposes of the quota, and two SR Cards are considered equivalent to three D Cards.
 
Given the issues surrounding the Paralympic classification system and the plethora of Paralympic events in a single sport, the quota system for Paralympic sports is, of necessity, different from that for Olympic sports.

Given the differences between them, individual and team sports are handled in disparate and distinct ways.  Given the priority placed on Olympic sports, the quota system for Olympic sports is, of necessity, different from that for non-Olympic sports.

4.2 Procedures

The allocation of AAP cards is determined by

  • an objective process; and
  • a sport-review process.

Objective process.

The objective process used to allocate cards to eligible NSOs takes the following into account:

  • The technical needs of the sports, as determined by Sport Canada; and
  • The results of the Olympics/Paralympics and World Championships in the 4-year period before the allocation exercise.

Sport-Review Process

The sport-review process takes into consideration factors that the objective process cannot adequately capture.

Each eligible NSO is reviewed to determine whether it should receive more AAP cards than the objective process alone would suggest. The review consists of an assessment that may include but is not restricted to the following:

  • The number of entries allowed per country in events on the Olympic program (1, 2, or 3);
  • The sport’s potential to contribute to Canadian goals at future Olympic and Paralympic Games; and
  • The quality of the national team program.

The results of processes such as the Olympic and Paralympic sport-review process and the SFAF High Performance Sport Assessment may be taken into account in the sport-review process.

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