2011 Canada Winter Games

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.

• Halifax
• Annapolis Valley
• Truro, Wentworth and Brookfield with other communities.
• Antigonish, Pictou, Guysborough and Port Hawkesbury

: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 bronze medals were awarded in the freestyle skiing men's halfpipe.
• 2 golds and one bronze medal award in female all around in artistic gymnastics, no silver medal was awarded.
• 2 bronze medals awarded in women's artistic gymnastics balance beam and men's rings.
• 2 gold medals awarded in men's artistic gymnastics pommel horse and horizontal bar, no silver medals were awarded in either event.
• No bronze and silver medals awarded in dance (solo) special Olympics Level II male and female figure skating.

Flag points/Centennial Cup

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

Participating provinces and territories

All 13 provinces and territories competed.

• Alberta (242)
• British Columbia (242)
• Manitoba (224)
• New Brunswick (200)
• Newfoundland and Labrador (97)
• Northwest Territories (103)
• Nova Scotia (222) (hosts)
• Nunavut (28)
• Ontario (260)
• Prince Edward Island (147)
• Quebec (254)
• Saskatchewan (223)
• Yukon (107)

Sports

• [[Image:Short track speed skating pictogram.svg|20px]] Short track speed skating (10) ()
• [[Image:Wheelchair basketball - Paralympic pictogram.svg|20px]] Wheelchair basketball (1) ()

Schedule

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

Venues

• Canada Games Centre: artistic gymnastics, badminton, synchronized swimming
• Canada Games Oval: long track speed skating
• Citadel High School: wheelchair basketball, table tennis
• Cole Harbour Place: ringette
• Dartmouth Sportsplex: ice hockey
• Halifax Forum: boxing
• Halifax Metro Centre: ice hockey
• Mayflower Curling Club: curling
• Sackville High School: shooting, archery
• St. Mary's University: squash, judo
• Ski Martock: biathlon, cross-country skiing, snowboarding
• Ski Wentworth: freestyle skiing, alpine skiing
• St. Margaret's Centre: short track speed skating, figure skating

References

References

1. "2011 Canada Games - Venues".
2. "Multi-city games bid might not work".
3. "Medal standing".
4. "Halfpipe".
5. "Centennial Cup Point Standing".
6. "Government of Alberta".
7. "The Telegram".
8. "2011 Canada Winter Games - Team NWT".
9. "Halifax 2011 Canada Games - Registration, Scheduling & Results".
10. "Archived copy".