2022 Canada Summer Games

On February 10, 2016, the Canada Games Council officially launched the bid process for the rights to host the event, with bids having until May 20, 2016, to declare interest.[3] On May 24, 2016, the Canada Games Council announced a total of four bids were received: Niagara Region, a combined bid from four cities (Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and Guelph), Greater Sudbury and Ottawa.[4][5]

In August 2016, the Canada Games Council Technical Review Committee made visits to all four bid regions to evaluate the bids.[6] In September 2016, the Canada Games Council board of directors passed all four bid groups to the next level of reviews.[7] On March 31, 2017, Niagara Region was announced as the successful bidder.[8]

A total of 248 events in 17 sports and 20 disciplines were contested at the 2022 Canada Summer Games.

The following venues were designated for the 2022 Summer Games. Out of the 12 municipalities in the Niagara, eight were host cities/towns for sporting competitions. Grimsby, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake. Pelham St. Catharines, Thorold, Wainfleet and Welland. One competition venue, the Etobicoke Olympium was located in Toronto. The following is a venue map, produced by the local organizing committee.[9]

A total of 248 events over 17 sports and 20 disciplines were contested. Box lacrosse returned to the Canada Summer Games for the first time since the 1985 Canada Summer Games.[10] Rugby sevens will also make its Canada Games debut, with the women's competition being included.[11]

Source:[12]

August		6th Sat	7th Sun	8th Mon	9th Tues	10th Wed	11th Thurs	12th Fri	13th Sat	14th Sun	15th Mon	16th Tues	17th Wed	18th Thurs	19th Fri	20th Sat	21st Sun	Total
Ceremonies		OC															CC
Athletics												4	7		21	22		54
Baseball			●	●	●	●		●	1									1
Basketball				●	●	●	●	●	2									2
Box lacrosse			●	●	●	●	●	1				●	●	●	●	●	1	2
Canoe/Kayak												8	8	14	8			38[lower-alpha 1]
Cycling				2		2		2				2		2		2		12
Diving												3	2	2		●	2	9
Golf													●	●	●	3		3
Rowing													●	●		7	7	14
Rugby sevens				●	●	1												1
Sailing													●	●	●	3	2	5
Soccer			●	●	●		●	1				●	●	●	●	●	1	2
Softball			●	●	●	●	●	1				●	●	●	●	1		2
Swimming			6	15	16	14	15	2										68
Tennis			●	●	●	●	●	●	1									1
Triathlon				2			2	1										5
Volleyball				●	●		●	●	2			●	●	●	●	●	2	4
Wrestling					●	2	21											23
Total gold medals			6	19	16	19	38	8	6	0	0	17	17	18	29	39	14	246
August		6th Sat	7th Sun	8th Mon	9th Tues	10th Wed	11th Thurs	12th Fri	13th Sat	14th Sun	15th Mon	16th Tues	17th Wed	18th Thurs	19th Fri	20th Sat	21st Sun	Total

All 13 of Canada's provinces and territories competed. The number of competitors each province or territory entered is in brackets.

The following is the final medal table for the 2022 Canada Summer Games.[20] Nunavut won its first ever Canada Summer Games medal, a gold, when wrestler Eekeeluak Avalak won his event.[21] The gold medal was the territory's second ever medal at the Canada Games, following a bronze medal in judo at the 2007 Canada Winter Games.[21]

  *   Host nation (Ontario)

Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ontario*	86	60	52	198
2	Quebec	49	51	42	142
3	Alberta	35	33	43	111
4	British Columbia	34	51	43	128
5	Nova Scotia	22	15	19	56
6	Manitoba	10	10	17	37
7	New Brunswick	4	6	9	19
8	Saskatchewan	3	13	16	32
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	1	6	2	9
10	Prince Edward Island	1	0	1	2
11	Nunavut	1	0	0	1
12	Northwest Territories	0	0	0	0
	Yukon	0	0	0	0
Totals (13 entries)		246	245	244	735