The gold medal for unintended errors may be awarded to the engraver responsible for the Centennial Cup, who mistakenly created Canada's latest province: "New Brunswich."

New Brunswick athletes proudly stood next to the Centennial Cup, an award they received earlier this year for the best improvement between Canada Games, and had photos taken with the trophy on Wednesday.

All the while, a small plate on the trophy gave the province's recognition to "New Brunswich."

Patrick Kenny, the director of marketing and communications for the Canada Games Council, said the error is going to be fixed soon.

"In the hurry to get the cup and new case updated for the event, our supplier made the updates and it was sent directly from the supplier to the event," Kenny said in a statement.

"The supplier is updating now and it will be corrected as soon as possible."

The error has not fazed anyone at Team New Brunswick.

Sherry Doiron, the chef de mission for Team New Brunswick, said the athletes and coaches were all very happy to have the cup in Fredericton, typo or not.

"You never want to laugh at someone's expense," Doiron said.

"We fought so hard to get that. We are not giving it away. It is ours to keep for a while, and spelling mistake or not, it is going to stay in New Brunswick — with K."

​​The Centennial Cup is awarded to the province that has the biggest improvement in athletic performance from one Canada Games to the next.

Team New Brunswick's athletes won 13 medals and turned in many other top performances during the two weeks of competitions in Prince George, B.C.

It is unclear how Team New Brunswich did at the last Canada Games.