ParticipACTION after 5 years of relaunch: a quantitative survey of Canadian organizational awareness and capacity regarding physical activity initiatives

This study assesses the capacity of Canadian organizations to adopt, implement, and promote physical activity initiatives, as well as awareness and perceptions of ParticipACTION at baseline and 5 years after re-launching the brand. Representatives from local, provincial/territorial, and national organizations completed an online survey, and results show that awareness of ParticipACTION almost doubled after 5 years. Both baseline and follow-up reflected good organizational capacity to adopt, implement and promote physical activity. Most respondents reported that ParticipACTION provided positive leadership (65.3%), but there was less agreement regarding ParticipACTION’s facilitation of infrastructure (44.0%) or organizational will/motivation (47.1%).