The Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) is an organization of student-athletes, teacher-coaches, student-coaches, teachers, principals, and sport administrators in
Ontario, Canada. OFSAA is the second largest high school athletic association in North America, second only to the
California Interscholastic Federation.
Approximately 270,000 students and 16,000 teacher-coaches participate in school sport in Ontario. Every individual who is involved in school sport is a member of OFSAA. The group's primary responsibility is to work with volunteer teacher-coaches to provide provincial championships for Ontario's student-athletes, and also deal with issues that affect students, coaches, schools and communities, such as drug-free sport, equity, fair play, and safe schools.
As with all of Canada's provincial high school athletics associations, the OFSAA is an affiliate member of the United States-based
National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
Sports offered by OFSAA
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Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...
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Badminton
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross country
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Curling
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Field hockey
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Field lacrosse
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Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
(Bowl game festival only)
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Golf
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Gymnastics
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Hockey
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Nordic skiing
Nordic skiing encompasses the various types of skiing in which the toe of the ski boot is fixed to the Ski binding, binding in a manner that allows the heel to rise off the ski, unlike alpine skiing, where the boot is attached to the ski from toe ...
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Rugby union
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Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
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Snowboarding
Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...
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Swimming
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Tennis
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Track and field
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Volleyball
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Wrestling
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OFSAA members associations
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Central Ontario Secondary Schools Association (COSSA)
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Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association (CWOSSA)
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Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario Athletic Association (CISAA)
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Eastern Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association (EOSSAA)
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Georgian Bay Secondary Schools Association (GBSSA)
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Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference (GHAC)
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Lake Ontario Secondary School Athletics (LOSSA)
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National Capital Secondary Schools Athletic Association
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, ce ...
(NCSSAA)
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North Eastern Ontario Athletic Association (NEOAA)
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Northern Ontario Secondary Schools Association (NOSSA)
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North Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association (NWOSSAA)
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Region of Peel Secondary Schools Athletic Association (ROPSSAA)
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Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association (SOSSA)
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South Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association (SWOSSAA)
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Toronto District College Athletic Association (TDCAA)
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Toronto District Secondary School Athletic Association (TDSSAA)
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Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association (WOSSAA)
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York Region Athletic Association (YRAA)
Football bowl games
Eastern Bowl,
Metro Bowl
The Metro Bowl has traditionally been the championship game for Secondary School football teams in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, from 1982 until 2012. The game was revived by the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations beginning in ...
, National Capital Bowl, Golden Horseshoe Bowl, Simcoe Bowl, Independent Bowl, Central Bowl, Northern Bowl, Western Bowl
External links
Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations
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High school football in Canada
