Canada competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
On August 29, 2016, a team of 162 athletes in 19 sports was announced.
Disability classifications
Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.
Medallists
The following Canadian competitors won medals at the Games.
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Medals by sport/disciplineSport TotalSwimming 4 2 2 8Athletics 3 3 2 8Cycling 1 3 5 9Sailing 0 1 1 2Paratriathlon 0 1 0 1Rowing 0 0 1 1Total 8 10 11 29
Medals by dayDay TotalSeptember 8 0 0 0 0September 9 2 3 0 5September 10 1 1 1 3September 11 0 3 1 4September 12 0 0 0 0September 13 1 1 0 2September 14 2 1 3 6September 15 1 0 3 4September 16 0 0 0 0September 17 1 1 3 5September 18 0 0 0 0Total 8 10 11 29
Multiple medalistsNameSport Total Swimming 3 1 0 4 Athletics 2 0 0 2 Athletics 1 1 2 4 Cycling 1 1 1 3 Cycling 0 2 0 2 Cycling 0 0 2 2
Archery
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKevin EvansMen's individual Compound open65622L 128-146did not advanceKaren van NestWomen's individual Compound open6544 L 135-140did not advanceKevin EvansKaren van NestMixed Team Compound open13107 W 144-137 L 143-155did not advance
Athletics
Men Track AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJoshua Cassidy800 m T541:39.868align="center" colspan="2" did not advance1500 m T543:05.976align="center" colspan="2" did not advance5000 m T5410:27.947 qalign="center" colspan="2" 11:09.4210Mitchell Chase1500 m T38align="center" colspan="4" 4:28.444Shayne Dobson1500 m T37align="center" colspan="4" 4:21.065Alexandre Dupont400 m T5449.286align="center" colspan="2" did not advance800 m T541:40.376align="center" colspan="2" did not advance1500 m T543:10.287align="center" colspan="2" did not advanceJason Dunkerley(Josh Karanja:guide)1500 m T114:14.992 qalign="center" colspan="2" 4:07.985Brent Lakatos100 m T5314.43 PR1 Qalign="center" colspan="2" 14.44400 m T5350.471 Qalign="center" colspan="2" 48.53800 m T531:43.371 Qalign="center" colspan="2" 1:41.09Jean-Philippe Miranda100 m T5316.026align="center" colspan="2" did not advance400 m T5352.244align="center" colspan="2" did not advance800 m T531:44.988align="center" colspan="2" did not advanceGuillaume Ouellet1500 m T13align="center" colspan="4" 3:57.9895000 m T13align="center" colspan="4" 14:54.074Austin Smeenk100 m T3416.032 Qalign="center" colspan="2" 16.216800 m T341:47.614 qalign="center" colspan="2" Tristan Smyth1500 m T543:11.358align="center" colspan="2" did not advanceLiam Stanley1500 m T37align="center" colspan="4" 4:16.72Curtis Thom400 m T5447.935align="center" colspan="2" did not advanceAlexandre DupontBrent LakatosTristan SmythCurtis Thom4 × 400 m relay T53-543:11.414 qalign="center" colspan="2" 3:08.00
Field AthleteEventsResultRankAlister McQueenJavelin F4455.56Kevin StryboschDiscus F3741.819
Women Track AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIlana Dupont100 m T5317.814 qalign="center" colspan="2" 17.828400 m T531:00.035align="center" colspan="2" did not advance800 m T532:01.176align="center" colspan="2" did not advanceMarissa Papaconstantinou100 m T4413.653align="center" colspan="2" did not advance200 m T44align="center" colspan="2" did not advanceDiane Roy400 m T5457.295align="center" colspan="2" did not advance800 m T541:53.513 Qalign="center" colspan="2" 1:51.5171500 m T543:32.133 Qalign="center" colspan="2" 3:24.5765000 m T5411:58.045 qalign="center" colspan="2" 11:58.787Michelle Stilwell100 m T52align="center" colspan="4" 19.42 PR400 m T52align="center" colspan="4" 1:05.43 PR
Field AthleteEventsResultRankJennifer BrownDiscus F3827.957Renee Foessel30.704Pamela LeJeanShot Put F534.164Ness MurbyDiscus F1128.026
Boccia
Canada qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport at the Montreal hosted 2015 BisFed Americas Pair and Team championship in the Pairs BC4 event. They claimed gold ahead of silver medalist Brazil and bronze medalists Colombia.
Individual AthleteEventPool matchesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankEric BussiereMixed individual BC3L 2–7L 1-4align="center" 3did not advanceBruno Garneau L 2–7 L 1-8align="center" 3did not advanceMarco DispaltroMixed individual BC4W 5–2L 1-6L 0-94did not advanceAlison LevineL 2–5L 2–5W 6-12 QL 2–3did not advance
Pairs AthleteEventPool matchesSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankfromEric Bussiere Bruno Garneau Marylou MartineauMixed pair B3L 1–10L 2–11L 7-04did not advancefromIulian Ciobanu Marco Dispaltro Alison LevineMixed pair B4L 3–4W 3–2L 3–73did not advance
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankDaniel Chalifour (Jean-Michel Lachance - pilot)Men's road race BMen's time trial B37:09.5315Ross WilsonMen's road race C1-2-3Men's time trial C128:47.34Tristen ChernoveMen's road race C1-2-31:54:4915Men's time trial C227:43.16Michael SametzMen's road race C1-2-3Men's time trial C339:41.28Charles MoreauMen's road race H31:33:17Men's time trial H329:26.91Shawna Ryan (Joanie Caron – pilot)Women's road race B2:11:4012Women's time trial B43:04.3313Robbi Weldon (Audrey Lemieux – pilot)Women's road race B2:01:165Women's time trial B41:38.987Marie-Claude MolnarWomen's road race C4-52:37:4916Women's time trial C430:54.755Nicole ClermontWomen's road race C4-5Women's time trial C530:32.528Marie-Ève CroteauWomen's road race T1-21:08:424Women's time trial T1-229:43.476Shelley GautierWomen's road race T1-21:11:376Women's time trial T1-226:50.87
Track AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeRankDaniel Chalifour (Jean-Michel Lachance - pilot)Men's individual pursuit B4:24.1299 did not advanceRoss WilsonMen's individual pursuit C13:53.6662 QL OverlappedMen's 1000m time trial C1-3align="center" colspan="2" 1:14.54915Tristen ChernoveMen's individual pursuit C23:44.7312 QL 3:47.412Men's 1000m time trial C1-3align="center" colspan="2" 1:09.583 PRMichael SametzMen's individual pursuit C33:38.4593 QL 3:41.5904Men's 1000m time trial C1-3align="center" colspan="2" 1:15.17117Marie-Claude MolnarWomen's individual pursuit C44:08.4525 did not advanceNicole ClermontWomen's individual pursuit C54:08.5579 did not advance
Equestrian The country qualified to participate in the team event at the Rio Games.
Individual
AthleteHorseEventTotalScoreRankLauren BarwickOnyxIndividual championship test grade II 68.686 7Individual freestyle test grade II 70.450 6Roberta SheffieldDouble AgentIndividual championship test grade III 67.146 14Robyn AndrewsFanciannaIndividual championship test grade Ia 64.261 22Ashley GowanlockDi ScansanoIndividual championship test grade Ib 65.103 9
Team
AthleteHorseEventIndividual scoreTotalTotalScoreRankLauren BarwickSee aboveTeam 69.265 68.686 137.951 404.926 13Roberta Sheffield 67.526 67.146 134.672Robyn Andrews 62.696 64.261 126.957Ashley Gowanlock 67.200 65.103 132.303
Goalball
Men The Canada men's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games after finishing third at the 2015 Parapan American Games. They earned the spot because the two teams ahead of them, Brazil and the United States, had already qualified. Canada's men enter the tournament ranked 16th in the world.
Quarterfinal
Women The Canada women's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games after finishing third at the 2015 Parapan American Games. They earned the spot because the two teams ahead of them, Brazil and the United States, had already qualified. Canada's women enter the tournament ranked 6th in the world.
Quarterfinal
Judo
AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFirst roundRepechageFinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankTony WalbyMen's –90 kgL 0-100s1 did not advance9Priscilla GagnéWomen's -52 kg L 0s1-0did not advance W 100-0L 0-1s15
Paracanoeing
Canada earned a qualifying spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport following their performance at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Milan, Italy where the top six finishers in each Paralympic event earned a qualifying spot for their nation. Christine Gauthier earned the spot for Canada after finishing sixth in the women's KL2 event.
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankChristine GauthierWomen's KL259.0773 SF59.4821 FA58.1094Erica ScarffWomen's KL354.9043 SF55.5253 FA53.9167
Paratriathlon
AthleteEventSwimTrans 1BikeTrans 2RunTotal timeRankStefan DanielMen's PT4 10:51 1:10 34:00 0:49 16:06 1:03:05 Chantal GivensWomen's PT4 15:24 1:30 39:34 0:56 21:49 1:19:13 8Christine Robbins (Guide - Sasha Boulton)Women's PT5 16:34 1:39 36:19 0:57 23:42 1:22:59 10
Rowing
One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top eight finish at the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships in a medal event. Canada qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the LTA Mixed Coxed Four event with a third place finish in a time of 03:27.380.
Athlete(s)EventHeatsRepechageFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVictoria Nolan Meghan Montgomery Andrew Todd Curtis Halladay Kristen Kit (cox)Mixed coxed four 3:24.69 2 R 3:33.85 1 FA 3:19.90
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage
Sailing