The event, which took place from April 1 to 9 at Edmonton’s Northlands Coliseum, featured 12 teams from around the world who competed over 22 draws.

A total of 10,035 curling fans attended an average of 8.54 draws each, giving a total attendance of 85,218 over the duration of the competition.

The number of out-of-town visitors travelling to Edmonton to attend the Championships was 4,844, collectively spending CAD$2.1 million (£1.2 million/$1.6 million/€1.4 million) in the host community, an economic impact assessment has revealed.

It is claimed this spending, in combination with the expenditures made by the organisers in hosting the event, totalled CAD$4.3 million (£2.5 million/$3.2 million/€2.9 million), supporting CAD$6.7 million (£3.9 million/$5 million/€4.4 million) in economic activity in the province of Alberta, including CAD$6 million (£3.5 million/$4.5 million/€4 million) of economic activity in Edmonton.

These expenditures supported CAD$2 million (£1.2 million/$1.5 million/€1.3 million) in wages and salaries in the province through the support of 33 jobs, of which 29 jobs and CAD$1.7 million (£983,000/$1.3 million/€1.1 million) in wages and salaries were supported in Edmonton.

The total net economic activity generated by the Championships was CAD$4.2 million (£2.4 million/$3.1 million/€2.8 million) for Canada, CAD$3.8 million (£2.2 million/$2.8 million/€2.5 million) for the province of Alberta and CAD$3.2 million (£1.9 million/$2.4 million/€2.1 million) for Edmonton.

The Championships supported tax revenues totalling CAD$938,000 (£543,000/$697,000/€623,000) across Canada.

Broken out by level of Government, the event supported Federal tax revenues of CAD$508,000 (£294,000/$377,000/€337,000).

An additional CAD$292,000 (£169,000/$217,000/€194,000) in taxes was raised for Alberta.

Furthermore, CAD$100,000 (£58,000/$74,000/€66,000) in municipal taxes were supported in Alberta, of which CAD$80,000 (£46,000/$59,000/€53,000) was in Edmonton.

The report was prepared by Tony Fisher, executive director of research and analytics at the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance. 

Canada became the first nation to remain unbeaten throughout the Championships after beating Sweden 4-2 in the final.

The hosts won all 11 of their round robin matches before beating Sweden in the play-off to secure a direct passage to the final.

Switzerland secured the bronze medal by defeating the United States.

Edmonton withdrew its bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games in February 2015 due to the impact of falling oil prices on its economy.