| Canada at the Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | CAN |
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Canada (IOC country code CAN) has competed at everyWinter Olympic Games, and has won at least one medal each time, one of only six nations to do so (along with Austria, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United States). By total medals, the country's best performance was in the2018 Winter Olympic Games where Canadian athletes won 29 medals. Canada set a new record for most gold medals won by a country in a single Winter Olympics with 14 at the2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. This achievement surpassed the previous record of 13 gold medals held by theSoviet Union (1976) andNorway (2002). Both Germany and Norway matched the record total of 14 gold medals in Pyeongchang in 2018. This record has since been surpassed by Norway with 16 at the2022 Winter Olympics.
Canada has hosted the winter games twice: inCalgary in1988, and inVancouver in2010. Canada has also hosted theSummer Olympic Games once, in1976 inMontreal.[1]
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| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold medal | Total medal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1924 Chamonix | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
 1928 St. Moritz | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
 1932 Lake Placid | 42 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| 1948 St. Moritz | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
 1952 Oslo | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 37 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | 44 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
 1964 Innsbruck | 55 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| 1968 Grenoble | 70 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 |
 1972 Sapporo | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17 |
| 1976 Innsbruck | 59 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 |
| 1980 Lake Placid | 59 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 |
 1984 Sarajevo | 67 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
 1988 Calgary | 112 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 |
| 1992 Albertville | 108 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 95 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| 1998 Nagano | 144 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 5 |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 150 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 4 |
| 2006 Turin | 191 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 3 |
| 2010 Vancouver | 201 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 3 |
 2014 Sochi | 217 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 4 |
 2018 Pyeongchang | 225 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 3 | 3 |
 2022 Beijing | 215 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 11 | 4 |
| 2026 Milano Cortina | 207 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | – | – |
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| Total (25/25) | 2,476 | 77 | 75 | 80 | 232 | 5 | 5 |
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ice hockey | 14 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
 Freestyle skiing | 12 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
 Speed skating | 10 | 16 | 16 | 42 |
 Short track speed skating | 10 | 13 | 14 | 37 |
 Figure skating | 6 | 11 | 12 | 29 |
 Curling | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
 Snowboarding | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
 Bobsleigh | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
 Alpine skiing | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
 Skeleton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Cross-country skiing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Biathlon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Luge | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Ski jumping | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | 78 | 72 | 76 | 226 |
*One of Canada'sice hockey gold medals was won during the1920 Summer Olympics. This table includes this medal, resulting in the discrepancy between the medals by games and medals by sports tables.
Nordic combined andski mountaineering are the only currentwinter sports that Canada has never won a medal in.
Canada's only medals in biathlon were won byMyriam Bedard in the Albertville and Lillehammer games.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 Albertville | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Canada has won five gold medals in bobsleigh. The first, a surprising victory byVic Emery's four-man team in Innsbruck (1964). The second was won byPierre Lueders andDave MacEachern in the two-man event in Nagano (1998) - a race that produced a rare tie in which both the Canadian pair and an Italian pair were awarded gold (a German pair won bronze). The Canadian men's duo ofJustin Kripps andAlex Kovacz would repeat the feat in 2018, tying for gold with a German sled. In the first back to back wins by a two-woman team,Kaillie Humphries andHeather Moyse won gold medals in Vancouver (2010) and Sochi (2014).
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Innsbruck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 Nagano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 Turin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 Vancouver | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 Sochi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 Beijing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
In the 2006 Turin gamesMellisa Hollingsworth-Richards won Canada's first medal in skeleton and laterDuff Gibson became the first Canadian to win a gold medal in skeleton in the men's event. At the 2010 Vancouver games,Jon Montgomery won a gold in the men's event.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Turin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 Vancouver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Curling is one of the most popular sports in Canada, and both the men's and women's teams have won a medal at each of the five Olympics curling has been held at so far. Canadian curlers also finished in the top 3 places when curling was a demonstration sport in1988 and 1992. The women's team in1998, led by skipSandra Schmirler, the men's team in2006, led by skipBrad Gushue, the men's team in2010, led byKevin Martin, the women's team in2014 led byJennifer Jones and the men's team in2014 led byBrad Jacobs have won gold medals. In 2018,Kaitlyn Lawes andJohn Morris won gold in the first mixed doubles tournament at a Winter Olympics.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 Nagano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 Turin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 Vancouver | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 Sochi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 Beijing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
Hockey is Canada's national winter sport, and Canadians are extremely passionate about the game. The nation has traditionally done very well at the Olympic games, winning 6 of the first 7 gold medals. However, by 1956 its amateur club teams and national teams could not compete with the teams of government-supported players from theSoviet Union. When Canada's best players (from theNational Hockey League) were able to compete starting in 1998, expectations were high for the country's return to glory, but theCzech Republic won gold and the team fell toFinland in the bronze medal game. Canada finally won its first hockey gold in 50 years in Salt Lake City in 2002, sparking national celebrations.
The 2010 games were the first Olympics to take place in an NHL market since the league's players started to compete in the games, as Vancouver is home to theVancouver Canucks.
Women's ice hockey was introduced at theNagano Olympics in 1998, withCanada winning the silver medal.Canada has appeared in every Olympic gold medal game, facing the United States six times (1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) andSweden once (2006). Canada has topped the podium five times (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2022), taking silver against the United States twice (1998, 2018).
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 Antwerp* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1924 Chamonix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1928 St. Moritz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1932 Lake Placid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1948 St. Moritz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1952 Oslo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1968 Grenoble | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1992 Albertville | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 Nagano | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 Turin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 Vancouver | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 Sochi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 Beijing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | 14 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
Note: Ice hockey was part of the Summer Olympic program for the1920 games in Antwerp, but is listed here for completeness. As it was held at a Summer Games, it is not counted in the total for Canada's performance at the Winter games.
Following the announcement on December 22, 2017 that the2014 luge team relay results of the silver medallists Russian team were voided due to team members being banned for doping violations, Canada was expected to be upgraded from fourth to bronze.[7][8] However, the bans and annulment of results were successfully appealed at theCourt of Arbitration for Sport, and on 1 February 2018 the results were restored.[9] The IOC intended to appeal the decision to theFederal Supreme Court of Switzerland,[10] however following the Court's upholding of the CAS' decision in the related case ofAlexander Legkov, the IOC decided not to proceed with the appeal.[11]
Alex Gough won Canada's first ever Olympic medal (Bronze) in Luge at the2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Pyeongchang | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (1 entries) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Canada has won at least one medal in figure skating in 14 of the 17 post-war Winter Olympic games (since 1948). Canada's gold medalists areBarbara Ann Scott (1948) and the pairs ofBarbara Wagner andRobert Paul (1960);Jamie Salé andDavid Pelletier (2002); andTessa Virtue andScott Moir (2010 and 2018). Canada also won gold in the team event at the2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Virtue and Moir celebrated a number of firsts at theVancouver2010 Winter Olympics when they won the gold medal for Ice Dancing: their first gold medal at their first Olympics, and the first North Americans as well as the youngest pair to win gold in this event. Other notable Canadian skaters include 1976 Bronze medalistToller Cranston, as well asBrian Orser andElvis Stojko, both of whom won silver medals in successive games.
At the 2022 games Canada finished in fourth in thewomen's team event. After a positive doping test by a member of the gold medallist Russian team, theCourt of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) disqualified her.[12] As a result, Canada's team was expected to be upgraded to a bronze medal.[13] However, on 30 January 2024 theISU announced the medal reallocation, downgrading Russia to bronze and leaving Canada at fourth.[14] This decision was appealed by Canada to the CAS,[15][16] but the court dismissed the case with no changes to the rankings.[17]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 Lake Placid | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1948 St. Moritz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1964 Innsbruck | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1972 Sapporo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1976 Innsbruck | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1984 Sarajevo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1988 Calgary | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1992 Albertville | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 Nagano | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 Turin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 Vancouver | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 Sochi | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 6 | 11 | 12 | 29 |
Canada has benefitted from the addition of short track speed skating to the Olympic program in 1992, winning multiple medals at each games since.Marc Gagnon, who won 3 gold and 2 bronze medals between 1994 and 2002 andFrançois-Louis Tremblay, who has collected 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals from 2002 to 2010, are among only 5 Canadian Olympians to win a total of 5 medals.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 Albertville | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 Nagano | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 Turin | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 Vancouver | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 Sochi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 9 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
Gaetan Boucher (1000 m and 1500 m in1984),Catriona Le May Doan (500 m in1998 and2002),Cindy Klassen (1500 m in2006),Clara Hughes (5000 m in2006),Christine Nesbitt (1000 m in2010) andTed-Jan Bloemen (10000 m in2018) are Canada's gold medalists in speed skating. In2006, Cindy Klassen became the first Canadian to ever win five medals in one winter games, winning one gold (1500 m), two silver (Team Pursuit and 1000 m) and two bronze medals (3000 m and 5000 m). She also won a bronze medal in the2002 games, giving her 6 medals, surpassing short track speed skaterMarc Gagnon for the title of most decorated Canadian Winter Olympian. However, Clara Hughes was able to tie Klassen's record following her bronze medal in2010. In addition to this, Hughes won 2 bronze medals at the1996 Summer Olympics, one in2002 Winter Olympics (making her the first Canadian to have won a medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics), and two in2006.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 Lake Placid | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1952 Oslo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1976 Innsbruck | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1980 Lake Placid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1984 Sarajevo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 Nagano | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 Turin | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 2010 Vancouver* | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 Sochi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 Pyeongchang* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 9 | 13 | 15 | 37 |
Canada's most celebrated alpine skier isNancy Greene, who won gold and silver at the 1968 games in Grenoble.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1968 Grenoble | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1976 Innsbruck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1980 Lake Placid | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1988 Calgary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1992 Albertville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 Sochi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
Canada's first medal in cross country skiing was won byBeckie Scott in thewomen's 2 × 5 km pursuit event at the 2002 games in Salt Lake City. This represented the first time a North American woman won an Olympic medal in the sport. While she was originally awarded the bronze medal, after the first and second place finishers were disqualified for doping violations she was upgraded to gold.[18]
Chandra Crawford followed this up at the next games with a gold medal in the sprint event, and the team of Scott andSara Renner also won a silver medal in Turin (2006).
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 Turin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Canada has enjoyed success in freestyle skiing after its introduction to the Winter Olympics in 1992.Jean-Luc Brassard (1994),Jennifer Heil (2006),Alexandre Bilodeau (2010 & 2014),Justine Dufour-Lapointe (2014), andMikael Kingsbury (2018) have won gold in the moguls event. Canada has won gold in the women's ski cross at every olympics that featured it (Ashleigh McIvor, 2010;Marielle Thompson, 2014; andKelsey Serwa, 2018).Brady Leman (2018) won gold in the men's ski cross event. In 2014 and 2018 the Canadian women also took the silver medals (Serwa in 2014, andBrittany Phelan in 2018).Dara Howell took gold in the slopestyle event in 2014.Cassie Sharpe added a halfpipe gold in 2018.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 Lillehammer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 Turin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 Vancouver | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 Sochi | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 2018 Pyeongchang* | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 12 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
Canadian skiers also finished in the top 3 positions in aerials at the1988 and1992 games, when it was ademonstration sport.
Canada has never won an Olympic medal in the Nordic combined competition. Their best finish was tenth in theindividual normal hill competition at the 1932 games.
Canada won the bronze medal in the mixed team ski jumping event at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[19]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 2022 Beijing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (1 entries) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ross Rebagliati won a gold medal ingiant slalom snowboarding when the sport made its Olympic debut at the 1998 Nagano games. Initially he was stripped of the medal when traces of marijuana were found in his blood during a drug test, but the IOC reversed its decision after an appeal a few days later because marijuana was only a restricted substance, not a banned substance.[20]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1998 Nagano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 Turin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 Vancouver | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 Sochi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 Pyeongchang* | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
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