BC Games Society

The BC Games Society is a provincial crown corporation in British Columbia created in 1977. The organization is the governing body responsible for the BC Summer Games and BC Winter Games, and manages the Team BC program at the Canada Games. Ron Butlin served as the first manager-director of the society from 1977 to 1987.[2][3]

BC Games Society
TypeCrown Corporation
IndustryMulti-sport event management
Founded1977 (1977)
Headquarters
Victoria, British Columbia
,
Canada
Area served
British Columbia
Key people
Jamey Paterson (Chairman)
Alison Noble (President and CEO)
Number of employees
10 (January 2017)[1]
Websitewww.bcgames.org

Host cities
Year BC Winter Games BC Summer Games
Host cityHost city
1978Penticton
1979KamloopsRichmond
1980KimberleyKelowna
1981Prince GeorgeComox Valley
1982TrailVernon
1983RevelstokeMaple Ridge
1984Fort St. JohnBurnaby
1985Osoyoos/OliverNanaimo
1986TerraceCranbrook
1987FernieDelta
1988Dawson CreekGreater Victoria
1989NelsonSurrey
1990PentictonPrince George
1991Duncan/North CowichanCoquitlam
1992Greater VernonPort Alberni
1993KitimatChilliwack
1994SmithersKelowna
1995Comox ValleyPenticton
1996North VancouverTrail/Castlegar
1997Campbell RiverBurnaby
1998Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows
2000QuesnelVictoria
2002Williams LakeNanaimo
2004Port AlberniAbbotsford
2006Greater TrailKamloops
2008Kimberley/CranbrookKelowna
2010TerraceTownship of Langley
2012Greater VernonSurrey
2014MissionNanaimo
2016PentictonAbbotsford
2018KamloopsCowichan Valley
2020Fort St. JohnCancelled due to COVID-19
2022Greater VernonPrince George
2024TBCMaple Ridge

Sports

Summer sports

Winter sports

References
  1. "BC Games Society Staff". BC Games Society. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  2. Slade, Daryl (2014-06-26). "Calgary sporting pioneer dies in B.C. at age 89". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  3. Friday, July 10, 1987 — Morning Sitting, 34th Parliament, 1st Session (1987 Legislative Session Hansard ed.), Victoria, British Columbia: Parliament of British Columbia, p. 2392, retrieved February 23, 2020
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