The chart below outlines the difference between the medal table and the flag point table.
The Canada Games Council awards the Canada Games Flag on the notion that all sports in the Games are equal contributors to a Provincial/Territorial Team’s success. The medal table does not reflect an equal weighting or importance of all sports on the program. Secondly, the medal table reflects only the achievements of athletes who succeeded to reach the podium. This table, therefore, isn’t a true reflection of a province or territory’s true strength and depth of talent in a particular sport. The sport scoring points in each sport, which are tallied and used to determine the overall flag point standing by sport, show recognition to the strength of a Provincial/Territorial Team’s depth of talent.
Highest Medal Award Number: 522
Flag Point Table - Canada Games Flag Award
(Equal point weighting across all 20 sports)
Alpine
20
Archery
20
Artistic Gymnastics
20
Badminton
20
Biathlon
20
Cross Country Skiing
20
Curling
20
Figure Skating
20
Freestyle
20
Hockey
20
Judo
20
Snowboard
20
Speedskating
20
Squash
20
Table Tennis
20
Target Shooting
20
Wheelchair Basektball
20
Boxing (M)
10
Ringette (W)
10
Synchro (W)
10
Medal Table
(Unequal emphasis towards sports with more events)
Speedskating
66
Judo
62
Cross Country Skiing
60
Artistic Gymnastics
42
Figure Skating
42
Boxing (M)
40
Alpine
30
Biathlon
24
Freestyle
24
Target Shooting
24
Table Tennis
21
Archery
18
Badminton
18
Snowboard
18
Synchro (W)
9
Curling
6
Hockey
6
Squash
6
Ringette (W)
3
Wheelchair Basektball
3
Previous Canada Games Flag winners, and the runners-up, are shown below. Three times (1979, 1987, 1991), the winner of the Games Flag has been decided by one point.
