In 2008 Harvey finished third both in the (Team sprint:
Whistler Olympic Park, and the 50 km:
Trondheim). He also competed at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in
Liberec, finishing fifth in the 4 x 10 km, 22nd in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit, 28th in the individual sprint, and 36th in the 15 km events. In the
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, Harvey finished fourth in the
team sprint with teammate
Devon Kershaw. This is the best placing ever for Canadian men in an Olympic cross-country competition. In the
men's 4 x 10 km relay, Harvey and
Canada finished seventh. At the 2011 U-23 World Championship, Harvey won the 30 km pursuit race. At the
30 km pursuit in the
2011 World Championships in Oslo, Norway, Harvey took the lead early on in the freestyle portion of the race, but lost the lead with 2 km to go finishing at 13th place. Three days later, he won gold medal in the
team sprint together with
Devon Kershaw. At the
men's 50 km freestyle Harvey finished fifth, after falling in the Feed Zone after 3 kilometres. He then won a silver medal at the
2011–12 Tour de Ski in
Val di Fiemme,
Italy, in stage 8 at the 20 km classical mass start. During the
2013–14 Tour de Ski, Harvey achieved three podium finishes (one first place, one second place and one third place), including a win at the 4,5 km classic technique prologue in Oberhof, Germany. He ended the competition in third place of the Tour de Ski sprint standing with 62 pts, getting a bronze medal. Then, he won a bronze medal at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in the
individual sprint event, finishing 0,1 seconds behind the winner,
Petter Northug. He finished third overall of the
2013–14 FIS Cross-Country World Cup rankings, achieved six podium finishes (three first places, two second places and one third place), including a win in
Oberhof,
Szklarska Poręba and at the World Cup Final in
Falun. At the
2015 Tour de Ski, he won a silver medal in stage 6 at the 10 km individual classic. At the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun, Sweden, Harvey won a silver medal in the individual sprint classic and a bronze medal in the 15f/15c skiathlon (30K pursuit) events. He won the gold medal in the
50-kilometre freestyle race at the
2017 cross-country skiing world championships in Lahti, Finland, the first North American to do so since the event began in 1925. In February 2019, Harvey announced that he was going to retire at the end of the 2019 season. ==Cross-country skiing results==