It is an annual tradition at the Carnaval de Quebec — a two-week festival which begins at the end of January. Martin Fleury's team, La Capitale Groupe Financier, finally won gold in Quebec City's 2017 winter carnival ice canoe race after competing for 15 years. Overall, 58 teams participated in the Quebec City Carnaval's 2017 ice canoe race. Eleven teams competed in the women's elite division during the 2017 ice canoe race at Quebec City's Carnaval. Though they had won all the other races in the ice canoe circuit around the province, a Carnaval win always escaped them.

Source: CBC News February 11, 2017 13:52 UTC