Canada at the 2023 Pan American Games

Canada competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Canada's 18th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every Games since the second edition in 1955. In February 2023, Guadalajara 2011 and London 2012 weightlifting gold medallist Christine Girard was named as the country's Chef De Mission.

On October 12, 2023 a final team of 473 athletes (208 men and 265 women) competing in 36 sports was confirmed by the Canadian Olympic Committee. A total of 235 coaches and support staff will also accompany the team. This number was later reduced to 469 (207 men and 262 women) after four athletes withdrew from the team.

Beach volleyball athletes Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, gold medalists at the games breakdancer Philip Kim (Phil Wizard) and sprint canoeist Katie Vincent were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

The Canadian team finished with 164 medals, including 46 gold. Both numbers represent the second highest at a single non-hosted edition of the games. This placed Canada in fourth on the medal table, third in terms overall medals.

The Canadian team did not compete in the sports of baseball, basketball, basque pelota, football (soccer) and volleyball.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
 * One alternate in each water polo team is not included in the overall count. Both alternates did end up competing for their respective teams.

Medallists
The following Canadian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.


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Archery
Canada qualified eight archers during the 2022 Pan American Archery Championships. The official team of eight athletes (five men and three women) was named on October 2, 2023.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Athletics (track and field)
Canada qualified 27 athletes (13 men and 14 women). The final team was named on September 21, 2023. Tatiana Aholou, Adam Keenan, Myles Misener-Daley and Grace Fetherstonhaugh were later withdrawn, while Kiana Gibson as added, making the final teams size 24 athletes (11 men and 13 women). Misener-Daley declined his invitation after confusion over selection and wanting to be ready for the 2024 Summer Olympics.


 * Key
 * Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
 * Q = Qualified for the next round
 * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
 * NR = National record
 * GR = Games record
 * PB = Personal best
 * NM = No mark
 * N/A = Round not applicable for the event
 * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round


 * Track and road events
 * Men


 * Women


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Artistic swimming
Canada automatically qualified a full team of nine artistic swimmers. The team was officially named on September 19, 2023.

Badminton
Canada qualified a total of ten badminton athletes (five per gender). Canada qualified two athletes through the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia (Brian Yang and Rachel Chan). A further eight quotas were earned by Canadian athletes, by finishing first overall in the Pan American Games ranking. The official team of ten athletes (five per gender) was named on September 22, 2023.

Men

Women

Mixed

Beach volleyball
Canada qualified four beach volleyball athletes (one pair per gender), by being ranked in the top three of the FIVB Beach World rankings as of June 30, 2023. The team was officially named on September 20, 2023.

Bowling
Canada qualified two men through the 2022 PABCON Champion of Champions held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team of two bowlers was officially named on September 5, 2023.

Boxing
Canada qualified 12 boxers through the Pan American Qualification tournament. Since the boxing tournament was open entry due to its status as an Olympic qualifier, Boxing Canada entered boxers in all 13 events. The full team of 13 boxers (seven men and six women) was officially named on September 14, 2023.


 * Men


 * Women

Breaking
Canada qualified four break-dancers (two per gender). The official team of four athletes was named on August 25, 2023.

Slalom
Canada qualified a total of three slalom athletes (one man and two women). After reallocations, Canada earned two additional quotas (one man and one woman) for a total of five spots (two men and three women). The team was officially named on June 28, 2023.


 * Kayak cross
 * Only one per country could advance to the next round.

Sprint
Canada qualified a total of 18 sprint athletes (nine men and nine women). The final team of 18 athletes (nine per gender) was named on September 28, 2023.


 * Men


 * Women

Cycling
Canada qualified a total of 30 cyclists (15 men and 15 women). A final team of 26 cyclists were named to the team (13 per gender).

BMX
Canada qualified four BMX racers (two men and two women) through the UCI World Rankings.


 * Racing

Mountain biking
Canada qualified four mountain bikers at the 2023 Pan American Championships.

Road
Canada qualified four road cyclists (two per gender) at the Pan American Championships. Some cyclists will compete in both the road and track disciplines.

Track
Canada qualified a team of 18 track cyclists (nine men and nine women). A team of 16 was named (eight per gender, with some also competing in the road events). On October 12, 2023, it was announced Erin Attwell was replaced by Kiara Lylyk.


 * Sprint


 * Pursuit
 * Ernst competed in the qualification round and received a medal


 * Keirin


 * Madison


 * Omnium

Diving
Canada qualified nine divers (four men and five women). The team was officially named on August 22, 2023. Benjamin Tessier was later added to the team, bringing the team size to ten divers (five per gender), but ultimately did not compete.


 * Men


 * Women

Equestrian
Canada qualified a full team of four riders in dressage, eventing and show-jumping based on FEI world rankings released on September 11, 2023. The official team of 12 equestrians (three men and nine women) was named on October 4, 2023.

Fencing
Canada qualified a full team of 18 fencers (nine men and nine women), after all six teams finished at least in the top seven at the 2022 Pan American Fencing Championships in Ascuncion, Paraguay. The official team was named on September 6, 2023. On October 12, 2023, it was announced Bogdan Hamilton was replaced by Patrick Liu.


 * Individual
 * Men

!;Women


 * Team

Field hockey
Key:
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.


 * Summary

Men's tournament
Canada qualified a men's team (of 16 athletes) by finishing 3rd at the 2022 Pan American Cup.

The team roster of 16 athletes was named on September 26, 2023.
 * Roster


 * Brenden Bissett
 * Fin Boothroyd
 * Sam Cabral
 * Taylor Curran
 * Sean Davis
 * Brendan Guraliuk
 * Thomson Harris
 * Gordon Johnston
 * James Kirkpatrick
 * Ethan McTavish
 * Devohn Noronha-Teixeira
 * Balraj Panesar
 * Keegan Pereira
 * Matthew Sarmento
 * Oliver Scholfield
 * Floris van Son


 * Preliminary round


 * Semifinals


 * Bronze medal match

Women's tournament
Canada qualified a women's team (of 16 athletes) by finishing 3rd at the 2022 Pan American Cup.

The team roster of 16 athletes was named on September 26, 2023.
 * Roster


 * Jordyn Faiczak
 * Kenzie Girgis
 * Sara Goodman
 * Rowan Harris
 * Karli Johansen
 * Kathleen Leahy
 * Sam McCrory
 * Sara McManus
 * Anna Mollenhauer
 * Thora Rae
 * Audrey Sawers
 * Melanie Scholz
 * Natalie Sourisseau
 * Madison Thompson
 * Chloe Walton
 * Elise Wong


 * Preliminary round


 * Semifinals


 * Bronze medal match

Golf
Canada qualified a full team of four golfers (two men and two women). The team was officially announced on September 26, 2023.

Gymnastics
Canada's team of 21 gymnasts (seven men and 14 women) was officially named on September 27, 2023.

Artistic
Canada qualified a team of ten gymnasts in artistic (five men and five women) at the 2023 Pan American Championships.

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final
 * Men
 * Team & Individual Qualification


 * Individual Finals

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final
 * Women
 * Team & Individual Qualification


 * Individual Finals

Rhythmic
Canada qualified two individual gymnasts and five gymnasts for the group event in rhythmic.


 * Individual


 * Group

Trampoline
Canada qualified four gymnasts in trampoline (two men and two women) at the 2023 Pan American Championships.


 * Men


 * Women

Handball

 * Summary

Women's tournament
Canada qualified a women's team (of 14 athletes) by winning the USA-CAN Qualifying Round. The final roster was named on August 31, 2023.

Canada's roster of 14 athletes was officially named on August 31, 2023. On October 12, 2023, it was announced Maksi Pallas was replaced by Katya Chan.
 * Roster


 * Nassima Benhacine
 * Teodora Bosonea
 * Katya Chan
 * Vassilia Gagnon
 * Samantha Koosau
 * Laurie Lacasse
 * Rosali Langlois
 * Myriam Laplante
 * Catherine Léger
 * Audrey Marcoux
 * Alexandra Pivin
 * Émily Routhier
 * Haven Wong
 * Myriam Zimmer


 * Preliminary round


 * Fifth to eighth place semifinals


 * Seventh place match

Judo
Canada has qualified 8 judokas (six men and two women). The official team of eight athletes was named on October 2, 2023. Alexandre Arencibia later withdrew from the team and was not replaced. This meant the team dropped to seven judoka (five men and two women).


 * Men


 * Women

Karate
Canada qualified a total of six karatekas (one man and five women). Yamina Lahyanssa qualified through the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, two athletes through the 2023 North American Cup and the remaining three through the 2023 Pan American Championships qualifying event. The team was officially named on July 14, 2023. The six qualified athletes marked the most karatekas Canada has sent to an edition of the Pan American Games. Hana Furumoto-Deshaies did not compete as her arm injury did not recover in time for the games. All her matches were forfeited.


 * Kumite


 * Kata

Modern pentathlon
Canada qualified four modern pentathletes (two men and two women). Canada was later reallocated a women's quota spot. The final team of five athletes (two men and three women) was officially named on September 27, 2023.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Racquetball
Canada qualified four racquetball athletes (two men and two women). Canada's team of four athletes was officially named on August 1, 2023.

Men

Women

Mixed

Skateboarding
Canada qualified a team of four athletes (two men and two women) in skateboarding. The team was officially named on August 30, 2023.

Rowing
Canada qualified a team of 15 athletes (seven men and eight women) along with a coxswain. The final team of 16 athletes (seven men and nine women) was named on September 27, 2023.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Rugby sevens

 * Summary

Men's tournament
Canada men's team is automatically qualified to the Pan American Games.

The team roster of 12 athletes was named on October 3, 2023.
 * Roster


 * Phil Berna
 * Jack Carson
 * Elias Ergas
 * Ethan Hager
 * Elias Hancock
 * Thomas Isherwood
 * Lockie Kratz
 * Matt Percillier
 * David Richard
 * Alex Russell
 * Kal Sager
 * Jake Thiel

Pool stage

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Women's tournament
Canada women's team is automatically qualified to the Pan American Games.

The team roster of 12 athletes was named on October 3, 2023.
 * Roster


 * Alysha Corrigan
 * Caroline Crossley
 * Chloe Daniels
 * Olivia De Couvreur
 * Asia Hogan-Rochester
 * Eden Kilgour
 * Piper Logan
 * Breanne Nicholas
 * Carissa Norsten
 * Lucie Romeo
 * Shalaya Valenzuela
 * Charity Williams

Pool stage

Semifinal

Gold medal match

Sailing
Canada qualified 10 boats for a total of 15 sailors. Sailors were qualified to be nominated to the team in February, March and April 2023. The full team of 15 sailors (seven men and eight women) was officially named on September 20, 2023.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Shooting
Canada qualified a total of 16 quota spots (shooters) at the 2022 Americas Shooting Championships. The final team was named on September 22, 2023 and consisted of 14 sport shooters (six men and eight women). Canada declined a spot in the men's trap event and Lindsay Boddez was scheduled to double up in the women's trap and skeet events.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Softball
Canada qualified a team by virtue of its campaign at the 2022 Pan American Championships.


 * Summary

The team roster of 16 athletes was named on June 22, 2023.
 * Roster


 * Dawn Bodrug
 * Rylie Crane
 * Emma Entzminger
 * Larissa Franklin
 * Sara Groenewegen
 * Kelsey Harshman
 * Zoe Hicks
 * Kianna Jones
 * Janet Leung
 * Grace Messmer
 * Callum Pilgrim
 * Erika Polidori
 * Morgan Rackel
 * Morgan Reimer
 * Nicole Rivait
 * Natalie Wideman


 * Preliminary round


 * Super round


 * Bronze medal match

Sport climbing
Canada qualified ten sport climbers (six men and four women) in the inaugural appearance of the sport at the Pan American Games. The official team of ten athletes was named on August 29, 2023. Canada finished the games with one bronze medal by Alannah Yip in the women's boulder & lead event. This marked the country's first ever Pan American Games medal in the sport.

Boulder & lead

Speed

Squash
Canada qualified a full team of six athletes (three men and three women) through the 2023 Pan American Squash Championships. The team was officially named on August 30, 2023. On October 12, 2023, it was announced Danielle Letourneau was replaced by Nikole Todd.

Men

Women

Mixed

Surfing
Canada qualified eight surfers (three men and five women). However, surfer Erin Brooks could not compete for Canada due to not receive Canadian citizenship in time. The official team of seven surfers (three men and four women) was named on October 4, 2023.


 * Artistic


 * Race

Swimming
On April 6, 2023 Swimming Canada announced the pool team of 36 athletes (18 per gender), representing the maximum team size. This was the first full team officially named to Canada's Pan American Games team. The team was named based on results at the 2023 Canadian Swimming Trials held in Toronto. The team has a mix of young and experienced swimmers, who are using the event as preparation for the 2024 Summer Olympics. A total of 11 former Olympians, including Olympic Gold medalist Maggie MacNeil were named to the team. On April 17, 2023, the open water swimming team was named to the games after the Canadian trials held on April 14, 2023 in the Cayman Islands. As part of the announcement it was announced pool swimmers Ben Miller and Rebecca Smith withdrew from the team and were replaced with Kevin Zhang and Julie Brousseau respectively. Benjamin Cote will compete in both disciplines, meaning the team size for swimming is 38 athletes (19 per gender). On October 12, 2023, it was announced Abby Dunford was replaced by Bailey O’Regan. Katrina Bellio, Ella Varga and Mabel Zavaros were on the preliminary team announcement, but were not named in the final team by the Canadian Olympic Committee. This mean the final team size was 35 athletes (19 men and 16 women).


 * Key
 * Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
 * NR – National record
 * FA – Qualified for Final A
 * FB – Qualified for Final B

* Swimmers who raced only in the heats, but received medals.
 * Men

* Swimmers who raced only in the heats, but received medals.
 * Women

* Swimmers who raced only in the heats, but received medals.
 * Mixed

Table tennis
Canada qualified a full team of six athletes (three men and three women) through the 2023 Pan American Games selection tournament held in Toronto, Ontario. The final team was named on July 19, 2023.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Taekwondo
Canada qualified 9 athletes (five men and four women) during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament. The team of nine athletes was officially named on May 1, 2023.

Kyorugi
 * Men


 * Women

Poomsae

Tennis
Canada qualified four tennis players (one man and three women). The team was officially named on October 4, 2023. Later Stacey Fung and Carol Zhao withdrew from the team, reducing the team size to two athletes (one male and one female).

Triathlon
Canada qualified a team of four triathletes (two men and two women) after finishing third at the 2023 Pan American Mixed Relays Championship. Canada also qualified one additional male and female quota, for a final team size of six athletes (three per gender). The team was officially named on September 14, 2023. The team named was a developmental team.


 * Individual


 * Relay

Water polo

 * Summary

Men's tournament
Canada automatically qualified a men's team (of 12 athletes).

Canada's roster of 12 athletes was officially named on September 28, 2023. Bryant Jourdie was the alternate and competed at the event.
 * Roster


 * Jérémie Blanchard
 * Nicolas Constantin-Bicari
 * Jérémie Côté
 * Bogdan Djerkovic
 * Reuel D’Souza
 * Aleksa Gardijan
 * Leo Hachem
 * Matthew Halajian
 * Brody McKnight
 * Jason O’Donnell
 * Gaelan Patterson
 * Milan Radenovic


 * Preliminary round


 * Quarterfinals


 * Semifinals


 * Bronze medal match

Women's tournament
Canada automatically qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes).

Canada's roster of 12 athletes was officially named on September 28, 2023. Daphne Guevremont was the alternate and competed at the event.
 * Roster


 * Verica Bakoc
 * Serena Browne
 * Floranne Carroll
 * Axelle Crevier
 * Jessica Gaudreault
 * Rae Lekness
 * Elyse Lemay-Lavoie
 * Blaire McDowell
 * Hayley McKelvey
 * Kindred Paul
 * Clara Vulpisi
 * Emma Wright


 * Preliminary round


 * Quarterfinals


 * Semifinals


 * Gold medal match

Water skiing
Canada qualified two wakeboarders (one of each gender) during the 2022 Pan American Championship. Canada also qualified four water skiers during the 2022 Pan American Water skiing Championship. The team of six athletes (two men and four women) was officially named on September 15, 2023.


 * Waterski and Wakeboard
 * Men


 * Women


 * Water ski Overall

Weightlifting
Canada qualified six weightlifters (three per gender). The final team of six weightlifters was officially named on September 25, 2023.


 * Men


 * Women

Wrestling
Canada qualified 11 wrestlers (six men and five women) through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships and the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships. Canada's team of 11 athletes was officially named on August 3, 2023. Later Lachlan McNeil, Darthe Capellan, Ana Godinez and Amar Dhesi all withdrew from the team, bringing the team size down to seven wrestlers (three men and four women). Justina Di Stasio and Alex Moore were also replaced by Shauna Kuebeck and Hunter Lee respectively due to injury. The Canadian wrestling team finished with five medals, one silver and four bronze.


 * Men


 * Women

Basketball
Canada qualified a men's team (of 12 athletes) by finishing fourth in the 2022 FIBA Americup. However, the spot was declined. Canada qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) after finishing third at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. However, the spot was declined. Canada also qualified both 3x3 teams, but neither team was sent.

Football (soccer)
Canada qualified a women's team of 18 athletes by finishing 2nd in the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship. However, the team was withdrawn and did compete, after Soccer Canada cited 'scheduling issues'.

Volleyball
Canada's men's team qualified for the games, however did not compete.