Charlottetown ranked as 15th best city to host a sporting event

Charlottetown is the biggest small city when it comes to hosting sporting events, according to a new national ranking.

The inaugural Global Sports Impact (GSI) Canada Index ranked Charlottetown 15th in the country overall, the smallest city in the top 15, which primarily features major metropolitan centres.

Charlottetown was also ranked the top sport-hosting city in Canada for a population of less than 50,000.

Montreal was ranked as the top city in Canada for hosting sport events, followed by Edmonton, Quebec City, Ottawa and Vancouver. The rankings were released at the Sport Events Congress 2018 (SEC18) last week in Halifax.

The GSI Index aims to rank all cities hosting national sport championships and international sport events in Canada through a data-driven assessment of performance, enabling host cities to better understand the impact they are delivering through their sport event strategy. The index is based on national championships and international competitions both hosted in 2017 as well as events awarded for 2018 and beyond.