Alberta Winter Games
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Alberta Winter Games | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Multi-sports event |
Frequency | Biennial |
Location(s) | Various |
Country | Canada |
Inaugurated | 1976 | , Winter
Organized by | Sport Alberta |
Website | albertasport |
The Alberta Winter Games (AWG) is a Canadian provincial multi-sport event hosted in the province of Alberta. It is the winter portion of the multi-sport , which also involves the and is strictly for amateur athletes. The inaugural year for the Alberta Winter Games was in 1976 and was hosted in Banff, Alberta.
This event is held independently from the national Canadian event, the Canada Winter Games. Since 2000, the Alberta Winter Games and the have been held every two years in the same calendar year, a change made in order to help to align the Alberta Games' cycle with the Canada Games.
The next Alberta Winter Games will be hosted in 2022.
Sports[]
A total of 19 sports are a part of the Alberta Winter Games and include the following:
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Events by year[]
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2012[]
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See also[]
- Canada Games
- Canada Summer Games
- Canada Winter Games
- Western Canada Summer Games
- BC Games
- Saskatchewan Games
- Manitoba Games
- Ontario Games
- Quebec Games
External links[]
Categories:
- Sport in Alberta
- Winter multi-sport events
- Winter multi-sport events in Canada