Held every two years since 1967, 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. 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
Canada Games Host Cities
1967 – First Canada Winter Games – Québec City, Québec
1969 – First Canada Summer Games – Halifax/Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1971 – Canada Winter Games – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1973 – Canada Summer Games – New Westminster/Burnaby, B.C.
1975 – Canada Winter Games – Lethbridge, Alberta
1977 – Canada Summer Games – St. John's Newfoundland
1979 – Canada Winter Games – Brandon, Manitoba
1981 – Canada Summer Games – Thunder Bay, Ontario
1983 – Canada Winter Games – Saguenay-Lac St. Jean, Québec
1985 – Canada Summer Games – Saint John, New Brunswick
1987 – Canada Winter Games – Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
1989 – Canada Summer Games – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1991 – Canada Winter Games – Charlottetown, P.E.I.
1993 – Canada Summer Games – Kamloops, B.C.
1995 – Canada Winter Games – Grande Prairie, Alberta
1997 – Canada Summer Games – Brandon, Manitoba
1999 – Canada Winter Games – Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
2001 – Canada Summer Games – London, Ontario
2003 – Canada Winter Games – Bathurst-Campbellton, New Brunswick
2005 – Canada Summer Games – Regina, Saskatchewan
2007 – Canada Winter Games – Whitehorse, Yukon
2009 – Canada Summer Games – Prince Edward Island
2011 – Canada Winter Games – Halifax, Nova Scotia
2013 – Canada Summer Games - Sherbrooke, Québec
2015 – Canada Winter Games - Prince George, British Columbia
2017 – Canada Summer Games - Winnipeg, Manitoba
2019 – Canada Winter Games – Red Deer, Alberta
2022 – Canada Summer Games – Niagara, Ontario
2023 – Canada Winter Games – Prince Edward Island
2025 – Canada Summer Games – St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador
2027 – Canada Winter Games – Yukon