Montréal, March 31, 2021 – In a renewed format adapted to the reality of 2021, the Jeux de Montréal are back for a 44th edition. Organized by Sports Montreal, this sports festival which usually brings together several thousand young people aged 6 to 12 is offering Passe-Sports challenges this year as well as a summer tour of day camps. Continuing with a family formula, free and accessible to all, the event will be held from April 7 to the end of August.

• The challenges of the Virtual Sports Pass – from April 7 to the end of June

As part of the Virtual Pass-Sports challenges, children will be invited to complete exciting virtual challenges that will allow them to try, at home or outside, some twenty sports presented by the ambassadors of the Montreal Games. By identifying the delegation in which they reside on the island of Montreal, the children will accumulate points, which will allow a ranking of the delegations at the end of June. In addition, a big competition will be organized among the children who will have participated in the challenges of the Virtual Pass-Sports. Consult the details of the Virtual Pass-Sports challenges.

• Summer tour – July and August

The Montreal Games animation team will visit the various targeted summer day camps in order to bring the magic of the Montreal Games to life for young people. Introductions to sports, educational activities, sports demonstrations and surprises of all kinds will enhance the Montreal summer!

Several athlete-ambassadors

Patrice Bernier, former captain of the Montreal Impact, will once again be the event’s spokesperson. Among the many ambassadors of the Jeux, we note several Olympians including Achraf Tadili (athletics), Denyse Julien (badminton), Joseph Polossifakis and Maximilien Van Haaster (fencing), Francis Luna Grenier (weightlifting), Dorothy Yeats (wrestling), Jacqueline Simoneau (swimming artistic), Katherine Savard (swimming), Sandra Lizé (water polo) and several high-level athletes such as Lysanne Richard (high-level diving), Patrice Labonté (running), Fumiko Fraser (handball), Bianca Ockedahl ( judo), Alexandru Sorin (karate), Alexandre Moreau-Regimbald (kin-ball), Laurence Fournier-Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen (figure skating), Alexandra Tessier and Ngalula Fuamba (rugby), Dimitri Mikhnovitch and Seddik Meggraoui (taekwondo), Valérie Tétreault (tennis), Mattéo Martin and Siméon Martin (table tennis), Virginie Chenier (archery), Gabriel Chancy (volleyball) and Eliott and Nina Heloir (Ultimate frisbee). All of these athletes will act as ambassadors for the Jeux.