Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Canada at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Canada
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca  (in English and French)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
February 9–25, 2018
Competitors225 (122 men and 103 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearers Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir (opening)[1]
Kim Boutin (closing)[2]
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
11
Silver
8
Bronze
10
Total
29
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Canada competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from February 9 to 25, 2018. It was the nation's 23rd appearance at the Winter Olympics, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1924. Canada competed in all sports disciplines, except Nordic combined. The chef de mission was Isabelle Charest, who was appointed in February 2017.[3]

On January 16, 2018, figure skaters Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were announced as the country's flag bearers during the opening ceremony. This was the first time two athletes were named as Canada's opening ceremony flag bearer.[4][5] On February 24, 2018, short track speed skater Kim Boutin was named the flag bearer for the closing ceremony.[2]

Instead of setting a specific medal count as a target, the Canadian Olympic Committee aimed "to contend for No. 1" in the medal count.[6] Private data analytics company Gracenote projected that the Canadian team would win 28 medals.[7] Canada finished with 11 gold medals and 29 overall (ranking 3rd in both categories). This was the most successful Canadian performance in terms of overall medals, surpassing the 26 won at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[8]

For the first time since its official introduction at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Canada failed to medal in men's and women's curling, but did win gold in mixed doubles curling, a category making its Olympic debut.[9]

  1. ^ "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Speed skater Kim Boutin named Canada's flag bearer for closing ceremony". The Canadian Press. The Globe and Mail. 24 February 2018. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. ^ Gillespie, Kerry (6 February 2017). "Speed skater Isabelle Charest named Canada's chef de mission for 2018 Olympics". Toronto Star. Toronto, Canada. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  4. ^ Nichols, Paula (16 January 2018). "Virtue & Moir to lead Team Canada as PyeongChang 2018 flag bearers". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. ^ Gillespie, Kerry (16 January 2018). "Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir named Canada's flag-bearers for Olympics in Pyeongchang". Toronto Star. Toronto, Canada. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  6. ^ Spencer, Donna (30 January 2018). "Canada aims to 'contend for No. 1' in medal count at 2018 Olympics". The Canadian Press. Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Canada's projected medal haul drops to 28 at Winter Olympics". CBC Olympics. 7 February 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-23. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  8. ^ Spencer, Donna (25 February 2018). "Still on a 2010 high, Canada posts record Olympic medal haul in Pyeongchang with 29". The Canadian Press. CTV News. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  9. ^ Wyman, Ted (23 February 2018). "Misery loves company: Like Canada's curling women, no Olympic medal for men". National Post. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2018.