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Canada at the Pan American Games

Sporting event delegation

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 eventin1955. 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.

Medal count[edit]

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

Summer[edit]

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.

Winter[edit]

Year	Ref.	Edition	Host city	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1990	[30]	I	Las Leñas	2nd	2	4	1	7
Total				2nd	2	4	1	7

Medals by sport[edit]

Summer[edit]

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

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	2067

Winter[edit]

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

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[edit]

Opening ceremonies[edit]

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

References[edit]