Athletes enter the Games representing each of their respective 13 provinces or territories.
The first Games were held as part of Canada's Centennial Year Celebrations in 1967.
Ontario and Quebec remain the only two provinces to win the Canada Winter Games thus far, with British Columbia and Alberta constantly secured in the third and fourth positions.
The 1981 Canada Summer Games were held in Thunder Bay, Ontario The 1983 Canada Winter Games were held in Saguenay/Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec The 1985 Canada Summer Games were held at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, New Brunswick.
The 2009 Canada Summer Games were held in many communities in Prince Edward Island The 2011 Canada Winter Games were held in Halifax, Nova Scotia The 2013 Canada Summer Games were held in Sherbrooke, Quebec * Host nation (Quebec)The 2015 Canada Winter Games were held in Prince George, British Columbia * Host nation (British Columbia)The 2017 Canada Summer Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba * Host nation (Manitoba)The 2019 Canada Winter Games were held in Red Deer, Alberta The 2022 Canada Summer Games were held in Niagara Region, Ontario * Host nation (Ontario)