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Representatives from 349 sports clubs in the province of Ontario (ON; where there are no mandatory advertising regulations) and 182 clubs in Quebec (QC; where there are mandatory limits on sponsorship-related advertising directed at children aged &amp;lt;13\u2005years) were invited to complete an interviewer-administered survey in 2022\u20133. The response rate was 16%. At least 45% of participating clubs in ON (21\/47) and 55% in QC (22\/40) were sponsored by a food-related company. The most frequent type of food-related sponsor was fast food restaurants (ON: 50% of food-related sponsors, QC: 38%). The most common benefit received from food-related sponsors included direct funding (ON: 21% of clubs; QC: 25%) and in-kind benefits such as uniforms (ON: 19%, QC: 18%) and free\/discounted food (ON: 15%, QC: 28%). Among clubs who received these benefits, their value was small relative to club\u2019s total revenue (i.e. \u22641% for funding; \u22641.5% for in-kind benefits) in most cases. 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