Ottawa at the 2022 Canada Summer Games

A giant team of 51 Ottawa athletes will be competing at the 2022 Canada Summer Games in Niagara Region from Aug. 6-21. Follow our coverage of their journeys here on our Ottawa at the Canada Summer Games central webpage.

Our Ottawa at the Canada Summer Games coverage is presented by City of Ottawa Sports Commissioner Mathieu Fleury, a huge supporter of our local sports community.

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Daily Coverage

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Pre-Games Profiles

Read our Series of pre-Games stories on participating local athletes by clicking on the links below.

Team Ottawa: Local Canada Summer Games lineup features many past national champs

Ottawa is punching far above its weight with a giant team of 50 athletes ready to rock at the Aug. 6-21 Canada Summer Games in Niagara Region, and many of those competitors have already shown that they can win the top prize nationally as Team Ontario seeks to win its 12th CSG flag in a row. READ MORE…

Basketball: Provincial-champ Capital Courts players to chase national crown in Niagara

When Capital Courts Academy head coach Fabienne Blizzard first saw Achol Akot play basketball in elementary school at Dr. F.J. MacDonald, she immediately noticed her potential. “She surprised me with what she was able to see and do on the floor at that age,” Blizzard recalled. READ MORE…

Soccer: After earning Concacaf golden boot, Rosa Maalouf eyes Canada Games gold

At the CONCACAF U17 championship in April and May in the Dominican Republic, Rosa Maalouf scored 12 times in six games – the most of any player at the tournament and eight more goals than the next-closest Canadian. A gold at the Canada Games is her next target before this fall’s World Cup. READ MORE…

Diving: Audrée Howes overcomes vision & COVID hurdles to reach Canada Games

Audrée Howes is doing everything right. The 16-year-old is set to compete at the Canada Summer Games and is working towards a career goal of an NCAA diving scholarship. The only difference between Howes and other divers is that she can’t see the end of the diving tower. READ MORE…

Cycling: Xander Woodford loves the roots, rocks and ruckus of mountain bike cycling

The mountain bike Cross-Country Olympic (XCO) race is a one-hour, wild-ride adventure, opening with a mass start, taking riders over exposed roots and rocks, handling tricky corners, climbing steep hills, zooming down hills and bears. Bears? Yes, bears, Xander Woodford recounts. READ MORE…

Coaching: Legendary Leslie Estwick leads Team Ontario as athletics head coach

A coach of 45 years with the Ottawa Lions Track-and-Field Club, Leslie Estwick is now ready to become a certified firefighter after extinguishing many small fires during the process of getting Ontario’s athletics team ready for the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. READ MORE…

Volleyball: Decorated hurdler makes tough call, will represent Team Ontario in volleyball

In a perfect world, Audrey Goddard would have experienced the perfect Canada Summer Games this August. Not only would the Ottawa multi-sport athlete have competed for Team Ontario in one sport, but also she would have shown her talents in a completely different second sport. READ MORE…

Athletics: Personal-best javelin throw lifts Madison Mclean onto Team Ontario

It’s time to solve a challenging sports equation. What do you get when you add a football quarterback to a strong-hitting volleyball player and toss in some advice from a mother? Well, of course, the answer has to be a javelin thrower. Check the answer at the back of the book. READ MORE…

Swimming: World jr.-bound open-water swimmer Olivier Risk shines in pool & outdoors

Becoming a high-performance athlete is a long and involved process, often taking the individual through many sports before the right one floats to the top. Olivier Risk started swimming at 4 and joined the Ravens of Carleton Swimming program at 7 to keep up with his brother William. READ MORE…

Lacrosse: Tristan Thompson revved up for Canada Games debut of women’s lacrosse

The last time lacrosse was featured at the Canada Summer Games was 1985. New Coke had just been introduced, the first version of Windows came out and Michael Jordan was the NBA’s Rookie of the Year. Now, 37 years later, the event is coming back at the Canada Summer Games. READ MORE…