Host city | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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Country | Canada |
Provinces and Territories | 13 |
Athletes | 2321 |
Events | 166 in 21 sports |
Opening | February 11 |
Closing | February 27 |
Main venue | Halifax Metro Centre |
Winter | |
The 2011 Canada Winter Games were held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from Friday, 11 February 2011, to Sunday, 27 February 2011. [1]
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]
The following is the medal table for the 2011 Canada Winter Games. [3]
* Host nation (Nova Scotia)
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 | 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 |
Totals (11 entries) | 168 | 171 | 173 | 512 |
Ontario won the flag points competition, and Nova Scotia won the Centennial Cup. [5]
All 13 provinces and territories competed.
The schedule for the 2011 Canada Games (19 February is a crossover day): [10]
● | Opening ceremony | Event competitions | ● | Event finals | Exhibition gala | ● | Closing ceremony |
February 2011 | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | 13th Sun | 14th Mon | 15th Tue | 16th Wed | 17th Thu | 18th Fri | 19th Sat | 20th Sun | 21st Mon | 22nd Tue | 23rd Wed | 24th Thu | 25th Fri | 26th Sat | 27th Sun | Gold medals |
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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 | |
Ceremonies | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||
February 2011 | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | 13th Sun | 14th Mon | 15th Tue | 16th Wed | 17th Thu | 18th Fri | 19th Sat | 20th Sun | 21st Mon | 22nd Tue | 23rd Wed | 24th Thu | 25th Fri | 26th Sat | 27th Sun | Gold medals |
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