2011 Canada Winter Games Explained

2011 Canada Winter Games
Host City:	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Provinces And Territories:	13
Athletes:	2321
Events:	166 in 21 sports
Opening:	February 11
Closing:	February 27
Stadium:	Halifax Metro Centre
Sprevious:	2007 CWG

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]

• 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.

• (242)^[6]
• (242)
• (224)
• (200)
• (97)^[7]
• (103) ^[8]
• (222) (hosts)
• (28)^[9]
• (260)
• (147)
• (254)
• (223)
• (107)

Sports

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Short track speed skating (10)
          • Wheelchair basketball (1)

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2011 Canada Games - Venues . 2010-12-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100414090153/http://www.canadagames2011.ca/en/home/sportsvenues/venues/default.aspx . 2010-04-14 . dead .
2. Web site: Multi-city games bid might not work. 25 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713152319/http://older.kingsjournalism.com/nnn/nova_news_3588_4108.html#. 2011-07-13. dead.
3. Web site: Medal standing. 25 January 2018.
4. Web site: Halfpipe. 25 January 2018.
5. Web site: Centennial Cup Point Standing. 25 January 2018.
6. Web site: Government of Alberta . 2018-09-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111006185458/http://alberta.ca/home/NewsFrame.cfm?ReleaseID=%2Facn%2F201101%2F297919A1CA1D0-A726-5DBB-1FF85C24472CEF84.html . 2011-10-06 . dead .
7. Web site: The Telegram. www.thetelegram.com. 25 January 2018. https://archive.today/20130204052654/http://www.thetelegram.com/Sports/2011-01-20/article-2139431/This-flagbearer-is-Taylormade/1. 4 February 2013. dead.
8. Web site: 2011 Canada Winter Games - Team NWT. 25 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20110215105235/http://www.sportnorth.com/Content/Programs/Team%20NWT/2011-CWG-Team-List.asp?langid=1. 2011-02-15. dead.
9. Web site: Halifax 2011 Canada Games - Registration, Scheduling & Results. cg2011.gems.pro. 25 January 2018.
10. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110409081422/http://www.canadagames2011.ca/site-cg/media/canadagames2011/HFX2011-Foldout-Event-Schedule.pdf . 2011-04-09 . dead .