Canada at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Canada at the
2026 Winter Paralympics
Flag of Canada
IPC codeCAN
NPCCanadian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ca
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
6 March 2026 (2026-03-06) – 15 March 2026 (2026-03-15)
Competitors46 (34 men and 12 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Tyler McGregor & Natalie Wilkie
Flag bearers (closing)Natalie Wilkie & Mark Ideson
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
8
Total
15
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)

Canada competed at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, which took place between 6–15 March 2026.

The four gold medals won by the Canadian team represented the lowest total since 1998 and meant the country finished outside the top five of the medal table for the first time since 2006, a span of 20 years.

Medallists

Main article: 2026 Winter Paralympics medal table
Multiple medallists
Name Sport Total
Natalie Wilkie Para biathlon / Para cross-country skiing 2 1 1 4
Kalle Ericsson
Guide: Sierra Smith		 Para alpine skiing 0 1 2 3
Mark Arendz Para biathlon / Para cross-country skiing 0 1 1 2

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Para alpine skiing 4 3 7
Para biathlon 6 6 12
Para cross-country skiing
Para ice hockey 17 0 17
Para snowboard 4 1 5
Wheelchair curling 3 2 5
Total 34 12 46

Para alpine skiing

Main article: Para alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Canada is scheduled to compete in para alpine skiing.

Men
Athlete Class Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kalle Ericsson
Guide: Sierra Smith 		AS2 Downhill, visually impaired N/a 1:18.33
Super-G, visually impaired N/a 1:13.29
Giant slalom, visually impaired 1:03.69 3 1:06.34 4 2:10.03 4
Slalom, visually impaired 46.4 3 44.81 3 1:31.26
Super combined, visually impaired 1:13.73 2 43.78 5 1:57.51 4
Alexis Guimond LW9–1 Downhill, standing N/a DNF
Super-G, standing N/a DNF
Giant slalom, standing 1:06.45 5 DNF
Kurt Oatway LW12–1 Downhill, sitting N/a 1:19.42
Super-G, sitting N/a DNF
Giant slalom, sitting DNF
Slalom, sitting 48.61 5 45.94 11 1:34.55 8
Super combined, sitting DNF
Brian Rowland LW11 Downhill, sitting N/a DNF
Super-G, sitting N/a DNF
Giant slalom, sitting 1:20.13 20 1:15.64 16 2:35.77 17
Women
Athlete Class Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Florence Carrier LW4 Giant slalom, standing 1:25.70 16 1:25.17 12 2:50.87 13
Slalom, standing 47.91 10 50.49 11 1:38.40 11
Michaela Gosselin LW6/8–1 Downhill, standing N/a 1:27.26 5
Super-G, standing N/a 1:22.99 9
Giant slalom, standing 1:18.10 10 1:19.98 8 2:38.08 8
Slalom, standing 44.05 3 45.14 5 1:29.19
Super combined, standing 1:23.86 9 49.33 7 2:13.19 7
Mollie Jepsen LW6/8–2 Downhill, standing N/a 1:26.10 4

Para biathlon

Main article: Para biathlon at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Canada is scheduled to compete in para biathlon.

Men
Athlete Class Event Qualification Final
Missed shots Time Rank Missed shots Time Rank
Mark Arendz LW6 Individual, standing N/a 1 (1+0+0+0) 30:52.5
Sprint, standing N/a 1 (1+0) 17:49.6 5
Sprint pursuit, standing 1 (1+0) 10:14.6 5 Q 1 (1+0) 11:13.0 4
Collin Cameron LW11.5 Individual, sitting N/a 1 (1+0+0+0) 37:26.4 7
Sprint, sitting N/a 1 (0+1) 21:18.9 11
Derek Zaplotinsky LW10.5 Individual, sitting N/a 6 (1+2+2+1) 45:20.3 24
Sprint, sitting N/a 2 (1+1) 22:15.6 14
Sprint pursuit, sitting 2 (0+2) 9:33.1 14 Q 5 (2+3) 13:40.0 20
Women
Athlete Class Event Qualification Final
Missed shots Time Rank Missed shots Time Rank
Brittany Hudak LW8 Individual, standing N/a 0 (0+0+0+0) 34:47.0 5
Sprint, standing N/a 0 (0+0) 19:43.3 6
Sprint pursuit, standing 1 (1+0) 11:34.8 8 Q 1 (0+1) 13:51.3 9
Maddie Mullin
Guide: Brooke Ailey 		NS3 Sprint, visually impaired N/a 2 (0+2) 24:50.0 10
Christina Picton LW12 Individual, sitting N/a 1 (0+0+1+0) 43:59.4 8
Sprint, sitting N/a 0 (0+0) 24:31.9 10
Natalie Wilkie LW8 Individual, standing N/a 0 (0+0+0+0) 33:01.8
Sprint, standing N/a 0 (0+0) 18:46.4
Sprint pursuit, standing 0 (0+0) 10:54.8 3 Q 0 (0+0) 12:18.0

Para cross-country skiing

Main article: Para cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Canada is scheduled to compete in para cross-country skiing. The team was officially named on January 30, 2026.[1]

Men
Athlete Class Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mark Arendz LW6 Sprint classical, standing 2:31.78 7 Q 3:06.9 2 Q 2:49.7 6
10 km classical, standing N/a 27:59.3
Jesse Bachinsky
Guide: Levi Nadlersmith 		NS1 Sprint classical, visually impaired 3:15.87 15 Did not advance
10 km classical, visually impaired N/a 34:19.0 11
20 km freestyle, visually impaired N/a 52:06.6 14
Collin Cameron LW11.5 Sprint, sitting 2:10.92 2 Q RAL 6 Did not advance
10 km, sitting N/a 24:43.2 6
20 km, sitting N/a 54:47.4 10
Logan Larivière
Guide: Joseph Hutton 		NS3 Sprint classical, visually impaired 3:05.24 12 Did not advance
10 km classical, visually impaired N/a 36:32.3 12
20 km freestyle, visually impaired N/a DNS
Leo Sammarelli LW10 Sprint, sitting 2:33.85 29 Did not advance
10 km, sitting N/a 30:39.4 26
20 km, sitting N/a 1:06:30.6 27
Derek Zaplotinsky LW10.5 10 km, sitting N/a 25:14.8 7
20 km, sitting N/a DNS
Women
Athlete Class Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Emma Archibald LW5/7 Sprint classical, standing 3:15.32 11 Q 3:53.0 4 Did not advance
10 km classical, standing N/a 35:26.8 6
20 km freestyle, standing N/a DNS
Lyne-Marie Bilodeau LW12 Sprint, sitting 3:09.70 17 Did not advance
10 km, sitting N/a 34:52.2 17
20 km, sitting N/a 1:20:51.2 15
Brittany Hudak LW8 10 km classical, standing N/a 32:01.0
20 km freestyle, standing N/a DNS
Maddie Mullin
Guide: Brooke Ailey 		NS3 Sprint classical, visually impaired 3:11.08 6 Q 3:41.4 3 Did not advance
10 km classical, visually impaired N/a 38:05.5 6
20 km freestyle, visually impaired N/a DNS
Christina Picton LW12 Sprint, sitting 2:50.10 11 Q 3:20.9 4 Did not advance
10 km, sitting N/a 30:11.6 12
20 km, sitting N/a 1:10:53.8 11
Natalie Wilkie LW8 Sprint classical, standing 2:53.08 1 Q 3:31.4 1 Q 3:40.2
20 km freestyle, standing N/a 51:18.0 6
Relay
Athletes Event Time Rank
Derek Zaplotinsky
Collin Cameron
Natalie Wilkie
Mark Arendz 		4 × 2.5km mixed relay 24:15.1 5
Logan Larivière
Guide: Joseph Hutton
Jesse Bachinsky
Guide: Levi Nadlersmith
Emma Archibald
Maddie Mullin
Guide: Brooke Ailey 		4 × 2.5km open relay 26:40.2 10

Para ice hockey

Main article: Para ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Canada qualified to participate in the Games after placing in the top 5 at the 2025 World Para Ice Hockey Championships.[2] The team was officially named on January 20, 2026.[3]

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal / Cl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Canada Mixed tournament  Slovakia
W 8–0 		 Japan
W 14–0 		 Czech Republic
W 4–1 		1 Q  China
W 4–2 		 United States
L 2–6
Group play
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 0 26 1 +25 9 Semifinals
2  Czechia 3 2 0 0 1 12 7 +5 6
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 6 17 −11 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Japan 3 0 0 0 3 3 22 −19 0
Source: Milano Cortina 2026
7 March 2026
20:35		Canada 8–0
(4–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 SlovakiaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 4,438
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoaliesEduard LepáčekReferee:
Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Pavel Blažek
Tony Rundström
Dunn (Cozzolino, Boily) – 06:461–0
Halbert – 09:202–0
McGregor (Hickey, Jacobs-Webb) – 10:113–0
Boily (Lavin) – 11:424–0
Hickey (McGregor) – 20:295–0
Dunn – 35:066–0
Boily (Armstrong, Dunn) – 38:557–0
Cozzolino (Hickey) (PP) – 42:318–0
2 minPenalties4 min
51Shots2
9 March 2026
20:35		Japan 0–14
(0–6, 0–3, 0–5)		 CanadaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 3,040
Game reference
Wataru HorieGoaliesAdam KingsmillReferee:
Jan Vaněk
Linesmen:
Tibor Fazekas
Brendan Lewis
0–100:39 – McGregor (Jacobs-Webb, Halbert)
0–203:45 – McGregor (Jacobs-Webb, Lavin)
0–307:25 – Cozzolino (Armstrong)
0–411:46 – Cozzolino (Boily)
0–512:21 – Halbert (Jacobs-Webb, McGregor)
0–613:53 – Dixon (Hickey, McGregor) (PP)
0–723:44 – Boily (Halbert, Armstrong) (PP)
0–824:30 – Halbert (Lelièvre)
0–929:53 – Cozzolino (Hickey)
0–1035:44 – Dunn (Boily, Cozzolino)
0–1137:12 – Hickey (McGregor, Halbert)
0–1239:44 – Halbert (Jacobs-Webb)
0–1340:57 – Dunn (Boily, Armstrong)
0–1442:45 – Halbert (Lelièvre)
12 minPenalties2 min
2Shots56
10 March 2026
17:05		Canada 4–1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 CzechiaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 1,361
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoaliesPatrik SedláčekReferee:
Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Marius Hermansen Oswold
Tony Rundström
Dunn (McGregor, Dixon) (PP) – 19:461–0
Boily (Jacobs-Webb) (PP) – 27:352–0
McGregor (Hickey, Cozzolino) (PP) – 31:573–0
3–133:48 – Hábl (Doležal, Zelinka) (PP)
Hickey (McGregor) (EN) – 44:504–1
12 minPenalties12 min
26Shots12
Semifinal
13 March 2026
19:05		Canada 4–2
(2–1, 0–1, 2–0)		 ChinaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 3,898
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoaliesWang WeiReferee:
Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Marius Hermansen Oswold
Tony Rundström
McGregor (Hickey, Cozzolino) (PP) – 06:051–0
McGregor (Hickey, Lelièvre) – 10:432–0
2–114:36 – Zhang (Shen, Tian) (PP)
2–215:55 – Tian (Wang Z., Shen) (PP)
Cozzolino (Lavin) – 38:533–2
Hickey (Jacobs-Webb, McGregor) – 40:484–2
8 minPenalties10 min
21Shots11
Final
15 March 2026
16:05		United States 6–2
(1–0, 2–1, 3–1)		 CanadaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 11,500
Game reference
Griffin LaMarreGoaliesCorbin WatsonReferee:
Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Dylan Dauphinee
Tony Rundström
Wallace (PP) – 08:391–0
1–116:45 – Hickey (McGregor, Cozzolino) (PP)
Beasley – 21:292–1
Wallace (Farmer) – 24:523–1
Wallace (Pauls) – 31:424–1
4–232:06 – Hickey
Farmer (Wallace) (SH) – 41:205–2
Roybal (SH, EN) – 41:296–2
6 minPenalties8 min
26Shots15

Para snowboard

Main article: Para snowboard at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Canada is scheduled to compete in para snowboarding.

Banked slalom
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Alex Massie Men's banked slalom, SB-LL2 1:00.94 59.48 59.48 10
Philippe Nadreau Men's banked slalom, SB-LL2 1:04.14 59.18 59.18 9
Chase Nicklin Men's banked slalom, SB-LL1 1:10.52 1:09.71 1:09.71 11
Tyler Turner Men's banked slalom, SB-LL1 1:02.40 1:00.66 1:00.66 6
Sandrine Hamel Women's banked slalom, SB-LL2 1:15.60 1:14.41 1:14.41 11
Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Qualification Pre-heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Seed Position Position Position Position Rank
Alex Massie Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL2 52.24 1:00.65 52.24 8 N/a 2 Q 2 Q 4 4
Philippe Nadreau Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL2 52.99 53.49 52.99 10 N/a 3 Did not advance
Chase Nicklin Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL1 1:20.44 1:14.84 1:14.84 15 N/a DNF Did not advance
Tyler Turner Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL1 52.26 51.72 51.72 1 N/a 1 Q 1 Q DSQ
Sandrine Hamel Women's snowboard cross, SB-LL2 1:09.48 DNS 1:09.48 10 3 N/a Did not advance

Wheelchair curling

Main article: Wheelchair curling at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Canada has qualified to compete in the wheelchair curling mixed team event.[4] Canada did not qualify for the mixed doubles event.[5]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mark Ideson
Jon Thurston
Ina Forrest
Collinda Joseph
Gil Dash 		Mixed team  ITA
W 9–8 		 GBR
W 5–4 		 NOR
W 9–2 		 LAT
W 11–1 		 CHN
W 9–4 		 SWE
W 6–5 		 SVK
W 9–6 		 KOR
W 6–3 		 USA
W 7–3 		1 Q  KOR
W 8–7 		 CHN
W 4–3

Mixed tournament

Final Round Robin Standings
Team Skip Pld W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC Qualification
 Canada Mark Ideson 9 9 0 – 71 36 36 26 2 19 68.2% 84.488 Playoffs
 China Wang Haitao 9 8 1 – 76 42 38 26 1 15 68.3% 83.350
 Sweden Viljo Petersson-Dahl 9 5 4 1–0 47 48 31 31 6 13 62.8% 98.125
 South Korea Yang Hui-tae 9 5 4 0–1 55 48 36 32 1 17 64.6% 90.525
 Norway Jostein Stordahl 9 4 5 1–0 41 55 28 31 2 12 58.3% 130.863
 Italy Egidio Marchese 9 4 5 0–1 52 53 32 27 0 15 60.6% 107.831
 Latvia Ojārs Briedis 9 3 6 2–0 45 67 27 33 0 12 50.2% 113.381
 Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš 9 3 6 1–1 42 56 26 37 1 13 51.9% 117.688
 United States Sean O'Neill 9 3 6 0–2 54 52 34 32 0 14 58.3% 72.156
 Great Britain Hugh Nibloe 9 1 8 – 40 66 26 39 0 7 55.7% 129.675
Source: Official website

Round robin
Canada had a bye in draws 1, 6 and 9.[6]

Draw 2
Saturday, March 7, 18:35

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) 🔨 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 8
 Canada (Ideson) 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 9

Draw 3
Sunday, March 8, 9:35

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Ideson) 🔨 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 5
 Great Britain (Nibloe) 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 4

Draw 4
Sunday, March 8, 18:35

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Ideson) 🔨 1 0 0 2 0 6 X X 9
 Norway (Stordahl) 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2

Draw 5
Monday, March 9, 9:35

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Ideson) 3 1 1 4 2 0 X X 11
 Latvia (Briedis) 🔨 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1

Draw 7
Tuesday, March 10, 9:35

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 4
 Canada (Ideson) 🔨 2 0 1 0 2 0 4 X 9

Draw 8
Tuesday, March 10, 18:35

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 5
 Canada (Ideson) 🔨 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 6

Draw 10
Wednesday, March 11, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 6
 Canada (Ideson) 🔨 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 9

Draw 11
Thursday, March 12, 13:35

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Ideson) 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 6
 South Korea (Yang) 🔨 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3

Draw 12
Thursday, March 12, 18:35

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Ideson) 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 X 7
 United States (O'Neill) 🔨 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Semifinal

Friday, March 13, 10:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Ideson) 🔨 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 8
 South Korea (Yang) 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 7
Final

Saturday, March 14, 15:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Ideson) 🔨 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4
 China (Wang) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3

See also

References

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  2. ^ Daignault, Louis (May 26, 2025). "Canada locks its spot for 2026 Paralympic Winter Games and semifinals at World Para Ice Hockey Championships". Canadian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on February 5, 2026. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
  3. ^ Campbell, Glen (January 20, 2026). "17 players named to Canada's para hockey team for Paralympic Games in Italy". CTV News. Archived from the original on February 5, 2026. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
  4. ^ Harrison, Doug (November 15, 2025). "Canada's curlers 1st team announced for 2026 Paralympic Winter Games". CBC Sports. Archived from the original on February 5, 2026. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
  5. ^ "Canada loses quarterfinal at wheelchair mixed doubles curling worlds, out of mix for 2026 Paralympics". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. March 15, 2025. Archived from the original on March 16, 2025. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  6. ^ "Results". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
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