Canada Games Council Photograph Collection Digitization Initiative

Since September 2021, the SOHA, in collaboration with the Canada Games Council, has been digitizing the CGC’s collection of over 66,000 prints, slides, and negatives dating back to the first Games in 1967. The SOHA has since digitized over 2,000 images. The purpose of this digitization initiative is both to preserve the photographic legacy of the Canada Games Council and to make the images more accessible to the public.

We invite you to browse our gallery of photographs. If there is a theme or subject you are interested in, enter it in the search bar located in the top right-hand corner of this page. You can also learn more about the photographs and the stories behind them in special exhibits curated by students from Brock University.

In collaboration with the Canada Games Council. This project was made possible through generous funding from Brock University through the VPR Canada Games and the Humanities Research Institute, and from CEWIL Canada.

This collection of Canada Games images was curated for the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games and was displayed at the Brock University Athletes' Hub.

Nova Scotia athletes waiting in line to head home at the 1973 Canada Summer Games in New Westminster/Burnaby, British Columbia

Action in front of Team Nova Scotia's net in men's box lacrosse at the 1973 Canada Summer Games in New Westminster/Burnaby, British Columbia

Staff behind the scenes at the 1975 Canada Winter Games in Lethbridge, Alberta

Athletes resting on the way home at the 1973 Canada Summer Games in New Westminster/Burnaby, British Columbia

Opening Ceremonies at the 1975 Canada Winter Games in Lethbridge, Alberta

Three male medalists on the podium at the 1975 Canada Winter Games in Lethbridge, Alberta

Closing Ceremonies at the 1975 Canada Winter Games in Lethbridge, Alberta

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Team Nova Scotia takes a shot in a basketball game at the 1975 Canada Winter Games at Lethbridge, Alberta

Men's wrestling match at the 1993 Canada Summer Games in Kamloops, British Columbia

Team New Brunswick cheering for women's hockey at the 1995 Canada Winter Games in Grande Prairie, Alberta

Team Quebec celebrates after scoring a goal against Team Ontario in women's hockey at the 1991 Canada Winter Games in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

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Action during a men's volleyball game at the 1985 Canada Summer Games in Saint John, New Brunswick

Four medalists on the men's boxing podium at the 1975 Canada Winter Games in Lethbridge, Alberta

Athletes lining up for archery at the 1981 Canada Summer Games in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Team Quebec enters the stadium during the Opening Ceremonies at the 1983 Canada Winter Games in Saguenay/Lac-St-Jean, Quebec

Athletes watching other events at the 1975 Canada Winter Games in Lethbridge, Alberta

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Female athlete waterskiing at the 1993 Canada Summer Games in Kamloops, British Columbia

Team Nova Scotia Mission Staff at the 1975 Canada Winter Games in Lethbridge, Alberta

Sailboat on the water at the 1981 Canada Summer Games in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Pierre Elliott Trudeau greeting fans from the stage during the Opening Ceremonies at the 1983 Canada Winter Games in Saguenay/Lac-St-Jean, Quebec

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Athletes on the field in women's field hockey at the 1981 Canada Summer Games in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Players from Team Nova Scotia and Team British Columbia shake hands after a men's box lacrosse game, at the 1977 Canada Summer Games in St. John's, Newfoundland

Team Yukon at the Opening Ceremonies at the 1983 Canada Winter Games in Saguenay/Lac-St-Jean, Quebec

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Athlete running in women's track and field at the 1981 Canada Summer Games in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Opening Ceremonies performance at the 1983 Canada Winter Games in Saguenay/Lac-St-Jean, Quebec

Athlete up to bat at a men's baseball game at the 1981 Canada Summer Games in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Ski athletes behind the scenes at the 1975 Canada Winter Games in Lethbridge, Alberta

Athletes settling into their bunk room at the 1981 Canada Summer Games in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Team Newfoundland and Labrador on the bench during a women's hockey game at the 1991 Canada Winter Games in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Men's rugby game at the 1981 Canada Summer Games in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Team Ontario scores a goal against Team Alberta in a men's box lacrosse game in the 1985 Canada Summer Games in Saint John, New Brunswick

Team Quebec behind the scenes at the 1981 Canada Summer Games in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Lighting the flame at the Opening Ceremonies at the 1983 Canada Winter Games in Saguenay/Lac-St-Jean, Quebec

Athlete and crowd celebrate gold medal in men's wrestling at the 1993 Canada Summer Games in Kamloops, British Columbia

Staff behind the scenes at the 1975 Canada Winter Games in Lethbridge, Alberta

Crowd at the Opening Ceremonies at the 1981 Canada Summer Games in Thunder Bay, Ontario