The 2023 Canada Winter Games, officially known as the XXVIII Canada Games, (or informally as PEI 2023) was a Canadian multi-sport event hosted mainly across Prince Edward Island, from February 18, 2023, to March 5, 2023. The skiing events were hosted in New Brunswick, and the (long track) speed skating events were held in Nova Scotia.
As part of the rotation of Canada Games hosts, the Northwest Territories with (Yellowknife) were scheduled to host the games for the first time ever.[1][2] However, in September 2016, The Northwest Territories and Prince Edward Island agreed to swap bidding years (with the former now eligible to bid for 2031).[3] In November 2018, the island officially won its bid to host the games.[4]
Venues
A total of 18 venues (16 in Prince Edward Island, one each in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) staged the competitions. The venue in New Brunswick was chosen to host the alpine and freestyle skiing events, as there is no downhill mountain available in Prince Edward Island.[5] Meanwhile, the speed skating oval in Nova Scotia from the 2011 Canada Winter Games was used as there were no suitable facilities in Prince Edward Island.[6]
A total of 175 events in 21 sports will be contested at the games. An initial group of sports was named on January 19, 2017.[7] The sports of karate was selected by the organizing committee as the final sport. Fencing (for the first time since 2013) and table tennis were added later by the CGC, after artistic swimming was moved to the summer sports program.[8] Women's boxing, mixed doubles curling and karate will make their Canada Games debut.[7]
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