The Canada Games have an established rotation cycle, wherein the province or territory that is to host a particular Games is designated many years in advance of the bid process. Bids are then accepted from within that province or territory.
The following Games remain on the current cycle:
- 2009 Canada Summer Games: Prince Edward Island
- 2011 Canada Winter Games: Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 2013 Canada Summer Games: Quebec (bid process to begin in 2008)
The actual bids for a Games begin over five years in advance of the Games. At that time, the Canada Games Council forwards the Bid Procedures and Requirements (which includes the list of sports and facilities and the financial framework for the Games) and invites the responsible provincial government to nominate up to three municipalities that the province is prepared to support as possible Games hosts. If more than three municipalities are interested in bidding for the Games, the provincial government must conduct some type of short-listing selection process.
Once the three finalists are known, the Council conducts an evaluation of each bid, including site visits to each bidding municipality. The evaluation looks objectively at dozens of areas within the following five major categories:
1. Participant care and comfort;
2. Logistics, technical and operational;
3. Finance, budgeting and marketing;
4. Leadership and community support;
5. Legacy.
The Council's final evaluation report and recommendation are forwarded to thehost provincialminister, who makes the final site selection decision.
The entire site selection process takes over a year, and the decision is announced more than four years in advance of the Games.
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