2013 Canada Summer Games

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2013 Canada Summer Games
12th Canada Summer Games
Host citySherbrooke, Quebec
Provinces and Territories13
Events270 in 16 Sports
OpeningAugust 2
ClosingAugust 17
Opened byStephen Harper
Main venueUniversité de Sherbrooke Stadium (OC)
Parc Jacques Cartier(CC)[1]
Summer

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[edit]

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

  *   Host nation (Quebec)

RankProvinceGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Ontario956949213
2 Quebec*535861172
3 British Columbia473639122
4 Alberta344242118
5 Nova Scotia16182256
6 Saskatchewan8182551
7 New Brunswick55616
8 Manitoba3112135
9 Prince Edward Island0202
10 Newfoundland and Labrador0112
11 Northwest Territories0000
 Nunavut0000
 Yukon0000
Totals (13 entries)261260266787

Sports[edit]

269 events in 17 different sports were contested.[4] The only change at these Games involved dropping rugby sevens and replacing it with fencing (which was 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[edit]

List of venues as follows:[6]

Participating provinces and territories[edit]

All 13 provinces and territories competed.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cultural Programming: Time to submit your application!" (PDF). February 10, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-16. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  2. ^ "2013 Canada Summer Games - Sherbrooke". Archived from the original on 2014-07-20. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  3. ^ "Medal standing". Cg2013.gems.pro. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  4. ^ Sports disciplines[dead link]
  5. ^ "Rugby knocked out of 2013 Canada Summer Games". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  6. ^ "Competition venues | Jeux d'été du Canada - Sherbrooke 2013 Canada Summer Games". Archived from the original on 2013-05-04. Retrieved 2013-05-04.

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