Canada competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in

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. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

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secretary-treasurer

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served as

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for the Canadian delegation to the Olympics and oversaw all travel arrangements.

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president

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self-published a book covering Canadian achievements at the 1936 Winter Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics. His 1936 book, ''Canada at eleventh Olympiad 1936 in Germany : Garmisch-Partenkirchen, February 6th to 13th, Berlin, August 1st to 16th'', was printed by the ''Dunnville Chronicle'' presses and subtitled an official report of the Canadian Olympic Committee. He wrote that Canadians did very well at the 1936 Olympic games despite having one-tenth of the population of other countries. He opined that the length of the Canadian winter negatively affected summer training, and that Canadian athletes were underfunded compared to other countries.

Medalists

Alpine skiing

;Men ;Women

Cross-country skiing

;Men

Figure skating

;Men ;Women ;Pairs

Ice hockey

Group A

Top two teams advanced to semifinals

Group A

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round

Medal Round

''Relevant results from the semifinal were carried over to the final''

Top scorer

Canada was represented by the

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runners-up

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, as the Allan Cup champion

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(and their league) had disbanded.

Nordic combined

Events: * 18 km cross-country skiing * normal hill ski jumping The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Ski jumping

Speed skating

;Men

Official outfitter

* HBC was the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team.

Sources

*
Olympic Winter Games 1936, full results by sports-reference.com

References

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