As the recent 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris wind down before the Paralympics begin, two cities in B.C. are officially among the best all-time performers in Canada's Olympic history.

While Canada may have missed out on making the top ten at this year's games, the team at has looked into the birthplaces of all the Canadian athletes in Paris to see where the best place in Canada is to raise an Olympic athlete.

They then looked into the all-time medal table to see how these Canadian towns and cities have performed over time. According to those tabulations, Vancouver and Victoria are in the top five with a combined total of 15 Olympic gold medals.

Toronto leads the best performing Canadian city in Olympic history, with a total medal haul of 152, followed by Montreal with 72, Vancouver with 51, Victoria with 21 and London with 16.

B.C. was highlighted at this year's Olympics in Paris, with hammer throwers Ethan Katzberg from Nanaimo and Richmond resident Camryn Rogers winning two gold medals and bringing B.C.'s total medal haul contribution to nine out of the 27 that Team Canada took home. Team Canada had a total of 315 Olympians compete in Paris, with 139 of them connected to B.C., by either living in the province or being from there. 

The Olympics ran from July 26 to Aug. 11, and the Paralympics are set to begin on Aug. 28.