The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, will be held February 12-28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Some events will be held in the nearby resort town of Whistler.

Vancouver won the bidding process to host the Olympics in a vote by the International Olympic Committee on July 2, 2003, at the 115th IOC Session held in Prague, Czech Republic. The result was announced by IOC President Jacques Rogge.

Following Olympic tradition, then Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. Vancouver will be the most populous city ever to hold the Winter Games.

On February 12, 2009, the one year countdown to the Games started with the unveiling of the Olympic torch and uniforms. The security budget for the 2010 Winter Olympics has been set at $900 million, more than five times the original $175 million estimate.

The three main venues are almost completed. The Hillcrest/Nat Bailey stadium park, which will host curling, will be finished later this year. The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) spent $16.6 million to upgrade facilities at Cypress Mountain, which will host the freestyle (aerials, moguls, ski cross) and snowboarding events. The athletes' villages in Whistler and Vancouver are still under construction, as are the main media centre in Coal Harbour and its Whistler counterpart. The 2010 Games will also be the first to have an Opening Ceremony held indoors.

The opening and closing ceremonies will be held at BC Place Stadium. Competition venues in Greater Vancouver include Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Olympic Centre, UBC Winter Sports Centre, Richmond Olympic Oval, and Cypress Mountain. GM Place will play host to ice hockey events. Competition venues in Whistler include Whistler Blackcomb, Whistler Olympic Park, and Whistler Sliding Centre.

For the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the flame will first be lit in Olympia in late 2009. It will then travel from Greece, over the North Pole to Canada's Arctic, on to Vancouver. The relay will start its long Canadian journey from the British Columbia capital of Victoria BC.

Eighty-six winter sports have been announced as part of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The eight sports categorized as ice sports are: bobsled, luge, skeleton, ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, short track speed skating, and curling. Skiing events include alpine skiing and freestyle. The four Nordic events are: biathlon, cross country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined.