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Sporting event delegation

Canada has participated eleven times in the Summer Paralympic Games and in all Winter Paralympic Games. They first competed at the Summer Games in 1968 and the Winter Games in 1976.

Milestones[edit]

At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, Stephanie Dixon sets the Canadian record for most gold medals at a single Paralympics, Winter or Summer, with 5.[1]

At the 2002 Winter Paralympics, Canada set a new total Canadian gold medal record haul at a Winter Paralympics, with 6.[2]

At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, Chantal Petitclerc & Benoit Huot ties the 5 gold medal record at a single Games.[1] Petitclerc also won the demonstration sport of Wheelchair Racing in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Chantal Petitclerc again ties the 5 gold medal record at a single Games.[1]

In 2010, Brian McKeever of Canada became the first athlete in the world to be named to the Winter Paralympics and Winter Olympics teams in the same year. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he was scheduled to compete in the men’s 50 km cross-country race.[3][4][5]

At the 2010 Winter Paralympics, Viviane Forest became the first para-athlete to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Games, by winning the Women’s Downhill for Visually Impaired. She had previously won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics for women’s goalball.[6][7]

Lauren Woolstencroft became the first Canadian to win 3 golds at the same Winter Paralympics, at the 2010 edition,[8] this was eventually upped to 5 golds. With her 4th gold medal, she helped Canada set a record for most gold medals at any Winter Paralympic Games by winning the 7th medal. The previous mark was six, set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Paralympics.[2] With her 5th gold medal, she set the record for most gold medals won by any Winter Paralympian at a single Games, and she tied the record for gold medal haul of any Canadian Paralympian at a single Games, tying Chantal Petitclerc (who did the feat twice), Stephanie Dixon and Benoit Huot both Summer Paralympians.[1] Her five gold are also the record for any Canadian Winter Paralympian or Olympian.[9]

At the 2010 Games, Canada collected the most total medals and the most gold medals of any Winter Paralympics, up through 2010 for Canada, with 19 total medals, and 10 golds.[10]

At the 2018 Winter Paralympics cross country skier Brian McKeever became Canada’s most decorated Winter Paralympian when he won a 14th medal in five Games from 2002 to 2018, passing the late Lana Spreeman, who won 13 medals in para-alpine skiing between 1980 and 1994.[11]

Hosting the Games[edit]

Canada has hosted the Games twice.

In 1976, and in 2010, Canada also hosted the Olympic Games counterpart, the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics respectively. Canada did not host the Paralympic Games counterpart to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta; this was the last Winter Olympics that the host city did not also host the Winter Paralympics. The 1988 Summer Paralympics was the first Paralympics to be linked to the hosting of the Summer Olympics. The 1976 Summer Olympics were hosted in Montreal, and not linked to the Toronto Paralympiad.

The ranking in these table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables, ordered first of all by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, followed by the number of silver medals and then the number of bronze medals.

Medal tables[edit]

Red border color indicates host nation status.

Best results in non-medaling sports:

Records[edit]

Summer Paralympics[edit]

Multi medalists[edit]

This is a list of Canadian athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five medals at the Summer Paralympics. Bold athletes are athletes who are still in active.

Multi golds at single Games[edit]

This is a list of Canadian athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single Games. Ordered categorically by gold medals earned, sports then year.

Multi medals at single event[edit]

This is a list of Canadian athletes who have won at least three medals in a single event at the Summer Paralympics. Ordered categorically by medals earned, sports then gold medals earned.

Most appearances[edit]

This is a list of Canadian athletes who have competed in four or more Summer Paralympics. Active athletes are in bold. Athletes who were aged under 15 years of age and over 40 years of age are in bold.

Winter Paralympics[edit]

Multi-medalists[edit]

This is a list of Canadian athletes who have won at least two gold medals or three medals at the Winter Paralympics. Athletes in bold are still active.

Multi golds at one game[edit]

This is a list of Canadian athletes who have won at least two gold medals at a single Winter Paralympics. Order by gold medals earned, sport then year.

Multi medals at one game[edit]

This is a list of Canadian athletes who have won at least three medals in a single event at the Winter Paralympics. Order by medals earned, sport then year.

Most appearances[edit]

This is a list of Canadian athletes who have competed in at least four Winter Paralympics. Still active athletes are in bold.

No. Athlete Sport Born Year Games Years First/Last Age Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Chris Daw Athletics, Rugby, Curling 1970 1984-2006 14 – 36 M 2 0 0 2
1 Lana Spreeman Alpine skiing 1955 1980-1994 24 – 38 F 1 6 6 13

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  1. ^ a b c d Vancouver Sun, “Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal” Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, CanWest News Service, 21 March 2010 (accessed 21 March 2010)
  2. ^ a b Canada Newswire, “Woolstencroft lifts Canada to record winter paralympic performance”, CNW Group, 19 March 2010 (accessed 3 March 2020)
  3. ^ Vancouver Sun, “Legally blind skier embodies the Olympic ideal”[permanent dead link], Miro Cernetig, 17 February 2010 (accessed 21 February 2010)
  4. ^ Associated Press, “Canada’s McKeever to ski at Olympics, Paralympics”, Rachel Cohen, 17 February 2010 (accessed 21 February 2010)
  5. ^ Boston Herald, “Blind Olympian doesn’t believe in limits”, Steve Kelley, 20 February 2010 (accessed 21 February 2010)
  6. ^ Vancouver Sun, “Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada’s Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold” Archived 2010-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, Mike Beamish, 18 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
  7. ^ Vancouver Sun, “Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul” Archived 2010-03-24 at the Wayback Machine, John Korobanik, 11 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
  8. ^ The Province, “Nation thrills at triple gold win”, Ian Austin, 19 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
  9. ^ CTV News Channel, “News Weekend”, 10:15am broadcast, airdate 21 March 2010
  10. ^ Canada News Wire, “Canada concludes most successful Paralympic Winter Games”, CNW Telbec, 22 March 2010 (accessed 24 March 2010)
  11. ^ Hall, Vicki (March 12, 2018). “Brian McKeever’s ‘relentless’ drive leads to historic Paralympic gold”. CBC Sports. Retrieved March 12, 2018.