Americas Paralympic Committee


Americas Paralympic Committee is an international IPC regional committee which represents the current 33 National Paralympic Committees of the North American and South American continents. It is affiliated to/with the International Paralympic Committee and its affiliated bodies.
APC is the body that organizes and oversees the Parapan American Games held every four years in the year before the Summer Paralympics.

Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the NPC was recognized by the International Paralympic Committee is also given if it is different from the year in which the NPC was created.
NationCodeNational Paralympic CommitteeCreatedRef.
ANTAntigua and Barbuda Paralympic Committee
ARGArgentine Paralympic Committee2004
ARUAruba Paralympic Committee
BARParalympic Association of Barbados
BERBermuda Paralympic Association
BRABrazilian Paralympic Committee1995
CANCanadian Paralympic Committee1981
CHIParalympic Committee of Chile
COLColombian Paralympic Committee2001
CRCParalympic Committee of Costa Rica
CUBCuban Paralympic Committee
DOMParalympic Committee of the Dominican Republic
ECUEcuadorian Paralympic Sport Federation
ESAParalympic Committee of El Salvador
GRNGrenada Paralympic Committee
GUAGuatemalan Paralympic Committee
GUYGuyana Paralympic Committee
HAINational Paralympic Committee of Haiti
HONHonduran Paralympic Committee
JAMJamaica Paralympic Association
MEXMexican Paralympic Committee
NCANicaraguan Paralympic Committee
PANParalympic Committee of Panama
PARParaguay Paralympic Committee2018
PERNational Paralympic Committee Peru
PURParalympic Committee of Puerto Rico
VINNational Paralympic Committee St Vincent & the Grenadines
SURNational Paralympic Committee of Suriname
TRITrinidad & Tobago Paralympic Committee2009
USAUS Paralympics - United States Olympic Committee2001
URUUruguayan Paralympic Committee
VENVenezuelan Paralympic Committee
ISVNational Paralympic Committee US Virgin Islands