CBC/Radio-Canada announces multi-year deal to broadcast Canada Games
This long-term commitment runs from 2025 through to 2031, ensuring audiences across Canada will have more access than ever before to this uniquely Canadian multi-sport event for elite young athletes, and to the stories of the people and communities behind the Games.
The deal covers the next four Canada Games, two in the summer and two in the winter:
2025 St. John's (August 9 - 24, 2025).
2027 Québec City (February 27 - March 14).
2029 Moncton | Saint John (summer, dates TBA).
2031 Canada Games in Québec (winter, host city and dates TBA)
CBC/Radio-Canada will provide extensive coverage of the Canada Games in English on CBC Gem, cbcsports.ca, and the CBC Sports YouTube channel; and in French in the sports section of ICI TOU.TV and via the ICI TOU.TV app. Notably, for this August's St. John's Games, all 1,250 hours of coverage will be available to stream on CBC and Radio-Canada platforms.
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"Sports is a uniquely unifying force in bringing Canadians together," said CBC/Radio-Canada president and CEO Marie-Philippe Bouchard. "CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to supporting Canada's amateur athletes, and there is no better way to do so than to partner with the Canada Games Council to showcase our country's largest amateur sport competition."
The Canada Games Council, a private, non-profit organization, is the governing body for the Canada Games. Held once every two years, alternating between winter and summer, the Canada Games represent the highest level of national competition for up and coming Canadian athletes. The Games have been hosted in every province at least once since their inception in Quebec City during Canada's centennial in 1967.
"This collaboration with CBC/Radio-Canada marks a significant moment for the Canada Games movement," said CGC president and CEO Kelly-Ann Paul. "It not only ensures a national platform for incredible Canada Games athletes and their stories but also significantly amplifies our shared commitment to celebrating the unifying nature of sport from coast to coast to coast."
Of the 316 Canadian athletes that competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics, 103 took part in the Canada Games at various times, including Paris 4x100-metre relay gold medallists Andre De Grasse and Jerome Blake.
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