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Originally Posted by opendoor
That's an apples and oranges comparison. That Australian total includes "total government funding for sports and recreation activities." Given that 49% of that funding comes from local governments suggests to me that they're including virtually every facility in the entire country. In order to make an analogous comparison for Canada, you would have to include every government subsidised arena, baseball field, soccer field, community center, pool, etc. I can say with great certainty, that if you included all of the sports facilities in Canada, that the total would be much, much greater than $155 million a year (a single pool near where I live requires over $2 million a year in government funding to operate).
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You're likely right, I just did a quick scan because finding all the necessary info would take hours. I would bet money though that Australia spends way more money/person on amateur sports than Canada does.
If anybody happens to know this number, it would be appreciated.