Short track speed skating at the 2011 Canada Winter Games was held at the St. Margaret's Centre in Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia. [1]
The events will be held during the first week between February 13 and 17, 2011. [2]
The seating capacity for these games will be 1,000 spectators. [3]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m [4] | Alexandre St-Jean  Quebec | 43.308 | Andrew Evans  New Brunswick | 43.633 | Evan Brideau New Brunswick | 44.043 |
| 1000 m [5] | Maxime Gauthier Quebec | 1:29.033 | Yoan Gauthier Quebec | 1:29.663 | Charles Evans New Brunswick | 1:32.015 |
| 1500 m [6] | Maxime Gauthier Quebec | 2:29.139 | Benoît Thériault Quebec | 2:29.500 | Yoan Gauthier Quebec | 2:30.777 |
| 1500 m Super [7] | Maxime Gauthier Quebec | 2:17.183 | Alexandre St-Jean Quebec | 2:18.369 | Yoan Gauthier Quebec | 2:18.463 |
| 3000 m relay [8] | Alexandre St-Jean Maxime Gauthier Benoît Thériault Jonathan Perez-Audy Yoan Gauthier Quebec | 4:18.311 | Julien Collin-Demers Vincent De Haître Dan Carruthers Oliver Gervais Kevin Ryu Sun  Ontario | 4:19.632 | Evan Brideau Andrew Evans Charles Evans Jeff Retallick Devin Patterson New Brunswick | 4:21.438 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m [9] | Courtney Shmyr  British Columbia | 46.409 | Cynthia Mascitto Quebec | 46.515 | Elisabeth Albert Quebec | 46.683 |
| 1000 m [10] | Ann-Véronique Michaud Quebec | 1:36.521 | Namasthée Harris-Gauthier Quebec | 1:36.648 | Elisabeth Albert Quebec | 1:37.522 |
| 1500 m [11] | Ann-Véronique Michaud Quebec | 2:37.178 | Namasthée Harris-Gauthier Quebec | 2:38.124 | Courtney Shmyr British Columbia | 2:38.282 |
| 1500 m Super [12] | Ann-Véronique Michaud Quebec | 2:31.149 | Namasthée Harris-Gauthier Quebec | 2:31.561 | Courtney Shmyr British Columbia | 2:31.970 |
| 3000 m relay [13] | Cynthia Mascitto Ann-Véronique Michaud Elisabeth Albert Namasthée Harris-Gauthier Jessica Santos-Bouffard Quebec | 4:32.466 | Courtney Shmyr Michelle MacKay Jesse Keca Jamie MacDonald Robyn Kempers British Columbia | 4:34.517 | Stephanie Bowskill Keri Morrison Hannah Morrison Taylor Schmidt Gabrielle St-Germain Ontario | 4:43.612 |
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