2015 Parapan American Games

V Parapan American Games

Host	Toronto, Canada
Motto	United We Play
Nations	28
Athletes	1,651
Events	317 in 15 sports
Opening	August 7
Closing	August 15
Opened by	Governor General David Johnston
Cauldron lighter	Chantal Peticlerc
Main venue	Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium (opening ceremony) Nathan Phillips Square (closing ceremony)
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The 2015 Parapan American Games, officially the V Parapan American Games and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 ParaPan-Am Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, celebrated in the tradition of the Parapan American Games as governed by the Americas Paralympic Committee, held from August 7 to 15, 2015, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Marking the first Parapan American games hosted by Canada, and the second major Paralympic sports event hosted by Toronto since the 1976 Summer Paralympics, the Games were held at venues in Toronto and four other Golden Horseshoe communities.^[1] Both the Parapan American and Pan American Games were organized by the Toronto 2015 Organizing Committee (TO2015).

The Games hosted 1,608 athletes representing 28 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) in the Americas. 445 events were held in 15 sports—all of which serving as qualifiers for the 2016 Summer Paralympics, including the debut of wheelchair rugby at the Parapan American Games, and the return of 7-a-side football following its absence from the 2011 Parapan American Games.