Canada at the 2023 Pan American Games
Canada is scheduled to compete 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. The Canadian team will not compete in the sports of baseball, basketball, basque pelota and football (soccer) at these games. Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline. Medallists

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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 Tatiana Aholou, Adam Keenan, Myles Misener-Daley and Grace Fetherstonhaugh were later withdrawn, while Kiana Gibson as added, making the final teams size 24 athletes (11 men and 13 women).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
DNF = Did not finish
NM = No mark
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track and road events

Women
Track and road events

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. Men
Philip Kim
Onton See

Women
Tiffany Leung
Emma Misak

Canoeing

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 ultimatley 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. Dressage

Eventing

Jumping

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

Summary

Men's tournament

Canada qualified a men's team (of 16 athletes) by finishing 3rd at the 2022 Pan American Cup. Roster
The team roster of 16 athletes was named on September 26, 2023. 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

Group B

Semifinals

Women's tournament

Canada qualified a women's team (of 16 athletes) by finishing 3rd at the 2022 Pan American Cup. Roster
The team roster of 16 athletes was named on September 26, 2023. 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

Group B

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. Men
Team final & individual qualification

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Individual finals

Women
Team final & individual qualification

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

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. 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. Roster
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. 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

Group A

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. Kata

Kumite

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. Individual
Semifinals

Relays

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

Roller sports

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
Connor Attridge
Michael Ciepiela
Emerson Crick
Stephen Harris
Quinn Storey
Shane Willis
Rui Xu

Women
Alizée Brien
Shaye de Paiva
Abby Dent
Kendra Hartley
Parker Illingworth
Kristen Kit (C)
Olivia McMurray
Abby Speirs
Leia Till

Men

Women

Rugby sevens

Summary

Men's tournament

Canada men's team is automatically qualified to the Pan American Games. Roster
The team roster of 12 athletes was named on October 3, 2023. Phil Berna
Jack Carson
Elias Ergas
Ethan Hager
Elias Hancock
Thomas Isherwood
Lockie Kratz
Matt Percillier
David Richard
Kal Sager
Jake Thiel
Brock Webster

Women's tournament

Canada women's team is automatically qualified to the Pan American Games. Roster
The team roster of 12 athletes was named on October 3, 2023. Alysha Corrigan
Caroline Crossley
Chloe Daniels
Olivia De Couvreur
Julia Greenshields
Asia Hogan-Rochester
Eden Kilgour
Piper Logan
Breanne Nicholas
Carissa Norsten
Shalaya Valenzuela
Charity Williams

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

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

Group B

Sport climbing

Canada qualified ten sport climbers (six men and four women). The official team of ten athletes was named on August 29, 2023. 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. 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). Men

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

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

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

Water polo

Summary

Men's tournament

Canada automatically qualified a men's team (of 12 athletes). Roster
Canada's roster of 12 athletes was officially named on September 28, 2023. 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

Group B

Women's tournament

Canada automatically qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes). Roster
Canada's roster of 12 athletes was officially named on September 28, 2023. 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

Group A

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. 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 was also replaced by Shauna Kuebeck due to injury. Men

Women

Non-competing sports

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. See also
Canada at the 2023 Parapan American Games
Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

Nations at the 2023 Pan American Games
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