Canada competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's debut in 1900, Canadian athletes have 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 United States-led boycott.
Before the official postponement, the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee initially announced their intention not to send teams to both the Olympics and Paralympics. Following the announcement on the postponement, the COC and CPC issued a statement that says, in part, that Team Canada "will rise to the challenge to showcase our very best on the international stage," without explicitly saying that Canadian athletes will take part in the games.
As part of the Canada Day celebrations held on Parliament Hill, Ottawa in 2019, former three time Olympic gold medalist in rowing, Marnie McBean was named as the Chef De Mission for the team.
On July 13, 2021, the Canadian Olympic Committee officially announced the full team of 370 athletes (145 men and 225 women) competing in 30 sports, the largest team the country has sent to the games since Los Angeles 1984 and an increase of 56 from Rio 2016. 131 coaches will also accompany the team. A total of eight squads qualified in team sports, tied for the most ever with Montreal 1976. A total of 227 athletes competed at their first Olympics, and 134 of them returned from Rio 2016. On July 15, 2021, Vasek Pospisil withdrew from the tennis competitions, which reduced the team size to 370. On July 24, Annie Guglia received a reallocated spot in the women's street skateboarding event after an injury to a competitor from South Africa. This increased the team back to 371 athletes (145 men and 226 women).
Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Olympic Committee announced in July 2021, that travelling alternates would be allowed to compete in the following team sports: field hockey, football (soccer), handball, rugby sevens and water polo. The alternates for these team sports are listed below and consisted of a further nine athletes (two in field hockey, four in soccer, one per rugby sevens and water polo teams). However, these nine do not officially count towards the team size. Canada's Olympic team contested all sports on the Olympic program except handball, modern pentathlon and surfing. Alternates in soccer, rugby sevens and water polo competed, and are reflected in the table below. This increased the team size to 378. Two athletes in fencing and one in triathlon was added during the competition due to injury replacements. This meant the final team size was 381 athletes (148 men and 233 women).
On July 19, 2021, basketball player Miranda Ayim and rugby sevens athlete Nathan Hirayama were named as co-flagbearers for the Parade of Nations during the opening ceremony. On August 8, 2021, gold medalist and Olympic record holder in the decathlon, Damian Warner was named as the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.
The 24 medals won at the 2020 Summer Olympics mark the country's best-ever total medals result after the 1984 Games, surpassing the 22 medals won in 1996 and 2016, while also equalling the most number of gold medals won in 1992. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, which were boycotted by the Soviet Bloc, Canada won 44 medals.
Medallists
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Medal Name(s) Sport Event DateMaggie Mac NeilSwimmingWomen's 100 m butterflyMaude CharronWeightliftingWomen's 64 kgSusanne GraingerKasia Gruchalla-WesierskiMadison MaileySydney PayneAndrea ProskeLisa RomanChristine RoperAvalon WasteneysKristen KitRowingWomen's eightAndre De GrasseAthleticsMen's 200 mDamian WarnerAthleticsMen's decathlonCanada women's national soccer teamJanine Beckie, Kadeisha Buchanan, Gabrielle Carle, Allysha Chapman, Jessie Fleming, Vanessa Gilles, Julia Grosso, Jordyn Huitema, Stephanie Labbé, Ashley Lawrence, Adriana Leon, Erin McLeod, Nichelle Prince, Quinn, Jayde Riviere, Deanne Rose, Sophie Schmidt, Desiree Scott, Kailen Sheridan, Christine Sinclair, Évelyne Viens, Shelina ZadorskyFootballWomen's tournamentKelsey MitchellCyclingWomen's sprintKayla SanchezMaggie Mac NeilTaylor RuckRebecca SmithPenny OleksiakSwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relayJennifer AbelMelissa Citrini-BeaulieuDivingKylie MasseSwimmingWomen's 100 m backstrokeKylie MasseSwimmingWomen's 200 m backstrokeLaurence Vincent LapointeCanoeingWomen's C-1 200 metresMohammed AhmedAthleticsMen's 5,000 mJerome BlakeAaron BrownAndre De GrasseBrendon RodneyAthleticsMen's 4 × 100 m relayJessica KlimkaitJudoWomen's 57 kgCanada women's national softball teamJenna Caira, Emma Entzminger, Larissa Franklin, Jennifer Gilbert, Sara Groenewegen, Kelsey Harshman, Victoria Hayward, Danielle Lawrie, Janet Leung, Joey Lye, Erika Polidori, Kaleigh Rafter, Lauren Regula, Jennifer Salling, Natalie WidemanSoftballWomen's tournamentCatherine Beauchemin-PinardJudoWomen's 63 kgPenny OleksiakSwimmingWomen's 200 m freestyleCaileigh FilmerHillary JanssensRowingWomen's coxless pairKayla SanchezMaggie Mac NeilKylie MasseSydney PickremTaylor RuckPenny OleksiakSwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 m medley relayAndre De GrasseAthleticsMen's 100 mLauriane GenestCyclingWomen's keirinEvan DunfeeAthleticsMen's 50 kilometres walkKatie VincentLaurence Vincent LapointeCanoeingWomen's C-2 500 metres Canada finished third in the Men's 4 x 100 metres relay. On 18 February 2022 team of Great Britain was disqualified from the Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay due to a doping violation and officially stripped of the silver medal. Canada was elevated to the silver medal, while China received bronze. The team received its medals on July 29, 2023.
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Medals by discipline/sportSportTotalAthletics2226Swimming1326Cycling1012Rowing1012Football1001Weightlifting1001Canoeing0112Diving0101Judo0022Softball0011Total771024
Medals by dateDateTotalJuly 240000July 250202July 261012July 271124July 280011July 290011July 301001July 310101August 10022August 20000August 30000August 41102August 510121214August 70011August 81001Total771024
Competitors The following is the list of athletes per sport/discipline.
SportMenWomenTotalArchery112Artistic swimming88Athletics (track and field)243357Badminton448Basketball01212Boxing145Canoeing10818Cycling111324Diving4610Equestrian246Fencing6511Field hockey16016Football (soccer)02222Golf224Gymnastics167Judo336Karate101Rowing92029Rugby sevens 131326Sailing549Shooting011Skateboarding314Softball1515Sport climbing112Swimming101626Table tennis213Taekwondo022Tennis134Triathlon325Volleyball12416Water polo01313Weightlifting145Wrestling224 Total148233381
Archery
Canada qualified one archer for the men's individual recurve, after Crispin Duenas won the individual gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. In March 2021, Stephanie Barrett claimed one of three available quota places in the women's individual recurve, at the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Monterrey, Mexico. Barrett was officially nominated to the team on May 12, 2021. The team was officially named on June 28, 2021.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankCrispin DuenasMen's individual66516 W 6–0W 6–4L 2–6Did not advance9Stephanie BarrettWomen's individual63046L 2–6Did not advance33Crispin DuenasStephanie BarrettMixed team129517colspan=2 Did not advance17
Artistic swimming
Canada is scheduled to enter a team of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and team event. The team qualified by winning the gold medal in the team event at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. The team was officially named on June 2, 2021.
AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankClaudia HolznerJacqueline SimoneauDuet91.4798591.2333182.71315 Q93.0000184.47985Emily ArmstrongRosalie BoissonneaultAndrée-Anne CôtéCamille Fiola-DionClaudia HolznerAudrey JolyHalle PrattJacqueline SimoneauTeam91.49925colspan=3 92.5333184.03256
Athletics (track and field)
Canadian athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): The team will be selected based on the results of the 2020 Canadian Olympic Track & Field Trials.
On May 5, 2020, 2019 world bronze medalist Evan Dunfee, along with marathoners Trevor Hofbauer and Dayna Pidhoresky, became the first Canadian track and field athletes to be selected to the Tokyo 2020 team. On June 4, 2021, Athletics Canada named the 10,000 metres, 50 km race walk and the rest of the marathon team. The final team of 57 athletes (24 men and 33 women) was named on July 3, 2021. Bolade Ajomale and Lauren Gale named to the men's 4x100 relay and women's 4x400 relay teams respectively, did not compete in the heats or the final.
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankBismark Boateng100 mcolspan=2 10.478Did not advanceAndre De Grassecolspan=2 9.911 Q9.982 Q9.89 Gavin Smelliecolspan=2 10.448Did not advanceAaron Brown200 m20.381 Qcolspan=2 rowspan=3 19.99 1 Q20.20 6Andre De Grasse20.563 Q19.73 1 Q19.62 Brendon Rodney20.606Did not advanceMarco Arop800 m1:45.261 Qcolspan=2 rowspan=2 1:44.907Did not advanceBrandon McBride1:46.326Did not advanceMohammed Ahmed5,000 m13:38.962 Qcolspan=4 rowspan=3 12:58.61Lucas Bruchet13:44.0813Did not advanceJustyn Knight13:30.223 Q13:04.387Mohammed Ahmed10,000 mcolspan=6 27:47.76 6 John Gay3000 m steeplechase8:16.996 qcolspan=4 rowspan=2 8:35.4115Matthew Hughes8:13.564 q8:16.036Jerome BlakeAaron BrownAndre De GrasseBrendon Rodney4 × 100 m relay37.922 Qcolspan=4 37.70Trevor HofbauerMarathoncolspan=6 rowspan=3 2:19:57 48Cameron Levins2:28:4372Ben Preisner2:19:27 46Mathieu Bilodeau50 km walkcolspan=6 rowspan=2 4:20:36 45 Evan Dunfee3:50:59
Women AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankKhamica Bingham100 mcolspan=2 11.214 q11.225Did not advanceCrystal Emmanuel100 mcolspan=2 11.183 Q11.216Did not advance200 m22.741 Qcolspan=2 23.056Did not advanceKyra Constantine400 m51.695 qcolspan=2 rowspan=2 51.22 5Did not advanceNatassha McDonald53.547Did not advanceMelissa Bishop-Nriagu800 m2:02.114colspan=2 rowspan=3 Did not advanceLindsey Butterworth2:02.455Did not advanceMadeleine Kelly2:02.395Did not advanceGabriela DeBues-Stafford1500 m4:03.701 Qcolspan=2 rowspan=3 3:58.28 3 Q3:58.935Natalia Hawthorn4:08.0410Did not advanceLucia Stafford4:03.527 q4:02.12 6Did not advanceAndrea Seccafien5,000 m14:59.5510 qcolspan=4 rowspan=3 15:12.0915Julie-Anne Staehli15:33.3917Did not advanceKate Van Buskirk15:14.9614Did not advanceAndrea Seccafien10,000 mcolspan=6 31:36.3614Noelle Montcalm400 m hurdles55.856colspan=2 rowspan=2 Did not advanceSage Watson55.544 Q55.515Did not advanceAlycia Butterworth3000 m steeplechase9:34.2510colspan=4 rowspan=3 Did not advanceGeneviève Lalonde9:22.64 4 q9:22.40 11Regan Yee9:41.148Did not advanceAlicia BrownKyra ConstantineMadeline PriceSage Watson4 × 400 m relay3:24.05 5 qcolspan=4 3:21.84 4Malindi ElmoreMarathoncolspan=6 rowspan=3 2:30:59 9Dayna Pidhoresky3:03:10 73Natasha Wodak2:31:41 13
Field events Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankDjango LovettHigh jump2.281 Q2.308Michael Mason2.2514Did not advanceTim NedowShot put19.42 16Did not advance
Women