Canada competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 5 to August 21, 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1900, Canadian athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the country's support for the United States-led boycott. The chef de mission was Curt Harnett, appointed in April 2016 after Jean-Luc Brassard, the original chef de mission, resigned his position.

A total of 314 athletes, 128 men and 186 women over 27 sports (all of the Olympic sports except handball), represented the country, an increase of 37 athletes from 2012. The team contained 98 coaches and 107 support staff (such as doctors and physiotherapists among others). Originally, 312 athletes were named to the team, however two male athletes were added in kayaking on July 29, 2016, following the suspension of Russian athletes, thus bringing the total to 314. Canada qualified five squads in team sports, matching the record high from 1984. Canada's official goal (set by Own the Podium) for these games were at least 19 medals of any colour (an improvement of one or more from 2012), and a top 12 finish in terms of overall medals won. Canada left the games with 22 medals (ranked in the top ten in terms of overall medals), which matched the total from the 1996 Games in Atlanta, the previous high for a non-boycotted games. Canadian athletes were paid for medals earned. Gold medallists earned $20,000; silver medallists were paid $15,000; and bronze medallists $10,000, coming from the Athlete Excellence Fund.

Rosie MacLennan, trampoline gymnast who had left the 2012 Games as the sole Canadian to win gold, was honored as Canada's flagbearer at the opening ceremony. Swimmer Penny Oleksiak broke the country's Olympic record for most medals (4) won by a single Canadian athlete in any Summer Olympic Games, as well as becoming the youngest ever Canadian gold medallist. At the end of the Games, she was appointed as the flagbearer for the team at the closing ceremony, becoming Canada's youngest flag-bearer in Olympic history.

Medallists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle Gymnastics Women's trampoline Athletics Men's high jump Wrestling Women's freestyle 75 kg Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls Athletics Men's 200 m Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Canada women's rugby sevens team Rugby sevens Women's tournament Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke Diving Women's synchronized 10 m platform Swimming Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke Cycling Women's team pursuit Athletics Women's heptathlon Athletics Men's 100 m Diving Women's 10 metre platform Athletics Men's decathlon Canada women's national soccer team Football Women's tournament Equestrian Individual jumping Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Cycling Women's cross-country

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Medals by sport/disciplineSport TotalSwimming 1 1 4 6Athletics 1 1 4 6Gymnastics 1 0 0 1Wrestling 1 0 0 1Rowing 0 1 0 1Cycling 0 0 2 2Diving 0 0 2 2Equestrian 0 0 1 1Football 0 0 1 1Rugby sevens 0 0 1 1Total 4 3 15 22

Medals by dayDay TotalAugust 6 0 0 1 1August 7 0 1 0 1August 8 0 0 2 2August 9 0 0 1 1August 10 0 0 1 1August 11 1 0 0 1August 12 1 1 1 3August 13 0 0 2 2August 14 0 0 1 1August 15 0 0 0 0August 16 1 0 0 1August 17 0 0 0 0August 18 1 1 2 4August 19 0 0 3 3August 20 0 0 1 1Total 4 3 15 22

Medals by genderGender TotalMale1146Female321116Total 4 3 15 22

Multiple medallistsNameSport Total Swimming 1 1 2 4 Athletics 0 1 2 3 Diving 0 0 2 2 Swimming 0 0 2 2

Competitors

| width=78% align=left valign=top| The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in field hockey and football are not counted in the total: SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 1 2Athletics 28 38 66Badminton 1 12Basketball 0 1212Boxing 1 2 3Canoeing 7 4 11Cycling 7 12 19Diving 3 4 7Equestrian 2 8 10Fencing 3 2 5Field hockey 16 016Football 0 1818Golf 2 2 4Gymnastics 2 68Judo 4 37Modern pentathlon 0 22Rowing 12 1426Rugby sevens 0 1212Sailing 5 4 9Shooting 0 22Swimming 10 2030Synchronized swimming 0 22Table tennis 1 12Taekwondo 0 11Tennis 2 24Triathlon 2 35Volleyball 16 420Weightlifting 1 12Wrestling 2 68 Total128 187315

Archery

One Canadian archer qualified for the men's individual recurve by obtaining one eight places available from the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Meanwhile, another Canadian archer qualified securing one of three available spots in the women's individual recurve at the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Medellín, Colombia. Georcy-Stéphanie Picard was named to the team on June 9, 2016. Crispin Duenas was later named to the team officially on June 29, 2016. The team was officially named on July 6, 2016.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 69Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankCrispin DuenasMen's individual66918W 6–5L 3–7did not advanceGeorcy-Stéphanie PicardWomen's individual58561L 1–7did not advance

Athletics (track and field)

Canadian athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): The team was selected based on the results of the 2016 Canadian Olympic Track & Field Trials. The Canadian road events have standards that are different from the IAAF and are listed below. On July 11, a team of 65 athletes (28 men and 37 women) was announced, marking the largest ever track and field team Canada has sent to the Olympics. Athletes Oluwasegun Makinde, Marissa Kurtimah and Micha Powell who were named as relay alternates did not compete in any race.

The six medals won by Canadian athletes were the most won in athletics since the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAaron Brown100 mcolspan=2 10.243Did not advanceAndre De Grassecolspan=2 10.041 Q9.922 Q9.91Akeem Haynescolspan=2 10.226Did not advanceAaron Brown200 m20.233 qcolspan=2 20.377Did not advanceAndre De Grasse20.091 Qcolspan=2 19.80 2 Q20.02Brendon Rodney20.343colspan=2 Did not advanceBrandon McBride800 m1:45.991 Qcolspan=2 1:45.416Did not advanceAnthony Romaniw1:47.596colspan=2 Did not advanceNathan Brannen1500 m3:47.074 Qcolspan=2 3:40.207 q3:51.4510Charles Philibert-Thiboutot3:40.048 qcolspan=2 3:40.799Did not advanceMohammed Ahmed5000 m13:21.006 qcolspan=4 13:05.944Lucas Bruchet14:02.0219colspan=4 Did not advanceMohammed Ahmed10000 mcolspan=6 29:32.8432Johnathan Cabral110 m hurdles13.634 Qcolspan=2 13.414 q13.416Sekou Kaba13.708colspan=2 Did not advanceMatthew Hughes3000 m steeplechase8:26.274 qcolspan=4 8:36.8310Taylor Milne8:34.389colspan=4 Did not advanceChris Winter8:33.9510colspan=4 Did not advanceAaron BrownAndre De GrasseAkeem HaynesBrendon RodneyMobolade Ajomale4 × 100 m relay37.893 Qcolspan=4 37.64 Reid Coolsaet Marathoncolspan=6 2:14:5823Eric Gilliscolspan=6 2:12:2910Evan Dunfee20 km walkcolspan=6 1:20:4910Inaki Gomezcolspan=6 1:21:1212Benjamin Thornecolspan=6 1:22:2827Mathieu Bilodeau50 km walkcolspan=6 Did not finishEvan Dunfeecolspan=6 3:41:38 4 Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankKhamica Bingham100 mcolspan=2 11.413Did not advanceCrystal Emmanuelcolspan=2 11.434Did not advanceCrystal Emmanuel200 m22.803 Qcolspan=2 23.058Did not advanceKimberly Hyacinthecolspan=2 Did not advanceAlicia Brown400 m52.275colspan=2 Did not advanceKendra Clarke53.616colspan=2 Did not advanceCarline Muir51.572 Qcolspan=2 51.115Did not advanceMelissa Bishop800 m1:58.381 Qcolspan=2 1:59.052 Q1:57.02 4Nicole Sifuentes1500 m4:07.437 qcolspan=2 4:08.537Did not advanceGabriela Stafford4:09.459colspan=2 Did not advanceHilary Stellingwerff4:12.007colspan=2 Did not advanceJessica O'Connell5000 m15:51.1813colspan=4 Did not advanceAndrea Seccafien15:30.3211colspan=4 Did not advanceLanni Marchant10000 mcolspan=6 32:04.2125Natasha Wodakcolspan=6 31:53.1422Phylicia George100 m hurdles12.832 Qcolspan=2 12.772 Q12.898Nikkita Holder12.924 qcolspan=2 *Angela Whyte13.096colspan=2 Did not advanceChanice Chase-Taylor400 m hurdles1:02.838colspan=2 Did not advanceNoelle Montcalm56.072 Qcolspan=2 56.286Did not advanceSage Watson55.932 Qcolspan=2 55.444Did not advanceMaria Bernard3000 m steeplechase9:50.1713colspan=4 Did not advanceGeneviève Lalonde9:30.24 4 qcolspan=4 9:41.8816Erin Teschuk9:53.7016colspan=4 Did not advanceKhamica BinghamCrystal EmmanuelPhylicia GeorgeFarah Jacques4 × 100 m relay42.704 qcolspan=4 43.157Alicia BrownNoelle MontcalmCarline MuirSage Watson4 × 400 m relay3:24.943 Qcolspan=4 3:26.434Krista DuCheneMarathoncolspan=6 2:35:2935Lanni Marchantcolspan=6 2:33:0824

Field events Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionDerek DrouinHigh jump2.29=1 q2.38Michael Mason2.26=18Did not advanceShawnacy BarberPole vault5.707 q5.5010Tim NedowShot put20.0016Did not advance

Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionChristabel NetteyLong jump6.3712Did not advanceAlyxandria TreasureHigh jump1.9410 Q1.8817Kelsie AhbePole vault4.555 q4.5012Annika Newell4.15=17Did not advanceAlysha Newman4.4519Did not advanceBrittany CrewShot put17.4518Did not advanceTaryn Suttie16.7428Did not advanceElizabeth GleadleJavelin throw60.289Did not advanceHeather SteacyHammer throw66.0123Did not advance

Combined events – Men's decathlon AthleteEventFinalRankDamian Warner Result10.307.6713.662.0447.3513.5844.934.7063.194:24.908666Points10239777088409411029765819786778

Combined events – Women's heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankBrianne Theisen-EatonResult13.181.8613.4524.186.4847.362:09.506653Points109710547579631001809972

Road standards Men's eventsWomen's events Event Entry mark Event Entry markMarathon2:12:50Marathon2:29:5020 km walk1:21:5520 km walk1:31:3550 km walk3:54:20colspan=2

Badminton

Canada qualified two badminton players. London 2012 Olympian Michelle Li was selected among the thirty-four individual shuttlers in the women's singles based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016, while Martin Giuffre picked up one of the spare athlete berths (from athletes starting in both singles and a double event) as the next highest-ranked eligible player in the men's singles. The team was officially named on July 23, 2016.

AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMartin GiuffreMen's singlesL (11–21, 14–21)W (14–21, 24–22, 21–6)2Did not advanceMichelle LiWomen's singlesW (21–11, 21–8)L (21–19, 15–21, 17–21)2Did not advance

Basketball

Women's tournament

Canada's women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 FIBA Americas Championships in Edmonton.

Team roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Boxing

Canada qulifieed three boxers. Arthur Biyarslanov, Mandy Bujold, and Ariane Fortin secured their spots on the team at the 2016 American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full team was officially nominated on July 14, 2016.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankArthur BiyarslanovMen's light welterweightW 3–0L 0–2Did not advanceMandy BujoldWomen's flyweightW 3–0L 0–3Did not advanceAriane FortinWomen's middleweightL 1–2Did not advance

Canoeing

Canada's canoeing and kayaking team consisted of eleven athletes (seven men and four women).

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