The 2023 Canada Winter Games, officially known as the XXVIII Canada Games, (or informally as PEI 2023) was a Canadian multi-sport event hosted mainly across Prince Edward Island, from February 18, 2023, to March 5, 2023. The skiing events were hosted in New Brunswick, and the (long track) speed skating events were held in Nova Scotia.
Bidding As part of the rotation of Canada Games hosts, the Northwest Territories with (Yellowknife) were scheduled to host the games for the first time ever. However, in September 2016, The Northwest Territories and Prince Edward Island 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 Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) 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 was used as there were no suitable facilities in Prince Edward Island.
New Brunswick VenueSport(s)CityCrabbe MountainAlpine skiingFreestyle skiing Bright Parish
Nova Scotia VenueSport(s)CityHalifax Oval Speed skating Halifax
Prince Edward Island VenueSport(s)CityCanada Games Multi Sport Dome at Credit Union Place BoxingKarate SummersideCavendish Farms Community Events Centre Hockey Tyne ValleyCavendish Farms Wellness Centre Ringette MontagueChi-Wan Young Sports Centre BadmintonWheelchair basketball CharlottetownCredit Union Place Hockey SummersideEastlink Centre ArcheryCeremoniesFencingGymnastics (trampoline)HockeySquash CharlottetownEliyahu Wellness Centre at Canada Games Place Figure skatingShort track speed skating North RusticoEvangeline Recreation Centre Hockey WellingtonMacLauchlan Arena HockeyRingette CharlottetownMark Arendz Provincial Ski Park Alpine skiingBiathlonCross-country skiingFreestyle skiingSnowboarding BrookvaleMontague Curling Club Curling MontagueNorton Diamond Soccer Complex Gymnastics (artistic) StratfordO'Leary Cavendish Farms Arena Hockey O'LearyPrince Edward Island Convention Centre JudoTable tennis CharlottetownThe Silver Fox Entertainment Complex Curling SummersideTignish Credit Union Arena Hockey Tignish
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 (14) Trampoline (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
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