Figure skating Canada has won at least one medal in figure skating in 14 of the 17 post-war Winter Olympic games (since 1948). Canada's gold medalists are
Barbara Ann Scott (1948) and the pairs of
Barbara Wagner and
Robert Paul (1960);
Jamie Salé and
David Pelletier (2002); and
Tessa Virtue and
Scott Moir (2010 and 2018). Canada also won gold in the team event at the
2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Virtue and Moir celebrated a number of firsts at the
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics when they won the gold medal for Ice Dancing: their first gold medal at their first Olympics, and the first North Americans as well as the youngest pair to win gold in this event. Other notable Canadian skaters include 1976 Bronze medalist
Toller Cranston, as well as
Brian Orser and
Elvis Stojko, both of whom won silver medals in successive games. At the 1964 games, Canadians
Debbi Wilkes and
Guy Revell won bronze in the
pairs event. However, the silver medalists from Germany were later disqualified when it was discovered that they had signed professional contracts prior to the Games. At the time, only amateurs were allowed to compete at the Olympics. As a result, the silver medals were transferred to Wilkes/Revell. The Germans were later re-awarded the silver medal in 1987 after an appeal. In December 2013, the IOC clarified that the Canadian pair had not been stripped of their silver medals when the Germans regained their medals. In November 2014, the IOC stated that both the German and Canadian pairs were silver medalists. At the 2002 games, Canadians
Jamie Salé and
David Pelletier were initially awarded the silver medal in the
pairs event. However, after the event had concluded allegations of vote swapping and buying of the votes of the French judge resulted in the IOC deciding that Salé and Pelletier would also be awarded gold medals, with the first place Russian skaters keeping their gold medals as joint champions. As a result, Canada's team was expected to be upgraded to a bronze medal. However, on 30 January 2024 the
ISU announced the medal reallocation, downgrading Russia to bronze and leaving Canada at fourth. This decision was appealed by Canada to the CAS, but the court dismissed the case with no changes to the rankings.
Short track speed skating Canada has benefitted from the addition of short track speed skating to the Olympic program in 1992, winning multiple medals at each games since.
Marc Gagnon, who won 3 gold and 2 bronze medals between 1994 and 2002 and
François-Louis Tremblay, who has collected 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals from 2002 to 2010, are among only 5 Canadian Olympians to win a total of 5 medals.
Speed skating Gaetan Boucher (1000 m and 1500 m in
1984),
Catriona Le May Doan (500 m in
1998 and
2002),
Cindy Klassen (1500 m in
2006),
Clara Hughes (5000 m in
2006),
Christine Nesbitt (1000 m in
2010) and
Ted-Jan Bloemen (10000 m in
2018) are Canada's gold medalists in speed skating. In
2006, Cindy Klassen became the first Canadian to ever win five medals in one winter games, winning one gold (1500 m), two silver (Team Pursuit and 1000 m) and two bronze medals (3000 m and 5000 m). She also won a bronze medal in the
2002 games, giving her 6 medals, surpassing short track speed skater
Marc Gagnon for the title of most decorated Canadian Winter Olympian. However, Clara Hughes was able to tie Klassen's record following her bronze medal in
2010. In addition to this, Hughes won 2 bronze medals at the
1996 Summer Olympics, one in
2002 Winter Olympics (making her the first Canadian to have won a medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics), and two in
2006. ==Skiing==