The Alberta Centre for Active Living is a key advocate of physical activity and physical activity expertise, and a primary source of research and education on physical activity for practitioners, organizations and decision-makers. The Centre's mandate is to improve the health and quality of life for all people through physical activity.

The Centre's two regular newsletters, WellSpring and Research Update, our many research reports, surveys such as the Alberta Survey on Physical Activity, and information about our resources are all available on this website. Our website also links to a wide range of resources from other organizations on many aspects of physical activity, including workplace, children and youth, older adults and preventing chronic diseases.

The Centre is funded by the Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks & Wildlife Foundation and Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation. Our affiliation with the University of Alberta's Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation has led to strong ties with University of Alberta researchers in epidemiology, behavioural medicine and exercise physiology. Through funding from Alberta Health and Wellness, the Centre supports the Healthy U website.