Canadian Track and Field Championships

Canadian Track and Field Championships
Sport Track and field
Founded 1884
Country Canada
Related competitions

Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships

Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships
Official website http://tracktowncan.com

The Canadian Track and Field Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organized by Athletics Canada, which serves as the Canadian national championships for the sport. The most recent edition of the event took place at Foote Field, Edmonton, Alberta from July 2 to July 5, 2015.

The 2016 edition of the games will also be held at Edmonton, Alberta from July 7 to July 10, 2016 which will serve as the Canadian National Team selection trials for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

Ottawa, Canada, has been selected as the host city for the 2017 and 2018 renditions of the event.

History

The Canadian Track and Field Championships have their roots in Montreal. During the 1870s the Montreal Lacrosse Club held annual and semi-annual track and field competitions.[1] In some years these served as the Canadian Track and Field Championships, with the first national championships taking place at Montreal on September 27, 1884. The Championships took place every year thereafter except during World War I (1915-1918) and World War II (1940-1945).[2] The women's competition was added in 1925.[3]

Host cities:

2000 - Victoria, British Columbia (Olympic Trials)

2001 - Edmonton, Alberta

2002 - Edmonton, Alberta

2003 - Victoria, British Columbia

2004 - Victoria, British Columbia (Olympic Trials)

2005 - Winnipeg, Manitoba

2006 - Ottawa, Ontario

2007 - Windsor, Ontario

2008 - Chatham-Kent, Ontario (Olympic Trials)

2009 - Toronto, Ontario

2010 - Toronto, Ontario

2011 - Calgary, Alberta

2012 - Calgary, Alberta (Olympic Trials)

2013 - Moncton, New Brunswick

2014 - Moncton, New Brunswick

2015 - Edmonton, Alberta

2016 - Edmonton, Alberta (Olympic Trials)

2017 - Ottawa, Ontario

2018 - Ottawa, Ontario

2019 - TBD

Moncton Stadium, host of the championships in 2013 and 2014.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Morrow, Dan (Winter 1981). "The Powerhouse of Canadian Sport: The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, Inception to 1909" (PDF). Journal of Sport History 8 (3). Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  2. ↑ http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001291.pdf
  3. ↑ Matthews, Peter (2012). Historical dictionary of track and field. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 48. ISBN 0810867818. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
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