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Encyclopedia > Canada Winter Games

The Canada Games are a multi-sport event that occurs every two years in Canada. Every four years there is a Canada Winter Games, and every other four years is the Canada Summer Games. Athletes are strictly amateur only, and represent their province or territory. The first Canada Games was held in Quebec City, Quebec in 1967, Canada's Centennial.

Contents
1 Host Cities
2 Summer Sports
3 Winter Sports
4 2003 Canada Winter Games Medal Standings
5 External Links

Host Cities

Winter Summer
1967 Quebec City, Quebec 1969 Halifax/Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1971 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1973 New Westminster/Burnaby, British Columbia
1975 Lethbridge, Alberta 1977 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
1979 Brandon, Manitoba 1981 Thunder Bay, Ontario
1983 Saguenay/Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec 1985 Saint John, New Brunswick
1987 Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia 1989 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1991 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island 1993 Kamloops, British Columbia
1995 Grande Prairie, Alberta 1997 Brandon, Manitoba
1999 Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador 2001 London, Ontario
2003 Bathurst/Campbellton, New Brunswick 2005 Regina, Saskatchewan
2007 Whitehorse, Yukon 2009 Prince Edward Island1
2011 Nova Scotia1 2013 Quebec1

1 These provinces have yet to choose the city.


Summer Sports

Winter Sports

2003 Canada Winter Games Medal Standings

Rank NOC Name  Gold   Silver Bronze Total
1 Quebec 60 38 32 130
2 Ontario 31 22 45 98
3 Alberta 28 35 28 91
4 British Columbia 11 27 29 67
5 Saskatchewan 13 13 11 37
6 Manitoba 6 11 17 34
7 New Brunswick 4 4 11 19
8 Nova Scotia 2 1 5 8
9 Prince Edward Island 0 3 4 7
10 Northwest Territories 0 1 2 3
11 Newfoundland and Labrador 0 1 1 2
12 Nunavut 0 0 0 0
12 Yukon 0 0 0 0



External Links

  • Official Site (http://www.canadagames.ca/)
  • 2005 Canada Games Website (http://www.2005jeuxducanadagames.ca/)

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