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BC Games Society

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BC Games Society

Company type	Crown Corporation
Industry	Multi-sport event management
Founded	1977; 48 years ago (1977)
Headquarters	Victoria,British Columbia , Canada
Area served	British Columbia
Key people	Jamey Paterson(Chairman) Alison Noble(President andCEO)
Number of employees	10 (January 2017)^[1]
Website	www.bcgames.org

TheBC Games Society is aprovincial crown corporation inBritish Columbia created in 1977. The organization is the governing body responsible for theBC Summer Games andBC Winter Games, and manages the Team BC program at theCanada Games.Ron Butlin served as the first manager-director of the society from 1977 to 1987.^[2]^[3]

Host cities

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Year	BC Winter Games	BC Summer Games
Year	Host city	Host city
1978		Penticton
1979	Kamloops	Richmond
1980	Kimberley	Kelowna
1981	Prince George	Comox Valley
1982	Trail	Vernon
1983	Revelstoke	Maple Ridge
1984	Fort St. John	Burnaby
1985	Osoyoos/Oliver	Nanaimo
1986	Terrace	Cranbrook
1987	Fernie	Delta
1988	Dawson Creek	Greater Victoria
1989	Nelson	Surrey
1990	Penticton	Prince George
1991	Duncan/North Cowichan	Coquitlam
1992	Greater Vernon	Port Alberni
1993	Kitimat	Chilliwack
1994	Smithers	Kelowna
1995	Comox Valley	Penticton
1996	North Vancouver	Trail/Castlegar
1997	Campbell River	Burnaby
1998		Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows
2000	Quesnel	Victoria
2002	Williams Lake	Nanaimo
2004	Port Alberni	Abbotsford
2006	Greater Trail	Kamloops
2008	Kimberley/Cranbrook	Kelowna
2010	Terrace	Township of Langley
2012	Greater Vernon	Surrey
2014	Mission	Nanaimo
2016	Penticton	Abbotsford
2018	Kamloops	Cowichan Valley
2020	Fort St. John	Cancelled due to COVID-19
2022	Greater Vernon	Prince George
2024	Quesnel	Maple Ridge
2026	Trail/Rossland	Kelowna

Sports

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Summer sports

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Athletics (includingSpecial Olympics)
Baseball
Basketball
Canoe/Kayak (includingPara)
Equestrian (includingPara)
Golf
Lacrosse
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing
Soccer
Softball
Swimming (includingPara andSpecial Olympics)
Synchronised swimming
Towed water sports
Triathlon
Volleyball
Wrestling

Winter sports

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Participating teams

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Eight zones, each representing a different region of British Columbia, participate in each instalment of the games. The zones and thecities they include are listed as follows.^[4]

Kootenays (Zone 1) –Castlegar,Cranbrook,Fernie,Grand Forks,Kimberley,Nelson,Rossland,Trail
Thompson-Okanagan (Zone 2) –Armstrong,Enderby,Kamloops,Kelowna,Merritt,Peachland,Penticton,Revelstoke,Salmon Arm,Vernon
Fraser Valley (Zone 3) –Abbotsford,Chilliwack,Langley,Maple Ridge,Pitt Meadows
Fraser River (Zone 4) –Burnaby,Coquitlam,New Westminster,Port Coquitlam,Port Moody,Surrey,White Rock
Vancouver-Coastal (Zone 5) –North Vancouver,Richmond,Vancouver
Vancouver Island-Central Coast (Zone 6) –Campbell River,Courtenay,Duncan,Ladysmith,Nanaimo,Oak Bay,Port Alberni,Powell River,Victoria
North West (Zone 7) –Prince Rupert,Terrace
Cariboo-North East (Zone 8) –Dawson Creek,Fort Nelson,Fort St. John,Prince George,Quesnel,Williams Lake

References

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^"BC Games Society Staff". BC Games Society. RetrievedJanuary 19, 2017.
^Slade, Daryl (2014-06-26)."Calgary sporting pioneer dies in B.C. at age 89".Calgary Herald. Retrieved2020-02-22.
^Friday, July 10, 1987 — Morning Sitting, 34th Parliament, vol. 1st Session (1987 Legislative Session Hansard ed.), Victoria, British Columbia:Parliament of British Columbia, p. 2392, retrievedFebruary 23, 2020
^"BC Summer and BC Winter Games Zones".BC Games. Retrieved2021-09-16.

External links

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Official website

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British Columbia Crown Corporations

Multi-sport events

Global
Olympic Games	Olympic Games Summer Winter Paralympic Games Summer Winter Youth Olympic Games
Parasports	Arafura Games Deaflympics Summer Winter Défi sportif IBSA World Games INAS Global Games Invictus Games World Dwarf Games Special Olympics Summer Winter World Abilitysport Games
Professions	International Army Games Lumberjack World Championship Military World Games World Air Games World Firefighters Games World Police and Fire Games Olympic Esports Games Olympic Esports Series Esports World Cup RoboGames World Cyber Games World Humanoid Robot Games
Youth and students	FISU World University Games(Universiade) World School Sport Games(Gymnasiade) International Youth Green Games International Children's Games SELL Student Games World Interuniversity Games Commonwealth Youth Games CPLP Games University International Sports Festival
Intercommunity	Arab Games BRICS Games Commonwealth Games Croatian World Games Gay Games Highland games Islamic Solidarity Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusofonia Games Maccabiah Games Pan-Armenian Games World Transplant Games World Eskimo Indian Olympics World Indigenous Games World Polonia Games
Other	CSIT World Sports Games Dew Tour Enhanced Games Mind Sports Olympiad UCI Cycling World Championships World Beach Games World Combat Games World Games World Masters Games World Mind Games World Nomad Games World Skate Games World Urban Games X Games

Regional
Africa	African Games African Para Games African Youth Games All-Africa University Games African School Games West African University Games African Beach Games
Americas	Pan American Pan American Games Parapan American Games Junior Pan American Games Americas Masters Games Central American and the Caribbean Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games Latin American ALBA Games Bolivarian Games North American CANUSA Games North American Indigenous Games North American Outgames South American South American Games South American Beach Games South American University Games South American Youth Games Caribbean Caribbean Games
Asia	Pan Asian Asian Games Summer Winter Asian Para Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Youth Games Southeast Asian SEA Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN Para Games Central Asian Games East Asian Youth Games South Asian Games West Asian Games¹
Europe	Black Sea Games¹ European Games European Masters Games European Championships European Para Championships European Para Youth Games European Youth Olympic Festival EuroGames European Universities Championships European Universities Games Games of the Small States of Europe International Erasmus Games
Oceania	Australian Youth Olympic Festival Micronesian Games Pacific Games Pacific Mini Games Arafura Games
Intercontinental	Arab Games Arctic Winter Games Asia Pacific Deaf Games Asia Pacific Masters Games Isles Indian Ocean Island Games Island Games Jeux des îles Mediterranean Games

National

Americas

Canada British Columbia Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Western Colombia United States amateur juniors seniors Warrior Games
NCSG, United States³	Alabama California Florida Massachusetts Missouri Montana Nebraska New York North Carolina Lakota Nation Texas Wisconsin

Asia

Europe

Historical¹
Pre-Modern Olympics (in order, from 1900 BC to 1859 AD)	Tailteann Games (ancient) Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Isthmian Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games Zappas Olympics
Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games GANEFO Goodwill Games Inter-Allied Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad Workers' Olympiads Spartakiad
Defunct regional or community events	Afro-Asian Games Asian Indoor Games Asian Martial Arts Games Baltic Sea Games Black Sea Games Central African Games East Asian Games Far Eastern Championship Games FESPIC Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Pacific Ocean Games Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR Tailteann Games (modern) West African Games Women's Islamic Games World Youth Games IWAS World Games Cerebral Palsy Games South African Games North Dakota Netherlands Spartakiad of Albania Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR youth

Winter sports
International	Olympics Paralympics Winter University Games FIS Games Nordic Games¹ Commonwealth¹ World Scout Arctic Winter Games Kennedy Memorial¹ New Zealand Winter Games Winter World Masters Games
Regional	National Winter Games of China Asian Winter Games European Youth Olympic Festival Winter X Games Europe Russian–Chinese Winter Youth Games