The 2023 Canada Winter Games, officially known as the XXVIII

Canada Games The Canada Games () is a multi-sport event held every two years, alternating between the Canada Winter Games and the Canada Summer Games. They represent the highest level of national competition for Canadian athletes. Two separate programs are or ...

, (or informally as PEI 2023) was a Canadian

multi-sport event A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of intern ...

hosted mainly across

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, from February 18, 2023, to March 5, 2023. The skiing events were hosted in

New Brunswick New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to ...

, and the skating events were held in

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Bidding

As part of the rotation of

hosts, the

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of Provinces and territorie ...

with (

Yellowknife Yellowknife is the capital, largest community, and the only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of t ...

) were scheduled to host the games for the first time ever. However, in September 2016, The Northwest Territories and

agreed to swap bidding years (with the former now eligible to bid for 2031). In November 2018, the island officially won its bid to host the games.

Venues

A total of 18 venues (16 in Prince Edward Island, one each in

and

) staged the competitions. The venue in New Brunswick was chosen to host the alpine and freestyle skiing events, as there is no downhill mountain available in Prince Edward Island. Meanwhile, the speed skating oval in Nova Scotia from the

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. Bids Four bids (all from Nova Scotia, as it was that province's turn) were made for the games, and eventually Halifax was ...

was used as there were no suitable facilities in Prince Edward Island.

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

Sports

A total of 175 events in 21 sports will be contested at the games. An initial group of sports was named on January 19, 2017. The sports of karate was selected by the organizing committee as the final sport. Fencing (for the first time since 2013) and table tennis were added later by the CGC, after artistic swimming was moved to the summer sports program. Women's boxing, mixed doubles curling and karate will make their Canada Games debut. * * * * * * * * * * * **

Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique, Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), ...

(14) **

Trampoline A trampoline is a device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched between a steel frame often using many coiled spring (device), springs. People bounce on trampolines for recreational and competitive purposes. The fabric that use ...

(5) * * * * * * * * * *

Participating provinces and territories

All 13 of Canada's provinces and territories competed. * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Marketing

Mascot

Wowkwis (whoa-quis; red fox) is the 2023 Canada Games mascot.

Medal standings

Medallists

Archery

Alpine skiing

;Para

Badminton

Biathlon

Boxing

Curling

Cross-country skiing

;Para

Fencing

Figure skating

;Special Olympics

Freestyle skiing

Gymnastics

Artistic

Trampoline

Hockey

Judo

Karate

Ringette

Short track speed skating

Snowboarding

Squash

Speed skating

Table tennis

Wheelchair basketball

References

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