The BC Seniors Games is an annual, multi-sport event hosted by a different BC Community each year. They are one of the largest Games organized within BC with approximately 3,500 participants, aged 55 plus from all over the Province.
The 2009 BC Seniors Games will be hosted by the City of Richmond from September 16 to 19. To browse the Host City website, click the Richmond logo on the top right hand side of the page.
The Society was organized in 1987 with the assistance of the Provincial Government. Sport and recreation development for seniors has a direct bearing on the quality of life for older British Columbians and for the province as a whole. Activity of both mind and body has a beneficial effect on the health and well being of older adults.
The registered Society is a volunteer-based, not-for-profit organization and consists of an Executive Committee, 12 Zone Directors, and 12 Zone Committees who are responsible for organizing the administration and registration of all 24+ sports participating in the Seniors Games.
"For too long, support to live healthy lives has lost out to other priorities in our health care system despite every indication that investments in this area lead to better health and return great savings in health care. If we, as a society, don’t change this pattern and invest significantly in healthy living initiatives over the long haul, our taxpayer-supported health care system will be unsustainable."
Premier’s Council on Aging