List of flag bearers for Canada at the Olympics

Canada at the
Olympics
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca (in English and French)
Medals
Gold
157
Silver
189
Bronze
232
Total
578
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games
Clara Hughes at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Hubert Brooks at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Canada at the 1912 Summer Olympics

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Canada at the Olympics.[1][2][3]

Opening ceremonies

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

# Event year Season Flag bearer Sport Ref.
1 1908 Summer Ed Archibald Athletics
2 1912 Summer Duncan Gillis Athletics
[NB 1] 1916 Summer none Cancelled due to World War I
3 1920 Summer Archie McDiarmid Athletics
4 1924 Winter Ernie Collett Hockey
5 1924 Summer Hec Phillips Athletics
6 1928 Winter John Porter Hockey
7 1928 Summer Joseph Wright Jr. Rowing
8 1932 Winter Hack Simpson Hockey
9 1932 Summer George Maughan Boxing
10 1936 Winter Walter Kitchen Hockey
11 1936 Summer Jim Worrall Athletics
[NB 1] 1940 Winter none Cancelled due to World War II
[NB 1] 1940 Summer
[NB 1] 1944 Winter
[NB 1] 1944 Summer
12 1948 Winter Hubert Brooks Hockey
13 1948 Summer Bob McFarlane Athletics
14 1952 Winter Gordon Audley Speed skating
15 1952 Summer Bill Parnell Athletics
16 1956 Winter Norris Bowden Figure skating
17 1956 Summer Bob Steckle Wrestling
18 1960 Winter Robert Paul Figure skating
19 1960 Summer Carl Schwende Fencing
20 1964 Winter Ralf Olin Speed skating
21 1964 Summer Gil Boa Shooting
22 1968 Winter Nancy Greene Alpine skiing
23 1968 Summer Roger Jackson Rowing
24 1972 Winter Karen Magnussen Figure skating
25 1972 Summer Douglas Rogers Judo
26 1976 Winter Dave Irwin Alpine skiing
27 1976 Summer Abby Hoffman Athletics
28 1980 Winter Ken Read Alpine skiing
[NB 2] 1980 Summer Sue Holloway Canoe sprint [4]
29 1984 Winter Gaétan Boucher Speed skating
30 1984 Summer Alex Baumann[5] Swimming
31 1988 Winter Brian Orser Figure skating
32 1988 Summer Carolyn Waldo Synchronized swimming
33 1992 Winter Sylvie Daigle Short track speed skating
34 1992 Summer Mike Smith Athletics
35 1994 Winter Kurt Browning Figure skating
36 1996 Summer Charmaine Crooks Athletics
37 1998 Winter Jean-Luc Brassard Freestyle skiing
38 2000 Summer Caroline Brunet Kayak racing
39 2002 Winter Catriona Le May Doan Speed skating
40 2004 Summer Nicolas Gill Judo
41 2006 Winter Danielle Goyette Hockey
42 2008 Summer Adam van Koeverden Kayaking
43 2010 Winter Clara Hughes Speed skating [6]
44 2012 Summer Simon Whitfield Triathlon [7]
45 2014 Winter Hayley Wickenheiser Hockey [8]
46 2016 Summer Rosannagh MacLennan Gymnastics [9]
47 2018 Winter Tessa Virtue Figure skating [10]
Scott Moir
48 2020 Summer Miranda Ayim Basketball [11]
Nathan Hirayama Rugby sevens
49 2022 Winter Marie-Philip Poulin Hockey [12]
Charles Hamelin Short track speed skating
50 2024 Summer Maude Charron Weightlifting [13]
Andre De Grasse Athletics

Closing ceremonies

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Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games.

# Event year Season Flag bearer Sport Ref
? 1952 Winter
? 1952 Summer
17 1956 Winter André Bertrand Alpine skiing [14]
? 1956 Summer
19 1960 Winter Robert Paul Figure skating [15]
20 1960 Summer Sig Ohlemann Athletics [16]
? 1964 Winter
? 1964 Summer
? 1968 Winter
24 1968 Summer Ralph Hutton Swimming [17]
? 1972 Winter
26 1972 Summer Jim Elder Equestrian [18]
27 1976 Winter Cathy Priestner Speed skating [19]
28 1976 Summer Greg Joy Athletics [20]
29 1980 Winter Sylvia Burka Speed skating [21]
[NB 3] 1980 Summer none Canada boycotted this Olympics
30 1984 Winter Robert Wilson Bobsleigh [22]
31 1984 Summer Linda Thom Shooting [23][24]
32 1988 Winter Karen Percy Alpine skiing [25]
33 1988 Summer Lennox Lewis Boxing
34 1992 Winter Nathalie Lambert Short track speed skating
24 1992 Summer Silken Laumann Rowing [26]
35 1994 Winter Myriam Bedard Biathlon
36 1996 Summer Marnie McBean
Kathleen Heddle		 Rowing [27]
37 1998 Winter Catriona Le May Doan Speed skating
38 2000 Summer Simon Whitfield Triathlon
39 2002 Winter Jamie Salé
David Pelletier		 Figure skating [28]
40 2004 Summer Adam van Koeverden Kayak racing
41 2006 Winter Cindy Klassen Speed skating
42 2008 Summer Karen Cockburn Trampolining
43 2010 Winter Joannie Rochette Figure skating
44 2012 Summer Christine Sinclair Football (soccer)
45 2014 Winter Kaillie Humphries
Heather Moyse		 Bobsleigh [29]
46 2016 Summer Penny Oleksiak Swimming
47 2018 Winter Kim Boutin Short track speed skating
48 2020 Summer Damian Warner Decathlon
49 2022 Winter Isabelle Weidemann Long-track speed skating [30]
50 2024 Summer Ethan Katzberg Athletics [31]
Summer McIntosh Swimming

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e This Olympics was cancelled due to war
  2. ^ Canada boycotted this Olympics, so Sue Holloway, although selected, did not participate in the Parade of Nations
  3. ^ As Canada boycotted this Olympics, no flagbearer was selected.

References

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  1. ^ Canada. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Canadian Olympic Flag Bearers". TSN. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  3. ^ "Flagbearers for Spain". olympedia.org. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  4. ^ "Photos: 50 years of Canada's Summer Olympics flag bearers". Vancouver Sun.
  5. ^ "Los Angeles 1984". Team Canada - Official 2018 Olympic Team Website. August 10, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  6. ^ "Canada's 2010 Flag Bearer Clara Hughes Will Lead Team of 206 Athletes into Vancouver 2010". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. January 29, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  7. ^ Kim, Paula (July 12, 2012). "Simon Whitfield named Canadian Olympic flag bearer for London 2012 Opening Ceremony". World Triathlon. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  8. ^ Ng, Callum (January 23, 2014). "Five-time Olympian Hayley Wickenheiser chosen as Canada's flag bearer". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  9. ^ Hossain, Asif (July 21, 2016). "MacLennan to lead Team Canada as flag bearer at Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  10. ^ "The Flagbearers for the PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  11. ^ "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  12. ^ Dichter, Myles (February 2, 2022). "Hockey captain Poulin, speed skater Hamelin to carry Canadian flag into Beijing Olympics". CBC Sports. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  13. ^ "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  14. ^ "André Bertrand". Olympedia. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  15. ^ "Robert Paul". Olympedia. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  16. ^ "Sig Ohlemann". Olympedia. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  17. ^ "Ralph Hutton". Olympedia. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  18. ^ "1972 Munich". Canadian Olympic Committee. 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  19. ^ "1976 Innsbruck". Canadian Olympic Committee. 2013.
  20. ^ Gary Kingston (August 8, 2012). "'76 Olympian Greg Joy happy to see 'complete set' for Canadian high jumpers". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  21. ^ "Sylvia Burka". Olympedia. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  22. ^ "1984 Sarajevo". Canadian Olympic Committee. 2013.
  23. ^ "1984 Los Angeles: Linda Thom - Did You Know?". Olympic Magazine. CBC Digital Archives. July 1, 2004. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  24. ^ Mike Rabun (August 14, 1984). "Golden Games end with glitter". Ottawa Citizen. United Press International. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  25. ^ Lindsey Craig (February 28, 2010). "Rochette, Bilodeau could carry flag on Sunday". July 29, 2012. CBC Sports.
  26. ^ Andrew Bucholtz (July 5, 2012). "Silken Laumann's inspiring comeback from a gruesome leg injury". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  27. ^ Canadian Press (August 17, 2000). "Association says Brunet was "first" choice". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  28. ^ "James Worrall Flag Bearer Award". Petro-Canada. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  29. ^ "Humphries and Moyse named Canada's flag bearers for Olympic closing ceremony | Globalnews.ca". February 23, 2014.
  30. ^ "Weidemann to be Team Canada's Closing Ceremony flag bearer at Beijing 2022". February 19, 2022.
  31. ^ Lowrie, Morgan (August 11, 2024). "Summer McIntosh, Ethan Katzberg named flag-bearers". Global News. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Press. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
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