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Amateur Sport

RBC supports amateur athletes of all levels, from the community to the Olympic level.

Supporting Canada's Olympic Team

  • RBC is the longest-standing corporate sponsor of the Canadian Olympic Team, since 1947. We are the Premier National Partner in the banking category for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, BC, which includes sponsorship of the Canadian Olympic Team for all Games from 2006 to 2012. RBC's total commitment of $110 million includes a cash contribution of more than $70 million as well as provision of banking services, athlete and amateur sport investments, support for the Paralympic Games, First Nations community development programs and marketing support through the RBC network.

  • RBC employs current and retired Olympic and Paralympic athletes through the RBC Olympians Program, offering flexible work arrangements so that athletes can make time for training and competition. RBC Olympians act as community ambassadors, visiting schools, community groups, clients and employees. The program also provides valuable work experience to help athletes prepare for life after sport. Since its launch in 2002, the RBC Olympians Program has employed more than 85 athletes and several have gone on to full-time careers with RBC

    More on the RBC Olympians Program.

  • RBC is an official sponsor of the Canadian Snowboard Federation, which includes our national team and title sponsorship of the grassroots program entitled RBC Riders. We are also official sponsors of the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association and the RBC Jumps and Bumps program. Through these sponsorships, RBC helps fund the coaching and development of Canada's freestyle and snowboard athletes.

    More on snowboarding and freestyle skiing.

Special Olympics

As a founding sponsor of Special Olympics Canada, RBC helps provide sport training and competitive opportunities for 31,000 Canadian athletes with an intellectual disability. RBC employees volunteer their time as coaches and fundraisers while the RBC-supported Sport Celebrities Festival raises more than $1 million annually. In 2007, RBC Foundation also supported the Family Network Program, designed to help promote family leadership, increase communication, empower families and create a family network committee.

More on RBC and amateur sport.


 

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