Team Canada Ready to Compete at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
The squad includes Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth champions as Canada targets a top-three medal finish.
- Team Canada announced its 149-athlete roster on Thursday for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, competing across nine sports and four para disciplines from July 23 to August 2.
- Chef de Mission Erica Wiebe leads the delegation under the theme 'Mighty, Together.' Wiebe noted the Games occupy a unique place in Canadian sport, bringing together established champions and emerging athletes in an environment unlike any other.
- The roster features Olympic champions Andre De Grasse, Damian Warner, and Maude Charron alongside veterans like Ryan Bester, who will compete in his seventh Commonwealth Games. Athletes represent over 90 communities across Canada, blending seasoned performers with first-time Games debutants.
- CBC and Radio-Canada will provide comprehensive coverage starting with the Opening Ceremony on July 23, broadcasting across television and streaming platforms. Glasgow 2026 features the largest Para medal program in Commonwealth Games history, reflecting growth in para sport.
- Canada enters Glasgow ranked third on the all-time Commonwealth Games medal table, having participated in every Games since the inaugural event in Hamilton in 1930. Performance projections target a top-three finish in total medals among 74 competing nations and territories.
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Team Canada Ready to Compete at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
Ottawa, Ontario, July 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OTTAWA - (July 16, 2026) - Team Canada is ready to take the world stage as 149 athletes, prepare to represent Canada at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from July…
Olympians & Olympic medallists set to compete for Team Canada at 2026 Commonwealth Games - Team Canada
They’re known as “The Friendly Games”. They bring together athletes from 74 nations and territories, competing in both able-bodied and para sports in a fully integrated program. They are the Commonwealth Games. First held in 1930, they’ve seen all sorts of historic achievements—perhaps most memorably, the “Miracle Mile” in 1954 in Vancouver when Roger Bannister and John Landy both broke the four-minute mark in the mile. This year, the Common…
They are known as the "Friendly Games." They bring together athletes from 74 nations and territories who compete in sports including parasports within a fully integrated program. These are the Commonwealth Games. Since their first edition in 1930, the Commonwealth Games have been marked by many historic moments, including the legendary "Miracle Mile" in Vancouver in 1954, where Roger Bannister and John Landy have both crossed the four-minute mil…
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