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Message from Frances Mercer – Ottawa Sport Council Executive Director: Already 2 months into a busy 2026 and motivated with a phenomenal year ahead for sport in Ottawa. Sport is special, it has this ability to weave into our neighbourhoods, parks, schools and centres. Sport is a benefit for so many – it builds, it […]

The Ottawa Sport Council is pleased to introduce Andrew DiMillo as our latest Community Sport Hero! As Program Director/Founder of Ottawa Next Level-X and President/Founder of the National Capital Hoops Circuit, DiMillo has expanded and brought basketball opportunities to Ottawa while making high-level basketball more accessible. “The way that Andrew has not just progressed the […]

A copy of the final report of the Ottawa Basketball Sport Hosting Improvement Business Case is now available for download. The report is a strategic recommendation that represents the needs of the basketball community to inform City-led strategies that establish key supports for the growth of basketball. [...]

With the calendar turning to 2026, we take a look back on an amazing 2025 for the Ottawa Sport Council in our mission to Champion, Educate and Connect community sport. Have a look through the images below for the highlights. We thank everyone involved in local sport for all your efforts in 2025 and look […]

Save the Date! January 28th, 2026 Ottawa Sport Council will host a one-hour Strong Grant Applications webinar to start your 2026 grant writing journey off to a great start. Ottawa Sport Council continues to champion, educate and connect the community sport sector to a variety of grant funding opportunities throughout the year through the OSC Newsletter and our social media channels. To support this further we are excited to have Tais McNeill of Ottawa Community Foundation provide key educational pieces...

The Ottawa Sport Council is pleased to introduce Greg Rampley as our latest Community Sport Hero! Greg and his family moved to Ottawa in January 2011 and he rapidly immersed himself in a range of volunteer roles in local lacrosse and basketball, including coach, director, scheduler and president of the Gloucester Lacrosse Association and Ontario Zone 5. [...}

Thank you very much to everyone who attended and made the Ottawa Sport Council's 11th annual Ottawa Sport Summit a great success! We'd to share our feedback survey, a highlight video, an event recap, post-event resources, and opportunities to stay connected and donate to the Ottawa Sport Council Foundation. [...]

The Ottawa Sport Council is pleased to introduce Dave Mainwood as our latest Community Sport Hero! Set to start his 49th season coaching local ringette, Dave has just about seen it all in his storied career, but this year will nonetheless offer something new when the Eastern Ontario Capitals debut in the National Ringette League. […]

The Ottawa Sport Council, in collaboration with its partners, is building a report that represents the opinions and interests of the basketball community in the Ottawa region.  This report will then be shared with the City of Ottawa and others to advance future planning and strategy development pertaining to basketball. We invite members of the […]

The Ottawa Sport Council is pleased to announce that Prezdential Basketball and Trips For Kids Ottawa are the 2025 recipients of the Ottawa Sport Council Foundation Community Opportunity Grant. Each group will receive $2,000 towards programs which support accessibility and inclusivity of children and youth from underrepresented and marginalized populations facing socio-economic barriers [...]