# 2019 Canada Winter Games

The 2019 Canada Winter Games, officially known as the XXVII Canada Games, is a Canadian multi-sport event that was held in Red Deer, Alberta, from February 15, 2019, to March 3, 2019. These were the third Canada Winter Games held in the province of Alberta, after the 1975 Canada Winter Games in Lethbridge and the 1995 Canada Winter Games in Grande Prairie.

## Host selection

On September 4, 2014, it was announced that Red Deer had won its bid to host the games by beating Lethbridge.

## Venues

13 competition venues located in Red Deer, Calgary and Kananaskis were used.

### Red Deer

* Canyon Ski Resort – Alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding
* Centrium – hockey
* Collicutt Centre – gymnastics, ringette
* "Downtown Arena" – hockey, ringette
* Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre – badminton, figure skating, short track speed skating, squash, wheelchair basketball
* Great Chief Park – speed skating
* Kinex Arena – hockey
* Pidherney Centre – curling
* River Ben Golf & Recreation Area – biathlon, cross-country skiing
* Westerner Park – archery, boxing, judo, table tennis

### Calgary

* Repsol Sport Centre – artistic swimming
* WinSport's Canada Olympic Park – freestyle skiing, snowboarding

### Kananaskis

* Nakiska Ski Resort – Alpine skiing

## Sports

164 medals events in 19 sports were contested. Note, ski cross is included in the alpine ski program.
* Alpine skiing (12) (details)
* Archery (6) (details)
* Artistic swimming (3) (details)
* Badminton (6) (details)
* Biathlon (8) (details)
* Boxing (6) (details)
* Cross-country skiing (19) (details)
* Curling (2) (details)
* Figure skating (12) (details)
* Freestyle skiing (10) (details)
* Gymnastics (details)
** Artistic gymnastics (14)
** Trampoline (5)
* Hockey (2) (details)
* Judo (16) (details)
* Ringette (1) (details)
* Short track speed skating (10) (details)
* Snowboarding (8) (details)
* Speed skating (12) (details)
* Squash (4) (details)
* Table tennis (7) (details)
* Wheelchair basketball (1) (details)

## Participating Provinces/Territories

All 13 of Canada's provinces and territories competed. The number of competitors each province or territory entered is in brackets.
* Alberta (247) (hosts)
* British Columbia (251)
* Manitoba (208)
* New Brunswick (201)
* Newfoundland and Labrador (157)
* Northwest Territories (93)
* Nova Scotia (211)
* Nunavut (43)
* Ontario (250)
* Prince Edward Island (155)
* Quebec (243)
* Saskatchewan (215)
* Yukon (109)

## Schedule

The competition was held over 16 days, with Saturday the 23rd being the transition day (no events held).
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
| February/March | February/March | 15 Fri | 16 Sat | 17 Sun | 18 Mon | 19 Tue | 20 Wed | 21 Thu | 22 Fri | 24 Sun | 25 Mon | 26 Tue | 27 Wed | 28 Thu | 1 Fri | 2 Sat | 3 Sun | Events |
| Ceremonies (opening / closing) | Ceremonies (opening / closing) | OC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CC | | — |
| Alpine skiing | Alpine skiing | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 4 | 4 | | 2 | | | 12 |
| Archery | Archery | | | | | | | | | | | ● | ● | 4 | 2 | | | 6 |
| Artistic swimming | Artistic swimming | | | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Badminton | Badminton | | | | | | | | | | ● | ● | 5 | ● | ● | 1 | | 6 |
| Biathlon | Biathlon | | | 2 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| Boxing | Boxing | | | ● | ● | ● | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| Cross-country skiing | Cross-country skiing | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 6 | | 6 | | 5 | | 19 |
| Curling | Curling | | | | | | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | | 2 |
| Figure skating | Figure skating | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | | | | 12 |
| Freestyle skiing | Freestyle skiing | | | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| Gymnastics | Artistic | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | 14 |
| Gymnastics | Trampoline | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | | | 5 |
| Hockey | Hockey | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | | 2 |
| Judo | Judo | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 7 | | 2 | | | 16 |
| Ringette | Ringette | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Short track speed skating | Short track speed skating | | | ● | 2 | | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| Snowboarding | Snowboarding | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 2 | | | 8 |
| Speed skating | Speed skating | | 2 | 4 | | 2 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| Squash | Squash | | | | | | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| Table tennis | Table tennis | | ● | ● | 2 | ● | ● | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| Wheelchair basketball | Wheelchair basketball | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Total events | Total events | | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 164 |
| Cumulative total | Cumulative total | | 2 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 40 | 65 | 73 | 73 | 82 | 103 | 124 | 143 | 153 | 164 | 164 | — |
| | | 15 Fri | 16 Sat | 17 Sun | 18 Mon | 19 Tue | 20 Wed | 21 Thu | 22 Fri | 24 Sun | 25 Mon | 26 Tue | 27 Wed | 28 Thu | 1 Fri | 2 Sat | 3 Sun | Events |

## Medal table

The following is the medal table.
| Rank | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Quebec | 65 | 41 | 40 | 146 |
| 2 | Alberta | 36 | 33 | 31 | 100 |
| 3 | British Columbia | 30 | 28 | 29 | 87 |
| 4 | Ontario | 18 | 43 | 44 | 105 |
| 5 | Manitoba | 9 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Saskatchewan | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 7 | Nova Scotia | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | New Brunswick | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Prince Edward Island | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Northwest Territories | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Yukon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Nunavut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 164 | 165 | 177 | 506 |
* Two silvers were awarded in the men's individual all-around gymnastics event.