The Fourth Francophone games may not have broken any international athletic track records.
Outside the stadium, however, the competitors excelled, clocking up 106 asylum applications.
A week after the closing ceremony, Canada's department of citizenship and immigration is still receiving requests for refugee status.
"This is the largest number we've seen at a sporting event of this magnitude in recent memory," said a government spokesman, Mr Richard Saint-Louis. "And we may be getting more."
The applicants come from 17 nations, mostly impoverished and politically unstable African states.
Because of privacy laws, the federal government has declined to name them or their home countries.
Early reports suggested the first to claim asylum were two boxers, from Mali and Guinea, and a Cambodian boxing coach.
The Francophone games are unusual in combining eight sports and eight cultural events. Around 3,000 athletes from 52 countries participated in the latest 10-day games, which ended on July 24th. Romania topped the medals table, followed by France, Canada and Poland.
The competition is meant to unite the French-speaking world.