Apply for a Yukon High Performance Athlete Assistance Program grant

A high performance level athlete may apply. They must have results that show if they were living and competing in a province, they would be on that provincial team.

Senior and masters athletes are not eligible.

How much funding do we provide?

An athlete may be eligible for up to $7,000 in funding per year.

What can an athlete use the funding for?

The funding can help offset training and competition expenses.

We may consider basic cost-of-living expenses if an athlete had to move outside of the Yukon to train or compete.

How do we award funding?

Funding depends on:

• the amount of funds available; and
• the number of applications received.

You must reapply every year.

Can you appeal the funding decision?

No, funding decisions are final.

• A Canadian citizen.
• A permanent resident of Canada.
• A person whose family is in Canada on a work visa, for at least 12 months prior to deadline of submission.
• Be a resident of the Yukon 6 months before the submission deadline.
• If attending an educational institution outside of the Yukon, the applicant must have Yukon resident status.
• Athletes must apply on an individual basis.
• Individual players from team sports.
• Be a member in good standing of a recognized Yukon sport governing body (YSGB), if one exists.
• Adhere to all major games, YSGB and national sport organizations competition codes of conduct.
• Have been eligible to compete as a Yukon athlete in the previous competitive season.
• Be eligible to compete for and represent Yukon in inter-provincial competitions.
• Must compete for the Yukon, if their program allows, at the Western Canada Games and Canada Games
• Be on a formal 12-month training and competition program agreed to and monitored by the YSGB, coaches, and athlete.
• Have shown potential for:
  • a national ranking; and/or
  • achieved national ranking; or
  • placement in recognized territorial, provincial, national, international competitions.
• Be willing and voluntarily submit to prescribed testing for banned or illegal substances when requested by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, SARB, YSGB, NSO, or competition organizers.
• Be willing, upon reasonable request, to share their knowledge and experience with other developing athletes by participating in at least 1 opportunity of giving back.

Athletes considering a path to the National Collegiate Athletic Association must be aware of the requirements to declare such funding.

1. Download and complete the application.
2. Submit your application.
   In person: 4061 4th Avenue in Whitehorse.
   Our office is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
   Email: signed and scanned documents can be emailed to trevor.twardochleb@yukon.ca.
   Mail:
   Government of Yukon
   Sport and Recreation Branch(C-10)
   Box 2703
   Whitehorse, Yukon
   Y1A 2C6

We notify applicants of the results approximately 6 to 8 weeks after the funding deadline. We typically hold adjudication meetings at the end of May.

Athletes receiving high performance funding must complete the post-season report.