Archers participating in national programs, at various levels, will be assessed an annual levy for programming and services provided from Archery Canada. This levy is intended to help offset some of the programming costs including, but not limited to the following:

• Travel costs for identified events
• Technical leadership and support staff for camps and competition
• World Archery licenses
• Coach salaries
• Archery Centre of Excellence – Cambridge facility operations, maintenance and equipment (e.g. targets, buttresses, etc.)
• Sport science services
• Coach development
• Administrative fees
• Technology support
• Other items as appropriate

The levy for the carded athletes, National Squad athletes, or Next Gen Athletes varies by program and is outlined in the Athlete Agreement.

The PRT is a common tool in Canadian High Performance sports. For Archery, the PRT is equivalent to a 720 score and normalizes for age and distance. It compares any archer’s ability with an average of Olympic and World Championship 720 scores, which have generated medals over the past two decades. In general, the PRT enables AC to identify and compare performance potential irrelevant of age or distance shot. More information on the structure and application of the PRT can be seen at these links:

• Podium Result Track
• Archers Skill Level (ASL)

The GMP is also a common framework used in the Canadian sport system. The GMP attempts to define the dimensions and underlying criteria, which are critical for success in the sport of archery. Through a combination of quantitative and qualitative evaluations, individual athletes are measured against the GMP to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for optimizing their performance potential. All athletes in the AP are familiar with the GMP. Throughout 2019, AC will provide more information on the structure and application of the GMP.

The Archery Canada (AC) Ranking List is an annual list that ranks Canadian archers that compete in Archery Canada and World Archery registered recurve target archery events.

To read more about the Ranking List, click HERE.

The following schedule provides a description of the fitness requirements, and the protocol by which they are tested.

• Conditioning Protocols
• Flexibility Protocols
• Strength Protocols

Bell Canada, through partnership with the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s, wants to help athletes focus on their training and performance by keeping them connected when they are travelling. For more information on the Bell Program, please visit their website HERE.

The Bell Connect program is available to eligible sports and disciplines who meet the following criteria:

• Must be part of the sport program for any of the following events:
  • Olympic Summer/Winter Games
  • Paralympic Summer/Winter Games
  • Pan Am Games
  • Para Pan Am Games

• Archery Canada specific eligible categories are:
  • For Recurve Archers:
    • Sport Canada Carded athletes
    • Senior Gold and Red Squad in 2024
  • For Para Archers:
    • Sport Canada Carded athletes
    • Senior Gold and Red Squad in 2024
  • For Compound Archers:
    • Athletes named to the 2025 Senior National Team

Eligible athletes can APPLY ONLINE

Eligible Athletes will be provided with a plan that includes:

• Phone

  • First year in the program, a Samsung S23 phone

• Plan includes:

  • Unlimited US/Canada Calling
  • Unlimited US/Canada Text Messaging
  • 25 GB of non-shareable Data
  • Unlimited picture and video messaging within Canada
  • Also includes: Call Display, Message Centre, Conference Calling and Call Waiting