Canada at the Olympic Games: Medals Table

Competitors since 1900 for the Summer Games and 1924 for the Winter Games while also playing host to the Olympics in 1976, 1988, and 2010, the quadrennial athletics event holds a special place in Canadian sports. 

Over the century of competition, Canadian athletes and teams have amassed over 500 medals at the Summer and Winter Olympics, and with Paris 2024 on the horizon, the nation’s eyeing up the 150 gold medal milestone.

Here’s a look at Canada’s medal table at the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics, as well as a total, all-encompassing Olympic medal table for the nation. 

Canada Winter Olympics Medal Table

Naturally, the Winter Olympics are where Canada excels. Despite only winning medals in 14 events at the Winter Games, compared to the spread across 32 at the Summer Games, Canada totals only 99 fewer and has more gold medals.

Dominance comes on the ice for Canada. Ice hockey, freestyle skiing, speed skating, short-track speed skating, figure skating, and curling have yielded 48 gold medals combined. 

As it stands, Canada is the most successful team at the Olympics in ice hockey, curling, and freestyle skating.

Naturally, it’s in ice hockey that Canada boasts the greatest haul of gold medals, counting 14 gold medals as well as six silver, and three bronze medals.

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Canada’s dedication to the amateur and professional ranks of the sport propel this success – even if the NHL’s relationship with the International Olympic Committee has been strained in recent years – and perhaps a Canadian team will win the Stanley Cup before the next Winter Olympics. 

Right now, the Winnipeg Jets are the Stanley Cup favourites in sport betting lines at +900, but we’ll have to wait and see if their Canadian stars will be permitted to compete at the 2026 Winter Games.

Canada’s most successful winter sport in terms of total medals, however, is speed skating. Ten gold, 16 silver, and 16 bronze medals amount to a massive haul of 42 podiums for Canada. 

Here’s how Canada has performed across each of the 14 sports that it has won Winter Olympics medals in over the decades of competition:

Canada Summer Olympics Medal Table

Since skipping the 1980 Moscow Games, Canada has performed consistently well at the Summer Olympics, always collecting double-digit medal counts – and seven of those ten outings yielded at least 18 medals. 

The 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles were, by some margin, Canada’s best Olympics. South of the border, Canadian athletes won ten gold, 18 silver, and 16 bronze medals to fly back north with 44 medals and a sixth-place finish. 

For specific sports, as is often the case given the range of disciplines exercised at the Games, Canada has collected its largest medal count in athletics, boasting 66 in total, 16 of which are gold medals. 

However, with two gold medals and one bronze – and the sport seldom making it onto the Olympics slate – Canada does lead the world in lacrosse. 

Ranked by gold medals, Canada’s next-best sports are rowing (ten), swimming (nine), canoeing and kayaking sprints (four), shooting (four), boxing (three), freestyle wrestling (three), and synchronized swimming (three).

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Of course, one of the biggest sports contested at the Olympics beyond the quadrennial global event is boxing, in which Canadian boxers have collected 17 medals in total. 

Securing gold medals in boxing are the legendary Lennox Lewis (1988, super heavyweight), Horace Gwynne (1932, bantamweight), and Albert Schneider (1920, welterweight). 

Had he switched his allegiances from Russia to Canada as a youth, Artur Beterbiev could have added another silver in heavyweight boxing to that list. 

Luckily, Canadians can still cheer on the nationalized pugilist in the big leagues, with him at 19-0 with 19 knockouts and the heavy favourite in the boxing betting to beat Callum Smith at -227 by knockout. 

Here’s a look at Canada’s complete medal table for the Summer Olympics:

Canada Total Olympics Medal Table

Here’s the total Olympic medal table for Canada, listing those won at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games as well as Canada’s total medal haul to date.

With the Summer Games taking place this year and the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on the horizon, Canada will certainly be looking to break the 150 and 200 milestones for gold and silver medals over the next couple of years.

*Credit for all images in this article belongs to Alamy*