Canada participated in the

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held at home in Toronto, Canada, from August 7 to 15, 2015.

Competitors

The following table lists Canada's delegation per sport and gender.

Medalists

Archery

Men * Alec Denys * Kevin Evans * Robert Hudson Women * Karen Van Nest

Athletics

* Ben Brown * Jennifer Brown *

Josh Cassidy Josh Cassidy (born November 15, 1984, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian wheelchair racer. In 2010, Cassidy won the 2010 London Marathon with a time of 1:35:21 seconds. In 2012, he won the 2012 Boston Marathon wheelchair race with a time of 1:18 ...

* Mitchell Chase * Isaiah Christophe *

Earle Connor Earle Connor (born July 30, 1976) is a Canadian Paralympic amputee sprinter. Connor holds several athletics world records in the class of T42, or above-knee, amputee. Biography Early life Earle Connor was born July 30, 1976 in Castlegar, B ...

Braedon Dolfo Braedon Dean Bowman (born January 30, 1994) is an American football tight end for the Houston Roughnecks of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at South Alabama and was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undr ...

* Jason Dunkerley * Alexandre Dupont * Ilana Dupont * Josh Farrell * Renee Foessel *

Jessica Frotten Jessica may refer to: Given name * Jessica (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters with this name * Jessica Folcker, a Swedish singer known by the mononym Jessica * Jessica Jung, a Korean-American singer known by the ...

* Holden Gill * Brent Lakatos * Pamela LeJean * Jean-Philippe Maranda *

Alister McQueen Alister McQueen (born 19 June 1991) is a Canadian athlete who competes in T44 classification track and field events. He was born with only one bone in his left lower leg, and his foot was amputated so he could wear a prosthesis. He is a ...

* Vanessa Murby * Guillaume Ouellet *

Kyle Pettey Kyle Pettey is a Paralympian athlete from Canada competing mainly in category F35 shot put events. In the 2000 Summer Paralympics Kyle competed in the F35 javelin and won silver medals in the F35 discus and shot put. Four years late ...

* George Quarcoo * Becky Richter * Jason Roberts * Leah Robinson * Diane Roy * Cody Salomons * Tristan Smyth * Basile Soulama *

Michelle Stilwell Michelle Stilwell (''nee'' Bauknecht; born July 4, 1974) is a Canadian wheelchair racer and politician. She is the only female Paralympic athlete to win gold medals in two separate summer sport events. Stilwell was elected to the Legislative A ...

* Kevin Strybosch * Kenneth Trudgeon * Wes Vick * Dustin Walsh *

Kyle Whitehouse Kyle or Kyles may refer to: Places Canada * Kyle, Saskatchewan, Canada Ireland * Kyle, County Laois * Kyle, County Wexford Scotland * Kyle, Ayrshire, area of Scotland which stretched across parts of modern-day East Ayrshire and South Ayrshi ...

* Adam Johnson (Guide) * Joshua Karanja (Guide) *

Dylan Williamson Dylan may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Bob Dylan (born 1941), American singer and songwriter ** ''Dylan'' (1973 album), a 1973 album by Bob Dylan ** ''Dylan'' (2007 album), a 2007 compilation album by Bob Dylan * Dylan (musician), profe ...

(Guide)

Boccia

* Eric Bussiere *

Marco Dispaltro Marco Dispaltro (born August 2, 1967) is a Canadian boccia player who competes at international elite competitions. He is a Paralympic bronze medalist in the pairs with Josh Vander Vies and a Parapan American Games The Parapan American Gam ...

* Adam Dukovich * Bruno Garneau * Paul Gauthier * Chris Halpen * Alison Levine * Hanif Mawji *

Tammy McLeod Tammy may refer to: * Tam o' Shanter (cap), a Scottish hat * ''Tammy'' (film series), a series of four films **''Tammy and the Bachelor'', the first film in the series ** "Tammy" (song), a popular song from ''Tammy and the Bachelor'' ** ''Tammy'' ( ...

* Caroline Vietnieks * Ginette Beliveau (Guide) * Kelly Halpen (Guide) * Francine Hébert (Guide) * Hussein Mawji (Guide) * Shiela Soroten (Guide)

Cycling

Daniel Chalifour Daniel Chalifour (born 9 December 1971) is a Canadian Paralympic cyclist who competed at international elite competitions. He was a four-time Parapan American Games champion and a World bronze medalist. He has competed at the Paralympic Games t ...

Nicole Clermont Nicole may refer to: People * Nicole (name) * Nicole (American singer) (born 1958), a contestant in season 3 of the American ''The X Factor'' * Nicole (Chilean singer) (born 1977) * Nicole (German singer) (born 1964), winner of the 1982 Euro ...

* Louis-Albert Corriveau-Jolin * Marie-Eve Croteau * Shelley Gautier *

Robert Labbe The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, ho ...

Mark Ledo Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Fi ...

Marie-Claude Molnar Marie-Claude Molnar, PLY (born 2 October 1983) is a C4 Canadian road and track cyclist. She won Canada's first medal in cycling at the 2012 London Paralympic Games. https://mariecmlnar.com References * 1983 births Canadian female cyclis ...

* Charles Moreau * Shawna Ryan *

Michael Sametz Michael Sametz (born on May 21, 1996) is a Canadian road racing para cyclist who competes in the C3 classification. He won a bronze medal for Team Canada at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's road time trial C3. Early life Sametz was born o ...

Robbi Weldon Robbi Weldon (born 6 September 1975) is a Canadian visually impaired Paralympic Nordic skier and Para-cyclist who has competed in the 2010 Winter Paralympics, 2014 Winter Paralympics and in the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She has also participated ...

* Ross Wilson * Joanie Caron (Guide) *

Alexandre Cloutier Alexandre Cloutier (born September 1, 1977) is a Canadians, Canadian politician and lawyer. He was a member of National Assembly of Quebec for the Riding (division), riding of Lac-Saint-Jean (provincial electoral district), Lac-Saint-Jean in the S ...

(Guide) * Audrey Lemieux (Guide)

Football 7-a-side

* Matthew Brown * Lucas Bruno * Sam Charron *

Matt Gilbert Matt Ian Gilbert (born 10 September 1985) is an English rugby union footballer currently playing at Flanker and number eight for Cinderford. He previously played for Hartpury University, Bath and Worcester Warriors. As well as Llanelli S ...

* Nicholas Heffernan * Dustin Hodgson *

Cory Johnson Career Cory Johnson is the founder and CEO of the Business Podcast Network and hosts the daily Drill Down podcast. Previously he served as Chief Market Strategist for Ripple, a digital payments solution company that utilizes blockchain technology. ...

* Kyle Payne * John Phillips * Vito Proietti * Joseph Resendes *

Liam Stanley Liam Stanley (born June 12, 1997) is a Canadian athlete. He made his Canada national team debut at the 2016 Summer Paralympics where he won a silver medal in the Men's 1500 metres T37. Early life Stanley was born on June 12, 1997, in Victoria, ...

* Trevor Stiles * Damien Wojtiw

Goalball

;Men * Brendan Gaulin * Aron Ghebreyohannes * Bruno Hache * Blair Nesbitt * Simon Richard * Ahmad Zeividavi ;Women * Ashlie Andrews * Whitney Bogart * Tiana Knight * Jillian MacSween *

Nancy Morin Nancy Morin (28 August 1975 – 8 May 2020) was a blind Canadian goalball player who competed in international level events. She participated in five Summer Paralympic Games The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, ...

* Cassandra Orgeles

Judo

Priscilla Gagné Priscilla Gagné (born May 21, 1986) is a partially blind Canadian judoka. She won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. On August 21, 2021, Gagné was announced as Canada's flagbearer during the 2020 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony ...

Justin Karn Justin Karn (born June 16, 1981) is a Canadian judoka who represented Canada in Judo at the 2012 Paralympics in the -60 kg category. He was eliminated from the tournament in repêchage due to disqualification by penalties (four ''shido'' le ...

* Alexander Radoman *

Tony Walby Tony Walby (born August 22, 1973) is a Canadian judoka who represented Canada in Judo at the 2012 Paralympics in the +100 kg category and - 90kg division in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio. He won his first match, lost his second, and was t ...

Powerlifting

;Men

Sitting volleyball

;Men * Jamoi Anderson * Jesse Buckingham * Raymond Gauthier * Austin Hinchey * Douglas Learoyd *

David Marchand David Marchand (December 10, 1776 – March 11, 1832) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. David Marchand (father of Albert Gallatin Marchand) was born near Irwin, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine and practiced ...

Larry Matthews Larry Matthews (born 25 April 1969) competed for Canada in the men's standing volleyball event at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, where he won a silver medal. He also competed with the Canadian teams which won bronze medals in sitting volleyball ...

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José Rebelo José Rebelo (born 9 March 1972) competed for Canada in the men's standing volleyball event at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, where he won a silver medal. He also competed with the Canadian teams which won bronze medals in sitting volleyball at th ...

* Andrew Tucker *

Jesse Ward Jesse may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jesse (biblical figure), father of David in the Bible. * Jesse (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Jesse (surname), a list of people Music * ''Jesse'' ( ...

;Women * Chantal Beauchesne * Angelena Dolezar * Anne Fergusson * Shacarra Orr * Heidi Peters * Tessa Popoff * Amber Skyrpan * Jolan Wong * Katelyn Wright

Swimming

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Morgan Bird Morgan Bird (born September 6, 1993) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events, she specialises in freestyle. She won a bronze medal, at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's 34pts 4x100m relay. She is a doub ...

* Dalton Boon * Isaac Bouckley * Nathan Clement * Andrew Cooke *

Tammy Cunnington Tammy may refer to: * Tam o' Shanter (cap), a Scottish hat * ''Tammy'' (film series), a series of four films **'' Tammy and the Bachelor'', the first film in the series ** "Tammy" (song), a popular song from ''Tammy and the Bachelor'' ** ''Tammy'' ...

Christian Daniel Christian Daniel (born March 20, 1984) is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and actor. Early life Daniel was born in 1984 in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a Puerto Rican mother and a Cuban father from Pinar del Río, Cuba. Career Dan ...

* Jonathan Dieleman * Valerie Drapeau *

Sabrina Duchesne Sabrina Duchesne (born 17 April 2001) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer who won a bronze medal in the Women's 34pts 4x100m relay event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, 2018 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Cham ...

Alexander Elliot Major-General Sir Alexander James Hardy Elliot, (23 February 1825 – 1 July 1909) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland. Military career Born the son of Admiral Sir George Elliot, Elloit was commissioned ...

* Sarah Girard * Devin Gotell * Benoit Huot *

Kirstie Kasko Kirstie Kasko (born 13 October 1992) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. Kasko took a break from swimming in 2014 when she had blackouts and epileptic seizures at a swimming pool in Calgary. She was dia ...

* Nydia Langill * Jean-Michel Lavallière * James Leroux *

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* Zachary McAllister * Riley McLean *

Sarah Mehain Sarah Mehain (born 12 January 1995) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer. Mehain studied sustainable sciences at McGill University in Montreal and can speak English and French. she has cerebral palsy and is hemiplegic. She has participated at the P ...

* Gordie Michie * Justine Morrier * Tyler Mrak * Danial Murphy * Scott Patterson * Adam Purdy * Adam Rahier * Aurelie Rivard * Maxime Rousselle *

Tess Routliffe Tess Routliffe is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer. She represented Canada at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she won the silver medal in the women's 200 m individual medley SM7. Personal life Her sister Erin Erin ...

Katarina Roxon Katarina Mirabelle Roxon (born April 5, 1993) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer from Canada. In 2016 she won a gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro and was the only representative of Canada the ...

* Samantha Ryan * Christopher Sergeant-Tsonos *

Nathan Stein Nathan Stein (born March 28, 1992) is a Paralympic swimmer from Canada. He competes in S10 classification events. Swimming career Stein represented Canada at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he entered three events: the 50m and 100m ...

Abi Tripp Abigail "Abi" Tripp (born January 6, 2001) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer. She has won two bronze medals: one in the Commonwealth Games and the other in the World Para Swimming Championships The World Para Swimming Championships, known befor ...

* Nicolas Turbide * Zachary Zona

Table tennis

* Curtis Caron * Stephanie Chan * Mikhail Drozdowski * Steven Dunn * Ian Kent * Masoud Mojtahed * Muhammad Mudassar * Asad Murtaza * Martin Pelletier * Asad Syed

Wheelchair basketball

;Men *

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Abdi Dini Abditatch "Abdi" Fatah Dini (born 1 January 1981) is a professional Canadian wheelchair basketball player. He is currently on the Canadian Team and has won numerous medals in his international career. He has also received the Queen Elizabeth II ...

* David Eng * Nikola Goncin * Deion Green *

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* Liam Hickey *

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* Adam Lancia *

Tyler Miller Tyler Austin Miller (born March 12, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club D.C. United. Miller grew up in Woodbury, New Jersey and attended Bishop Eustace Preparatory School. Co ...

* Jonathan Vermette * Peter Won ;Women * Elaine Allard * Tracey Ferguson *

Erica Gavel Erica Gavel (born May 25, 1991) is a Canadian 4.5 point wheelchair basketball player who won a silver medal at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto. In 2016, she was selected as part of the team for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de J ...

* Katie Harnock * Melanie Hawtin *

Maude Jacques Maude Jacques (April 21, 1992 – October 8, 2023) was a Canadian 2.5 point Paralympic wheelchair basketball player who won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto. Biography Maude Jacques was bo ...

Jamey Jewells Jamey Jewells (born August 23, 1989) is Canadian 1.0 point wheelchair basketball player, who has played for Team Canada and the Trier Dolphins in Germany. She was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and raised in Donkin, Nova Scotia. Jewells began p ...

Rosalie Lalonde Rosalie Lalonde (born March 27, 1997) is a Canadian 3.0 point wheelchair basketball player who won a silver medal at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto. In 2016, she was selected as part of the team for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Ri ...

Janet McLachlan Janet McLachlan (born August 26, 1977) is a Canadian 4.5 point wheelchair basketball player who won a bronze medal at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Birmingham, and gold at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball ...

Cindy Ouellet Cindy Ouellet (born December 8, 1988) is a Canadian Paralympic wheelchair basketball player. Early life Cindy Ouellet was born on December 8, 1988, in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. At age 12 she was diagnosed with bone cancer which quickly e ...

* Darda Sales *

Arinn Young Arinn Young (born July 10, 1996) is a Canadian 4.5 point wheelchair basketball player who won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto. Biography Arinn Young was born in St. Albert, Alberta, on Jul ...

Wheelchair rugby

* Miranda Biletski *

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Trevor Hirschfield Trevor Hirschfield (born December 21, 1983) is a Canadian Wheelchair rugby player, who participated Beijing, London, and Rio Paralympic Games. At the age of 16, after a traffic accident where his van went over a cliff, he was paralyzed below the ...

* Fabien Lavoie * Zach Madell * Travis Murao *

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* Michael Whitehead *

David Willsie David Willsie (born March 28, 1968) is a Canadian coach and former Wheelchair rugby player. Early life Willsie was born on March 28, 1968, in Dorchester, Ontario, Canada to parents John and Jean. His father was an international ice hockey refer ...

Wheelchair tennis

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* Joel Dembe * Mika Ishikawa

References

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Nations at the 2015 Parapan American Games