Canada Games

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]

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).

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]

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]

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

For per Games medal standings see List of Canada Games.

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

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