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2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics
Table of Contents
Maps
- Winter Paralympic Medallists (map)
- Winter Olympic Medallists (map)
- Geography of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games Region (map)
- 2010 Olympic Sites (map)
- Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Region (map)
- Winter Sports (map)
- Physical Activity of Adults and Youth (map)
- Vancouver and British Columbia from our Map Archives
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The 2010 Winter Olympics will be held February 12 to 28, 2010, and the Paralympics from March 12 to March 21, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia. These Olympics will feature more than 90 medal events in which Canadian athletes will be competing. They include alpine skiing (Olympic and Paralympic), biathlon (Olympic and Paralympic), bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, luge, short-track speed skating, ski jumping, speed skating, cross-county skiing (Olympic and Paralympic), curling (Olympic and Paralympic), freestyle skiing, ice sledge hockey (Paralympic), Nordic combined, skeleton, and snowboard.
With the world’s focus on the Olympics, these games are not only a celebration of sports, but they also shine a spotlight on the host country, the host province, and the host city, Vancouver. In advance of the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Atlas of Canada is pleased to provide to the public a special series of maps on the following themes.
The maps in the 2010 Winter Olympics series include:
- the general physical activity of Canadians by health region
- the sports participation rates of Canadians in downhill skiing, ice hockey and ice skating
- the place of birth of past Winter Paralympic and Olympic medallists and when known, new Winter Olympic and Paralympic medallists
- geography of the Vancouver region showing the population, climate, physical environment and economy of the region
2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Map(s)
