Canada's best young athletes take centre stage from February 11-27 for Halifax’s first Canada Winter Games. Watch them compete in more than 20 sports at various venues around the city and nearby ski hills. While you’re here for the games, make sure to visit the many great attractions and experience festivals and events happening in Halifax and surrounding areas. Don’t miss a minute of the action – plan your visit to Nova Scotia today.
Halifax will be host to hockey, speed skating, figure skating, curling, gymnastics, ringette, boxing, archery, wheelchair basketball, synchronized swimming, badminton, squash and judo. Eleven venues stretching from Upper Tantallon to Cole Harbour will be home to a flurry of activity and excitement during the Canada Winter Games.
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Host to snowboarding, cross country skiing and biathlon, Ski Martock is located near the town of Windsor, the birthplace of Hockey and home to the world famous Dill’s Atlantic Giant Pumpkins.
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Host to alpine and freestyle skiing, Ski Wentworth is located in the heart of the Wentworth Valley, tucked between the Northumberland Strait and Bay of Fundy.
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