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.

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

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

3 bronze medals were awarded in the freestyle skiing men's halfpipe.^[4]
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.

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

Events at the 2011 Canada Winter Games — Halifax, Nova Scotia

Alpine skiing Archery Artistic gymnastics Badminton Biathlon Boxing Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Judo Ringette Shooting Short track speed skating Snowboarding Squash Speed skating Synchronized swimming Table tennis Wheelchair basketball

Canada Games

Summer	1969 Halifax & Dartmouth 1973 New Westminster & Burnaby 1977 St. John's 1981 Thunder Bay 1985 Saint John 1989 Saskatoon 1993 Kamloops 1997 Brandon 2001 London 2005 Regina 2009 Charlottetown 2013 Sherbrooke 2017 Winnipeg

Winter	1967 Quebec City 1971 Saskatoon 1975 Lethbridge 1979 Brandon 1983 Saguenay & Lac Saint-Jean 1987 Sydney 1991 Charlottetown 1995 Grande Prairie 1999 Corner Brook 2003 Bathurst & Campbellton 2007 Whitehorse 2011 Halifax 2015 Prince George 2019 Red Deer

Sports	Soccer Freestyle wrestling

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