Key Dates

2004 | 2005

2006

• Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee attends Torino Winter Games and delivers a cultural presentation at the Closing Ceremonies.
• 2006-2010: Four-year Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad begins.
• Royal Canadian Mint unveils the 2006 sterling silver "Lucky Loonie" to celebrate Canada's Olympic and Paralympic athletes and to wish them the best of luck at the Torino Winter Games.
• Construction begins at the Vancouver Olympic Village.
• July 10 to 15: Key members of the Torino Organizing Committee travel to Vancouver for a comprehensive debrief of the 2006 Winter Games with the Vancouver Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee.
• Fall: Unveiling of the official Paralympic Emblem for the 2010 Winter Games.

2007

• Construction begins at the Whistler Olympic and Paralympic Village.
• Selection of the 2010 Winter Games Mascot.
• February 24 to March 10: Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon.

2007 - 2008

• Athletes begin to train at the 2010 Winter Games venues.

2008

• August 8-24: Beijing 2008 Olympic Summer Games.
• September 5-16: Beijing 2008 Paralympic Summer Games.
• Call for volunteers for the 2010 Winter Games.
• Ticket sales for the 2010 Winter Games begins.

2009

• The torch relay begins 114 days prior to the 2010 Winter Games Opening Ceremonies. The relay will originate in Olympia, Greece.

2010

• January 15: Olympic Arts Festival begins.
• February 12-28: Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler.
• March 12-21: Paralympic Winter Games in Whistler and Vancouver.