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| Host city | Toronto, Canada |
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| Nations | 17 |
| Debuting countries | 2 |
| Opening | 23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) |
| Closing | 30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) |
| Opened by | Prince Harry |
| Torch lighter | Natacha Dupuis,Simon Mailloux, David Johnston |
| Main venue | Air Canada Centre |
| Website | www |
The 2017Invictus Games was aparasport event for wounded, injured or sick armed services personnel and their associated veterans, which was held inToronto,Ontario,Canada. The thirdInvictus Games, an event created in 2014 byPrince Harry, included eleven sports. It was the second Games to be held in North America, following theInvictus Games Orlando 2016.
The CEO of the 2017 Invictus Games was Michael Burns.[1]
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The relay took place between 19 August and 26 September, visiting all 32Canadian Forces bases and neighbouring communities, being carried by over 1000 torchbearers. The route was charted as being 7000 kilometres long.
The Games used some of the facilities fromPan American andParapan American Games in2015, held in Toronto.[2][3]
There was no athlete's village for these games, but the downtownSheraton Centre Toronto Hotel became an unofficial village for participants living there.[4]
TheRoyal Canadian Legion was asked by organizers to be a sponsor; the 30 members of the Legion council who met voted unanimously in support. Their $500,000 donation drew criticism fromCanadian Veterans Advocacy, who suggested that drawing on the Poppy Campaign donations as opposed to other revenue sources was inappropriate. The Legion and columnists defended the use of funds as supporting the mission, noting other veteran welfare projects like purchasing a specialized MRI for a mental health clinic.[5][6]
A dog named Vimy was announced as the Games' mascot in April 2015.[1] It was named for theBattle of Vimy Ridge, considered by many as a defining moment in Canadian history.[7][8][9] A few days later, Prince Harry attended an exhibition sledge hockey game atMattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, alongside Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau and Toronto MayorJohn Tory, as part of a series of launch events at theRoyal York Hotel,[10] and withElizabeth Dowdeswell in the office of theLieutenant Governor of Ontario, at theLegislative Assembly of Ontario,Queen's Park.
All 15 countries from the 2016 Games were invited again,[11] while Romania and Ukraine made their debut.[12]
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| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
| September | 23rd Sat | 24th Sun | 25th Mon | 26th Tues | 27th Wed | 28th Thurs | 29th Fri | 30th Sat | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremonies | OC | CC | ||||||||
.svg) Archery | ● | ● | 8 | 8 | ||||||
.svg) Athletics | 29 | 32 | 61 | |||||||
_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg) Cycling | 11 | 11 | 22 | |||||||
| Driving Challenge | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
 Golf | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
 Indoor rowing | 18 | 18 | ||||||||
.svg) Powerlifting | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
.svg) Sitting volleyball | ● | 1 | 1 | |||||||
.svg) Swimming | ● | 29 | 29 | |||||||
.svg) Wheelchair basketball | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||||||
.svg) Wheelchair rugby | ● | 1 | 1 | |||||||
.svg) Wheelchair tennis | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total gold medals | 1 | 29 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 151 | |
| September | 23rd Sat | 24th Sun | 25th Mon | 26th Tues | 27th Wed | 28th Thurs | 29th Fri | 30th Sat | Total | |
* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 41 | 38 | 55 | 134 |
| 2 |  United Kingdom | 26 | 35 | 27 | 88 |
| 3 |  Canada* | 18 | 17 | 13 | 48 |
| 4 |  Australia | 16 | 23 | 13 | 52 |
| 5 |  Netherlands | 14 | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 6 |  France | 11 | 14 | 11 | 36 |
| 7 |  Ukraine | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 |  Iraq | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 |  New Zealand | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 |  Denmark | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 |  Estonia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 12 |  Italy | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 |  Jordan | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 |  Germany | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 |  Romania | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 |  Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 |  Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (17 entries) | 151 | 150 | 148 | 449 | |
Bell Media was announced as the exclusive broadcast partner of the Games, in a deal covering both the Orlando 2016 and Toronto 2017 events. Events were shown onTSN.[14] The station helped run the Toronto launch ceremony in May 2016.[14]
