The Canada Games brings together more than 2,000 able-bodied athletes and athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities for the largest amateur multi-sport event in the country. Alternating between winter and summer, they span over 30 different sports to showcase the very best in Canadian sport and spirit.
The Games are held under the stewardship of the Canada Games Council who provide continuity, leadership and support. We’re here to foster ongoing partnerships and ensure the Games leave an enduring legacy on communities from coast to coast to coast.
Mother Nature provided a gold medal test for golfers competing at the 2025 Canada Games throwing everything she had at the elite field with British Columbia's Austin Krahn and Quebec's Leonie Tavares getting gold stars finishing top the Bally Haly Country Club leaderboard.
Mother Nature provided a gold medal test for golfers competing at the 2025 Canada Games throwing everything she had at the elite field with British Columbia's Austin Krahn and Quebec's Leonie Tavares getting gold stars finishing top the Bally Haly Country Club leaderboard.
There will be tens of thousands of photographs and hundreds of hours of video and live streaming chronicling the 2025 Canada Games but look closer and you might find the intriguing work of 26 volunteer artists who are providing their own evocative, romantic interpretation of the action.
There will be tens of thousands of photographs and hundreds of hours of video and live streaming chronicling the 2025 Canada Games but look closer and you might find the intriguing work of 26 volunteer artists who are providing their own evocative, romantic interpretation of the action.
For certain athletes participating in St. John's, the 2025 Canada Games will be the pinnacle of their sporting careers. For others like Team Quebec's Maude Ruelland, winner of the mountain bike cross-country gold on Wednesday, the Games are part of the journey to bigger and better things.
For certain athletes participating in St. John's, the 2025 Canada Games will be the pinnacle of their sporting careers. For others like Team Quebec's Maude Ruelland, winner of the mountain bike cross-country gold on Wednesday, the Games are part of the journey to bigger and better things.
Artistic swimming is not new to the Canada Games but competing in St. John's marks a significant first for the sport shifting from the Winter to the Summer lineup in a move designed to better fit athletes and improve the quality of competition.
Artistic swimming is not new to the Canada Games but competing in St. John's marks a significant first for the sport shifting from the Winter to the Summer lineup in a move designed to better fit athletes and improve the quality of competition.
The 2025 Canada Games got a small taste of the Tour de France on Saturday running the men's and women's cycling criterium races along one of the country's most famous party streets attracting a large curious crowd to the downtown core.
The 2025 Canada Games got a small taste of the Tour de France on Saturday running the men's and women's cycling criterium races along one of the country's most famous party streets attracting a large curious crowd to the downtown core.
Many of the 4,000 plus athletes competing at the Canada Games will go to sleep on Wednesday dreaming of the Olympics but not Team Quebec's double gold para cyclist Joseph Vachon, who has ruled the roads in St. John's.
Many of the 4,000 plus athletes competing at the Canada Games will go to sleep on Wednesday dreaming of the Olympics but not Team Quebec's double gold para cyclist Joseph Vachon, who has ruled the roads in St. John's.
The small tattoo on Jonnie Newman's shoulder is one every athlete competing at the Canada Games has noticed and wants. But if you want a tattoo of the Olympic rings like Newman's you must earn it and pay for it with sweat and determination that allows you to become a member of a very select club, athletes who have represented Canada at a Summer or Winter Olympics.
The small tattoo on Jonnie Newman's shoulder is one every athlete competing at the Canada Games has noticed and wants. But if you want a tattoo of the Olympic rings like Newman's you must earn it and pay for it with sweat and determination that allows you to become a member of a very select club, athletes who have represented Canada at a Summer or Winter Olympics.
The Canada Games Council has enacted a contingency travel plan to ensure all Week 1 participants at the St. John’s 2025 Canada Games are able to return home, and all Week 2 participants are able to arrive in and return from St. John’s.
The Canada Games Council has enacted a contingency travel plan to ensure all Week 1 participants at the St. John’s 2025 Canada Games are able to return home, and all Week 2 participants are able to arrive in and return from St. John’s.
Climbing onto a medal podium is a lot like climbing a mountain. There are many different routes you can take to get there. Newfoundland's Gavin Baggs is trying them all and finally got there on Sunday at the Canada Games grabbing silver in the men's 400 metres freestyle para to the wild cheers of the home crowd.
Climbing onto a medal podium is a lot like climbing a mountain. There are many different routes you can take to get there. Newfoundland's Gavin Baggs is trying them all and finally got there on Sunday at the Canada Games grabbing silver in the men's 400 metres freestyle para to the wild cheers of the home crowd.
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The Canada Games Council is proud to announce a multiyear partnership with CBC/Radio-Canada, making Canada’s public broadcaster the National Media Partner for the Canada Games from 2025 through 2031.
The Canada Games Council is proud to announce a multiyear partnership with CBC/Radio-Canada, making Canada’s public broadcaster the National Media Partner for the Canada Games from 2025 through 2031.
At the 2025 Canada Games, Shirley Firth will be recognized for her amazing career in the sport of cross country skiing with a posthumous induction into the Canada Games Hall of Honour.
At the 2025 Canada Games, Shirley Firth will be recognized for her amazing career in the sport of cross country skiing with a posthumous induction into the Canada Games Hall of Honour.
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