Canada has participated eleven times in the

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and in all

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. They first competed at the Summer Games in

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and the

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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

Milestones

At the

2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...

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sets the Canadian record for most gold medals at a single Paralympics, Winter or Summer, with 5. At the

2002 Winter Paralympics The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from March 7 to 16, 2002. A total of 416 athletes from 36 nations participated. They were the first Winter Paralympics in the Ameri ...

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

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

, Chantal Petitclerc & Benoit Huot ties the 5 gold medal record at a single Games. Petitclerc also won the demonstration sport of Wheelchair Racing in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. At the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

, Chantal Petitclerc again ties the 5 gold medal record at a single Games. In 2010, Brian McKeever of

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became the first athlete in the world to be named to the

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and Winter Olympics teams in the same year. At the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

, he was scheduled to compete in the men's 50 km cross-country race. At the

2010 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 44 , athletes = 506 , events = 64 in 5 sports , opening = 12 March , closing = 21 March , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Zach Beaumont , stadium = BC Place , winter_pr ...

, 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

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and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

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for women's goalball.Vancouver Sun
"Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada’s Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold"
, Mike Beamish, ''18 March 2010'' (accessed 19 March 2010)

Lauren Woolstencroft Lauren Woolstencroft (born November 24, 1981, in Calgary, Alberta)The Province"Woolstencroft's electric performance" Damian Inwood, 21 March 2010, (accessed 21 March 2010) is a Canadian alpine skier and electrical engineer. Born mis ...

became the first Canadian to win 3 golds at the same Winter Paralympics, at the 2010 edition, 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.Canada Newswire
"Woolstencroft lifts Canada to record winter paralympic performance"
CNW Group, ''19 March 2010'' (accessed 3 March 2020) 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),

and Benoit Huot both Summer Paralympians.Vancouver Sun
"Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal"
, CanWest News Service, ''21 March 2010'' (accessed 21 March 2010) Her five gold are also the record for any Canadian Winter Paralympian or Olympian. 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.Canada News Wire

CNW Telbec, ''22 March 2010'' (accessed 24 March 2010) At the

2018 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 49 , athletes = 569 , events = 80 in 6 sports , opening = 9 March , closing = 18 March , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Eun-jung Seo Soon-seok , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic ...

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 Lana Spreeman (August 9, 1955 – November 29, 2016) was a Canadian athlete, who competed in alpine skiing at five Winter Paralympic Games. In her career, she won 13 medals for Canada, making her Canada's most decorated Winter Paralympian until ...

, who won 13 medals in para-alpine skiing between 1980 and 1994.

Hosting the Games

Canada has hosted the Games twice. In 1976, and in 2010, Canada also hosted the Olympic Games counterpart, the

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and the

respectively. Canada did not host the Paralympic Games counterpart to the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts� ...

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.

Medals

The ranking in these table is based on information provided by the

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(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

:''Red border color indicates host nation status.''

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by summer sport

;Medals by sport

Medals by winter sport

;Medals by sport Best results in non-medaling sports:

Records

Summer Paralympics

Multi medalists

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

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

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

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. {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! No. ! Athlete ! Sport ! Birth Year ! Games Years ! First/Last Age ! Gender ! style="background:gold; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;", Gold ! style="background:silver; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;", Silver ! style="background:#c96; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;", Bronze ! style="width:4.0em;", Total , - , 1, ,

Chris Daw Christopher Daw (born February 1, 1970, in North York, Ontario) is a Paralympian who's name goes into the Canadian sports history books as one of its most versatile athletes. He has competed in adaptive track, marathons, wheelchair basketball, ...

, , {{, Athletics, Rugby, Curling , , , 1970, , 1984-2006, , 14 - 36, , M, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 2 , - , 2, ,

Clayton Gerein Clayton Gerein (May 24, 1964 – January 22, 2010) was a Canadians, Canadian wheelchair athlete, who won 14 medals in racing events at the Paralympic Games between 1984 and 2008. Born and raised in North Battleford, Saskatchewan,

, , {{GamesSport, Athletics, Format=d, , 1964, , 1984-2008, , 20 - 40, , M, , 3, , 1, , 1, , 5 , - , 3, ,

Arnold Boldt Arnold William Boldt, OC (born September 16, 1957) is a Paralympics athlete from Canada. A leg amputee, he won seven gold medals in the Paralympic Games in the high jump and long jump. Boldt was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in ...

, , {{GamesSport, Athletics, Format=d
{{GamesSport, Cycling, Format=d, , 1957, , 1976-1992, 2012, , 18 - 35, , M, , 7, , 1, , 0, , 8 , - , rowspan="4", 3, , Andre Viger, , {{GamesSport, Athletics, Format=d, , 1952, , 1980-1996, , 27 - 43, , M, , 3, , 3, , 4, , 10 , - , Chantal Petitclerc, , {{GamesSport, Athletics, Format=d, , 1969, , 1992-2008, , 22 - 39, , F, , 14, , 5, , 2, , 21 , - ,

Paul Tingley Paul Tingley (born June 1, 1970) is a Canadian sailor who represented the country at the Paralympics, in sailing keelboat. He is a resident of Halifax, Nova Scotia who became disabled due to a skiing accident at 24. He became interested in saili ...

, , {{GamesSport, Sailing, Format=d, , 1970, , 2000-2016, , 30 - 46, , M, , 1, , 0, , 2, , 3 , - ,

Benoît Huot Benoit Huot (born January 24, 1984) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer, who has won nine Paralympic Games gold medals for Canada, primarily in the freestyle and butterfly strokes. Hailing from Longueuil, Quebec, Huot was born with club feet, star ...

, , {{GamesSport, Swimming, Format=d, , 1984, , 2000-2016, , 16 - 32, , M, , 9, , 5, , 6, , 20

Winter Paralympics

Multi-medalists

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. {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! No. ! Athlete ! Sport ! Years ! Games ! Gender ! style="background:gold; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;", Gold ! style="background:silver; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;", Silver ! style="background:#c96; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;", Bronze ! style="width:4.0em;", Total , - , 1, , Brian McKeever, , {{GamesSport, Cross-country skiing, Format=d, , 2002-2018, , 4, , M, , 13, , 2, , 2, , 17 , - , 2, ,

, , {{GamesSport, Alpine skiing, Format=d, , 2002-2010, , 3, , F, , 8, , 1, , 1, , 10 , - , 3, ,

Sonja Gaudet Sonja Gaudet (born July 22, 1966, in North Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian wheelchair curler. She was on the team that won gold in wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics, the 2010 Winter Paralympics and the 2014 Winter P ...

, , {{GamesSport, Wheelchair curling, Format=d, , 2006-2014, , 3, , F, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 3 , - , 4, ,

Mac Marcoux Macmilton "Mac" Marcoux (born 20 June 1997) is a Canadian Paralympic alpine skier who won three titles at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup at the age of 15. With guide Robin Femy, he won three medals in alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paral ...

, , {{GamesSport, Alpine skiing, Format=d, , 2014-2018, , 2, , M, , 2, , 0, , 3, , 5 , - , 5, ,

Ina Forrest Ina Forrest (born 25 May 1962) is a wheelchair curler selected to be second for Canada's team at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics, winning a gold medal on both occasions. She has also won a gold medal 3 times in the World Wheelchair Curling ...

, , {{GamesSport, Wheelchair curling, Format=d, , 2010-2018, , 3, , F, , 2, , 0, , 1, , 3 , - , 6, ,

, , {{GamesSport, Alpine skiing, Format=d, , 1980-1994, , 5, , F, , 1, , 6, , 6, , 13 , - , 7, , Viviane Forest, , {{GamesSport, Alpine skiing, Format=d, , 2010, , 1, , F, , 1, , 3, , 1, , 5 , - , 8, ,

Stacy Kohut Stacy William Kohut (born October 15, 1970) is a Canadian Paralympic skier. He has a gold and three silver medals. References * Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the ...

, , {{GamesSport, Alpine skiing, Format=d, , 1994-2002, , 3, , F, , 1, , 3, , 0, , 4 , - , 9, , Mark Arendz, , {{GamesSport, Biathlon, Format=d, , 2014-2018, , 2, , M, , 1, , 2, , 2, , 5 , - , rowspan="2", 10, ,

Mollie Jepsen Mollie Jepsen (born September 17, 1999) is a Canadian alpine skier. Early life Jepsen was born in West Vancouver, British Columbia without several fingers on her left hand. She learned to ski by the age of two and also took gymnastics classes. G ...

, , {{GamesSport, Alpine skiing, Format=d, , 2018, , 1, , F, , 1, , 1, , 2, , 4 , - , Chris Williamson, , {{GamesSport, Alpine skiing, Format=d, , 2002-2014, , 4, , M, , 1, , 1, , 2, , 4 , - , 11, ,

Natalie Wilkie Natalie Wilkie (born January 21, 2001) is a Canadian Paralympic cross-country skier. As the youngest member of Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games, Wilkie won gold, silver, and bronze medals at the PyeongChang, South Korea games. ...

, , {{GamesSport, Cross country skiing, Format=d, , 2018, , 1, , F, , 1, , 1, , 1, , 3 , - , 12, ,

Karolina Wisniewska Karolina Wisniewska (born July 26, 1976) is a para-alpine standing skier. Born in Warsaw, she moved to Canada when she was 5 years old where she then took up skiing as a form of physical therapy for her cerebral palsy. Over the course of her sk ...

, , {{GamesSport, Alpine skiing, Format=d, , 1998-2002, 2010, , 3, , F, , 0, , 4, , 4, , 8

Multi golds at one game

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. {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! No. ! Athlete ! Sport ! Year ! Gender ! style="background:gold; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;", Gold ! style="background:silver; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;", Silver ! style="background:#c96; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;", Bronze ! style="width:4.0em;", Total , - , 1, ,

, , {{GamesSport, Alpine skiing, Format=d, , 2010, , F, , 5, , 0, , 0, , 5

Multi medals at one game

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. {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! No. ! Athlete ! Sport ! Event ! Years ! Gender ! style="background:gold; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;", Gold ! style="background:silver; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;", Silver ! style="background:#c96; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;", Bronze ! style="width:4.0em;", Total , - , 1, , Brian McKeever, , {{GamesSport, Cross-country skiing, Format=d, , 10 km cross country, , 2002-2018, , M, , 5, , 0, , 0, , 5 , - , 2, ,

, , {{GamesSport, Wheelchair curling, Format=d, , Mixed curling team, , 2006-2014, , F, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 3 , - , 3, ,

, , {{GamesSport, Wheelchair curling, Format=d, , Mixed curling team, , 2010-2018, , F, , 2, , 0, , 1, , 3

Most appearances

This is a list of Canadian athletes who have competed in at least four Winter Paralympics. Still active athletes are in bold. {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! No. ! Athlete ! Sport ! Born Year ! Games Years ! First/Last Age ! Gender ! style="background:gold; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;", Gold ! style="background:silver; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;", Silver ! style="background:#c96; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;", Bronze ! style="width:4.0em;", Total , - , 1, ,

, , {{, Athletics, Rugby, Curling , , , 1970, , 1984-2006, , 14 - 36, , M, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 2 , - , 1, ,

, , {{GamesSport, Alpine skiing, Format=d, , 1955, , 1980-1994, , 24 - 38, , F, , 1, , 6, , 6, , 13

References

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Milestones

Hosting the Games

Medals

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by summer sport

Medals by winter sport

Records

Summer Paralympics

Multi medalists

Multi golds at single Games

Multi medals at single event

Most appearances

Winter Paralympics

Multi-medalists

Multi golds at one game

Multi medals at one game

Most appearances

See also

References