Canada at the Olympics

Canada has joined every Winter Olympic Games and every Summer Olympic Games, except for the 1980 Summer Olympics. That year, Canada boycotted the games with the United States and some others.

Canada has always brought home at least one medal when it joins the Olympics. The Canadian Olympic Committee is in charge of Canada in the Olympic Games.

One of the proudest moments for Canada was at the 2010 Winter Olympics. That year, Canada won the most gold medals. This was extra special because the games were in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was a happy time for Canadian athletes and fans.

Hosted Games

Canada has hosted the Winter Olympic Games two times. The first time was the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. The second time was the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

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Canadian host cities of the Olympic Games

Medal tables

Further information: Canada at the Summer Olympics and Canada at the Winter Olympics

Canada has won medals at the Olympics since 1900, except when it missed the 1980 Summer Olympics.

In summer games, Canada has won medals in many sports but not in aquatics (water polo), archery, or basketball (3-on-3).

In winter games, Canada has also won many medals, leading in some sports. Canada has not won medals in Nordic combined or ski mountaineering. Canada won an ice hockey gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics, which counts as a winter sports medal.

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Gold medal	Total medal
1896 Athens	did not participate
1900 Paris	2	1	0	1	2	13	16
1904 St. Louis	52	4	1	1	6	3	3
1908 London	87	3	3	10	16	7	5
1912 Stockholm	37	3	2	3	8	9	9
1920 Antwerp	53	3	3	3	9	12	13
1924 Paris	65	0	3	1	4	20	18
1928 Amsterdam	69	4	4	7	15	10	10
1932 Los Angeles	102	2	5	8	15	13	10
1936 Berlin	97	1	3	5	9	17	14
1948 London	118	0	1	2	3	25	22
1952 Helsinki	107	1	2	0	3	21	25
1956 Melbourne	92	2	1	3	6	15	15
1960 Rome	85	0	1	0	1	32	34
1964 Tokyo	115	1	2	1	4	22	21
1968 Mexico City	138	1	3	1	5	23	21
1972 Munich	208	0	2	3	5	27	22
1976 Montreal	385	0	5	6	11	27	13
1980 Moscow	boycotted
1984 Los Angeles	408	10	18	16	44	6	4
1988 Seoul	328	3	2	5	10	19	19
1992 Barcelona	295	7	4	7	18	11	15
1996 Atlanta	303	3	11	8	22	21	11
2000 Sydney	294	3	3	8	14	24	24
2004 Athens	262	3	6	3	12	21	19
2008 Beijing	332	3	9	8	20	20	13
2012 London	273	2	6	10	18	27	15
2016 Rio de Janeiro	314	4	3	15	22	20	10
2020 Tokyo	381	7	7	10	24	11	11
2024 Paris	315	9	7	11	27	12	11
2028 Los Angeles	future event
2032 Brisbane
Total (28/30)	5,317	80	117	156	353	19	15

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	19	19	33	71
Swimming	12	20	30	62
Rowing	10	18	16	44
Canoeing and kayaking (sprint)	5	11	12	28
Shooting	4	3	2	9
Boxing	3	7	8	18
Freestyle wrestling	3	7	7	17
Artistic swimming	3	4	1	8
Trampoline gymnastics	2	3	3	8
Weightlifting	2	3	1	6
Track cycling	2	2	6	10
Equestrian (jumping)	2	2	1	5
Football	2	0	2	4
Lacrosse	2	0	1	3
Diving	1	5	9	15
Judo	1	2	5	8
Triathlon	1	1	0	2
Tennis	1	0	1	2
Artistic gymnastics	1	0	0	1
Breaking	1	0	0	1
Golf	1	0	0	1
Rhythmic gymnastics	1	0	0	1
Sailing	0	3	6	9
Mountain biking	0	2	1	3
Road cycling	0	1	2	3
Taekwondo	0	1	2	3
Beach volleyball	0	1	1	2
Rugby sevens	0	1	1	2
Basketball	0	1	0	1
Equestrian (dressage)	0	0	1	1
Equestrian (eventing)	0	0	1	1
Fencing	0	0	1	1
Marathon swimming	0	0	1	1
Softball	0	0	1	1
Totals (34 entries)	79	117	156	352

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	205	5	7	9	21	11	8
2030 French Alps	future event
2034 Utah
Total (25/25)	2,474	82	79	85	246	4	5

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Freestyle skiing	14	13	8	35
Ice hockey	14	8	3	25
Speed skating	11	17	19	47
Short track speed skating	11	15	16	42
Curling	7	3	4	14
Figure skating	6	11	13	30
Snowboarding	5	6	7	18
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)	83	79	85	247

Records

In Equestrian show jumping, Ian Millar competed at ten Summer Olympics, tying the record for the most Olympic games. He missed the 1980 Summer Olympics but won a silver medal in 2008 in the team jumping event.

Clara Hughes is the only Olympian to win medals in both Summer and Winter Games. Penny Oleksiak and Andre De Grasse are Canada’s most decorated athletes in Summer Games, each with seven medals. Catriona Le May Doan was the first Canadian to win gold twice, in 1998 and 2002. Alexandre Bilodeau was the first freestyle skier to win gold twice, in 2010 and 2014. Trampoline gymnast Rosie MacLennan was the first Canadian to win gold twice in an individual Summer sport, in 2012 and 2016. Swimmer Penny Oleksiak won four medals at the 2016 Summer Games, becoming Canada’s youngest multiple medalist at age 16. Ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were the first from North America to win Olympic gold in ice dancing.