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104-597: In 2003, the RCMP formed an ISSG for the 2010 Winter Olympics and for the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver . Subsequently, another ISSG was formed for the 2009 World Police and Fire Games . In 2010, the RCMP formed an ISSG to coordinate security planning and operations for the 36th G8 Summit in Huntsville (Ontario) and the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto (Ontario). In 2015, an ISSG

208-411: A hub of trade and commerce between the two nations. Spoez was buried after Black Tusk Volcano erupted causing a massive rockslide that buried the ancient village under hundreds of metres of rubble. From this point forward both Nations continued to co-habitat within the region travelling to the area in the warmer months where they established seasonal camps for hunting and trapping. Prior to settlement of

312-573: A land area of 240 km (93 sq mi), it had a population density of 58.3/km (150.9/sq mi) in 2021. According to the 2021 census , religious groups in Whistler included: The resort town was granted heraldic symbols by the Canadian Heraldic Authority in January 2016. Whistler is known for its skiing and snowboarding in the winter and mountain biking and hiking in

416-722: A local government less enthusiastic about the Olympics. The 1976 Winter Olympics were ultimately held in Innsbruck , Austria . Whistler was the Host Mountain Resort of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games , the first time the International Olympic Committee has bestowed that designation on a community. Whistler hosted the alpine technical and speed events, the sliding events at Fitzsimmons Creek ,

520-457: A total contribution to the BC economy of $ 2.3 billion of Gross Domestic Product, and as well creating 45,000 jobs and contributing an additional $ 463 million to the tourism industry while venue construction by VANOC and 3rd parties added $ 1.22 billion to the economy, far short of the $ 10 billion forecast by Premier Gordon Campbell . The study also said that hosting the Olympics was one of many reasons why

624-407: A tradition followed by other recent Games host cities, were canceled for several reasons. Anti-Games activists repeatedly vandalized the existing 2010 Olympics monuments such as the countdown clock, forcing the city to install CCTV cameras, and adding more Games decorations would have inevitably required more security presence to deter protesters, so VANOC opted to minimize these symbols to avoid making

728-744: A viewership of 3 million and had an estimated public relations value of $ 2 million. Stewardess Cops Fuji Television AKA Fuji Network , a popular Japanese drama, shot a two-hour special on location in Whistler during the fall of 2001. It was aired January 2002 and had an estimated audience of 22 million. Besides the 2010 Winter Olympics broadcasters from the United States , Australia 's Today Show, and Japan have done daily up to week long segments from Whistler. ESPN2 shows BMX Races from Whistler but they are really from nearby Pemberton's Green River BMX Track . Most videos of Whistler Backcountry skiing , snowboarding , and snowmobiling are filmed in

832-696: A week-long Anti-Olympic Convergence, protesters smashed windows of the Downtown Vancouver location of The Hudson's Bay department store . Protesters later argued that the Hudson's Bay Company , "has been a symbol of colonial oppression for centuries" as well as a major sponsor of the 2010 Olympics. Some of the issues reflected in the opposition continue the themes identified in opposition to all Olympic games, some of which are outlined in anti-Olympics activist and Professor of Sociology Helen Jefferson Lenskyj's books Olympic Industry Resistance (2007) and Inside

936-631: Is Squamish, British Columbia , about a 53 km (33 mi) drive. Also located south is Vancouver , which is 125 km (78 mi) south of the village. Whistler has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification : Dsb/Dfb ) or an oceanic climate (Köppen: Csb/Cfb ) depending on the isotherm used. It has cold wet winters with significant snowfall and cloud cover, and warm summers which are somewhat dry. On average, Whistler receives approximately 11 days with temperatures over 30 °C (86 °F) and approximately 24 days with temperatures falling below −10 °C (14 °F). Whistler

1040-416: Is "a hybrid spruce that is unique to Whistler, aptly dubbed the "Whistler Spruce". "The Whistler spruce hybrid is indicative of Whistler's geographic position—we're not quite coastal, but not quite interior". It is a hybrid of the wetter West Coast Sitka spruce ( Picea sitchensis ), which ranges from Northern California to Alaska , and the drier Interior Engelmann spruce ( Picea engelmannii ). Others include

1144-607: Is 38 minutes north of Whistler. There are no scheduled flights but three charter services operate out of the airport. Whistler (Municipal) Heliport ( TC LID : CBE9 ) is a public heliport operated by the Whistler Heliport Society. Currently there are no scheduled flights but charter services to/from Vancouver International Airport , Vancouver/Harbour (Public) Heliport and Victoria Harbour (Camel Point) Heliport ( TC LID : CBF7 ) are available. Whistler/Green Lake Water Aerodrome ( ICAO : YWS , TC LID : CAE5 )

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1248-672: Is a collection of microclimates ranging from coniferous mixed forest on the valley floor, to slightly drier slopes, to alpine tundra in the alpine . The wet West Coast marine temperate climate in the valley floor is characterized by a coniferous mixed forest, with a preponderance of western red cedar —a continuation of the rainforest of the Pacific Northwest . The slopes are slightly drier and are also coniferous mixed forest with western hemlock ( Tsuga heterophylla ) and mountain hemlock ( Tsuga mertensiana ), Whistler hybrid spruce ( Sitka spruce and Engelmann spruce ). The last

1352-416: Is a map of the participating nations and a list of the nations with the number of competitors indicated in brackets. 2,626 athletes from 82 NOCs participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics. The 2010 Winter Olympics featured 86 events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline. The opening and closing ceremonies and

1456-483: Is a monthly events guide and calendar that lists what is happening in the resort. Other tourist-oriented, print media such as FAQ, Visitors Choice and Whistler Magazine are published from quarterly to once or twice a year. An internet radio site for the community exists It is designed to be a community radio station showcasing local music talent and interests of relative importance. History: 28 November 2003, "Feds shut down local pirate radio station... frequency 105.5 FM in

1560-582: Is a public floatplane base owned and operated by Harbour Air Group and Whistler Air. Seasonal scheduled flights are provided by Harbour Air Seaplanes and West Coast Air to Victoria Inner Harbour Airport and Vancouver Harbour Water Airport . The seaplane base is located at the Nicklaus North subdivision on the South end of Green Lake . Whistler is located on the Sea to Sky Highway (Highway 99), which goes from

1664-471: Is an American reality television series that premiered on A&E on 7 August 2006. The show follows the life of Kiss bassist and vocalist Gene Simmons , his longtime partner and wife Shannon Tweed , and their two children, Nick and Sophie. Sophie Tweed-Simmons has her own reality TV series spin off in production. Filming began December 2013, in Whistler, Vancouver , Los Angeles , and Nashville . Sophie and her mother, model Shannon Tweed, will be

1768-512: Is highlighted.    Host country (Canada) To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the [REDACTED] icon next to the column title. Some in the foreign press, including London 2012 organizers, had criticized the lack of city decorations to acknowledge that Vancouver was the host of the Games. The original plans to decorate the city in Olympic colours,

1872-472: Is located in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains , approximately 125 km (78 mi) north of Vancouver and 36 km (22 mi) south of Pemberton . It has a permanent population of approximately 13,982 (2021), as well as a larger but rotating population of seasonal workers. Over two million people visit Whistler annually, primarily for alpine skiing and snowboarding and, in

1976-533: Is located on British Columbia Highway 99 , also known as the "Sea to Sky Highway", approximately 58 km (36 mi) north of Squamish , and 125 km (76 mi) from Vancouver. The highway connects Whistler to the British Columbia Interior via Pemberton - Mount Currie to Lillooet and connections beyond to the Trans-Canada and Cariboo Highways . Passenger rail service is only provided at

2080-399: Is one high school in the community, it is named Whistler Secondary School . The Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique operates one Francophone primary school in that city: the école La Passerelle . Whistler has one weekly newspaper, Pique Newsmagazine , published every Friday. The Whistler Answer was published intermittently from 1977 to the 1990s. The Lost Duck

2184-601: Is the transfer of the Olympic flame from Ancient Olympia, Greece — where the first Olympic Games were held thousands of years ago — to the stadium of the city hosting the current Olympic Games. The flame arrives just in time for the Opening Ceremony . For the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the flame was lit in Olympia on October 22, 2009. It then traveled from Greece , over the North Pole to Canada's High Arctic and on to

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2288-465: The Douglas fir ( Pseudotsuga menziesii ), lodgepole pine ( Pinus contorta ), and endangered whitebark pine ( Pinus albicaulis ). The higher slopes transition to many species of scrub juniper , Rocky Mountain juniper ( Juniperus scopulorum ), and many species of scrub willow in the genus Salix at the tree line , and to Arctic tundra-like conditions in the high alpine above the tree line. Both

2392-651: The Integrated Security Unit , of which the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) was the lead agency; other government agencies such as the Vancouver Police Department , Canada Border Services Agency , Canadian Forces , and police agencies across Canada . The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) also played a role. That number was later revealed to be in the region of C$ 1 billion, an amount in excess of five times what

2496-567: The Nordic events in the nearby Callaghan Valley and all the Paralympic events except the opening ceremonies, sledge hockey and wheelchair curling. The Whistler Olympic and Paralympic Village (commonly referred to as the Athlete's village) housed around 2,400 athletes, coaches, trainers and officials. Post-games, the site has been turned into a new residential neighbourhood, Cheakamus Crossing. Whistler

2600-644: The Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy. The flag was raised in a special ceremony on February 28, 2006, and was on display at Vancouver City Hall until the Vancouver opening ceremony . The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean , accompanied by the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge . Vancouver 2010

2704-580: The Peace Arch Border Crossing in Surrey, British Columbia to the Cariboo Highway (Highway 97) 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Cache Creek, British Columbia . North of Whistler is Pemberton, British Columbia , which is about 23 km (14 mi) north of the mountain village. Also north is Lillooet, British Columbia , which is 122 km (76 mi) north of Whistler. South of the village

2808-518: The Royal Navy took place in the 1860s. These surveyors named the mountain London Mountain because of the heavy fog and cloud typically gathering around the mountain, but the area informally acquired the name "Whistler" due to the call of the hoary marmot . In the late 19th century, a trail was cut through the valley, linking Lillooet via Pemberton with Burrard Inlet via a pass from Squamish to

2912-583: The Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC), headed by John Furlong . The 2010 Winter Games were the third Olympics to be hosted by Canada, and the first to be held within the province of British Columbia. Canada had hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , Quebec, and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , Alberta. Following Olympic tradition, incumbent Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan received

3016-682: The Whistler Blackcomb ski resort, the Whistler Olympic Park , the Whistler Celebration Plaza and the Whistler Sliding Centre . The 2010 Winter Games marked the first time that the energy consumption of the Olympic venues was tracked in real time and made available to the public. Energy data was collected from the metering and building automation systems of nine of the Olympic venues and was displayed online through

3120-605: The Whistler railway station between Vancouver and Jasper by the Rocky Mountaineer , using Canadian National Railway tracks from North Vancouver via Whistler and Prince George. The station for tour passengers embarking from Whistler is in the Southside area, between Nita and Alpha Lakes. Local bus transit service is provided by the Whistler and Valley Express , which also provides service to Pemberton . A shuttle bus service from

3224-445: The ice resurfacers supplied by Olympia, an official sponsor of the Games. Thousands of tickets were voided by organizers when weather conditions made standing-room-only areas unsafe. Visitors were also upset that, as in past Olympics, medal ceremonies required separate admission and blocks of VIP tickets reserved for sponsors and dignitaries were unused at events. Other glitches and complaints have included confusion by officials at

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3328-464: The ongoing recession , and NBC projected a financial loss upwards of $ 250 million on the Games. Due to the growth of social media , NBC faced particular criticism for its traditional practice of tape delaying network coverage of the Olympics for the west coast—a practice that was made more egregious by the fact that these Games took place at sites within the Pacific Time Zone . In April 2010,

3432-459: The 2010 Games. A request to appeal that verdict to the Supreme Court of Canada was subsequently denied on December 22 – a decision that marked the end of any hopes that the event would be held during Vancouver 2010. To alleviate the exclusion, VANOC organizers invited women from all over Canada to participate at Whistler Olympic Park, including Continental Cup in January 2009. Women's ski jumping

3536-730: The IOC bidding rules were tightened, and more focused on technical aspects of candidate cities. The team analyzed the candidate city features and provided its input back to the IOC. Vancouver won the bid to host the Olympics by a vote of the International Olympic Committee on July 2, 2003, at the 115th IOC Session held in Prague , Czech Republic. The result was announced by IOC President Jacques Rogge . Vancouver faced two other finalists shortlisted that same February: Pyeongchang , South Korea, and Salzburg , Austria. Pyeongchang, which later won

3640-592: The Myrtle Philip school was named after) and Alex Philip, who in 1914 purchased 4.0 ha (10 acres) of land on Alta Lake and established the Rainbow Lodge . The Philips had relocated from Maine to Vancouver in 1910 and had heard rumours of the natural beauty of the area from Pemberton pioneer John Millar. After an exploratory journey, the couple was convinced. Rainbow Lodge and other railway-dependent tourist resorts were collectively known as Alta Lake . Along with

3744-536: The NHL's Vancouver Canucks , which was temporarily renamed Canada Hockey Place for the duration of the Olympics. Utilizing this existing venue instead of building a new international-sized ice rink facility saved C$ 10 million in construction costs and allowed an additional 35,000 spectators to attend Olympic hockey games. However, some European countries expressed concern over this decision, worried that it might give North American players an advantage since they grew up playing on

3848-567: The Olympic Committee, more than double the viewership of the preceding Turin 2006 games and triple the available coverage of Salt Lake City 2002, and is "recognized in numerous post Games reports as being among the most widely viewed and well received Games in Olympic history, both in Canada and internationally." Vancouver 2010's gold medal final between Canada and USA "was the most watched hockey game ever with viewership of 114 million viewers around

3952-625: The Olympic Industry (2000), which examined a number of different Olympic Games prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics. These issues of concern, underlying the opposition to any and all Olympic Games, include: Whistler, British Columbia Whistler ( Lillooet/Ucwalmícwts : Cwitima, IPA: [xʷetemɛ] ; Squamish/Sḵwx̱wú7mesh : Sḵwiḵw, IPA: [sqʷɛqʷ] ) is a resort municipality in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District , British Columbia , Canada. It

4056-652: The Pemberton Valley or area. The Whistler name has a much higher brand recognition. The Whistler Film Festival is produced by the Whistler Film Festival Society (WFFS). It is held over five days from the first weekend of December. The Crash Reel , a 2013 documentary and reality film, directed by Academy Award Nominee Lucy Walker , was filmed on location in Whistler. It features top-ranked American snowboarder Kevin Pearce , who because of injuries missed

4160-671: The RCMP, York Regional Police and the Peel Regional Police had formed an ISU for the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto , along with help from Canadian Armed Forces . The Toronto Police Service and the OPP focused on providing policing at the G20 Summit site in downtown Toronto and immediate security zone. As for Toronto Pearson International Airport , the Canadian Armed Forces and Peel Regional Police focused their operations within

4264-455: The Rockies. The lodge was primarily a summer destination, with boating, fishing and hiking among the most popular activities, and soon other lodges began to open not just on Alta Lake, but on other valley lakes as well. Appreciation of the outdoors was not the only activity in the valley, however. Logging was a booming industry. During the first half of the 20th century, most of the lower slopes of

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4368-462: The Seymour River. The trail was completed in 1877, but because of the difficult and unforgiving terrain, it was only used once for its intended purpose, which was to drive cattle. The area began to attract trappers and prospectors (such as John Millar and Henry Horstman) who established small camps in the area in the early 20th century. The area began to gain recognition with the arrival of Myrtle (who

4472-576: The Vancouver Airport and Downtown Vancouver is provided by the Whistler Shuttle and YVR Skylynx . Vancouver International Airport ( IATA : YVR , ICAO : CYVR ) is the main international airport for Whistler residents and tourists and is located 140 km (87 mi) south. Pemberton Regional Airport ( ICAO : CYPS ) is a public airport serving Pemberton and Whistler. It is the closest airport for fixed-wing non-amphibious aircraft and

4576-528: The Venue Energy Tracker project. The Olympic Games in Vancouver were broadcast worldwide by a number of television broadcasters. As rights for the 2010 Games have been packaged with those for the 2012 Summer Olympics , broadcasters were largely identical for both events. The host broadcaster was Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver, a subsidiary of the IOC's new in-house broadcasting unit Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS). The 2010 Olympics marked

4680-517: The Virgin Islands which were at the 2006 Games, did not participate in 2010. Tonga sought to make its Winter Olympic debut by entering a single competitor in luge, attracting some media attention, but he crashed in the final round of qualifying. Luxembourg qualified two athletes but did not participate because one did not reach the criteria set by the NOC and the other was injured before the Games. Below

4784-778: The West Coast and Vancouver. The relay started its long Canada journey from the British Columbia capital of Victoria . In Canada, the torch traveled approximately 45,000 kilometres (28,000 mi) over 106 days, making it the longest relay route within one country in Olympic history. The Olympic Torch was carried by approximately 12,000 Canadians and reached over 1,000 communities. Celebrity torchbearers included Arnold Schwarzenegger , Steve Nash , Matt Lauer , Justin Morneau , Michael Bublé , Bob Costas , Shania Twain , and hockey greats including Sidney Crosby , Wayne Gretzky , and

4888-498: The Whistler area, received a visit from Industry Canada and local RCMP officer", Federal Police. Freeradio Whistler still legally broadcasts over the Internet at freewhistler.com. The incumbent cable television provider in Whistler is Shaw Cable . Additional service providers covering Whistler include Telus TV (Optik IPTV service and Telus Satellite TV), Shaw Direct (satellite), and Bell Satellite TV (satellite). Whistler

4992-629: The Winter Games (37), a record held until then by Germany in 2002 (36). Athletes from Slovakia and Belarus won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their nations. The concept of a bid by Vancouver to host the Winter Olympic Games first appeared at the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley , where the Canadian representative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sidney Dawes discusses

5096-562: The Winter Olympics. For the 2010 Games, the Canadian Olympic Association chose Vancouver as the Canadian candidate city over Calgary, which sought to re-host the Games, and Quebec City , which had lost the 2002 Olympic bid in 1995. On the first round of voting on November 21, 1998, Vancouver-Whistler had 26 votes, Quebec City had 25 and Calgary had 21. On December 3, 1998, the second and final round of voting occurred between

5200-403: The ad revenue generated from an AP-produced multi-media package of video, photos, statistics, stories and a daily Webcast. AP's coverage included a microsite with web widgets facilitating integration with social networking and bookmarking services . In France, the Games were covered by France Télévisions , which included continuous live coverage on its website. The Olympic Torch Relay

5304-740: The airport and its perimeter. For the G8 Summit in Huntsville (Ontario), the OPP, the RCMP and the Canadian Forces provided the main security coverage. Approximately 1,600 police officers were mobilized from outside the Grand Toronto Area (GTA): The ISU was activated again for the 2015 Pan American Games and 2015 Parapan American Games held in the Greater Toronto Area . It consisted of 10 police units: Additional units included: The OPP

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5408-438: The area with the intent of building a ski resort and bidding for the 1968 Winter Olympics . Garibaldi Lift Company was formed, shares were sold, and in 1966, Whistler Mountain opened to the public. Later, the town, then still known as Alta Lake , was offered the 1976 Winter Olympics after the selected host city Denver declined the games due to funding issues. Alta Lake Whistler declined as well, after elections ushered in

5512-633: The captains of the two Vancouver Canucks teams that went to the Stanley Cup Finals : Trevor Linden ( 1994 ) and Stan Smyl ( 1982 ). 82 National Olympic Committees (NOC) entered teams in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Cayman Islands, Colombia, Ghana, Montenegro, Pakistan, Peru and Serbia made their winter Olympic debuts. Morocco returned to the Winter games after a 18-year absence, and Jamaica and Mexico returned after 8 years. Seven countries, Costa Rica, Kenya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Thailand, Venezuela and

5616-451: The cities of Calgary and Banff , in Alberta , as the best opportunity for a Canadian bid to succeed. Calgary's candidacy ultimately failed, and the 1968 Games were awarded to Grenoble . A development program for the Whistler and Mount Garibaldi region was then launched to host the 1972 Games . It included the development of road infrastructure, electrical network and drinking water, which

5720-590: The city a police state. Besides local opposition, budget cutbacks also forced the organizers to scale back on the elaborate plans. VANOC initially benefited from an economic boom and was able to secure lucrative and record domestic sponsorships, but this boom also resulted in rapidly rising construction and labour costs. Due to these factors, as well as the Great Recession , VANOC built minimalistic functional venues with little aesthetic appeal though they were well-designed for post-Games usage. This approach, as well as

5824-443: The duration of the Games since corporate sponsorship is not allowed for an Olympic venue. Renovations included the removal of advertising from the ice surface and conversion of some seating to accommodate the media. The 2010 Winter Olympics marked the first time an Olympic hockey game was played on a rink sized according to NHL rules instead of international specifications. Competition venues in Whistler included Whistler Creekside at

5928-443: The east of the city. This allowed events to proceed as planned. Political decisions involving cancellation of promised low-income housing and the creation of a community of mixed economic backgrounds for post-Games use of the athletes' village was criticized. Opening ceremonies were stalled while organizers dealt with mechanical problems during the cauldron lighting ceremony. Speed skating events were delayed due to breakdowns of

6032-648: The events categorized as ice sports (excluding bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) were held in Vancouver and Richmond. The sports categorized as "Nordic events" were held in the Callaghan Valley located just to the west of Whistler. All alpine skiing events were held on Whistler Mountain (Creekside) and sliding events (bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) were held on Blackcomb Mountain . Cypress Mountain (located in Cypress Provincial Park in West Vancouver ) hosted

6136-453: The fact that most of the infrastructure already existed, meant that the direct costs of the Vancouver Games were much lower than recent Olympic games. Before the Games began and as they commenced, a number of concerns and controversies surfaced and received media attention. Hours before the opening ceremony, Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed during a training run after being thrown out from his luge, intensifying questions about

6240-430: The first European fishing and trapping communities, L̓il̓watú Nation members lived in camps along Green Lake, but were ousted by police in order to make way for the railway and other infrastructure around the lake. Evidence was found of an Istken pit-house on the land that became the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, which was used by the Wolf Clan (now known as the Wallace Family) as shelter. The first British survey by

6344-549: The first Games where the host broadcasting facilities were provided solely by OBS. The executive director of Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver was Nancy Lee , a former producer and executive for CBC Sports . The official broadcast theme was a piece called "City of Ice" composed by Rob May and Simon Hill . In Canada, the Games were the first Olympic Games broadcast by a new Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium led by CTVglobemedia and Rogers Media , displacing previous broadcaster CBC Sports . Main English-language coverage

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6448-404: The first host nation since Norway in 1952 to lead the gold medal count. Canada broke the record for the most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics (14), which had been set by the Soviet Union in 1976 and Norway in 2002 (13). The United States won the most medals in total, marking their second time doing so at the Winter Olympics, and broke the record for the most medals won during

6552-442: The focus of the new show. Producers of the show are Force Four Entertainment, Vancouver. Eight 1 ⁄ 2 -hour episodes are to be broadcast on W Network Canada in the spring of 2014. Kansai TV Japan was produced in Whistler with a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -hour TV special, Race to the Canadian Northern Lights . Thirty minutes of footage on Whistler's winter activities, shopping, Village and spa. The show aired March 2001. It had

6656-521: The freestyle skiing (aerials, moguls and ski cross), and all snowboard events (half-pipe, parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross). Vancouver 2010 was also the first winter Olympics in which both men's and women's hockey were played on a narrower, NHL -sized ice rink, measuring 200 ft × 85 ft (61 m × 26 m), instead of the international size of 200 ft × 98.5 ft (61.0 m × 30.0 m). The games were played at General Motors Place (now Rogers Arena), home of

6760-406: The headwaters of the Green River and the upper-middle reaches of the Cheakamus . It is flanked by glaciated mountains on both sides; the Garibaldi Ranges on the side that contains the ski mountains, and a group of ranges with no collective name but that are part of the larger Pacific Ranges and are essentially fore-ranges of the Pemberton Icefield . Although there are a few other routes through

6864-402: The maze of mountains between the basin of the Lillooet River just east, the Cheakamus-Green divide is the lowest and most direct. Before Whistler was founded, it was the shared ancestral territories of the indigenous Squamish people (Sk̲wx̲wúmesh), known in English as the Squamish Nation , and L̓il̓watú, known in English as Lil'wat First Nation (originally Srapúl). Their history is tied to

6968-469: The network reported a financial loss of $ 233 million on the Games. The Associated Press (AP) announced that it would send 120 reporters, photographers, editors and videographers to cover the Games on behalf of the country's news media . The cost of their Olympics coverage prompted AP to make a "real departure for the wire service 's online coverage". Rather than simply providing content, it partnered with more than 900 newspapers and broadcasters who split

7072-410: The official program. The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) subsequently approved the event to officially be part of the Games program. Events proposed for inclusion but ultimately rejected included: The issue over women's ski jumping being excluded ended up in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver during April 21–24, 2009, with a verdict on July 10 excluding women's ski jumping from

7176-407: The possibility of hosting a Games in British Columbia if a venue was found near Vancouver. Shortly afterwards, the Garibaldi Olympic Development Association (GODA) was created in order to prepare a bid to host the Winter Games in the region of Mount Garibaldi , near Whistler . In 1961, GODA considered developing a bid for the 1968 Winter Games , but the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) preferred

7280-457: The protection of international athletes and due to the presence of firearms in competition, importation of pharmaceutical products, and other restricted articles under Canadian law, the BC2009WPFGISU was formed to integrate all regulatory function. Members included: The initial Integrated Safety and Security Group, then known as Integrated Security Unit, was established in 2003. The Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit (V2010 ISU or VISU)

7384-413: The provincial debt grew by $ 24 billion during the decade. Non direct olympics games cost (e.g. expanded rail network, highways, security, paid time off for government employees "volunteering" etc.) cost in excess of 7 billion. In 2011, the provincial auditor-general declined to conduct a post-Games audit. C$ 200 million was expected to be spent for security, which was organized through a special body,

7488-677: The rest of the valley bridging the Cheakamus (pron. CHEEK-a-mus) and Green River (a tributary of the Lillooet River ) basins, they became part of British Columbia's first Resort Municipality in 1975. Completion of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway in 1914 greatly reduced the travel time from three days, providing ease of access from Vancouver, and the Rainbow Lodge gained a reputation as the most popular vacation destination west of

7592-570: The rights of hosting both 2018 Winter Olympics and 2024 Winter Youth Olympics (as a part of the Gangwon Province ) had the most votes of the three cities in the first round of voting, in which Salzburg was eliminated. In the run-off, all but two of the members who had voted for Salzburg voted for Vancouver. It was the closest vote by the IOC since Sydney, Australia beat Beijing for the 2000 Summer Olympics by two votes. Vancouver's victory came almost two years after Toronto's 2008 Summer Olympic bid

7696-515: The rivers, lakes, and mountains that were used as reference for direction and travel. In the Late Pleistocene era, long before European settlement, Sk̲wx̲wúmesh and L̓il̓watú shared a village known as Spoez at the confluence of Rubble Creek and the Cheakamus River at Function Junction in Whistler." This location represents the long-standing relationship of the two nations who used Spoez as

7800-529: The rules of the bidding process were changed in 1999. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) created the Evaluation Commission, which was appointed on October 24, 2002. Prior to the bidding for the 2008 Summer Olympics , host cities would often fly members of the IOC to their city where they toured the city and were provided with gifts. The lack of oversight and transparency often led to allegations of money for votes. Afterward, changes brought forth by

7904-405: The safety of the course and prompting organizers to implement quick modifications. Immediately after the accident, officials attributed it to an athlete error rather than a track deficiency. The International Luge Federation called an emergency meeting after the accident, and all other training runs were cancelled for the day. The President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili , thanked the hosts for

8008-561: The same name and aired for two seasons from 2006 to 2008. The television series Peak Season is filmed in Whistler and documents the lives of people that live there. Reality Show Fresh Meat II was filmed in Whistler. The community also appeared as the location for Shane and Carmen's wedding in The L Word (season 3, episode 12) Whistler was also featured on The Real Housewives of Orange County and ABC's Extreme Weight Loss. Reality show Gene Simmons Family Jewels filmed some episodes in Whistler. It

8112-643: The smaller NHL-sized rinks. By contrast, the only other NHL venue to host Olympic hockey, the Calgary Flames ' Olympic Saddledome , started construction before Calgary won the bid for the 1988 Winter Olympics and it was designed to accommodate an international ice rink. There were a number of events that were proposed to be included in the 2010 Winter Olympics. On November 28, 2006, the IOC Executive Board at their meeting in Kuwait voted to include ski cross in

8216-546: The start of the February 16 men's and women's biathlon pursuit races, and restricted access to the Olympic flame cauldron on the Vancouver waterfront. Opposition to the Olympic Games was expressed by activists and politicians, including Lower Mainland mayors Derek Corrigan and Richard Walton . Many of the public pre-Olympic events held in Vancouver were attended by protesters . On Saturday, February 13, as part of

8320-462: The summer, mountain biking at Whistler Blackcomb . Its pedestrian village has won numerous design awards, and Whistler has been voted among the top destinations in North America by major ski magazines since the mid-1990s. During the 2010 Winter Olympics , Whistler hosted most of the alpine, Nordic , luge , skeleton , and bobsled events. The Whistler Valley is located around the pass between

8424-511: The summer. Other winter activities that are enjoyed in Whistler are cross country skiing, skate skiing, ice skating, snowshoeing, backcountry skiing, telemark skiing, and tobogganing. Summer activities enjoyed in Whistler include golfing , fishing , trail running , mountain biking, outdoor yoga, and hiking. For skiing, arguably the main attraction of Whistler, the different run difficulties (easiest to hardest) are green (circle), blue (square), black (diamond), and double black (diamond). Throughout

8528-440: The surrounding mountains were cleared of old-growth. At its peak, four mills were in operation, most located around Green Lake. Prospecting and trapping were pursued as well, though no claims of great value were ever staked. In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada , Whistler had a population of 13,982 living in 5,597 of its 10,065 total private dwellings, a change of 19% from its 2016 population of 11,746. With

8632-609: The surrounding suburbs of Richmond , West Vancouver and the University of British Columbia , and in the nearby resort town of Whistler . It was regarded by the Olympic Committee to be among the most successful Olympic games in history, in both attendance and coverage. Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines. Both the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were organized by

8736-580: The two leading contenders, which saw Vancouver win with 40 votes compared to Quebec City's 32 votes. Vancouver had also bid for the 1976 games, which were first awarded to Denver, then to Innsbruck and the 1980 games, which were awarded to Lake Placid. After the bribery scandal over the candidacy of the Salt Lake City bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics (which resulted in Quebec City asking for compensation (C$ 8 million) for its unsuccessful bid), many of

8840-624: The valley floor and the mountain sides are characterized as mixed forest, predominantly conifers , but with a peppering of a few deciduous trees like the Pacific dogwood ( Cornus nuttallii ), locally extinct Pacific crabapple ( Malus fusca ) or Pryus fusca , bitter cherry ( Prunus emarginata ), pin cherry ( Prunus pensylvanica ), choke cherry ( Prunus virginiana ), red alder ( Alnus rubra ), Sitka alder ( Alnus sinuata ), paper birch ( Betula papyrifera ), big leaf maple ( Acer macrophyllum ), and Douglas maple ( Acer glabrum ). Whistler

8944-444: The way that they handled Kumaritashvili's death which included a moment of silence, bringing his remains back to Georgia and a tribute to him at the opening ceremony. One critic questioned the choice of Cypress Mountain as a venue because of its potential lack of snow due to the 2009-10 El Niño . Because of this possibility, organizers had a contingency plan to truck in snow from Manning Park , about 250 kilometres (160 mi) to

9048-421: The wild plums were dug up too by Pemberton Pioneers for fruit trees to transplant and as rootstock. Once abundant on the forest floor, lingonberry ( Vaccinium vitis-idaea ) is no longer found because of the loss of habitat through the clear-cutting. The School District 48 Sea to Sky operates public schools in Whistler. There are two elementary schools, Myrtle Phillip Elementary and Spring Creek Elementary. There

9152-488: The world." For the first time, Canada won gold in an official sport as the host nation of the Olympics, having failed to do so in 1976 and 1988 (although Canada won the 1988 woman's curling event in Calgary when it was still only a demonstration sport ). Canada clinched their first gold medal on the second day of the competition, first topping the gold medal tally on the second-to-last day of competition, and went on to become

9256-523: The year each run's difficulty stays the same. There are many signs around the mountain that indicate the difficulty of the runs and there are "expert only" signs at the bottom of some chairlifts indicating that most of the runs accessible from that chair are black diamonds or double black diamonds. Until the 1960s, this quiet area was without basic infrastructure. There were no sewage facilities, water, or electricity, and no road from Squamish or Vancouver . In 1962, four Vancouver businessmen began to explore

9360-833: Was 7.1 °C (44.8 °F) for the month of February 2010. The opening and closing ceremonies were held at BC Place Stadium , which received over C$ 150 million in major renovations. Competition venues in Greater Vancouver included the Pacific Coliseum , the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre , the UBC Winter Sports Centre , the Richmond Olympic Oval and Cypress Mountain . GM Place, now known as Rogers Arena , played host to ice hockey events, being renamed Canada Hockey Place for

9464-620: Was activated for the 2015 Pan American Games and 2015 Parapan American Games held in Ontario. In 2018, the RCMP formed an ISSG to support the G7 Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec. Finally, in 2024, an ISSG has been created to lead safety and security efforts to the 2025 G7 Summit, to be held in Kananaskis, Alberta. The 13th World Police and Fire Games were held at Metro Vancouver in the summer of 2009. For

9568-538: Was clear cut twice. The Oregon grape Mahonia aquifolium (AKA hollyleaved barberry) and highbush cranberry Viburnum opulus were accidentally re-introduced as escaped landscaping plants, and may all be Oregonian subspecies. All the wild Pacific crabapples were dug up by Pemberton Pioneers for grafting rootstock. It is unclear whether the Chickasaw plum ( Prunus americana ) was indigenous or introduced by Indigenous transcontinental trade networks or later Western contact. All

9672-439: Was completed on time and at least one year prior to the Games. In 2004, the operational cost of the 2010 Winter Olympics was estimated to be Canadian $ 1.354 billion (about £ 828,499,787, € 975,033,598 or US$ 1,314,307,896). As of mid-2009 it was projected to be C$ 1.76 billion, mostly raised from non-government sources, primarily through sponsorships and the auction of national broadcasting rights. C$ 580 million

9776-465: Was defeated by Beijing in a landslide vote. The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) spent C$ 16.6 million on upgrading facilities at Cypress Mountain , which hosted the freestyle (aerials, moguls, ski cross) and snowboarding events. With the opening in February 2009 of the C$ 40 ;million Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre at Hillcrest Park , which hosted curling, every sports venue for the 2010 Games

9880-441: Was immensely successful, with the official Olympic Committee press release citing "Full venues, record public attendance: Over 97% of the 1.54 million tickets available were sold, with 71% to the Canadian public at an average price of $ 139. Adding in international public ticket sales, the percentage of ticket sales to the public exceeds 75% of all available tickets." Vancouver 2010 also achieved record global television coverage as per

9984-562: Was included in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Russia . In the following calendar for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, each blue box indicates that an event competition, such as a qualification round, was held on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held with the number in these boxes representing the number of finals that were contested on that day. The top ten listed NOCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation, Canada,

10088-495: Was initially started with a budget of $ 175 million CAD, the final expenditure was over $ 900 million. Private security cost $ 100 million. The unit consisted of approximately 16,000 police, military and private security personnel: The unit was scaled down to 750 local RCMP officers, 500 military personnel and less than 6,000 private security personnel for the Paralympic Games. The Toronto Police , Ontario Provincial Police ,

10192-510: Was originally estimated. Some venues, including the Richmond Olympic Oval , were at sea level, a rarity for the Winter Games. The 2010 Games were also the first—Winter or Summer—to have had an Opening Ceremony held indoors. Greater Vancouver was the most populous metropolitan area ever to hold the Winter Games. In February, the month when the Games were held, Vancouver has an average temperature of 4.8 °C (40.6 °F). The average temperature as measured at Vancouver International Airport

10296-451: Was previously served by CBUWT-TV channel 13, a CBC Television repeater of CBUT-DT ( Vancouver ); that station shut down in 2012 due to budget cuts affecting the CBC. The television show Whistler took place in Whistler. Whistler , the series is a Canadian television drama centering on the aftermath of the mysterious death of a local snowboard legend. The series was set in the ski resort of

10400-471: Was selected to host the 1976 Summer Olympics , and the Vancouver-Garibaldi candidacy was thus eliminated in the first round of voting. Vancouver was again a candidate for the 1980 Games , but withdrew at the last moment. For the 1988 Winter Olympics , Calgary was chosen as the preferred site for the Canadian bid, and would go on to win the election and thus become the first Canadian city to host

10504-625: Was shown on the CTV Television Network , while supplementary programming was mainly shown on TSN and Rogers Sportsnet . Main French-language coverage was shown on V and RDS . NBC Universal networks televised the 2010 Winter Olympics in the United States, under a contract in which it paid US$ 2.2 billion for the rights to the Games and the 2012 Summer Olympics . Advertising sales had slowed in comparison to previous Olympics due to

10608-566: Was still absent in this region. But once again, Banff was chosen to represent Canada as the potential host city for the 1972 Games, which were eventually awarded to Sapporo , Japan . In 1968, the GODA was finally chosen by the Canadian Olympic Committee with the aim of making a joint candidacy with the city of Vancouver for the organization of the 1976 Winter Olympics . However, the chances of Vancouver's candidacy dwindled when Montreal

10712-745: Was the lead agency of the ISU for this event. An ISU was activated for the 2018 G7 Summit held in La Malbaie , QC. The RCMP was the lead agency and partnered with the following agencies: 2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games ( French : XXI Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) and also known as Vancouver 2010 ( Squamish : K'emk'emeláy̓ 2010 ), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , with some events held in

10816-475: Was the taxpayer-supported budget to construct or renovate venues throughout Vancouver and Whistler . A final audit conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers released in December 2010 revealed total operation cost to have been $ 1.84 billion and came in on budget resulting in neither surplus nor deficit. Construction of venues also came on budget with a total cost of $ 603 million. PricewaterhouseCoopers' study estimated

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