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Canada

Trivia

• Canada is one of only six nations have attended every Commonwealth Games (The others are Australia, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales).

• Canada has hosted the Commonwealth Games four times, including the first ever Games: Hamilton (1930), Vancouver (1954), Edmonton (1978), Victoria (1994).

• In the first Games in Hamilton the host nation Canada secured a haul of 54 medals. Their biggest yield however came in 1994 with 128 medals although the 1986 Games produced their biggest tally of gold with 51.

• Also, in 2003 the city of Hamilton was edged out of the race to host the 2010 Games by the Indian city of Delhi.

• See Map of Canada

Related Pages

• List of participating countries