Canada at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Canada competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, in Buenos Aires, Argentina from October 6th to 18th.

The Canadian team consisted of 71 athletes competing in 20 sports and was officially named on September 25, 2018. It was announced on October 4, 2018, that Canada received an additional reallocated spot in boxing, meaning the total team size was 72 athletes (33 men and 39 women).

On October 3, 2018, trampolinist Jérémy Chartier was named as the flag bearer during the opening ceremony.

All nations can qualify only a maximum of one team sport per gender and Canada chose men's field hockey and women's rugby sevens.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Medallists
Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.


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Archery
Canada qualified one boy.


 * Individual


 * Team

Athletics (track and field)
Canada qualified 15 athletes (five boys and ten girls). This marks Canada's largest track and field team at the Youth Olympics.


 * Boys
 * Evan Burke – 3000 m
 * Adam Exley – 110 m hurdles
 * Joakim Généreux – 200 m
 * Lucas Woodhall – Shot put
 * Skyler York – 2000 m steeplechase


 * Girls
 * Mérédith Boyer – 2000 m steeplechase
 * Dolly Gabri – Discus
 * Olivia Gee – 100 m hurdles
 * Kendra Lewis – 1500 m
 * Julia Lovsin – 400 m hurdles
 * Jasneet Nijjar – 400 m
 * Donna Ntambue – 100 m
 * Cameron Ormond – 3000 m
 * Princess Roberts – 200 m
 * Alexzandra Throndson – Pole vault

Badminton
Canada qualified one boy based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.


 * Boy


 * Team

Beach volleyball
Canada received a reallocated spot to enter a girls team of two athletes.


 * Girls

Boxing
Canada received a reallocated spot to enter a boy. Canada later received another reallocated spot to send an additional male athlete.


 * Boys

Dancesport
Canada qualified two dancers based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.


 * Individual

Fencing
Canada qualified three fencers (one male and two female).


 * Individual


 * Team

Field hockey
Canada qualified a boys' team of nine athletes after a bronze medal finish at the Pan American qualification event in Guadalajara, Mexico in March 2018. The team was officially named on September 12, 2018.

Boys' tournament

 * Roster


 * Amraaz Dhillon
 * Arjun Hothi
 * Brendan Guraliuk
 * Ethan McTavish
 * Ganga Singh
 * Isaac Farion
 * Joshua Kuempel
 * Rowan Childs
 * Shazab Butt


 * Pool B


 * 9th place match

Golf
Canada qualified one boy and one girl.


 * Individual


 * Team

Gymnastics
Canada qualified four gymnasts (two boys and two girls). The team was officially named on August 31, 2018.

Artistic
Canada qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.


 * Boys'
 * Individual Qualification


 * Individual Finals


 * Girls
 * Individual Qualification


 * Individual Finals

Rhythmic
Canada qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.


 * Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota (Natalie Garcia)

Trampoline
Canada qualified one gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.


 * Boys' trampoline - 1 quota (Jérémy Chartier)

Judo
Canada qualified the maximum team size of one boy and one girl. Both athletes have to compete in one weight category higher as their weight category is not represented in the Youth Olympics.


 * Individual


 * Team

Rowing
Canada qualified one girls in the women's single sculls after being ranked in the top 8 (among eligible nations) at the 2017 World Championships in Trakai, Lithuania. The rower representing Canada was officially announced on September 10, 2018.


 * Girls
 * Single sculls - 1 quota (Grace VandenBroek)

Rugby sevens
Canada qualified a girls' team of twelve athletes after winning the North American qualification event in Las Vegas in March 2018. Canada's 12 women roster was named on August 29, 2018.

Girls' tournament

 * Roster


 * Delaney Aikens
 * Taylor Black
 * Kendra Cousineau
 * Hunter Czeppel
 * Olivia De Couvreur
 * Brooklynn Feasby
 * Lizzie Gibson 
 * Madison Grant
 * Carmen Izyk
 * Aleisha Lewis
 * Maggie Mackinnon
 * Keyara Wardley


 * Pool A


 * Bronze medal match

Shooting
Canada qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the American Qualification Tournament.


 * Individual


 * Team

Sport climbing
Canada received a reallocated quota to send a girl.


 * Girls' combined - 1 quota (Cat Carkner)

Swimming
Canada's swimming team of eight athletes (four per gender) was announced on April 9, 2018. Canada qualified a full quota of eight athletes. However, changes were made which removed gold medal favourites Gabe Mastromatteo and Margaret MacNeil, along with Alexander Pratt off the team. They were removed and replaced, because they were not available for the games.


 * Boys


 * Girls


 * Mixed relays

Taekwondo
Canada qualified one boy at the qualification event in April 2018 in Tunisia.


 * Boys

Triathlon
Canada qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 American Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.


 * Individual


 * Relay

Wrestling
Canada received two reallocated quota spots (one boy and one girl).

Key:
 * VT - Victory by Fall.
 * PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
 * PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.


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