The Canada Games is a high-level multi-sport event, 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.
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.
The governing body for the Canada Games is the Canada Games Council, a non-profit private organization incorporated in 1991. The individual games are run by the local host society, a non-profit private organization created for the purpose, in accordance with an agreement between the local host society, the government of Canada, the government of the province or territory, the government of the municipality, and the Canada Games Council.
The Canada Games and their lasting legacies continue to be the catalyst for the growth of sport and recreation across the country.
Past Canada Summer Games:
1969 Halifax / Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1973 New Westminster - Burnaby, British Columbia
1977 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
1985 Saint John, New Brunswick
1993 Kamloops, British Columbia
Future Canada Summer Games:
2022 Niagara, Ontario August 6 - 21
2025 Newfoundland and Labrador