Canada at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Canada at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Canada
CGF codeCAN
CGACommonwealth Games Canada
Websitecommonwealthgames.ca
in Gold Coast, Australia
4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors282 in 17 sports
Flag bearers Meaghan Benfeito (opening ceremony)
Erica Wiebe (closing ceremony)
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
15
Silver
40
Bronze
27
Total
82
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Newfoundland (1930, 1934)

Canada competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia from 4 April – 15 April 2018.[1] It was Canada's 21st appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930.

On 6 October 2016, two time Commonwealth Games gold medalist Claire Carver-Dias was named as the chef de mission of the team.[2]

For the first time ever, there has been entry quotas set for all sports and therefore each country is restricted in the number of athletes it could enter.[3]

Canada's team consisted of 282 athletes competing in 17 sports. The team consisted of 137 male athletes and 146 female athletes.[4] This included a record 21 para-sport athletes.[5] Canada competed in all sports on the program except netball, which it failed to qualify in. Also, Canada did not qualify an athlete in the discipline of powerlifting.

On 28 February 2018, diver Meaghan Benfeito was named as the country's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[6][7]

The goal of the Canadian team was at least 100 medals to be won across all sports.[8][9]

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  2. ^ McKay, Duncan (6 October 2016). "Double Commonwealth Games gold medallist named as Canada Chef de Mission for Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. ^ "283 athletes set to compete for Canada at 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games!". Commonwealth Games Canada. www.commonwealthgames.ca. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Record number of Canadian Para athletes at Commonwealth Games". www.games.paralympic.ca/. Canadian Paralympic Committee. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  6. ^ Giles, Thomas (28 February 2018). "Diver Benfeito confirmed as Canadian flagbearer for Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Meaghan Benfeito named Canada's Commonwealth Games flag-bearer". www.cbc.ca/sports/. CBC Sports. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  8. ^ Barnes, Dan (27 March 2018). "Ambitious Canadian team aims to top 100 medals at Commonwealth Games for first time in decades". National Post. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  9. ^ Davidson, Neil (27 March 2018). "Canada targets 100 medals at next month's Commonwealth Games". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 2 April 2018.