Doctors Nova Scotia formed a partnership with Sport Nova Scotia in 2001 to encourage physical activity as a means of improved health for Nova Scotians. Doctors Nova Scotia supports many of Sport Nova Scotia’s programs and jointly provides physicians and the public with brochures around health through sport and injury prevention.

Doctors Nova Scotia is a sponsor of the Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation, an organization primarily responsible for junior high and high school sport in the province. The NSSAF supported 41,000 student athletes in 19 sports at 184 schools during the 2008-09 academic year.

Doctors Nova Scotia sponsored the Youth Run portion of the exciting Scotiabank Blue Nose Marathon for the eighth consecutive year. The 2011 Youth Run had more than 3,100 kids, many of whom were celebrating having completed a virtual marathon as part of the Doctors Nova Scotia Youth Running for Fun program.

Doctors Nova Scotia has sponsored the Youth Run component of the Cape Breton Fiddlers Run since 2005. The 2011 run, held in Sydney under the shadow of the world’s largest fiddle, welcomed a record number of participants. Exactly 1,401 Youth Running for Fun participants took part and ran either 2.1 or 4.2 kilometers as a finale to the running program.