Thorold, along with other municipalities in the Niagara Region, hosted events for the 2022 Canada Summer Games.
[4] Typically, the Canada Games does not run at a financial deficit due to corporate sponsorships; for the Canada Games Park, Canadian Tire donated a substantial amount of money and certain areas of the facility were named after it.
[5] The venue was built to include two ice rinks, an area for track and field, four gymnasiums, six beach volleyball courts, and a cycling centre.
[5] The partners listed in a consortium agreement for Canada Games Park rent the space for specific timeslots and use it for activities such as public ice skating.
[7] In 2023, the city of Thorold hired a municipal lawyer to examine their claims to ownership, who determined that they were only one of three co-tenants leasing it from Brock University and their responsibilities for upkeep would expire in 38 years without any permanent claims to ownership.