The Canada Games is a national multi-sport event held every two years, alternating between summer and winter editions, bringing together the best young athletes from all provinces and territories. It serves as a key development milestone within Canada’s high-performance sport system.
To use a national multi-sport event as a catalyst for athlete development, community pride, and long-term sport legacy across Canada. The Canada Games exist not only as a competition platform but as a developmental milestone for emerging athletes, coaches, and officials representing every province and territory.
Canada Games aligns with ICSN primarily through its event-based inclusion model. The integration of Para sport, Indigenous representation, and accessibility standards reflects many of the same principles ICSN applies when supporting inclusive sport environments and community engagement programming. The Games also provide a useful example of how inclusion can be embedded into large-scale sport delivery rather than treated as an add-on.
