I started my day with the biggest hurray ever. There have been rumors of Prince Harry coming to Canada in 2017 for 150 anniversary of the Confederation have finally been true. The 31 year old Prince revealed in a video that he will be bringing the international sports competition for wounded troops Invictus Games who is being held this year in Orlando Florida will be held in the Great White North city of Toronto next year.

"I am absolutely delighted to announce that the Invictus legacy will continue when Toronto hosts the third Invictus Games," Harry said in a video statement issued Wednesday.

An exciting announcement from Prince Harry! The 3rd #InvictusGames will be hosted by @InvictusToronto @WeAreInvictushttps://t.co/WialMD00Wh

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) March 16, 2016

"It's also the year when Canada will commemorate its 150th anniversary of Confederation. I can't think of a better way to mark this milestone than by paying tribute to the soldiers and veterans who have served their country so bravely and to support them along their journey to recovery."

The Invictus Games is a sporting competition for wounded, injured and sick troops and includes both current and veteran members of the forces. It aims to use sport to inspire recovery and draw awareness to the physical and psychological injuries suffered by service members.
Harry founded the games after a 2013 visit to the U.S.-based Warrior Games, a domestic sporting competition for ill and injured American service members and veterans. Looking to establish an expanded version of those games, Harry set up the Invictus Games, named after the Latin word for unconquered.
The games were first held in London in 2014 and involved more than 400 competitors from 13 countries.
The Toronto games, set for September 2017, will feature more competitors and more sports than the event has had before, Harry said.

"It will even involve competing on ice, because this is Canada after all," he said.
Bruno Guevremont, captain of Team Canada for the upcoming games, said taking part in the event in Canada will mean a great deal.
"Competing in the Invictus Games on home soil will provide me and my fellow military competitors with the pride and confidence needed to push our minds and bodies beyond what we thought was possible -- to represent our country shoulder-to-shoulder, as we once did."
According to the Foundation, Toronto won the rights to the 2017 event because it demonstrated "a real understanding of the core concept and vision" of the games. It also noted that the city recently hosted the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games.