List of flag bearers for Canada at the Olympics

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Gold: 157
Silver: 189
Bronze: 232
Total: 578

Canada at the Olympics

IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
Medals	Gold 157 Silver 189 Bronze 232 Total 578
Summer appearances
1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Canada at the Olympics.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

#	Event year	Season	Flag bearer	Sport	Ref.
1	1908	Summer	Ed Archibald	Athletics
2	1912	Summer	Duncan Gillis	Athletics
^{[NB 1]}	1916	Summer	none	Cancelled due to World War I
3	1920	Summer	Archie McDiarmid	Athletics
4	1924	Winter	Ernie Collett	Hockey
5	1924	Summer	Hec Phillips	Athletics
6	1928	Winter	John Porter	Hockey
7	1928	Summer	Joseph Wright Jr.	Rowing
8	1932	Winter	Hack Simpson	Hockey
9	1932	Summer	George Maughan	Boxing
10	1936	Winter	Walter Kitchen	Hockey
11	1936	Summer	Jim Worrall	Athletics
^{[NB 1]}	1940	Winter	none	Cancelled due to World War II
^{[NB 1]}	1940	Summer
^{[NB 1]}	1944	Winter
^{[NB 1]}	1944	Summer
12	1948	Winter	Hubert Brooks	Hockey
13	1948	Summer	Bob McFarlane	Athletics
14	1952	Winter	Gordon Audley	Speed skating
15	1952	Summer	Bill Parnell	Athletics
16	1956	Winter	Norris Bowden	Figure skating
17	1956	Summer	Bob Steckle	Wrestling
18	1960	Winter	Robert Paul	Figure skating
19	1960	Summer	Carl Schwende	Fencing
20	1964	Winter	Ralf Olin	Speed skating
21	1964	Summer	Gil Boa	Shooting
22	1968	Winter	Nancy Greene	Alpine skiing
23	1968	Summer	Roger Jackson	Rowing
24	1972	Winter	Karen Magnussen	Figure skating
25	1972	Summer	Douglas Rogers	Judo
26	1976	Winter	Dave Irwin	Alpine skiing
27	1976	Summer	Abby Hoffman	Athletics
28	1980	Winter	Ken Read	Alpine skiing
^{[NB 2]}	1980	Summer	Sue Holloway	Canoe sprint	^[4]
29	1984	Winter	Gaétan Boucher	Speed skating
30	1984	Summer	Alex Baumann	Swimming	^[5]
31	1988	Winter	Brian Orser	Figure skating
32	1988	Summer	Carolyn Waldo	Synchronized swimming
33	1992	Winter	Sylvie Daigle	Short track speed skating
34	1992	Summer	Mike Smith	Athletics
35	1994	Winter	Kurt Browning	Figure skating
36	1996	Summer	Charmaine Crooks	Athletics
37	1998	Winter	Jean-Luc Brassard	Freestyle skiing
38	2000	Summer	Caroline Brunet	Kayak racing
39	2002	Winter	Catriona Le May Doan	Speed skating
40	2004	Summer	Nicolas Gill	Judo
41	2006	Winter	Danielle Goyette	Hockey
42	2008	Summer	Adam van Koeverden	Kayaking
43	2010	Winter	Clara Hughes	Speed skating	^[6]
44	2012	Summer	Simon Whitfield	Triathlon	^[7]
45	2014	Winter	Hayley Wickenheiser	Hockey	^[8]
46	2016	Summer	Rosannagh MacLennan	Gymnastics	^[9]
47	2018	Winter	Tessa Virtue	Figure skating	^[10]
47	2018	Winter	Scott Moir	Figure skating	^[10]
48	2020	Summer	Miranda Ayim	Basketball	^[11]
48	2020	Summer	Nathan Hirayama	Rugby sevens	^[11]
49	2022	Winter	Marie-Philip Poulin	Hockey	^[12]
49	2022	Winter	Charles Hamelin	Short track speed skating	^[12]
50	2024	Summer	Maude Charron	Weightlifting	^[13]
50	2024	Summer	Andre De Grasse	Athletics	^[13]
51	2026	Winter	Mikaël Kingsbury	Freestyle skiing	^[14]
51	2026	Winter	Marielle Thompson	Freestyle skiing	^[14]

Closing ceremonies

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games.

#	Event year	Season	Flag bearer	Sport	Ref
?	1952	Winter
?	1952	Summer
17	1956	Winter	André Bertrand	Alpine skiing	^[15]
?	1956	Summer
19	1960	Winter	Robert Paul	Figure skating	^[16]
20	1960	Summer	Sig Ohlemann	Athletics	^[17]
?	1964	Winter
?	1964	Summer
?	1968	Winter
24	1968	Summer	Ralph Hutton	Swimming	^[18]
?	1972	Winter
26	1972	Summer	Jim Elder	Equestrian	^[19]
27	1976	Winter	Cathy Priestner	Speed skating	^[20]
28	1976	Summer	Greg Joy	Athletics	^[21]
29	1980	Winter	Sylvia Burka	Speed skating	^[22]
^{[NB 3]}	1980	Summer	none	Canada boycotted this Olympics
30	1984	Winter	Robert Wilson	Bobsleigh	^[23]
31	1984	Summer	Linda Thom	Shooting	^[24]^[25]
32	1988	Winter	Karen Percy	Alpine skiing	^[26]
33	1988	Summer	Lennox Lewis	Boxing
34	1992	Winter	Nathalie Lambert	Short track speed skating
24	1992	Summer	Silken Laumann	Rowing	^[27]
35	1994	Winter	Myriam Bedard	Biathlon
36	1996	Summer	Marnie McBean	Rowing	^[28]
36	1996	Summer	Kathleen Heddle	Rowing	^[28]
37	1998	Winter	Catriona Le May Doan	Speed skating
38	2000	Summer	Simon Whitfield	Triathlon
39	2002	Winter	Jamie Salé	Figure skating	^[29]
39	2002	Winter	David Pelletier	Figure skating	^[29]
40	2004	Summer	Adam van Koeverden	Kayak racing
41	2006	Winter	Cindy Klassen	Speed skating
42	2008	Summer	Karen Cockburn	Trampolining
43	2010	Winter	Joannie Rochette	Figure skating
44	2012	Summer	Christine Sinclair	Football (soccer)
45	2014	Winter	Kaillie Humphries	Bobsleigh	^[30]
45	2014	Winter	Heather Moyse	Bobsleigh	^[30]
46	2016	Summer	Penny Oleksiak	Swimming
47	2018	Winter	Kim Boutin	Short track speed skating
48	2020	Summer	Damian Warner	Decathlon
49	2022	Winter	Isabelle Weidemann	Long-track speed skating	^[31]
50	2024	Summer	Ethan Katzberg	Athletics	^[32]
50	2024	Summer	Summer McIntosh	Swimming	^[32]

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List of flag bearers for Canada at the Olympics

Closing ceremonies

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