Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations

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Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario
Executive Director
Shamus Bourdon
Website http://www.ofsaa.on.ca

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.

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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.

Unlike other of Canada's provincial high school athletics associations, the OFSAA is not an affiliate member of the United States–based National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).

Sports offered by OFSAA

OFSAA members associations

Football bowl games

Eastern Bowl, Metro Bowl, National Capital Bowl, Golden Horseshoe Bowl, Simcoe Bowl, Independent Bowl, Central Bowl, Northern Bowl, Western Bowl

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