Canadian National Skating Championships

The Canadian National Skating Championships () are an annual figure skating competition organized by Skate Canada to crown the national champions of Canada. While the first official Canadian Championships were held in 1914, unofficial championships had been hosted by the Minto Skating Club in Ottawa since 1905. They have been interrupted only twice since 1920. The event was called the Canadian Figure Skating Championships () prior to 2023, when synchronized skating, which had previously held separate championships, was folded into the competition along with the other figure skating disciplines. The results are among the criteria used to determine the Canadian entries to the World Figure Skating Championships, World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and Winter Olympics, as well as the members of the Canadian national team.

Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, ice dance, and synchronized skating at the senior and junior levels. Patrick Chan currently holds the record for winning the most Canadian Championship titles in men's singles (with ten), while Constance Wilson-Samuel holds the record in women's singles (with nine). Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford hold the record in pair skating (with seven), while Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz hold the record in ice dance (with ten).

History The Amateur Skating Association of Canada was formed in 1887 to govern speed skating and figure skating in Canada. The first Canadian Championships were held in 1905 in Ottawa. Early editions of the championships were hosted by the Minto Skating Club, whose goal was to encourage a Canadian style of skating uniquely different than the traditional English style. This Canadian style was more in line with the international style, incorporating ballet and dance movements with ice skating, "permitting the greatest freedom on the part of the individual in respect to his movements," while the English style was much more rigid and formal, focusing on the tracing of elaborate special figures. The earliest championships featured single skating and pair skating (called "hand-in-hand skating"). Ormond Haycock won the inaugural singles event, as well as the pairs event with his sister Katherine. No competitions were held in 1907 after the Rideau Skating Rink was destroyed by a fire. While separate competitions for men and women were not held until 1913, an award was presented to the "top lady skater" at each competition prior to 1913. A separate governing organization for figure skating in Canada was established in 1914: the Figure Skating Department of the Amateur Skating Association of Canada. This was the forerunner of today's Skate Canada, and as such, the 1914 Canadian Championships are regarded as the first official championships, although they existed as a continuation of these earlier championships.

No competitions were held from 1915 through 1919 due to World War I. During World War II, no senior-level events were contested in 1943, and the women's event was the only senior-level event contested in 1944. Ice dance was added as a discipline in 1947, while the waltz and tenstep competitions were discontinued after 1959. Compulsory figures, which had been a required element of singles skating since the beginning, were retired after the 1990 championships. Competition in four skating was held irregularly, with the final competition taking place in 1997. The 2021 championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and in December 2021, due to Ontario's COVID-19 public health orders, Skate Canada announced that the 2022 Canadian Championships would be held in a closed arena without spectators or on-site media. Prior to 2023, the Canadian Synchronized Skating Championships had been held as a separate event. Beginning in 2023, the junior- and senior-level synchronized skating competitions were incorporated into the Canadian Figure Skating Championships; hence the change in the event's name.

Medallists

Singles Prior to the establishment of a separate event for women in 1913, men and women competed in the same event. +Senior singles event medallists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1905 Ottawa Ormond Haycock Anne Ewan No other medallists 1906 Fred Anderson 1907 Competition cancelled due to fire at the Rideau Skating Rink 1908 Ormond Haycock John Joseph Cawthra No other medallists 1909 No competition held 1910 Douglas Nelles Ormond Haycock Iris Mudge 1911 Montreal Ormond Haycock J. Cecil McDougall Evelyn Grey 1912 Ottawa Douglas Nelles Eleanor Kingsford No other medallists

Men's singles +Senior men's event medallists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1913 Ottawa Philip Chrysler Norman Scott No other medallists 1914 Norman Scott Philip Chrysler No other competitors No competitions due to World War I 1920 Montreal Norman Scott Duncan Hodgson Melville Rogers 1921 John Machado 1922 Ottawa Duncan Hodgson Melville Rogers John Machado 1923 Toronto Melville Rogers John Machado Norman Gregory 1924 Montreal John Machado Montgomery Wilson 1925 Ottawa Melville Rogers John Machado Montgomery Wilson 1926 Toronto Montgomery Wilson No other competitors 1927 Montreal Jack Eastwood 1928 Toronto No other competitors 1929 Ottawa Montgomery Wilson Stewart Reburn Jack Eastwood 1930 Winnipeg Lewis Elkin No other competitors 1931 Toronto Stewart Reburn Lewis Elkin 1932 Guy Owen Hubert Sprott 1933 Montreal Rupert Whitehead 1934 Toronto 1935 Ottawa Osborne Colson Guy Owen 1936 Toronto Osborne Colson Wingate Snaith Philip Lee 1937 Montreal Ralph McCreath 1938 Winnipeg Montgomery Wilson Ralph McCreath Wingate Snaith 1939 Toronto Jack Vigeon 1940 Ottawa Ralph McCreath Donald Gilchrist Wingate Snaith 1941 Montreal Jack Vigeon 1942 Winnipeg Michael Kirby No other competitors Toronto No senior men's competitions due to World War II 1945 Nigel Stephens Frank Sellers No other competitors 1946 Ralph McCreath Norris Bowden Roger Wickson 1947 Norris Bowden Wallace Diestelmeyer Gerrard Blair 1948 Calgary Wallace Diestelmeyer Roger Wickson No other competitors 1949 Ottawa Roger Wickson William Lewis Donald Tobin 1950 St. Catharines Donald Tobin William Lewis 1951 Vancouver Peter Firstbrook Roger Wickson 1952 Oshawa William Lewis Peter Dunfield 1953 Ottawa Charles Snelling 1954 Calgary Charles Snelling Douglas Court Paul Tatton 1955 Toronto No other competitors 1956 Galt Donald Jackson Douglas Court 1957 Winnipeg Edward Collins 1958 Ottawa 1959 Noranda Donald Jackson Edward Collins No other competitors 1960 Regina Donald McPherson Louis Stong 1961 Lachine Bradley Black 1962 Toronto Donald Knight 1963 Edmonton Donald McPherson Donald Knight William Neale 1964 North Bay Charles SnellingJay Humphry 1965 Calgary Donald Knight Charles Snelling 1966 Peterborough 1967 Toronto Jay Humphry Charles Snelling 1968 Vancouver Jay Humphry David McGillivray Steve Hutchinson 1969 Toronto Toller Cranston 1970 Edmonton David McGillivray Toller Cranston Ron Shaver 1971 Winnipeg Toller Cranston Paul Bonenfant Kenneth Polk 1972 London 1973 Vancouver Ron Shaver Robert Rubens 1974 Moncton 1975 Quebec City Robert Rubens Stan Bohonek 1976 London Ron Shaver 1977 Calgary Ron Shaver Brian Pockar Vern Taylor 1978 Victoria Brian Pockar Vern Taylor Jim Szabo 1979 Thunder Bay Gordon Forbes 1980 Kitchener Gordon Forbes Gary Beacom 1981 Halifax Brian Orser Brian Pockar Gordon Forbes 1982 Brandon Dennis Coi 1983 Montreal Gary Beacom Gordon Forbes 1984 Regina 1985 Moncton Neil Paterson 1986 North Bay Jaimee Eggleton 1987 Ottawa Kurt Browning Michael Slipchuk 1988 Victoria Neil Paterson 1989 Chicoutimi Kurt Browning Michael Slipchuk Matthew Hall 1990 Sudbury Elvis Stojko Michael Slipchuk 1991 Saskatoon 1992 Moncton Michael Slipchuk Sébastien Britten 1993 Hamilton Kurt Browning Marcus Christensen 1994 Edmonton Elvis Stojko Kurt Browning Sébastien Britten 1995 Halifax Sébastien Britten Marcus Christensen Ravi Walia 1996 Ottawa Elvis Stojko Sébastien Britten Marcus Christensen 1997 Vancouver Jeff Langdon Sébastien Britten 1998 Hamilton Emanuel Sandhu Jeffrey Langdon 1999 Ottawa Jean-François Hébert 2000 Calgary Ben Ferreira 2001 Winnipeg Emanuel Sandhu Jayson Dénommée 2002 Hamilton Elvis Stojko Emanuel Sandhu Jeffrey Buttle 2003 Saskatoon Emanuel Sandhu Jeffrey Buttle Fedor Andreev 2004 Edmonton Ben Ferreira Jeffrey Buttle 2005 London Jeffrey Buttle Emanuel Sandhu Shawn Sawyer 2006 Ottawa 2007 Halifax Christopher Mabee Emanuel Sandhu 2008 Vancouver Patrick Chan Jeffrey Buttle Shawn Sawyer 2009 Saskatoon Vaughn Chipeur Jeremy Ten 2010 London Kevin Reynolds 2011 Victoria Shawn Sawyer Joey Russell 2012 Moncton Kevin Reynolds Jeremy Ten 2013 Mississauga Andrei Rogozine 2014 Ottawa Liam Firus 2015 Kingston Nam Nguyen Jeremy Ten 2016 Halifax Patrick Chan Liam Firus Kevin Reynolds 2017 Ottawa Kevin Reynolds Nam Nguyen 2018 Vancouver Keegan Messing 2019 Saint John Nam Nguyen Stephen Gogolev Keegan Messing 2020 Mississauga Roman Sadovsky Nam Nguyen 2021 Vancouver Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Ottawa Keegan Messing Roman Sadovsky Wesley Chiu 2023 Oshawa Conrad Orzel 2024 Calgary Wesley Chiu Aleksa Rakic Anthony Paradis 2025 Laval Roman Sadovsky Anthony Paradis David Li 2026 Gatineau Stephen Gogolev Roman Sadovsky Aleksa Rakic

Women's singles Although the Canadian Championships from 1905 to 1912 did not have separate competitions for men and women, an award was presented to the "top lady skater".