Canada at the Summer Paralympics

Canada at the Paralympics
Flag of Canada
IPC code	CAN
NPC	Canadian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.ca
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0
Summer appearances
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter appearances
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Canada has participated eleven times in the Summer Paralympic Games and in all Winter Paralympic Games. They first competed at the Summer Games in 1968 and the Winter Games in 1976.

At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, Stephanie Dixon sets the Canadian record for most gold medals at a single Paralympics, Winter or Summer, with 5.

At the 2002 Winter Paralympics, Canada set a new total Canadian gold medal record haul at a Winter Paralympics, with 6.

At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, Chantal Petitclerc ties the 5 gold medal record at a single Games. She also won the demonstration sport of Wheelchair Racing in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Chantal Petitclerc again ties the 5 gold medal record at a single Games.

In 2010, Brian McKeever of Canada became the first athlete in the world to be named to the Winter Paralympics and Winter Olympics teams in the same year. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he was scheduled to compete in the men's 50 km cross-country race.

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