| 23rd Canada Games | |
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| Provinces and Territories participating | 13 |
| Athletes participating | 2321 |
| Events | 166 in 21 Sports |
| Opening ceremony | February 11 |
| Closing ceremony | February 27 |
| Main Stadium | Halifax Metro Centre |
The 2011 Canada Winter Games were held in Halifax, Nova Scotia from Friday 11 February 2011 to Sunday 27 February 2011. [1]
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4 bids (all from Nova Scotia, as it was that provinces turn) were made for the games, eventually Halifax was selected to stage the games.[2]
The following is the medal table for the 2011 Canada Winter Games.[3]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Quebec | 51 | 43 | 43 | 137 |
| 2 | Ontario | 45 | 34 | 31 | 110 |
| 3 | British Columbia | 28 | 30 | 30 | 88 |
| 4 | Alberta | 20 | 35 | 30 | 75 |
| 5 | Saskatchewan | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Manitoba | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | Nova Scotia | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Yukon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | New Brunswick | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 10 | Prince Edward Island | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Total | 168 | 161 | 174 | 503 |
At each Canada Games, the province or territory with the greatest number of points from all events is declared the champion and presented with the Canada Games Flag. Flag points are awarded to every athlete in every sport based on performance and participation and then aggregated for a provincial or territorial total. The highest grossing province takes home the Canada Games flag.[5] The Centenial Cup is awarded to to the provincial or territorial team that shows the greatest improvement from one Summer Games to the next or from one Winter Games to the next.[6]
Ontario won the flag points competition, and Nova Scotia won the Centenial Cup.[7]
All 13 provinces and territories competed.
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The schedule for the 2011 Canada Games (February 19 is a crossover day):[12]
| ● | Opening ceremony | Event competitions | ● | Event finals | Exhibition gala | ● | Closing ceremony |
| February 2011 | 11th Fri |
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| Alpine skiing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Archery | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Artistic Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Badminton | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Biathlon | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Boxing | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cross-country skiing | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Curling | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Figure skating | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Freestyle skiing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Ice hockey | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Judo | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Ringette | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Shooting | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Short track speed skating | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Snowboarding | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Squash | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Speed skating | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Synchronized swimming | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Table tennis | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Wheelchair basketball | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Gold Medals | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 167 | |
| Cumulative Total | 3 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 40 | 61 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 77 | 90 | 110 | 137 | 152 | 166 | 167 | 167 | |
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