2011 Canada Winter Games

23rd Canada Games
Host city Halifax, Nova Scotia
Provinces and Territories participating 13
Athletes participating 2321
Events 166 in 21 sports
Opening ceremony February 11
Closing ceremony February 27
Main venue 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]

Bids

Four bids (all from Nova Scotia, as it was that province's turn) were made for the games, and eventually Halifax was selected to stage the games.[2]

Wentworth was part of one of the losing bids, but did end up hosting the alpine skiing and freestyle skiing events at these games.

Medal table

The following is the medal table for the 2011 Canada Winter Games.[3]

Key
  The host province is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Quebec 51 43 43 137
2  Ontario 45 34 31 110
3  British Columbia 28 30 30 88
4  Alberta 20 35 30 85
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

Flag points/Centennial Cup

Ontario won the flag points competition, and Nova Scotia won the Centennial Cup.[5]

Participating provinces and territories

All 13 provinces and territories competed.

Sports

Schedule

The schedule for the 2011 Canada Games (19 February is a crossover day):[10]

  Opening ceremony   Event competitions   Event finals   Exhibition gala   Closing ceremony
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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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Venues

References

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