Basketball

Basketball has been a part of the Canada Games since the inaugural Games in Quebec City in 1967. Initially part of the winter program, basketball moved to the summer edition in 1989 and has been a featured sport in every summer Games since then.  

With notable Canada Games alumni like Basketball Hall of Fame member Steve Nash, WNBA star Bridget Carleton, 2013 NBA 1st overall draft pick Anthony Bennett, and Olympians Shay Colley, Nirra Fields, and Katherine and Michelle Plouffe, basketball is a sport on the rise in Canada and the next generation of Canadians continue to make their mark on the court.