Thousands of interviews for Vancouver 2010

More than 3,600 phone screen and face-to-face interviews per month to begin in July

Facts and figures about Vancouver 2010 volunteer applicants to date:

Canadians make up 95 per cent of all applicants
Of the total number of Canadians who have applied to volunteer:
59 percent are from British Columbia
20 percent are from Ontario
8 percent are from Alberta
International volunteer applications have been received from 96 countries including Venezuela, Lithuania, Barbados and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
38 per cent of the volunteer applicants who can speak French fluently are from British Columbia
44 per cent of applicants are male and 56 per cent are female
22 per cent of applicants are between the ages of 18 and 24
Although the 2010 Winter Games are still 20 months away, VANOC currently has approximately 430 pre-Games volunteers actively engaged in planning the event