Canada at the Pan American Games

Canada at the Pan American Games
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 536 Silver 775 Bronze 920 Total 2,231
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Canada has competed at every edition of the Pan American Games since the second edition of the multi-sport event in 1955. As of the last Pan American Games in 2019, Canada is third on the all time medals list, only behind the United States and Cuba.^[1] Canada is also one of nine countries to have competed at the only Winter Pan American Games, and only of one two (the other being the United States) to win a medal at the games.

Hosted Games

Canada has hosted the Pan American Games on three occasions:

Games	Host city	Dates
1967 Pan American Games	Winnipeg	July 23 – August 6
1999 Pan American Games	Winnipeg	July 23 – August 8
2015 Pan American Games	Toronto	July 10 – July

Pan American Games

Medals by games

^1	Hosting edition

To sort the tables by host city, total medal count, or any other column, click on the icon next to the column title.

Year	Ref.	Edition	Host city	# of athletes[2]	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1951	[3]	I	Buenos Aires		Did not participate
1955	[4]	II	Mexico City	24	5th	4	4	3	11
1959 ^a	[5]	III	Chicago	177	5th	7	21	28	46
1963 ^b	[6]	IV	São Paulo	134	3rd	10	27	25	62
1967 ^c	[7]	V	Winnipeg ^1	438	2nd	12	37	43	92
1971 ^d	[8]	VI	Cali	319	3rd	19	20	42	81
1975 ^e	[9]	VII	Mexico City	343	3rd	18	35	38	91
1979 ^f	[10]	VIII	San Juan	451	3rd	24	43	70	137
1983 ^g	[11]	IX	Caracas	376	3rd	22	41	55	118
1987 ^h	[12]	X	Indianapolis	469	3rd	30	57	75	162
1991	[13]	XI	Havana	457	3rd	22	46	59	127
1995	[14]	XII	Mar del Plata	470	3rd	47	61	69	177
1999	[15]	XIII	Winnipeg ^1	618	3rd	64	52	81	197
2003 ^i	[16]	XIV	Santo Domingo	421	3rd	29	57	42	128
2007	[17]	XV	Rio de Janeiro	468	4th	39	44	55	138
2011	[18]	XVI	Guadalajara	492	5th	30	40	49	119
2015	[19]	XVII	Toronto ^1	713	2nd	78	70	71	219
2019	[20]	XVIII	Lima	477	4th	35	65	52	152
2023		XIX	Santiago	469	4th	46	55	63	164
Total ^j					3rd	536	775	920	2,231

Notes

• ^a Some sources appoint 7 gold medals, 21 silver medals and 28 bronze medals, instead of 5, 19 and 24, respectively. This would result in a total of 56 medals earned during the 1959 Games, instead of 48.^[21][22]
• ^b Some sources appoint 10 gold medals and 25 bronze medals, instead of 11 and 26, respectively. This would result in a total of 62 medals earned during the 1963 Games, instead of 64.^[22][23]
• ^c Some sources appoint 12 gold medals, 37 silver medals and 43 bronze medals, instead of 17, 39 and 50, respectively. This would result in a total of 92 medals earned during the 1967 Games, instead of 106.^[22][24]
• ^d Some sources appoint 42 bronze medals, instead of 41. This would result in a total of 81 medals earned during the 1971 Games, instead of 80.^[22][25]
• ^e Some sources appoint 18 gold medals and 38 bronze medals, instead of 19 and 40, respectively. This would result in a total of 94 medals earned during the 1975 Games, instead of 91.^[22][26]
• ^f Some sources appoint 70 bronze medals, instead of 71. This would result in a total of 137 medals earned during the 1979 Games, instead of 138.^[22][27]
• ^g Some sources appoint 22 gold medals, 42 silver medals and 55 bronze medals, instead of 18, 44 and 47, respectively. This would result in a total of 119 medals earned during the 1983 Games, instead of 109.^[22][28]
• ^h Some sources appoint 57 silver medals, instead of 56. This would result in a total of 162 medals earned during the 1987 Games, instead of 161.^[22][29]
• ^i Some sources appoint 41 bronze medals, instead of 42. This would result in a total of 127 medals earned during the 2003 Games, instead of 128.^[22]
• ^j According to those sources, the historical medal table for Canada counts 455 gold medals, 655 silver medals and 802 bronze medals, instead of 456, 656 and 801, respectively. This would result in a total number of 1912 Pan American medals.

Medals by sport

Canadians have won medals in most of the current Summer Pan American sports. The exceptions are 3x3 basketball, basque pelota and BMX freestyle cycling.

As of the conclusion of the 2019 Pan American Games

  Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	55	71	88	214
Swimming	53	122	144	319
Gymnastics	37	50	57	144
Rowing	33	39	30	102
Cycling	33	16	19	68
Canoeing	26	33	26	85
Shooting	23	43	59	125
Diving	23	19	22	64
Badminton	21	22	12	55
Equestrian	20	22	14	56
Water skiing	19	26	11	56
Weightlifting	18	21	40	79
Wrestling	15	37	66	118
Judo	15	24	45	84
Squash	14	14	13	41
Artistic swimming	11	21	4	36
Sailing	11	19	20	50
Softball	10	6	1	17
Table tennis	8	8	24	40
Fencing	6	19	39	64
Boxing	6	13	28	47
Taekwondo	5	10	16	31
Archery	4	10	14	28
Field hockey	4	10	5	19
Bowling	4	3	6	13
Rugby	4	1	0	5
Karate	2	6	10	18
Triathlon	2	5	5	12
Baseball	2	2	1	5
Water polo	1	7	6	14
Tennis	1	3	2	6
Basketball	1	2	3	6
Football	1	1	1	3
Beach volleyball	1	0	0	1
Sambo	1	0	0	1
Racquetball	0	8	10	18
Handball	0	3	0	3
Roller sports	0	2	8	10
Modern pentathlon	0	2	2	4
Volleyball	0	0	4	4
Golf	0	0	1	1
Surfing	0	0	1	1
Totals (42 entries)	490	720	857	2,067

Best results in non-medaling sports:

Summer
Sport	Rank	Athlete	Event and year
3x3 basketball	Did not participate
Basque pelota	Did not participate
BMX freestyle	7th	Jaden Chipman	Men's park in 2019

Flag bearers

Opening ceremonies

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Pan American Games.

#	Event year	Flag bearer	Sport	References
19	2023	Melissa Humana-Paredes Brandie Wilkerson	Beach volleyball
18	2019	Scott Tupper	Field hockey	[30][31]
17	2015	Mark Oldershaw	Canoeing	[32]
16	2011	Christine Sinclair	Football (soccer)	[33]
15	2007	Susan Nattrass	Shooting	[34]
14	2003	Jaret Llewellyn	Water skiing	[35]
13	1999	Tanya Dubnicoff	Cycling	[36]
12	1995	Paul Chohan	Field hockey	[34]
11	1991	Lorraine Stubbs	Equestrian (Dressage)	[34]
10	1987	Nancy Charlton	Field hockey	[34]
9	1983	Brad Farrow	Judo	[37]
8	1979	Sylvia Sweeney	Basketball	[38]
7	1975
6	1971	Henri Corbeil	Baseball	[39]
5	1967	George Puce	Athletics (track and field)	[40]
4	1963
3	1959
2	1955

Winter Pan American Games

Medals by games

Year	Ref.	Edition	Host city	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1990	[41]	I	Las Leñas	2nd	2	4	1	7
Total				2nd	2	4	1	7

Medals by sport

  Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Alpine skiing	2	4	1	7
Totals (1 entries)	2	4	1	7

Junior Pan American Games

Medals by games

Year	Ref.	Edition	Host city	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2021	[42]	I	Cali-Valle	14th	4	1	5	10
2025	[43]	II	Asunción	Future event
Total				14th	4	1	5	10

Medals by sport

  Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Badminton	3	0	0	3
Karate	1	0	0	1
Gymnastics	0	1	1	2
Table tennis	0	0	2	2
Squash	0	0	1	1
Taekwondo	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)	4	1	5	10

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Brian Yang Rachel Chan	Badminton	Mixed doubles	November 29
Gold	Rachel Chan	Badminton	Women's singles	November 29
Gold	Brian Yang	Badminton	Men's singles	November 29
Gold	Yamina Lahyanssa	Karate	Women's 50 kg	December 5
Silver	Aurélie Tran	Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars	November 28
Bronze	Nicholas Hoefling	Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg	November 26
Bronze	Aurélie Tran	Gymnastics	Women's artistic individual all-around	November 27
Bronze	Hannah Blatt Sydney Maxwell Iman Shaheen	Squash	Women's team	November 30
Bronze	Jeremy Hazin Sophie Gauthier	Table tennis	Mixed doubles	December 1
Bronze	Jeremy Hazin	Table tennis	Men's singles	December 2

Flag bearers

Opening ceremonies

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Junior Pan American Games.

#	Event year	Flag bearer	Sport	References
1	2021	Brian Yang	Badminton	[44]
		Aurélie Tran	Gymnastics

Closing ceremonies

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the closing ceremony of the Junior Pan American Games.

#	Event year	Flag bearer	Sport	Reference
1	2021	Remi Aubin	Gymnastics	[42]
		Yamina Lahyanssa	Karate

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