The Canada Games is a high-level multi-sport event with a National Artists Program held every two years in Canada, alternating between the Canada Winter Games and the Canada Summer Games. Athletes are strictly amateur only, and represent their province or territory. Since their inception, the Canada Games have played a prominent role in developing some of Canada's premier athletes, including Lennox Lewis, Catriona LeMay Doan, Hayley Wickenheiser, Sidney Crosby, Steve Nash, Suzanne Gaudet and David Ling.
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. Under the Games motto ‘Unity through Sport’, these first Canada Winter Games paved the way to what is now Canada’s largest multi-sport competition for young athletes.
Held every two years, alternating between summer and winter, the Canada Games are a key event in the development of Canada’s young athletes. As the best in their age group, these young competitors come to the Games having trained long and hard to be among those chosen to represent their respective province or territory and compete for the Canada Games Flag and Centennial Cup. With the Canada Games poised as a key step in the development of Canada’s future stars, Canada Games athletes are Canada’s next generation national, international and Olympic champions.
The Canada Games and their lasting legacies continue to be the catalyst for the growth of sport and recreation across Canada.
Since 1967, over 75,000 athletes have participated in the Games with hundreds of thousands having engaged in try-outs and qualifying events. Over 100,000 coaches, officials and volunteers have been directly involved in the planning and staging of the Games. Cumulatively, $250 million has been invested in the Canada Games, about half of it in capital projects in the various host communities. From the Saint John Canada Games Aquatic Centre (1985) to the Hillside Stadium and Aquatic Centre in Kamloops, B.C. (1993); from the Corner Brook Canada Games Centre and Annex (1999) to the TD Waterhouse Stadium in London, Ontario (2001), a legacy of sports facilities has been built in over 16 communities across Canada.
The Canada Games, a celebration of youth, sport, culture and community, are the product of ongoing collaboration between the Government of Canada, provincial/territorial governments, host municipalities, the private sector and the Canada Games Council. The 2009 Canada Summer Games are being hosted by the entire province of Prince Edward Island. Two years later, Halifax, Nova Scotia will host this prestigious event.
Since their inception in 1967, the Canada Games have played a prominent role in developing some of Canada’s premier athletes. The Games have acted as a stepping stone for many of Canada’s celebrated athletes, including: Toller Cranston (1967), Bob Gainey (1971), Sylvie Daigle (1979), Catriona LeMay Doan (1983 and 1987), Bruny Surin (1985), Marianne Limpert, Annie Pelletier and Anne Montminy (1989), Hayley Wickenheiser and Marc Gagnon (1991), Steve Nash (1993), Maryse Turcotte (1995), Alexandre Despatie (1997), Adam Van Koeverden (1997), Jeff Francis (2001), and Sidney Crosby (2003).
The Canada Games Council is the governing body for the Canada Games. 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.
Host Cities
| Winter | Summer |
| 1967 Quebec City, Quebec | 1969 Halifax/Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
| 1971 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| 1975 Lethbridge, Alberta | 1977 St. John's, Newfoundland |
| 1981 Thunder Bay, Ontario | |
| 1983 Saguenay/Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec | 1985 Saint John, New Brunswick |
| 1987 Sydney, Nova Scotia | 1989 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| 1993 Kamloops, British Columbia | |
| 1995 Grande Prairie, Alberta | |
| 1999 Corner Brook, Newfoundland | |
| 2003 Bathurst/Campbellton, New Brunswick | 2005 Regina, Saskatchewan |
| 2007 Whitehorse, Yukon | 2009 Prince Edward Island1 |
| 2013 Quebec1/ | |
| 2015 British Columbia1 |
1 These provinces/territories have yet to choose the city.
- Athletics (track and field)
- Baseball
- Basketball
- BMX
- Canoe/Kayak
- Cycling
- Diving
- Field Hockey
- Rowing
- Rugby football
- Sailing
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
- Triathlon
- Alpine skiing
- Archery
- Artistic gymnastics
- Badminton
- Biathlon
- Boxing
- Cross country skiing
- Curling
- Fencing
- Figure skating
- Freestyle skiing
- Hockey
- Judo
- Ringette
- Shooting
- Snowboarding - Demonstration sport at the 2007 Winter Games. Includes Parallel Giant Slalom and Halfpipe.
- Speed skating
- Squash
- Synchronized swimming
- Table Tennis
- Wheelchair basketball
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