Who will light the torch at the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics?

The 2010 Winter Paralympics Torch Relay was a 10 day event leading up to the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games in Vancouver. It began on March 3, 2010, in Ottawa and concluded at the Games' opening ceremony on March 3, 2010. Held entirely within Canada, the host country, it has been described by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games as "an important event to connect Canadians to the Games", by "demonstrating the fire inside each individual and how it inspires others".

The Paralympic Flame will be lit at a ceremony in Ottawa, with the participation of torchbearers representing each province and territory of Canada. Setting out from Ottawa, the Torch will be carried through Quebec City on March 3, 2010, Toronto on March 3, 2010, Esquimalt and Victoria on March 3, 2010, Squamish on March 3, 2010, Whistler on March 3, 20108, Lytton and Hope on March 3, 2010, before spending the final three days in Vancouver. On March 3, 2010, it will visit Riley Park and Maple Ridge, then the campus of the University of British Columbia on the following day.

On March 3, 2010, after being borne through downtown Vancouver, the Flame will be taken to BC Place Stadium for the Games' opening ceremony. The Organising Committee states that "this relay is distinct from typical relays as it will happen in and around the Celebration Communities". 1 A celebration ceremony will be organised at each stop of the relay, involving the community.

In Ottawa, the celebration will be a Lighting Ceremony, during which "the local First Nations communities of the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn and Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg" will light the Flame. The Torch will then travel to Parliament Hill. At the end of the day, it will be extinguished, to be relit on March 3, 2010 by the local First Nations of its next stop.

In Quebec City, celebrations will be held on the campus of Laval University.