Which Canadian city should host the Olympics? | CBC Sports - Action News
Home WebMail Tuesday, November 26, 2024, 05:54 PM | Calgary | -8.3°C | Regions Advertise Login | Our platform is in maintenance mode. Some URLs may not be available. |
SportsPoll

Which Canadian city should host the Olympics?

Toronto officially took itself out of the running for the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday when mayor John Tory announced the city won't submit a bid, but several Canadian cities could try to host future Games.

Toronto pulls out for 2024 Games

Vancouver was the last Canadian city to host an Olympic Games, in 2010. (Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)

Toronto officially took itself out of the running for the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday when mayor John Tory announced the city won't submit a bid.

Tory left the door open for Toronto to try for future Games, and Canadian Olympic Committee president Marcel Aubut said in a statement that his organization "is determined to have the Olympics back in the country at the earliest opportunity."

When and where could that be? Host cities are already set for the Olympics in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), 2018 (Pyeongchang, South Korea), 2020 (Tokyo, Japan) and 2022 (Beijing, China), so the next available Games would be the winter versionin 2026.

As for possible Canadian candidates, Postmedia reports that "business and community leaders" in Calgary, which hosted in 1988, have been discussing a potential 2026 bid over the last 18 months.

Aubut has expressed his fondness for Quebec City as a potential winter venue. Itlost its bid for the 2002 Olympics to Salt Lake City.

If Aubut wanted to help bring a Summer Olympics to his home province, Montreal could be an option. It hosted in 1976.

It would be unusual for Vancouver to make a run at another Olympics so soon after hosting in 2010, but Beijing is slatedto host for the second time in 14 years.

Which Canadian city would you most like to see host the Olympics? Vote in the poll below.