Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Study

Canada is hosting the Pan/Parapan American Games in Toronto in 2015. SIRC, Canada's national sport information resource centre, is pleased to be working together with the Canadian Olympic Committee to conduct a study on the Games. In particular we are looking at the following areas:

• Expectations for our athletes
• Importance of the Games
• Potential opportunities for the Canadian sport community and other related sectors 

 An important component of the consultation process is to have as many Canadians as possible participate and share their perspectives. We would like to invite you to participate in a short online survey and share your thoughts on these topics. Please complete the survey by May 6, 2012.

Please complete the survey as it applies to you:

• Canadian Sport Community 
• General Public

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Les Jeux pan/parapanaméricains de 2015 seront à Toronto. SIRC est heureux, en tant que partenaire de recherche œuvrant en étroite collaboration avec le COC, de piloter un processus de collecte de données des canadiens et canadiennes pour évaluer :

• Nos attentes pour nos athlètes
• L‘importance des Jeux
• Les occasions à saisir par le sport canadien ou les autres secteurs 

 Nous vous invitons de participer et partager vos perspectives. Le sondage est court. S’il vous plait, répondre à ce questionnaire d’ici le 6 mai 2012.

Cliquez ici pour commencer :

• Communauté canadienne du sport
• Canadiens en general 

¡Fiesta de las Americas!

In four years time, Canada will be hosting the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The local organizing committee, Toronto2015, is already hard at work preparing the venues and logistics for this immense event. Canada has hosted the Pan American Games twice—both times in Winnipeg (1967, 1999).

Photo credit: Mike Ridewood / COC 

But in just 24 hours time, the 2011Pan American Games will begin in Guadalajara, Mexico, the city referred to as the “Pearl of the West”, and known for its’ culture, theatre and museums.  This is the third time Mexico has hosted these Games, making them the first country to three-peat (1955 and 1975 were the first two times). The 2011 Games with their motto Fiesta de las Americas (The Americas' Party), will be the largest multi-sport event of this year’s sports calendar, with approximately 6,000 athletes from 42 nations expected to participate in 361 events in 36 sports.  Fifteen of the 26 Summer Olympic sports will use the 2011 Pan American Games as a qualifier for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, including handball, canoeing and modern pentathlon to name just a few.

Team Canada is made up of 493 athletes (257 men and 236 women), with all ten provinces and the Northwest Territories represented. The youngest Canadian athlete is Table Tennis player Anqi Luo of Mississauga, Ontario (age 15), and the oldest will be Equestrian veteran, Ian Millar of Perth, Ontario (age 64).

The 2011 Pan American Games will be held from October 14 – 30, with the Parapan American Games (the multi-sport event for athletes with a physical disability) starting on November 12. 

The first Pan American Games took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1951.

For more information on multi-sport events, please visit SIRC.