2011 Canada Winter Games

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]

• 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]

  *   Host nation (Nova Scotia)

• 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.

Flag points/Centennial Cup

Ontario won the flag points competition, and Nova Scotia won the Centennial Cup.^[5]

Participating provinces and territories

All 13 provinces and territories competed.

•  Alberta (242)^[6]
•  British Columbia (242)
•  Manitoba (224)
•  New Brunswick (200)
•  Newfoundland and Labrador (97)^[7]
•  Northwest Territories (103) ^[8]
•  Nova Scotia (222) (hosts)
•  Nunavut (28)^[9]
•  Ontario (260)
•  Prince Edward Island (147)
•  Quebec (254)
•  Saskatchewan (223)
•  Yukon (107)

Sports

•  Alpine skiing (10) (details)
•  Archery (6) (details)
•  Artistic gymnastics (14) (details)
•  Badminton (6) (details)
•  Biathlon (8) (details)
•  Boxing (9) (details)
•  Cross-country skiing (20) (details)
•  Curling (2) (details)
•  Figure skating (14) (details)
•  Freestyle skiing (8) (details)
•  Ice hockey (2) (details)
•  Judo (16) (details)
•  Ringette (1) (details)
•  Shooting (8) (details)
• Short track speed skating (10) (details)
•  Snowboarding (6) (details)
•  Squash (2) (details)
•  Speed skating (12) (details)
•  Synchronized swimming (4) (details)
•  Table tennis (7) (details)
• Wheelchair basketball (1) (details)

Schedule

The schedule for the 2011 Canada Games (19 February is a crossover day):^[10]

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

1. "2011 Canada Games - Venues". Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
2. "Multi-city games bid might not work". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
3. "Medal standing". Retrieved 25 January 2018.
4. "Halfpipe". Retrieved 25 January 2018.
5. "Centennial Cup Point Standing". Retrieved 25 January 2018.
6. "Government of Alberta". Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
7. "The Telegram". www.thetelegram.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
8. "2011 Canada Winter Games - Team NWT". Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
9. "Halifax 2011 Canada Games - Registration, Scheduling & Results". cg2011.gems.pro. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
10. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-09. Retrieved 2011-02-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)