Canadian National Skating Championships

The Amateur Skating Association of Canada was formed in 1887 to govern speed skating and figure skating in Canada. Early editions of the championships were hosted by the Minto Skating Club, whose goal was to encourage a Canadian style of skating uniquely different than the traditional English style. This Canadian style was more in line with the international style, incorporating ballet and dance movements with ice skating, "permitting the greatest freedom on the part of the individual in respect to his movements," while the English style was much more rigid and formal, focusing on the tracing of elaborate special figures. The earliest championships featured single skating and pair skating (called "hand-in-hand skating"). Ormond Haycock won the inaugural singles event, as well as the pairs event with his sister Katherine. While separate competitions for men and women were not held until 1913, A separate governing organization for figure skating in Canada was established in 1914: the Figure Skating Department of the Amateur Skating Association of Canada. This was the forerunner of today's Skate Canada, and as such, the 1914 Canadian Championships are regarded as the first official championships, Prior to 2023, the Canadian Synchronized Skating Championships had been held as a separate event. ==Senior medallists==

Singles Prior to the establishment of a separate event for women in 1913, men and women competed in the same event. Pairs Ice dance Synchronized skating ==Junior medallists==

Men's singles Women's singles Pairs Ice dance Synchronized skating ==Discontinued events==

These events were held only in the years indicated. The waltz and tenstep were retired in 1959, while four skating continued intermittently until 1997. Four skating Tenstep In 1938 and 1946, skaters performed a fourteenstep instead of a tenstep. Waltz ==Records==