GATINEAU – Team Canada’s athletes inspire us on the world stage, showing us what hard work and determination can achieve. Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Physical Activity, detailed how Budget 2024 is stepping up support for Canada’s high-performance athletes, ensuring they have the tools they need to succeed. Through Budget 2024, the Government of Canada is investing $35 million …
GATINEAU – Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Physical Activity, has travelled to Paris, France to show support to Team Canada at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will take place from August 28 to September 8, with an estimated 4,400 athletes from 182 nations. A Team Canada delegation of 126 athletes will compete in 18 …
Paris – Paris Olympics 2024 was an incredibly successful Olympic Games for Team Canada, who walked away with 27 medals in total — 9 gold, 7 silver, and 11 bronze. The Closing Ceremony for Paris 2024 took place at Stade de France, the site of several of Team Canada’s Olympic medals! The Canadian contingent was led into the ceremony by …
Paris – When the Olympic Games were last held in Paris in 1924, Canadian athletes won four medals, none of which were gold. Now a century later, there are almost seven times as many medals on the board! There are all sorts of fun facts to be pulled from Team Canada’s success at the first Olympic Summer Games in eight years …
Ottawa – Canada has never won a medal in women’s tennis, and has only ever won one medal – a gold in men’s doubles at Sydney 2000 – but Leylah Annie Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu headline a new generation of Canadian women’s tennis, and look to make history on the clay courts in Paris. Paris 2024 will be the first appearance at an …
Ottawa – Team Canada shined at the Artistic Swimming World Cup circuit Super Final in Budapest, Hungary. The Canadian swimmers won three medals in the first two days of competition, and added to their haul Sunday with a bronze medal in the team free event. With 281.36 points, the Canadian swimmers were edged out by Mexico in second place (335.64) …
Ottawa – At Paris 2024, Team Canada will be competing in women’s water polo for the second straight Olympic Games. Seven of the athletes who were with the team at Tokyo 2020 are back for another Olympic appearance while six athletes will make their Olympic debut. Eleven team members were with Team Canada in the fall of 2023 as they took home the …
Ottawa – Media are invited to the official announcement of Team Canada competing at the next Invictus Games being held in Vancouver and Whistler, BC, in February 2025. The announcement will take place at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Kingston on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Team Canada’s 56-person contingent includes 22 serving members and 34 Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces who acquired …
Ottawa – With just over 50 days to go before Team Canada competes at Paris 2024, many Canadian athletes enjoyed a successful weekend as they head into the home stretch of Olympic qualification. The country’s newest sprint star, Audrey Leduc, took down her second national record in the last six weeks, while the consistency of shot putter Sarah Mitton was …
Trip further promotes Canada’s close relationship with largest trading partner New York City – François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, concluded a two-day visit to New York City as part of the Team Canada engagement strategy with the US. Minister Champagne met with Gary Cohn, Vice Chairman of IBM, to discuss ways Canada and the U.S. can work …
