It was back to Canada for the seventh Invictus Games and the historic debut of winter sports with the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025.
This was the first Invictus Games to be held across two sites with the city of Vancouver hosting 6 adaptive sports and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and the winter sports resort of Whistler introducing 5 winter sports to the Invictus Games Community.
In total, 23 Nations and 534 competitors came to this Games and the Opening Ceremony set the record for the highest attendance ever at an Invictus Games with 40,000.
Legacy
A $5.5M Legacy Fund for the ongoing recovery and rehabilitation of wounded, injured and sick serving members and Veterans before, during and after the Games managed by the True Patriot Love Foundation in Canada and the Invictus Games Foundation internationally. Legacy initiatives to date include the development of an ESG framework, a research report into the impact of winter sport on rehabilitation, an education project on Indigenous military service, and an employment symposium on Veteran hiring.
A wide range of new adaptive sport equipment and infrastructure for local sport organizations through a collective $750,000 grant from viaSport and the Community Gaming Grants supported by the Province of B.C. and a $368,000 Founders Pass Grant from the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation.
An online school program to bring the Games to children and youth Canada-wide which will continue to be available on the Invictus Games Foundation’s website.
Over 1900 volunteers and 400+ sport officials trained across the Games’ 11 adaptive sports to support future events.