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Catalogue no. 81-595-M no. 060

Frequency: Occasional

ISBN 978-0-662-47648-1

ISSN 1711-831X

Ottawa

Acknowledgements

This report was funded by Sport Canada of the Department of Canadian Heritage, our project sponsors. Data used in the report are compiled by the staff of Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division of Statistics Canada, under the direction of Marcel Béchard. We are grateful for their significant and valuable contributions. A special thank you is extended to Danielle Baum and Alice Peters for their indispensable help in reviewing the text and for preparing the manuscript for publication. Finally, the assistance of the following people was valuable to the production of this report: Joanne Kay, Mary Cromie, Ferhana Ansari, Jocelyne Lepage, Jacques Ewoudou, Susan Moore and Erika Dugas. Their advice and feedback helped structure the research paper.

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