2015 Pan American Games torch relay

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File:Torchrelay2015pan.jpg
The official logo of the 2015 Pan American Games torch relay

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2015 Pan American Games torch relay was a 41-day torch run, occurring from May 30 to July 10, 2015, being held prior to the start of the Games. The relay brought the torch from Mexico to the Pan American Ceremonies Venue for the opening ceremony.

An application period for Canadians to carry the torch opened in October 2014 and continued till December. Anyone aged 13 or older as of May 30, 2015 was eligible to become a torchbearer. Most of the torchbearers were selected by a random selection, while the others were selected by torch relay communities and games partners.[1]

The torch took a 41-day journey after being lit in May 2015 at the pyramids of Teotihuacan, Mexico. The torch was brought through a total of 130 communities, mostly in Ontario (with five outside the province, Richmond, Winnipeg, Calgary, Halifax and Montreal). The torch was carried by about 3,000 torchbearers and travel approximately 20,000 kilometres (12,000 mi).[2] The relay began on May 30, 2015 in Toronto and finished on July 10, the date of the opening ceremony.[3]

The detailed torch relay route and celebration sites were announced on February 24, 2015.[2] The torch arrived in Toronto and then headed to Thunder Bay, before visiting all other communities on the route. The relay also visited five National Historic Sites of Canada, six Canadian Forces bases and one provincial park. There were 180 celebrations across the torch relay route.[4][5]

Route

File:Ashley Worobec at BSOMF 2015.jpg
A torchbearer at the 2015 Burlington's Sound of Music Festival, participating as part of the torch relay
File:2015 Pan Am games torch.jpg
An example of one of the torches from the 2015 Pan American Games.

All cities in the Province of Ontario, unless otherwise noted in italics.[6]

Day Date Cities Notable torchbearers
1 May 30 Arrival ceremony in Toronto Chris Hadfield–astronaut[7]
Rosie MacLennan–trampolinist
2 May 31 Fort William First Nation, Thunder Bay, Nipigon, Terrace Bay, Marathon, White River, Wawa Curt Harnett–cyclist[8]
3 June 1 Wawa, Sault Ste. Marie Kalle Mattson–singer[9]
Chris Simon–hockey player[9]
Brad Jacobs–curler[9]
Jessica Tuomela–swimmer[9]
Mac Marcoux–alpine skier[9]
4 June 2 Sault Ste. Marie, Bruce Mines, Thessalon, Blind River, Serpent River First Nation, Massey, Espanola, Little Current, Sudbury Tessa Bonhomme–hockey player[10]
5 June 3 Sudbury, Sturgeon Falls, North Bay, Powassan, South River, Sundridge, Huntsville Dara Howell–freestyle skier[11]
6 June 4 Algonquin Provincial Park, Algonquin, Huntsville, Minden Hills, Lindsay, Omemee, Peterborough Lift Lock, Peterborough Ron Ellis–hockey player[12]
7 June 5 Peterborough, Bowmanville, Courtice, Oshawa –
8 June 6 Ajax Nigel Wilson–baseball player[13]
9 June 7 Citadel Hill, Halifax, CFB Halifax (All three in Nova Scotia) Mark de Jonge–kayaker[14]
Andrew Nicholson–basketball player[14]
Laura Pomeroy–swimmer[14]
10 June 8 Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Uxbridge, Beaverton, Orillia –
11 June 9 Orillia, Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Parry Sound –
12 June 10 Parry Sound, Waubaushene, Victoria Harbour, Port McNicoll, Midland, Penetanguishene, Oro-Medonte, Barrie Emily Batty–mountain biker[15]
Adam Dixon–sledge hockey player[15]
Glenn Howard–curler[15]
13 June 11 Innisfil, CFB Borden, Stayner, Collingwood, Meaford, Owen Sound Larisa Yurkiw–alpine skier[16]
14 June 12 Owen Sound, Markdale, Flesherton, Shelburne, Alliston, Beeton, Mono, Orangeville Jessica Phoenix–equestrian rider[17]Brian Price–rower[18]
15 June 13 Orangeville, Palgrave, Bolton, Inglewood, Belfountain, Alton, Caledon East Peter Holland–hockey player[19]
16 June 14 Misssissauga, Port Credit, Richmond (British Columbia) Hazel McCallion–politician
Simon Whitfield–triathlete
– June 15 Not travelling –
17 June 16 Sarnia, Aamjiwnaang First Nation, Wallaceburg, Chatham-Kent, Tecumseh, Windsor Mary Spencer–boxer[20]
18 June 17 Windsor, Essex, Leamington, Point Pelee National Park, Pelee, St. Thomas, London Christine Nesbitt–speed skater[21]
Damian Warner–athlete[22]
19 June 18 London, Ingersoll, Woodstock, Tavistock, Stratford, Waterloo, Kitchener Mandy Bujold–boxer[23]
20 June 19 Kitchener, Cambridge, Brantford, Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, Burlington J. R. Fitzpatrick–NASCAR driver[24]
Mark Oldershaw–canoer
21 June 20 Welland, St. Catharines, Port Dalhousie, Niagara Falls Jessica McDonald–wrestler[25]
22 June 21 Winona, Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ancaster, Dundas, Waterdown, Hamilton Sue Palmer-Komar–cyclist
23 June 22 Hamilton, CFB Winnipeg, The Forks, Winnipeg, Winnipeg (Last three in Manitoba) Melanie Booth–soccer player
Jon Montgomery[26]
Darnell Nurse–hockey player[24]
24 June 23 Milton, Oakville, Brampton Steve Bauer–cyclist[24]
Travis Gerrits–freestyle skier
25 June 24 Brampton, Kleinburg, Woodbridge, Vaughan, Thornhill, Richmond Hill Andi Petrillo-broadcaster[27]
Elvis Stojko–figure skater
26 June 25 Richmond Hill, Aurora, King, Newmarket Trish Stratus–professional wrestler[28]
27 June 26 Newmarket, Sharon, Holland Landing, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Keswick, Mount Albert, Whitchurch–Stouffville Karen Cockburn–trampolinist[29]
28 June 27 Markham, Unionville, Thornhill, Markham –
29 June 28 Montreal (in Quebec) Alexandre Bilodeau–freestyle skier[24]
30 June 29 CFB Petawawa, Ontario –
31 June 30 Gatineau (in Quebec), Ottawa Arlene Dickinson–author
32 July 1 Kanata, Barrhaven –
33 July 2 Orleans, Carleton Place, Smiths Falls, Rideau Canal, Smiths Falls, Brockville, Gananoque, Fort Henry, Kingston Brooke Henderson–golfer
34 July 3 Calgary (in Alberta), CFB Kingston, Kingston, Odessa, Napanee, Deseronto, Tyendinaga First Nation, Belleville Kyle Shewfelt–gymnast[30]
35 July 4 CFB Trenton, Trenton, Brighton, Colborne, Cobourg, Toronto (south) –
36 July 5 Toronto (east) Dwayne De Rosario–soccer player[24]
Wayne Simmonds–hockey player[24]
37 July 6 Toronto (east and west) Patrick Chan–figure skater[24]
Jamal Magloire–basketball player
38 July 7 Toronto (west and north) –
39 July 8 Toronto (north and central) Jim Cuddy–singer[24]
Eva Avila–singer
40 July 9 Toronto (central and south) –
41 July 10 Toronto (central and south) + arrival at opening ceremony –

See also

References

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