The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, was a major international multi-sport event held on February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the resort town of Whistler, Richmond, West Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands. Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines. Both the Olympic and Paralympic Games were being organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC). The 2010 Winter Olympics were the third Olympics hosted by Canada, and the first by the province of British Columbia. Previously, Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Following Olympic tradition, the Vancouver mayor then, Sam Sullivan, received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The flag was raised on February 28, 2006, in a special ceremony and was on display at Vancouver City Hall until the Olympic opening ceremony. The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean.
For the first time, Canada won gold at an Olympic Games hosted at home, having failed to do so at both the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Canada clinched first overall in gold medal wins on the second to last day of competition[3] and became the first host nation since Norway in 1952 to lead the gold medal count. With 14, Canada broke the record for the most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics, which was 13, set by the former Soviet Union in 1976 and Norway in 2002. The United States won the most medals in total, their second time doing so at the Winter Olympics, and broke the record for the most medals won at a single Winter Olympics, with 37, which was held by Germany in 2002 at 36 medals. Athletes from Slovakia and Belarus won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their nations. However, the games were overshadowed by the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian who was supposed to compete in luge, but was killed during a test run on the same day of the opening ceremony.
第二十一屆冬季奧林匹克運動會於2010年2月12日至28日間在加拿大卑詩省溫哥華舉行，而部分項目則會於鄰近的威士拿舉行。此屆奧運會是繼1976年蒙特婁夏季奧運會和1988年卡加利冬季奧運會後，加拿大第三次舉辦的奧運會，亦是卑詩省首次舉辦的奧運會。
最終，東道主加拿大憑冰球、冰壺、有舵雪橇等項目反超前挪威，以14金7銀5銅完成賽事，除了成功登上獎牌榜首位外，也成為了歷屆冬季奧運中成績最傑出的主辦國，德國和美國則排名次位和第三。加拿大同時也是歷屆冬季奧運中取得最多金牌的國家，打破了前蘇聯在1976年創下的13金以及挪威在2002年同樣創下的13金紀錄。
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