Get Active - Municipality of North Grenville

Be a Partner in This Year’s Challenge

The North Grenville Health, Wellness and Fitness Advisory Committee is seeking partners to help keep our residents active and defend our title!

Partner in our special launch event and Health & Wellness Expo at Riverside Park on June 4 where you can lead or participate in group physical activity and/or have a booth to promote your relevant business or organization.
If you are in the business of active programming, you can sign up as an organization and track your group’s active minutes throughout the month of June on the ParticipACTION website. Schools can log physical education class participation, teams and clubs can log minutes for practices and games, and gyms can log group workouts. If active programming isn’t your main gig, or if it’s not your club’s active season, create a special event or program to engage your members/clients in physical activity. Last year we saw child care centre dance parties, step challenges, neighbourhood challenges and clean up days, and a cartwheel contest with the Mayor.
Encourage your members/clients to log their individual physical activity in the ParticipACTION app through the month of June. Follow our social media channels and share our messaging, and create your own messaging to help spread the word using our hashtag #GetActiveNG. Donate prizes to help us motivate the community at events and through social media campaigns.

Reach out to discuss your ideas for partnership – every active minute counts! Whether participating in sports, walking the dog, or working in the garden. Get creative and let us know how you can join in. Email:

In addition to supporting our bid for the win, your participation can help raise your profile in the community as we will promote opportunities and share stories in a variety of ways throughout the month of June. Physical activity is important for everyone, at every age, and we want our residents to build connections and remain engaged in a healthy and active lifestyle year round.

Who can Participate?

The ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge is a national physical activity initiative that encourages Canadians to get active in search of Canada's Most Active Community.

It is open to all individuals, organizations and businesses. All minutes tracked on the app and website from June 1 – 30 count toward North Grenville's total score.

We are so pleased that several schools, daycares, teams, clubs and and gyms have already gotten on board. Amazing! As long as the instructors/coaches have registered on the website with ParticipACTION, gym classes, outdoor clubs, recreational activities, and outside play minutes are easy to count!

If you know of an organization that isn’t participating and needs help signing up for a group account, contact .

If you are looking for additional ways to get active during the challenge, check out our Calendar of Events that features local activities and challenges to keep you moving (https://www.northgrenville.ca/events-calendar/monthcalendar/2022/6/23)

How to Participate and Track Your Active Minutes

It's easy to Participate in the Community Challenge!

Step 1: Download the App

Download the ParticipACTION app and help North Grenville defend our title as Canada's Most Active Community. By signing up for the app using your North Grenville Postal Code, your individual move minutes will be tracked and counted toward North Grenville's overall score.

Need help? Watch these videos on how to register yourself or a group on the ParticipACTION app:

Click here to see how to register a group or organization.

Click here to see how to register an individual on a desktop computer.

Click here to see how to register an individual on a mobile device.

Step 2: Sign up for the Community Better Challenge

The ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge is a national physical activity initiative that encourages Canadians to get active in search of Canada's Most Active Community.

It is open to all individuals, organizations and businesses. All minutes tracked on the app and website from June 1 – 30 count toward North Grenville's total score (if using a North Grenville postal code).

Sign up here: https://www.participaction.com/en-ca/programs/community-challenge

Step 3: Track your Activity

Track your minutes using the app or on the website. You can even sync your fitness tracker with the app!

Remember, if you are tracking on behalf of a group, organization or for other family members, you will need to track those minutes on the ParticipACTION website: https://www.participaction.com/en-ca/programs/community-challenge.

Step 4: Get Moving

Every move, step, rep and lap you track counts - so get moving! We are IN IT TO WIN IT!

The Community Better Challenge runs from June 1st - June 30th.

Need Help?

If you need help getting registered or with the app, email and someone from the North Grenville team will assist you.

Use a North Grenville Postal Code

What Counts Toward Active Minutes?

Every move, step, rep, minute and lap counts - so get moving! We are IN IT TO WIN IT! The point of the challenge is to MOVE in whatever way works for you!

Washing your car, gardening, farm chores, chasing the kids around the yard, housework, walking, biking, golfing, pickleball or traditional exercise. Count whatever gets you moving. Be sure to track every active minute, every day!

Track your Family's Active Minutes

Tracking Active Minutes as an Organization/Team

If you are an organization/team you can track group fitness classes/team practices/games as a whole.

Visit the ParticipACTION Website at: https://www.participaction.com/en-ca/programs/community-challenge

1. Sign up as an individual and then click "Track Organizational Minutes"

2. Complete Profile (Enter in your details for the organization, school, etc) – It should automatically affiliate with the community of North Grenville using the K0G 1J0 postal code.

3. Create "New Activity" and add total minutes

Download this Step-by-Step Guide.

ParticipACTION Calendar of Events