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The 2009
Canada Summer Games The Canada Games (french: Jeux du Canada) is a multi-sport event held every two years, alternating between the Canada Winter Games and the Canada Summer Games. They represent the highest level of national competition for Canadian athletes. Two ...
were held in
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in 1 ...
from August 15 to 29.


Medal standings

The following is the medal table for the 2009 Canada Summer Games.


Events

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Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...
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Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
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Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
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Canoe A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using a single-bladed paddle. In British English, the term ...
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Kayak A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is typically propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Greenlandic word ''qajaq'' (). The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each se ...
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Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...
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Diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), a ...
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Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
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Rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically atta ...
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Rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 1 ...
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Sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cour ...
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Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
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Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...
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Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
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Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
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Triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the t ...
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Beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...
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Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
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Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...
Yukon won its first Canada summer games gold medal at these games courtesy of Alexendra Gabor in the 400M freestyle event in swimming She also won all of Yukon's medals.


Venues

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Alberton Memorial Field Alberton may refer to: Australia * Alberton, Queensland, a rural locality in the City of Gold Coast * Alberton, South Australia * Alberton, Tasmania * Alberton, Victoria Canada * Alberton, Ontario * Alberton, Prince Edward Island New Zealand ...
, Alberton - Softball *
Brookvale Winter Activity Park Mark Arendz Provincial Ski Park is a provincial park in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located in the community of Brookvale and functions as a winter activity park with the following attractions: * alpine ski hill (the only facility in t ...
, Brookvale - Cycling * Brudnell River Golf Course, Roseneath - Golf * CARI Aquatics Facility, Charlottetown - Swimming, Diving * Centennial Pool, Halifax - Diving * Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre, Charlottetown - Volleyball * Clipper Field, Cardigan - Baseball *
Credit Union Place The Credit Union Place is a 1,763-seat multipurpose arena located in Dauphin, Manitoba. The arena is part of the Parkland Recreation Complex, which also includes a curling rink and an aquatic centre. The arena opened in April 2006, at a cost of ...
, Summerside - Opening Ceremony * Eastern Eagles Soccer Complex, Lower Montague - Soccer * École Évangeline Softball Field,
Abrams Village Abram-Village is a rural municipality in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located in the township of Lot 15, approximately 27 kilometers west of the city of Summerside. Located in the "Evangeline Region", a collection of Fr ...
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Evangeline Region ''Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie'' is an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, written in English and published in 1847. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during t ...
- Cycling * Jerry McCormack Memorial Complex, Souris - Soccer *
Kensington Intermediate Senior High School Kensington Intermediate Senior High School, is a Canadian secondary school in Kensington, Prince Edward Island. Opened in 1955, it was a very small school until it received a $6.7 million grant and were added. Today it hosts grades 7 through 12, ...
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Kensington Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
- Soccer * Lions Club Field, Kensington - Softball * MacLauchlan Arena, Charlottetown - Volleyball * MacNeil Memorial Field, Stratford - Baseball * Memorial Field, Charlottetown - Baseball * Montague and Area Recreation Facility, Montague - Wrestling * Morell Soccer Complex, Morell - Soccer * O'Leary Softball Field,
O'Leary History Ancient The Uí Laoghaire clan, today associated with the Uibh Laoghaire parish in County Cork, is considered by scholars to have originated in the early Middle Ages on the south-west coast, in the area of Ros Ó gCairbre (Rosscarbery), ...
- Softball * Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club, Summerside - Sailing * Southwest River - Canoe/Kayak, Rowing * Stratford Soccer Field, Stratford - Soccer *Summerside Waterfront, Summerside - Triathlon, Cycling * Summerside Wellness Centre, Summerside - Basketball, Soccer, Beach Volleyball *
Three Oaks Senior High School Three Oaks Senior High School (often abbreviated as TOSH) is a Canadian secondary school located in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Summerside, Prince Edward Island for students from the eastern part of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Prin ...
, Summerside - Rugby, Basketball * UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place, Charlottetown - Athletics, Soccer, Closing Ceremonies *
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
Tennis Courts, Charlottetown - Tennis * VIV Field, Summerside - Softball *
Westisle Composite High School Westisle Composite High School is a Canadian secondary school in, Rosebank, Prince County, Prince Edward Island. Established in 1979, Westisle provides education for 10th to 12th grade students in the western part of the county. The school is ...
, Elmsdale - Soccer


Official site


Jeux du Canada 2009


References


External links

{{Canada Games
2009 Canada Games The 2009 Canada Summer Games were held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island from August 15 to 29. Medal standings The following is the medal table for the 2009 Canada Summer Games. Events *Athletics *Baseball *Basketball *Canoe/Kayak *Cyclin ...
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