2013 Canada Summer Games

12th Canada Summer Games
Host city Sherbrooke, Quebec
Provinces and Territories participating 13
Events 270 in 16 Sports
Opening ceremony August 2
Closing ceremony August 17
Officially opened by Stephen Harper
Main venue Université de Sherbrooke Stadium (OC)
Parc Jacques Cartier(CC)[1]

The 2013 Canada Summer Games is a national multi-sport event that was held in Sherbrooke, Quebec from August 2, 2013 to August 17, 2013.[2] These Games were the first Canada Summer Games to be held in Quebec, and third overall after the inaugural Canada Winter Games in Quebec City in 1967 and the 1983 Canada Winter Games in Saguenay.

Medal table

The following is the medal table for the 2013 Canada Summer Games.[3]

Key
  The host province is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Ontario 95 69 49 213
2  Quebec 53 58 61 172
3  British Columbia 47 36 39 122
4  Alberta 34 42 42 118
5  Nova Scotia 16 18 22 56
6  Saskatchewan 8 18 25 51
7  New Brunswick 5 5 6 16
8  Manitoba 3 11 21 35
9  Prince Edward Island 0 2 0 2
10  Newfoundland and Labrador 0 1 1 2
11  Yukon 0 0 0 0
11  Northwest Territories 0 0 0 0
11  Nunavut 0 0 0 0
Total 261 260 266 787

Sports

269 events in 17 different sports will be contested.[4] The only change at these Games is rugby sevens has been dropped and replaced with fencing (which has moved over from the Canada Winter Games.[5]

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events proposed to be contested in each sport/discipline.

Venues

List of venues as follows:[6]

Participating provinces and territories

All 13 provinces and territories are expected to compete.

References

  1. ↑ "Cultural Programming: Time to submit your application!" (PDF). February 10, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2013 Canada Summer Games - Sherbrooke". Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ Medal standing
  4. ↑ Sports disciplines
  5. ↑ Rugby knocked out of 2013 Canada Summer Games
  6. ↑ http://www.sherbrooke2013.ca/en/competition-venues

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