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BENEFITS OF RECREATION
Recreation at one time was viewed as something nice to do when we had the time. This perception has undergone significant change as individuals and communities have realized the broad reaching benefits of recreation and active living. Research has and continues to demonstrate the broad reaching benefits associated with recreation. The Benefits Catalogue, produced by the REThink Group for Health Canada, the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association and Parks and Recreation Ontario, identifies eight major benefits areas. These are:
· recreation and active living are essential to personal health
· recreation is a key to balanced human development
· recreation and parks are essential to quality of life
· recreation reduces self-destructive and anti-social behaviour
· recreation and parks build strong families and healthy communities
· recreation reduces health care, social service and police/justice costs
· recreation and parks are significant economic generators
· parks, open space and natural areas are essential to ecological survival
Children's Fitness Tax Credit
Beginning January 1, 2007, the Government of Canada will allow a non-refundable tax credit on eligible amounts of up to $500 paid by parents to register a child (under the age of 16) in an eligible program of physical activity. The federal government has introduced legislation that will define an eligible program, as well as amendments to the Income Tax Act. Please refer to the link below for further details regarding the Children's Fitness Tax Credit.