With the Olympics now over, Team Canada brought home a total of 21 medals – five gold, seven silver and nine bronze. This is the least amount of medals earned by Team Canada since the 2006 Turin Games. In the past four Olympics, Canada has won 26 in Beijing in 2022, a record high 29 in 2018 in PyeongChang, 26 in Sochi’s 2014 Olympics, and 26 in 2010, the last time the games were held on home soil in Vancouver. Two different cities hosted the Olympics for the first time in the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics.
The 2026 Olympic Games opening ceremonies were historic in that they were hosted simultaneously across four locations: Milan (San Siro Stadium), which hosted the main artistic program and official Olympic protocol; Livigno (the snow park); Predazzo; and Cortina d’Ampezzo, which also hosted more official parts of the festivities and parade. Team Canada marched in Livigno and Predazzo with flag bearers Mikaël Kingsbury and Marielle Thompson leading the delegation.
Day 1
On Saturday, Feb. 7, long-track speed skater Valérie Maltais captured bronze in the 3,000-metre relay, earning Canada its first medal at the 2026 Olympics.
Elsewhere, the women’s hockey team beat Switzerland 4-0 with goals from Natalie Spooner, Sarah Fillier, Julia Gosling and Daryl Watts, three of which came in the third period. Canada outshot Switzerland with a major 55-6 shots during the game.
Day 4
It was not until Tuesday that Canada managed to medal again, when Courtney Sarault, William Dandjinou, Félix Roussel and Kim Boutin won silver in short track speed skating, marking the first time Canada has medaled in the event since it was added at the 2022 Games in Beijing.
Day 5
The following day, after the performance of their lives, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier won a well-deserved bronze medal in the ice dance. Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha finished 10th overall, and Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac placed 14 overall for Canada.
Day 6
The first multi-medal day of the Games for Team Canada came on Thursday, Feb. 12.
In the men’s mogul event, flag bearer Mikaël Kingsbury secured a silver medal, while his friend Eilot Grodin captured a silver medal in the men’s snowboarding cross. In hockey, both the women, facing off against Finland in their rescheduled game, and the men, playing opposite Czechia, trounced their opponents, with scores of 5-0. Notably, the men’s game also marked the first time NHL players have been allowed to play in the Olympics since 2014.
Day 7
Although the following day of competition yielded no new medals, it was not without excitement. In the men’s figure skating event, Toronto-native Stephen Gogolev performed his long program and jumped from tenth to fifth place overall, just 1.12 points away from a medal. Meanwhile, the men’s hockey team secured the top spot in Group A after a 5-1 win over Switzerland.
Day 8
On Saturday, the women’s hockey team dominated Germany in the quarter-finals to advance to the semi-final. Assisting the team in their 5-1 victory, Marie-Philip Poulin scored her 18th career goal as an Olympian, tying her with Hayley Wickenheiser for the most all-time goals by a Canadian. Elsewhere, Canada ascended to the podium again when Laurent Dubreuil claimed a bronze medal in the men’s 500-metre long track speed skating event. At the end of the day, despite some impressive performances by our athletes across multiple events, Canada had still not earned a gold medal.
Day 9
Canada’s First gold medal finally came the following day, on Sunday, Feb. 15. Mikaël Kingsbury captured the gold in the Men’s Dual Moguls, which proved to be a massive moment in the freestyle skiing program as Kingsbury became the first skier to reach five career Olympic medals. The men’s hockey team dominated in their game against France with a 10-2 win, in which nine different players scored, including two goals from Canada’s 19-year-old Mackin Celebrini.
Day 10
On the tenth day of competition, Team Canada had seemingly found its groove. In the Freeski big air event, Megan Oldham from Parry Sound, Ont., earned the top spot on the podium, contributing Canada’s second gold medal of the Games, while Courtney Sarault from Moncton, N.B., won her third medal of the Games by taking home a silver in women’s 1,000-metre Short track.
Day 11
With momentum on their side, the Canadians looked to expand their medal count. In the women’s team pursuit long-track speed skating event, Ivanie Blondin, Valérie Maltais, and Isabelle Weidemann successfully added another gold medal to the tally. Unfortunately, that would be the only medal the team would secure on day 11 of the Games.
Day 12
Two medals came within 30 minutes of each other in speed skating on day 12, when Danaé Blais, Kim Boutin, Florence Brunelle and Courtney Sarault won bronze in Short Track Women’s 3,000-metre relay, edging out the Netherlands by nearly five seconds. Elsewhere, in the men’s 500-metre Short Track Speed Skating event, Steven Dubois won a gold medal, beating brothers Melle and Jens van ‘t Wout from the Netherlands.
Day 13
Day 13 of the 2026 Olympic Games saw Canada’s women’s hockey team face off against the United States with a gold medal on the line. During the first period, both teams fought hard, each preventing the other from scoring the opening goal. It was not until nearly 21 minutes into the second period that Canada took the lead, when Canadian forward Kristin O’Neill scored with an assist by Laura Stacey and Renata Fast. After the United States was slapped with a penalty near the 54-minute mark of the game, U.S. goalkeeper Aerin Frankel was yanked from the net, allowing forward Hilary Knight to take to the ice and tie the game with just over two-minutes remaining in regulation play.
With the gold medal at stake, Canada pushed hard. But a goal by defenceman Megan Keller 14 minutes into overtime sealed the game for the United States, who won the game 2-1, leaving Team Canada with a silver medal, bringing the team’s total medal count at the time to three gold, five silver and four bronze, with three days remaining in the Games.
Day 14
Much to the delight of the Canadian fans watching in person and at home, day 14 saw Team Canada add two more bronze medals to the total.
The first of the two bronze medals was won by Valérie Maltais of La Baie, Que., for her performance in the women’s 1,500-metre speed skating competition. Later that day, Brendan Mackay, a native of Calgary, Alta., snuck by Nick Goepper from Team U.S.A. in the men’s ski halfpipe to earn himself the bronze medal.
Day 15
Having reached the final two days of the Games, Canada looked to continue their streak of taking home a medal in curling at every single winter Games since Nagano 1998. First, the women took on Team U.S.A., as they vied for bronze. From ends one to five, the two teams traded points, with neither able to gain any significant advantage. However, by the culmination of end 10, it would be the Canadian’s who would walk away with the bronze following a 10 to 7 victory.
Later that same night, the men would take their turn with the stones, squaring off against the team from Great Britain. Though the Britons fought valiantly, in the end, the Canadians would hold their gold medals high after a 6-9 victory. However, the two bronze medals were not the only medals to be handed out. In the women’s mass start in long track speed skating, Ivanie Blondin took home the silver medal, beating her closest competitor, Mia Manganello of the United States, by 20 sprint points.
Day 16
On the final day of the Olympics, many Canadians woke up in the early hours of the morning to watch their men’s hockey team in the Gold medal game against their rival team from the U.S.A. The men fought hard throughout the game, outshooting the U.S. at almost every turn, but a gold medal victory was not in the cards. The men’s team eventually fell to their American counterparts in a gut-wrenching overtime loss, 1-2. With that final silver medal, Team Canada would end the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games with five gold medals, seven silver medals and nine bronze medals.