Canada Winter Games Hockey Tournament

Held every four years, the Canada Winter Games are a showcase of the best under-16 players in the country, representing their home province. Men’s hockey debuted at the inaugural Canada Games in 1967, with the University of Alberta Golden Bears beating the UBC Thunderbirds to win the first gold medal. The tournament replaced the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge every four years through the 1990s and 2000s, before it became a U16 event beginning with the 2011 Games.
Ontario (5G 1S 2B) and Alberta (4G 4S 2B) have owned the top of the podium, combining for nine of the 13 gold medals, and seven different provinces have earned at least one medal. The star-studded alumni list is headed by Sidney Crosby, who wore the ‘C’ for Nova Scotia in 2003 and led the tournament in scoring, while nine members of Ontario’s gold-medal-winning entry from 2007 have seen NHL action (Cuma, Cundari, Del Zotto, Della Rovere, Henrique, Hodgson, Kadri, Pietrangelo, Stamkos).
==Men's Tournaments==
Year	Gold 	Silver 	Bronze 	Location
1967	Alberta 	British Columbia	Ontario 	Québec City, Québec
1971	Ontario 	Alberta 	Québec 	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1975	Alberta 	Nova Scotia 	Québec 	Lethbridge, Alberta
1979	British Columbia	Nova Scotia 	Québec 	McCreary, Manitoba
1983	Ontario 	British Columbia	Québec 	Saguenay, Quebec
1987	Québec 	Ontario 	British Columbia	Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
1991	Ontario 	Alberta 	Manitoba 	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1995	Saskatchewan 	Alberta 	Québec 	Grande Prairie, Alberta
1999	Alberta 	Québec 	British Columbia	Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
2003	Alberta 	Québec 	Ontario 	Bathurst, New Brunswick
2007	Ontario 	Manitoba 	Alberta 	Whitehorse, Yukon
2011	British Columbia	Québec 	Alberta 	Halifax, Nova Scotia
2015	Ontario 	Alberta 	Manitoba 	Prince George, British Columbia
2019	Quebec 	Ontario 	Alberta 	Red Deer, Alberta
2023	Ontario 	Saskatchewan 	Quebec 	Prince Edward Island
2027	 	 	 	Yukon
2031	 	 	 	Northwest Territories
2035	 	 	 	Saskatchewan
===Women's Tournaments===
Year	Gold 	Silver 	Bronze 	Location
1991	Alberta 	British Columbia	Québec 	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1995	Ontario 	Saskatchewan 	Québec 	Grande Prairie, Alberta
1999	Ontario 	Alberta 	Québec 	Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
2003	Ontario 	Québec 	Saskatchewan 	Bathurst, New Brunswick
2007	Ontario 	Manitoba 	Québec 	Whitehorse, Yukon
2011	Alberta 	Ontario 	Québec 	Halifax, Nova Scotia
2015	Québec 	Ontario 	Alberta 	Prince George, British Columbia
2019	Alberta 	Quebec 	British Columbia	Red Deer, Alberta
2023	British Columbia	Nova Scotia 	Ontario 	Prince Edward Island
2027	 	 	 	Yukon
2031	 	 	 	Northwest Territories
2035	 	 	 	Saskatchewan
Note: Host cities have not been chosen yet for 2023,2027, 2031, 2035 games but host province/territory have been
==Statistics==
===Participating provinces===
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==Future Olympians==
*The following were players who participated in the Canada Winter Games women's hockey tournament and would go on to represent Canada in ice hockey at the Winter Olympics
Player 	Team 	Year
Meghan Agosta 	Team Ontario 	2003Canadian Gold 2010, Andrew Podnieks, p. 134, Fenn Publishing, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55168-384-3 (Gold Medal)
Cassie Campbell 	Team Ontario 	1991 (Fourth place)
Nancy Drolet 	Team Quebec 	1991Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4, p.118, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, ISBN 1-55041-855-6 (Third place)
Jayna Hefford 	Team Ontario 	1995 (Gold Medal)
Haley Irwin 	Team Ontario 	2003 (Gold Medal)
Rebecca Johnston 	Team Ontario 	2007
Gina Kingsbury 	Team Quebec 	1995, 1999
Charline Labonte 	Team Québec 	1999
Carla MacLeod 	Team Alberta 	1995, 1999 (Bronze)
Caroline Ouellette 	Team Quebec 	1995
Cherie Piper 	Team Ontario 	1999
Colleen Sostorics 	Team Saskatchewan	1995
Tammy Shewchuk 	Team Québec 	1991 and 1995Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4, p.402, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, ISBN 1-55041-855-6
Sami Jo Small 	Team Manitoba 	1991 Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 5, p.409, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, ISBN 1-55041-855-6
Sarah Vaillancourt 	Team Québec 	2003
Catherine Ward 	Team Québec 	2003
Hayley Wickenheiser	Team Alberta 	1991 (Gold Medal)
==References==
Category:Ice hockey tournaments in Canada
Category:Canada Winter Games