Team Canada is bigger, and perhaps better, than ever.
With 225 athletes (122 men and 103 women) and 87 coaches, Canada is sending its largest contingent ever to a Winter Olympics. They will be among the 6,500 athletes and officials from 95 countries at PyeongChang 2018, that begin next week.
We’re sending our oldest athlete ever to a Winter Games, as 51-year-old Cheryl Bernard will represent Canada in curling. She’s a good bet to win a gold medal, too, looking to capture the Olympic glory that eluded her at Vancouver 2010 when she won silver.
Unlike 2010, Bernard won’t be the team’s skip this time around. After retiring in 2014, the Calgary resident has returned to competitive curling as alternate for Rachel Homan’s rink.
For the first time at a Winter Games, Canada is sending athletes born in the 2000s, with 16-year-old snowboarders Elizabeth Hosking and Eliot Grondin representing Canada’s youngest.
Canada’s most experienced Olympian is snowboarder Jasey-Jay Anderson, who is making his sixth appearance – the most ever by a Canadian at a Winter Games. Meanwhile, 119 athletes will be making their Olympic debut.
Want some more fun facts?
Team Canada has five sets of siblings:
- Candace Crawford (alpine skiing) and Jack Crawford (alpine skiing)
- Marielle Thompson (ski cross) and Broderick Thompson (alpine skiing)
- Chloé Dufour-Lapointe (freestyle skiing – moguls) and Justine Dufour-Lapointe (freestyle skiing – moguls)
- Scott Gow (biathlon) and Christian Gow (biathlon)
- Charles Hamelin (short track speed skating) and François Hamelin (short track speed skating)
The Lapointe sisters won gold and silver respectively in moguls four years ago. Charles Hamelin is two medals away from equalling the Canadian record (6). His fiancé, Marianne St-Gelais, has three silver medals on her resume as she prepares for her third Olympics.
A married couple will represent Canada this year too, as long track speed skaters Denny Morrison (an Olympic veteran) and Josie Morrison (an Olympic newcomer) head to PyeongChang.
Of Canada’s 225 athletes, 106 have been to the Olympics before, and three have actually already represented Canada at a Summer Olympics:
- Bryan Barnett (Beijing 2008 – athletics; Sochi 2014 – bobsleigh)
- Phylicia George (London 2012 and Rio 2016 – athletics)
- Seyi Smith (London 2012 – athletics)
Ontario is the province that will be sending the most athletes, with 68. Here’s the breakdown for each:
- Ontario: 68
- Alberta: 54
- Quebec: 50
- British Columbia: 30
- Manitoba: 7
- Saskatchewan: 7
- Yukon: 3
- Northwest Territories: 2
- Nova Scotia: 2
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 1
- Prince Edward Island: 1
- New Brunswick: 0
- Nunavut: 0
Here’s the full list of athletes representing Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games:
Sport | First Name | Last Name | Hometown | Province |
Alpine Skiing | Phil | Brown | Toronto | ON |
Alpine Skiing | Dustin | Cook | Lac-Sainte-Marie | QC |
Alpine Skiing | Jack | Crawford | Toronto | ON |
Alpine Skiing | Candace | Crawford | Toronto | ON |
Alpine Skiing | Valérie | Grenier | St-Isidore | ON |
Alpine Skiing | Erin | Mielzynski | Guelph | ON |
Alpine Skiing | Manuel | Osborne-Paradis | Invermere | BC |
Alpine Skiing | Trevor | Philp | Calgary | AB |
Alpine Skiing | Erik | Read | Calgary | AB |
Alpine Skiing | Roni | Remme | Collingwood | ON |
Alpine Skiing | Laurence | St-Germain | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges | QC |
Alpine Skiing | Broderick | Thompson | Whistler | BC |
Alpine Skiing | Benjamin | Thomsen | Invermere | BC |
Biathlon | Sarah | Beaudry | Prince George | BC |
Biathlon | Rosanna | Crawford | Canmore | AB |
Biathlon | Macx | Davies | Canmore | AB |
Biathlon | Christian | Gow | Calgary | AB |
Biathlon | Scott | Gow | Calgary | AB |
Biathlon | Brendan | Green | Hay River | NWT |
Biathlon | Emma | Lunder | Vernon | BC |
Biathlon | Julia | Ransom | Kelowna | BC |
Biathlon | Nathan | Smith | Calgary | AB |
Biathlon | Megan | Tandy | Prince George | BC |
Bobsleigh | Bryan | Barnett | Edmonton | AB |
Bobsleigh | Lascelles | Brown | Calgary | AB |
Bobsleigh | Ben | Coakwell | Moose Jaw | SK |
Bobsleigh | Christine | De Bruin | Stony Plain | AB |
Bobsleigh | Phylicia | George | Markham | ON |
Bobsleigh | Kaillie | Humphries | Calgary | AB |
Bobsleigh | Josh | Kirkpatrick | London | ON |
Bobsleigh | Alex | Kopacz | London | ON |
Bobsleigh | Justin | Kripps | Summerland | BC |
Bobsleigh | Melissa | Lotholz | Barrhead | AB |
Bobsleigh | Jesse | Lumsden | Burlington | ON |
Bobsleigh | Heather | Moyse | Summerside | PEI |
Bobsleigh | Nick | Poloniato | Hamilton | ON |
Bobsleigh | Alysia | Rissling | Edmonton | AB |
Bobsleigh | Seyi | Smith | Ottawa | ON |
Bobsleigh | Christopher | Spring | Priddis | AB |
Bobsleigh | Cam | Stones | Whitby | ON |
Bobsleigh | Neville | Wright | Edmonton | AB |
Cross-Country Skiing | Dahria | Beatty | Whitehorse | YK |
Cross-Country Skiing | Cendrine | Browne | Saint-JĂ©rĂ´me | QC |
Cross-Country Skiing | Jesse | Cockney | Yellowknife | NWT |
Cross-Country Skiing | Anne-Marie | Comeau | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges | QC |
Cross-Country Skiing | Alex | Harvey | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges | QC |
Cross-Country Skiing | Knute | Johnsgaard | Whitehorse | YK |
Cross-Country Skiing | Russell | Kennedy | Canmore | AB |
Cross-Country Skiing | Devon | Kershaw | Sudbury | ON |
Cross-Country Skiing | Graeme | Killick | Fort McMurray | AB |
Cross-Country Skiing | Emily | Nishikawa | Whitehorse | YK |
Cross-Country Skiing | Lenny | Valjas | Toronto | ON |
Curling | Cheryl | Bernard | Calgary | AB |
Curling | Joanne | Courtney | Edmonton | AB |
Curling | Ben | Hebert | Regina | SK |
Curling | Rachel | Homan | Ottawa | ON |
Curling | Marc | Kennedy | St. Albert | AB |
Curling | Kevin | Koe | Edmonton | AB |
Curling | Brent | Laing | Meaford | ON |
Curling | Kaitlyn | Lawes | Winnipeg | MB |
Curling | Emma | Miskew | Ottawa | ON |
Curling | John | Morris | Ottawa | ON |
Curling | Scott | Pfeifer | St. Albert | AB |
Curling | Lisa | Weagle | Ottawa | ON |
Figure Skating | Larkyn | Austman | Coquitlam | BC |
Figure Skating | Charlie | Bilodeau | Trois-Pistoles | QC |
Figure Skating | Patrick | Chan | Toronto | ON |
Figure Skating | Gabrielle | Daleman | Newmarket | ON |
Figure Skating | Meagan | Duhamel | Lively | ON |
Figure Skating | Piper | Gilles | Toronto | ON |
Figure Skating | Michael | Marinaro | Sarnia | ON |
Figure Skating | Keegan | Messing | Sherwood Park/Brampton | AB/ON |
Figure Skating | Scott | Moir | Ilderton | ON |
Figure Skating | Kirsten | Moore-Towers | St. Catharines | ON |
Figure Skating | Kaetlyn | Osmond | Marystown/Sherwood Park | NL/AB |
Figure Skating | Paul | Poirier | Unionville | ON |
Figure Skating | Andrew | Poje | Waterloo | ON |
Figure Skating | Eric | Radford | Balmertown | ON |
Figure Skating | Julianne | SĂ©guin | Longueuil | QC |
Figure Skating | Tessa | Virtue | London | ON |
Figure Skating | Kaitlyn | Weaver | Toronto | ON |
Freestyle Skiing | Alex | Beaulieu-Marchand | Quebec City | QC |
Freestyle Skiing | Alex | Bellemare | Saint-Boniface | QC |
Freestyle Skiing | Noah | Bowman | Calgary | AB |
Freestyle Skiing | Simon | D’Artois | Whistler | BC |
Freestyle Skiing | Chris | Del Bosco | Montreal | QC |
Freestyle Skiing | Kevin | Drury | Toronto | ON |
Freestyle Skiing | Justine | Dufour-Lapointe | Montreal | QC |
Freestyle Skiing | Chloé | Dufour-Lapointe | Montreal | QC |
Freestyle Skiing | Dave | Duncan | London | ON |
Freestyle Skiing | Marc-Antoine | Gagnon | Terrebonne | QC |
Freestyle Skiing | Rosalind (Roz) | Groenewoud | Calgary | AB |
Freestyle Skiing | Teal | Harle | Campbell River | BC |
Freestyle Skiing | Dara | Howell | Huntsville | ON |
Freestyle Skiing | Lewis | Irving | Quebec City | QC |
Freestyle Skiing | Mikaël | Kingsbury | Deux-Montagnes | QC |
Freestyle Skiing | Kim | Lamarre | Lac Beauport | QC |
Freestyle Skiing | Catrine | Lavallée | Montreal | QC |
Freestyle Skiing | Brady | Leman | Calgary | AB |
Freestyle Skiing | Philippe | Marquis | Quebec City | QC |
Freestyle Skiing | Evan | McEachran | Oakville | ON |
Freestyle Skiing | Andi | Naude | Penticton | BC |
Freestyle Skiing | Brittany | Phelan | Mont-Tremblant | QC |
Freestyle Skiing | Mike | Riddle | Edmonton | AB |
Freestyle Skiing | Audrey | Robichaud | Quebec City | QC |
Freestyle Skiing | Olivier | Rochon | Gatineau | QC |
Freestyle Skiing | Kelsey | Serwa | Kelowna | BC |
Freestyle Skiing | Cassie | Sharpe | Comox | BC |
Freestyle Skiing | India | Sherret | Cranbrook | BC |
Freestyle Skiing | Marielle | Thompson | Whistler | BC |
Freestyle Skiing | Yuki | Tsubota | Whistler | BC |
Ice Hockey | Meghan | Agosta | Ruthven | ON |
Ice Hockey | René | Bourque | Lac La Biche | AB |
Ice Hockey | Bailey | Bram | Ste. Anne | MB |
Ice Hockey | Gilbert | Brulé | Edmonton | AB |
Ice Hockey | Emily | Clark | Saskatoon | SK |
Ice Hockey | MĂ©lodie | Daoust | Valleyfield | QC |
Ice Hockey | Ann-Renée | Desbiens | La Malbaie | QC |
Ice Hockey | Andrew | Ebbett | Vernon | BC |
Ice Hockey | Stefan | Elliott | Vancouver | BC |
Ice Hockey | Renata | Fast | Burlington | ON |
Ice Hockey | Laura | Fortino | Hamilton | ON |
Ice Hockey | Chay | Genoway | Morden | MB |
Ice Hockey | Cody | Goloubef | Oakville | ON |
Ice Hockey | Marc-André | Gragnani | Île-Bizard | QC |
Ice Hockey | Quinton | Howden | Oakbank | MB |
Ice Hockey | Haley | Irwin | Thunder Bay | ON |
Ice Hockey | Brianne | Jenner | Oakville | ON |
Ice Hockey | Rebecca | Johnston | Sudbury | ON |
Ice Hockey | Chris | Kelly | Toronto | ON |
Ice Hockey | Rob | Klinkhammer | Lethbridge | AB |
Ice Hockey | Brandon | Kozun | Calgary | AB |
Ice Hockey | Geneviève | Lacasse | Kingston | ON |
Ice Hockey | Brigette | Lacquette | Mallard | MB |
Ice Hockey | Maxim | Lapierre | Brossard | QC |
Ice Hockey | Jocelyne | Larocque | Ste. Anne | MB |
Ice Hockey | Chris | Lee | MacTier | ON |
Ice Hockey | Meaghan | Mikkelson | St-Albert | AB |
Ice Hockey | Maxim | Noreau | Montreal | QC |
Ice Hockey | Sarah | Nurse | Hamilton | ON |
Ice Hockey | Eric | O’Dell | Ottawa | ON |
Ice Hockey | Justin | Peters | Blyth | ON |
Ice Hockey | Marie-Philip | Poulin | Beauceville | QC |
Ice Hockey | Kevin | Poulin | Montreal | QC |
Ice Hockey | Mason | Raymond | Cochrane | AB |
Ice Hockey | Mat | Robinson | Calgary | AB |
Ice Hockey | Lauriane | Rougeau | Beaconsfield | QC |
Ice Hockey | Derek | Roy | Rockland | ON |
Ice Hockey | Jillian | Saulnier | Halifax | NS |
Ice Hockey | Ben | Scrivens | Spruce Grove | AB |
Ice Hockey | Natalie | Spooner | Scarborough | ON |
Ice Hockey | Laura | Stacey | Kleinburg | ON |
Ice Hockey | Karl | Stollery | Camrose | AB |
Ice Hockey | Shannon | Szabados | Edmonton | AB |
Ice Hockey | Christian | Thomas | Toronto | ON |
Ice Hockey | Blayre | Turnbull | Stellarton | NS |
Ice Hockey | Linden | Vey | Wakaw | SK |
Ice Hockey | Jennifer | Wakefield | Pickering | ON |
Ice Hockey | Wojtek | Wolski | Toronto | ON |
Long Track Speed Skating | Jordan | Belchos | Scarborough | ON |
Long Track Speed Skating | Ted-Jan | Bloemen | Calgary | AB |
Long Track Speed Skating | Ivanie | Blondin | Ottawa | ON |
Long Track Speed Skating | Alex | Boisvert-Lacroix | Sherbrooke | QC |
Long Track Speed Skating | Kali | Christ | Regina | SK |
Long Track Speed Skating | Vincent | De Haître | Cumberland | ON |
Long Track Speed Skating | Ben | Donnelly | Oshawa | ON |
Long Track Speed Skating | Laurent | Dubreuil | Levis | QC |
Long Track Speed Skating | Marsha | Hudey | White City | SK |
Long Track Speed Skating | Kaylin | Irvine | Calgary | AB |
Long Track Speed Skating | Olivier | Jean | Lachenaie | QC |
Long Track Speed Skating | Gilmore | Junio | Calgary | QC |
Long Track Speed Skating | Heather | McLean | Winnipeg | MB |
Long Track Speed Skating | Josie | Morrison | Kamloops | BC |
Long Track Speed Skating | Keri | Morrison | Burlington | ON |
Long Track Speed Skating | Denny | Morrison | Fort St. John | BC |
Long Track Speed Skating | Alexandre | St-Jean | Quebec City | QC |
Long Track Speed Skating | Brianne | Tutt | Airdrie | AB |
Long Track Speed Skating | Isabelle | Weidemann | Ottawa | ON |
Luge | Brooke | Apshkrum | Calgary | AB |
Luge | Samuel | Edney | Calgary | AB |
Luge | Alex | Gough | Calgary | AB |
Luge | Mitchel | Malyk | Calgary | AB |
Luge | Kimberley | McRae | Calgary | AB |
Luge | Justin | Snith | Calgary | AB |
Luge | Tristan | Walker | Cochrane | AB |
Luge | Reid | Watts | Whistler | BC |
Short Track Speed Skating | Kim | Boutin | Sherbrooke | QC |
Short Track Speed Skating | Kasandra | Bradette | St-FĂ©licien | QC |
Short Track Speed Skating | Charle | Cournoyer | Boucherville | QC |
Short Track Speed Skating | Pascal | Dion | Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles | QC |
Short Track Speed Skating | Samuel | Girard | Ferland-et-Boilleau | QC |
Short Track Speed Skating | François | Hamelin | Sainte-Julie | QC |
Short Track Speed Skating | Charles | Hamelin | Sainte-Julie | QC |
Short Track Speed Skating | Jamie | Macdonald | Fort St. James | BC |
Short Track Speed Skating | Valérie | Maltais | Saguenay (La Baie) | QC |
Short Track Speed Skating | Marianne | St-Gelais | St-FĂ©licien | QC |
Skeleton | Kevin | Boyer | Sherwood Park | AB |
Skeleton | Jane | Channell | North Vancouver | BC |
Skeleton | Dave | Greszczyszyn | Brampton | ON |
Skeleton | Barrett | Martineau | Calgary | AB |
Skeleton | Mirela | Rahneva | Ottawa | ON |
Skeleton | Elisabeth | Vathje | Calgary | AB |
Ski Jumping | Mackenzie | Boyd-Clowes | Calgary | AB |
Ski Jumping | Taylor | Henrich | Calgary | AB |
Snowboard | Jasey-Jay | Anderson | Mont-Tremblant | QC |
Snowboard | Zoe | Bergermann | Erin | ON |
Snowboard | Laurie | Blouin | Stoneham | QC |
Snowboard | Carle | Brenneman | Comox | BC |
Snowboard | Baptiste | Brochu | Saguenay | QC |
Snowboard | Tess | Critchlow | Kelowna | BC |
Snowboard | Darren | Gardner | Burlington | ON |
Snowboard | Eliot | Grondin | Ste-Marie | QC |
Snowboard | Kevin | Hill | Vernon | BC |
Snowboard | Elizabeth | Hosking | Longueuil | QC |
Snowboard | Calynn | Irwin | Toronto | ON |
Snowboard | Derek | Livingston | Aurora | ON |
Snowboard | Mark | McMorris | Regina | SK |
Snowboard | Tyler | Nicholson | North Bay | ON |
Snowboard | Mercedes | Nicoll | Whistler | BC |
Snowboard | Spencer | O’Brien | Courtenay | BC |
Snowboard | Meryeta | O’Dine | Prince George | BC |
Snowboard | Max | Parrot | Bromont | QC |
Snowboard | Chris | Robanske | Calgary | AB |
Snowboard | SĂ©bastien | Toutant | L’Assomption | QC |
Snowboard | Brooke | Voigt | Fort McMurray | AB |