Canada Games

Canada Games
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, officially opens the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alberta on February 15, 2019.
Status	Active
Genre	Sports event
Frequency	Biennial
Location(s)	Various
Country	Canada
Inaugurated	1967 (winter) 1969 (summer)
Organised by	Canada Games Council

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. The 2019 games took place in Red Deer, Alberta, between February 15 – March 3, 2019. The 2021 games will take place in Niagara, Ontario, from August 6 – 21, 2021.

Organization

The governing body for the Canada Games is the Canada Games Council, a non-profit private organization incorporated in 1991.^[1] 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. For example, the 2011 Halifax games were run by the Halifax 2011 Canada Games Host Society on the basis of an agreement between the host society and the Canada Games Council, Canada, Nova Scotia, and the city of Halifax. In 2015, for the first time, there was also a local host First Nation, Lheidli T'enneh.

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.^[2]

History

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).

Host cities and provinces/territories

Year	Canada Winter Games		Canada Summer Games
	No.	Host city	No.	Host city
1967	I	Quebec City, Quebec
1969			II	Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1971	III	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1973			IV	New Westminster and Burnaby, British Columbia
1975	V	Lethbridge, Alberta
1977			VI	St. John's, Newfoundland
1979	VII	Brandon, Manitoba
1981			VIII	Thunder Bay, Ontario
1983	IX	Saguenay and Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec
1985			X	Saint John, New Brunswick
1987	XI	Sydney, Nova Scotia
1989			XII	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1991	XIII	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1993			XIV	Kamloops, British Columbia
1995	XV	Grande Prairie, Alberta
1997			XVI	Brandon, Manitoba
1999	XVII	Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
2001			XVIII	London, Ontario
2003	XIX	Bathurst and Campbellton, New Brunswick
2005			XX	Regina, Saskatchewan
2007	XXI	Whitehorse, Yukon
2009			XXII	Summerside and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
2011	XXIII	Halifax, Nova Scotia
2013			XXIV	Sherbrooke, Quebec
2015	XXV	Prince George, British Columbia
2017			XXVI	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2019	XXVII	Red Deer, Alberta
2021			XXVIII	Niagara Region, Ontario [3][4]
2023	XXIX	Prince Edward Island*
2025			XXX	Newfoundland and Labrador*
2027	XXXI	Yukon*
2029			XXXII	New Brunswick*
2031	XXXIII	, Northwest Territories*
2033			XXXIV	Nunavut*
2035	XXXV	Saskatchewan*

* The host cities have not been chosen for the games after 2021 but the provinces through 2035 have.^[5]

Summer sports

Sports for the 2021 Canada Summer Games in Niagara, ON. Box lacrosse will be making a return to the Summer Games for the first time since 1985.^[6]

Winter sports

The winter games include some sports not associated with winter. Sports for the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alberta.^[7]

Former sports

Participating Teams Medal Results Summary – All Games

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

Participating Teams Medal Results Summary – All 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

Participating Teams Medal Results Summary – All 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

List of Canada Games

For per Games medal standings see List of Canada Games.

See also

• BC Games
• Saskatchewan Games
• Quebec Games
• Western Canada Summer Games

References

External links

• Official site