Canada Games

Canada Games
Canada Games
Status	Active
Genre	Multi-sport event
Frequency	Biannual
Location(s)	Various
Country	Canada
Inaugurated	1967; 55 years ago (winter); 1969; 53 years ago (summer)
Organised by	Canada Games Council
Website	canadagames.ca

The Canada Games (French: Jeux du Canada) is a multi-sport event held every two years, alternating between the Canada Winter Games and the Canada Summer Games. They represent the highest level of national competition for Canadian athletes. The Games have been hosted in every province at least once since their inception in Quebec City during Canada’s Centennial in 1967.

The next Canada Winter Games will be the PEI 2023 Canada Winter Games and will be held February 18 – March 5, 2023 in the province of Prince Edward Island.^[1]^[2] The next Canada Summer Games will be the 2022 Canada Summer Games and will be taking place August 6–21, 2022 in the Niagara Region.^[3]

The host cities have not been chosen for the games after 2025 but the provinces through 2035 have. The 2025 Canada Summer Games will be hosted in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador was named the Host Society of the 2025 Canada Summer Games as of April 22, 2021.

Organization[edit]

The games are governed by the Canada Games Council, a private, non-profit organization. As the Games move from one host community to the next, the Council provides the continuity, leadership and support to Host Societies in key areas such as sport technical, organizational planning, ceremonies and protocol, marketing and sponsorship. In addition, the Canada Games Council ensures effective long-term partnerships with national sport organizations, governments and the corporate sector. The Canada Games Council is a well-established, national organization that fosters on-going partnerships with organizations at the municipal, provincial and national levels.

Host Society[edit]

The individual games are run by the local Host Society, a non-profit private organization that is established 2–4 years prior to the event. The Host Society functions in accordance with an agreement between the Canada Games Council, the government of Canada, the government of the province or territory and the government of the municipality. The Canada Games Council maintains and secures long-term partnership agreements with governments, corporations and national sport organizations.

Funding[edit]

Funding for the games comes from the several levels of government together with donations and corporate sponsorships. A considerable portion of the work during the games is performed by local volunteers.^[4]

History[edit]

The Games were first held in 1967 in Quebec City as part of Canada's Centennial celebrations. For the first time in Canada's history, 1,800 athletes from 10 provinces and two territories gathered to compete in 15 sports. Since 1967, over 75,000 athletes have participated in the Games. Facilities built for the Games include the Saint John Canada Games Aquatic Centre (1985), the Hillside Stadium and Aquatic Centre in Kamloops, B.C. (1993), the Corner Brook Canada Games Centre and Annex (1999), and the TD Waterhouse Stadium in London, Ontario (2001).

Journalist Eddie MacCabe wrote a history book for the 25th anniversary of the Canada Games in 1992.^[5]^[6]

Hosts[edit]

Year	Canada Winter Games		Canada Summer Games
Year	No.	Host city	No.	Host city
1967	1	Quebec City, Quebec
1969			2	Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1971	3	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1973			4	New Westminster and Burnaby, British Columbia
1975	5	Lethbridge, Alberta
1977			6	St. John's, Newfoundland
1979	7	Brandon, Manitoba
1981			8	Thunder Bay, Ontario
1983	9	Saguenay and Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec
1985			10	Saint John, New Brunswick
1987	11	Sydney, Nova Scotia
1989			12	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1991	13	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1993			14	Kamloops, British Columbia
1995	15	Grande Prairie, Alberta
1997			16	Brandon, Manitoba
1999	17	Corner Brook, Newfoundland
2001			18	London, Ontario
2003	19	Bathurst and Campbellton, New Brunswick
2005			20	Regina, Saskatchewan
2007	21	Whitehorse, Yukon
2009			22	Summerside and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
2011	23	Halifax, Nova Scotia
2013			24	Sherbrooke, Quebec
2015	25	Prince George, British Columbia
2017			26	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2019	27	Red Deer, Alberta
2022			28	Niagara Region, Ontario^[7]^[8]
2023	29	Prince Edward Island
2025			30	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador^[9]
2027	31	Yukon*
2029			32	New Brunswick*
2031	33	, Northwest Territories*
2033			34	Nunavut*
2035	35	Saskatchewan*

* The host cities have not been chosen for the games after 2025 but the provinces through 2035 have.^[10]

1967

1969,2011

1971,1989

1973

1975

1977, 2025

1979,1997

1981

1983

1985

1987

1991,2009

1993

1995

1999

2001

2003

2005

2007

2013

2015

2017

2019

2022

Host cities of Canada Games

Sports[edit]

Summer sports[edit]

The next Canada Summer Games, the 2022 Canada Summer Games will be held in the Niagara Region of Ontario and will include 21 sports in its program and are listed below. The event runs from August 6–21, 2022.

Box lacrosse will be making a return to the Summer Games for the first time since 1985.^[11]

"NGB" = National Governing Body. Watersports are in blue.

Sports included in the 2022 Canada Summer Games program
2022 Canada Summer Games
Sport	NGB	Sport	NSO
Athletics (Track and Field⁣)	Athletics Canada^[12]	Rowing	Rowing Canada Aviron^[13] (RCA)
Baseball⁣	Baseball Canada^[14]⁣	Rugby sevens	Rugby Canada^[15]⁣
Basketball⁣	Canada Basketball^[16]⁣	Sailing⁣	Sail Canada^[17]
Beach volleyball⁣	Volleyball Canada^[18]	Soccer⁣	Soccer Canada^[19]
Box lacrosse⁣	Lacrosse Canada^[20]⁣	Softball⁣	Softball Canada^[21]⁣
Canoeing ⁣	Canoe Kayak Canada^[22]	Swimming	Swimming Canada^[23]
Kayaking⁣	Canoe Kayak Canada^[24]	Tennis	Tennis Canada^[25]⁣
Cycling	Cycling Canada^[26] (CC)	Triathlon⁣	Triathlon Canada^[27]
Diving⁣	Diving Canada^[28]	Volleyball	Volleyball Canada^[29]
Golf	Golf Canada^[30]	Wrestling (Wrestling in Canada)	Wrestling Canada Lutte^[31]
Mountain biking	Cycling Canada^[32] (CC)

Winter sports[edit]

The winter games include some sports not associated with winter. The next Canada Winter Games will include 20 sports in its program in the 2023 Canada Winter Games.

2023 Canada Winter Games[edit]

Sports for the 2023 Canada Winter Games in Prince Edward Island will include the following:^[33]

"NSO" = National Sporting Organization

Sports included in the 2023 Canada Winter Games program
2023 Canada Winter Games
Sport	NSO	Sport	NSO
Alpine skiing	Alpine Canada	Gymnastics	Gymnastics Canada
Archery	Archery Canada	Ice hockey	Hockey Canada
Badminton	Badminton Canada	Judo	Judo Canada
Biathlon	Biathlon Canada	Karate	Karate Canada
Boxing	Boxing Canada	Ringette	Ringette Canada
Cross-country skiing	Nordiq Canada	Snowboarding	Canadian Snowboard Federation
Curling	Curling Canada	Speed skating	Speed Skating Canada
Fencing	Canadian Fencing Federation	Squash	Squash Canada
Figure Skating	Skate Canada	Table tennis	Table Tennis Canada
Freestyle skiing	Freestyle Canada	Wheelchair basketball	Wheelchair Basketball Canada

2019 Canada Winter Games[edit]

Sports for the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alberta included the following:^[34]

Former sports[edit]

Fencing was previously a Winter Games sport before it was moved to Summer program for the Sherbrooke 2013 games and then removed altogether following those games. Fencing will make a return to the Canada Games in the 2023 Canada Winter Games in Prince Edward Island.

BMX, field hockey, and water polo were formerly in the Summer program, as well.

All-time medal tables[edit]

All-time Canada Games medal table
Rank	Province/territory	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ontario	1227	1033	972	3232
2	Quebec	1070	939	899	2908
3	British Columbia	712	765	743	2220
4	Alberta	470	539	633	1642
5	Saskatchewan	195	255	335	785
6	Manitoba	163	215	294	672
7	Nova Scotia	187	199	216	602
8	New Brunswick	69	87	157	313
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	19	42	71	132
10	Prince Edward Island	11	21	26	58
11	Yukon	15	21	19	55
12	Northwest Territories	7	6	9	22
13	Nunavut	0	0	1	1

Summer Games
Rank	Province/territory	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ontario	763	576	547	1886
2	Quebec	436	483	468	1387
3	British Columbia	474	465	394	1333
4	Alberta	232	274	310	816
5	Nova Scotia	153	145	135	433
6	Saskatchewan	100	147	181	428
7	Manitoba	60	103	139	302
8	New Brunswick	33	45	59	137
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	4	19	26	49
10	Prince Edward Island	5	5	2	12
11	Yukon	2	1	3	6
12	Northwest Territories	0	0	0	0
13	Nunavut	0	0	0	0

Winter Games
Rank	Province/territory	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Quebec	634	456	431	1521
2	Ontario	464	457	425	1346
3	British Columbia	238	300	349	887
4	Alberta	238	265	323	826
5	Manitoba	103	112	155	370
6	Saskatchewan	95	108	154	357
7	New Brunswick	36	42	98	176
8	Nova Scotia	34	54	81	169
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	15	23	45	83
10	Prince Edward Island	6	16	24	46
11	Yukon	13	20	16	49
12	Northwest Territories	7	6	9	22
13	Nunavut	0	0	1	1

Medal leaders by year[edit]

Number of occurrences

Ontario – 15 times (12 Summer; 3 Winter)
Quebec – 11 times (11 Winter)
British Columbia – 1 time (1 Summer)

List of Canada Games[edit]

For Games medal standings see List of Canada Games.

References[edit]

^ https://www.2023canadagames.ca/
^ https://www.canadagames.ca/stories/2023-canada-games-launches-brand-and-welcomes-atlantic-lottery-as-first-major-sponsor
^ Myrer, George (17 September 2020). "2021 Niagara Canada Summer Games postponed to 2022". The Telegram. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
^ https://www.canadagames.ca/2019/volunteer^{[dead link]}
^ Chwialkowska, Luiza (May 24, 1998). "Eddie MacCabe: A glimpse it the city's soul". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. p. 7.
^ MacCabe, Eddie (1992). Canada Games, 1967 to 1992: The Official Retrospective of the Canada Games. Ottawa, Ontario: Canada Games Council. OCLC 319697919.
^ "Ontario to Host the 2021 Canada Summer Games". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
^ "Niagara Region Named Host of the 2021 Canada Summer Games". canadagames.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
^ "St. John's, NL Named Host of the 2025 Canada Summer Games".
^ http://www.sasksport.sk.ca/pdf/sportspage/2007/Apr2.pdf^{[dead link]}
^ "LACROSSE RETURNS TO CANADA GAMES IN 2021". Canada Games Council.
^ https://athletics.ca/
^ "Rowing Canada". Rowing Canada.
^ https://www.baseball.ca/
^ https://rugby.ca/en
^ https://www.basketball.ca/
^ "Sail Canada". Sail Canada.
^ https://volleyball.ca/
^ https://canadasoccer.com/
^ https://www.lacrosse.ca/
^ https://softball.ca/
^ "About the Sport". Canoe and Kayak Canada.
^ "Swimming Canada". Swimming Canada.
^ "About the Sport". Canoe and Kayak Canada.
^ https://www.tenniscanada.com/
^ http://www.cyclingcanada.ca/
^ https://www.triathloncanada.com/
^ "Diving Canada". Diving Canada.
^ https://volleyball.ca/
^ https://www.golfcanada.ca/
^ https://wrestling.ca/
^ http://www.cyclingcanada.ca/
^ "SPORTS". Canada Games Council.
^ "SPORTS". Canada Games Council. Retrieved 2019-08-13.

External links[edit]

Official site

[1] ttps://www.2023canadagames.ca/

[2] ttps://www.canadagames.ca/stories/2023-canada-games-launches-brand-and-welcomes-atlantic-lottery-as-first-major-sponsor

[3] Myrer, George (17 September 2020). "2021 Niagara Canada Summer Games postponed to 2022". The Telegram. Retrieved 12 December 2020.

[4] ttps://www.canadagames.ca/2019/volunteer^{[dead link]}

[5] Chwialkowska, Luiza (May 24, 1998). "Eddie MacCabe: A glimpse it the city's soul". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. p. 7.

[6] MacCabe, Eddie (1992). Canada Games, 1967 to 1992: The Official Retrospective of the Canada Games. Ottawa, Ontario: Canada Games Council. OCLC 319697919.

[7] "Ontario to Host the 2021 Canada Summer Games". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-16.

[8] "Niagara Region Named Host of the 2021 Canada Summer Games". canadagames.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-30.

[9] "St. John's, NL Named Host of the 2025 Canada Summer Games".

[10] ttp://www.sasksport.sk.ca/pdf/sportspage/2007/Apr2.pdf^{[dead link]}

[11] "LACROSSE RETURNS TO CANADA GAMES IN 2021". Canada Games Council.

[12] ttps://athletics.ca/

[13] "Rowing Canada". Rowing Canada.

[14] ttps://www.baseball.ca/

[15] ttps://rugby.ca/en

[16] ttps://www.basketball.ca/

[17] "Sail Canada". Sail Canada.

[18] ttps://volleyball.ca/

[19] ttps://canadasoccer.com/

[20] ttps://www.lacrosse.ca/

[21] ttps://softball.ca/

[22] "About the Sport". Canoe and Kayak Canada.

[23] "Swimming Canada". Swimming Canada.

[24] "About the Sport". Canoe and Kayak Canada.

[25] ttps://www.tenniscanada.com/

[26] ttp://www.cyclingcanada.ca/

[27] ttps://www.triathloncanada.com/

[28] "Diving Canada". Diving Canada.

[29] ttps://volleyball.ca/

[30] ttps://www.golfcanada.ca/

[31] ttps://wrestling.ca/

[32] ttp://www.cyclingcanada.ca/

[33] "SPORTS". Canada Games Council.

[34] "SPORTS". Canada Games Council. Retrieved 2019-08-13.

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Summer	1969 Halifax & Dartmouth 1973 New Westminster & Burnaby 1977 St. John's 1981 Thunder Bay 1985 Saint John 1989 Saskatoon 1993 Kamloops 1997 Brandon 2001 London 2005 Regina 2009 Charlottetown 2013 Sherbrooke 2017 Winnipeg 2021 Niagara Region (postponed until 2022) St. John's
Winter	1967 Quebec City 1971 Saskatoon 1975 Lethbridge 1979 Brandon 1983 Saguenay & Lac Saint-Jean 1987 Sydney 1991 Charlottetown 1995 Grande Prairie 1999 Corner Brook 2003 Bathurst & Campbellton 2007 Whitehorse 2011 Halifax 2015 Prince George 2019 Red Deer 2023 Prince Edward Island
Sports	Ice hockey Soccer Freestyle wrestling
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Significant figures	Members of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame Members of Canada's Olympic Hall of Fame Recipients of the Lou Marsh Trophy Team of the Year Athletes of the 20th century Bobbie Rosenfeld Award (female) Velma Springstead Trophy (female) Lionel Conacher Award (male) Tip O'Neill Award (baseball)
Canada at international competitions	Olympics Summer Olympics Winter Olympics Paralympics Commonwealth Games Pan Am Games Special Olympics
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Winter Olympics stats	1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Paralympics stats (host nation)	1976 2010
Commonwealth Games stats	1930 1950 1982 2006
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Organization[edit]

Host Society[edit]

Funding[edit]

History[edit]

Hosts[edit]

Sports[edit]

Summer sports[edit]

Winter sports[edit]

2023 Canada Winter Games[edit]

2019 Canada Winter Games[edit]

Former sports[edit]

All-time medal tables[edit]

Medal leaders by year[edit]

List of Canada Games[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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Funding[edit]

History[edit]

Hosts[edit]

Sports[edit]

Summer sports[edit]

Winter sports[edit]

2023 Canada Winter Games[edit]

2019 Canada Winter Games[edit]

Former sports[edit]

All-time medal tables[edit]

Medal leaders by year[edit]

List of Canada Games[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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