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 selected to stage the games. Halifax Annapolis Valley Truro, Wentworth and Brookfield with other communities. Antigonish, Pictou, Guysborough and Port Hawkesbury
Wentworth was part of one of the losing bids, but did end up hosting the alpine skiing and freestyle skiing events at these games.
Medal table The following is the medal table for the 2011 Canada Winter Games.
3 bronze medals were awarded in the freestyle skiing men's halfpipe. 2 golds and one bronze medal award in female all around in artistic gymnastics, no silver medal was awarded. 2 bronze medals awarded in women's artistic gymnastics balance beam and men's rings. 2 gold medals awarded in men's artistic gymnastics pommel horse and horizontal bar, no silver medals were awarded in either event. No bronze and silver medals awarded in dance (solo) special Olympics Level II male and female figure skating.
Flag points/Centennial Cup Ontario won the flag points competition, and Nova Scotia won the Centennial Cup.
Participating provinces and territories All 13 provinces and territories competed.
(242) (242) (224) (200) (97) (103) (222) (hosts) (28) (260) (147) (254) (223) (107)
Sports
Short track speed skating (10) ()
Wheelchair basketball (1) ()
Schedule The schedule for the 2011 Canada Games (19 February is a crossover day):
Venues Canada Games Centre: artistic gymnastics, badminton, synchronized swimming Canada Games Oval: long track speed skating Citadel High School: wheelchair basketball, table tennis Cole Harbour Place: ringette Dartmouth Sportsplex: ice hockey Halifax Forum: boxing Halifax Metro Centre: ice hockey Mayflower Curling Club: curling Sackville High School: shooting, archery St. Mary's University: squash, judo Ski Martock: biathlon, cross-country skiing, snowboarding Ski Wentworth: freestyle skiing, alpine skiing St. Margaret's Centre: short track speed skating, figure skating
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