These provinces are sending the most Canadian athletes to the Winter Olympics
Sporting fans across the globe are eagerly awaiting the Winter Olympics, which are set to get underway on Feb. 6.
These Games will be exciting for many reasons. One in particular, especially for Canadians, is that NHLers will be competing for the first time since 2014. That said, hockey is far from the only sport Canadians will have to look forward to.
There will be 207 athletes in total representing Canada at this year’s Olympics, all of whom will be looking to return home with medals. Here is a breakdown of which province all these outstanding athletes call home…
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The only three provinces and/or territories that won’t have any representation at the Games are Newfoundland, the Northwest Territories, and Prince Edward Island.
Leading the charge is Ontario, which boasts 58 athletes. Quebec is a close second at 49, while Alberta rounds out the top three with 46.
Three athletes ā hockey icons Drew Doughty (Ontario) and Sidney Crosby (Nova Scotia), as well as curler Brad Jacobs (Ontario) ā will be making their return to the Olympic stage for the first time since 2014.
Meanwhile, four sets of siblings will also be representing Canada at the Games. This includes cross-country skiers Jasmine and RĆ©mi Drolet (B.C.), long track speed skaters Daniel and Laura Hall (B.C.), freestyle skiers Hannah and Jared Schmidt (Ontario), and alpine skiers Brodie and Riley Seger (B.C.).
Both B.C. and Quebec will also have some bragging rights from the get-go, as Whistler’s Marielle Thompson and Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts’ MikaĆ«l Kingsbury will serve as Canada’s flag bearers.
Of the 207 athletes representing Canada, there are just two who were born outside the country. Deanna Stellato-Dudek, who will be the oldest figure skater competing at the Olympics since 1928, hails from Park Ridge, Illinois. She obtained Canadian citizenship in late 2024.
The other Canadian representative born outside the country is Dallas Stars’ Thomas Harley. The 24-year-old, who also represented Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off, was born in Syracuse, New York. Both of his parents are Canadian.