Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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{{Infobox Olympics Canada
|games=2006 Winter
|competitors=196
|sports=15
|flagbearer=[[Danielle Goyette]] (opening)<br>[[Cindy Klassen]] (closing)
|gold=7
|silver=10
|bronze=7
|total=24
|rank=5
}}
'''[[Canada]]''' competed at the '''[[2006 Winter Olympics]]''' in [[Turin]], [[Italy]], with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff.
As host of the upcoming [[2010 Winter Olympics]], Canada was pressured to do well at the 2006 Games. The [[Canadian Olympic Committee]]'s goal for 2006 was to have a top three finish in the medal count [http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2005/01/21/Sports/coc_funding050121.html] or 25 total medals, as a start to reach their goal of having the highest medal count at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]. Canada had managed to increase its medal count at each Winter Olympics since the [[1980 Winter Olympics]] in [[Lake Placid, New York]], [[United States]]. World Cup results from the 2005-06 season seemed to indicate that Canada would have a good performance in [[Turin]], [[Italy]]. Canada met one of those goals and nearly met the other by finishing third behind the [[United States]] and [[Germany]] with 24 medals.[http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/disciplines/freestyle/cupstandings.html]. The Games were also the first [[litmus test]] for the increased athletic funding and resources pursued by the ''[[Own the Podium - 2010]]'' program.
Another task for the Canadian contingent was to promote the 2010 Games, Vancouver and surrounding region, the province of British Columbia, as well as Canada as a nation. This was evident in the Canadian participation in the [[2006 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony|closing ceremonies]] of the Games and the establishment of the ''Canada House'' in [[Turin]]. The Games also provided opportunities for organizing committees to gather experience and strategies to run the Games in Vancouver.
==Medals==
Canada's total medal count of 24 was the highest ever won by the nation in any Winter Olympics, and was the second highest total for the country at ''any'' Olympic games (summer or winter), exceeded only by the 44 medals won at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] which were boycotted by the [[Soviet Union]] and other [[Eastern Bloc]] countries. Not only did Canada increase its total medal count from the previous Winter Games for the 7th straight time (since [[1980 Winter Olympics|1980]]), but the total medal count was also the "best ever" for Canada for the 5th straight time (since [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992]]).
Canada won at least one medal in 10 of the 15 sport disciplines competed at the games, and gold medals in 6 different disciplines; both feats were unmatched by any other nation. Canada also had the most 4th and 5th place finishes (14 and 9 respectively) of any country in these games. These results support the effectiveness of the ''[[Own the Podium - 2010]]'' program.
[[Cindy Klassen]] bests the total Olympic medals collected in a single Games by a Canadian, with 5 and bests the total Olympic medal count of any Canadian (Winter and Summer) with 6. The previous record of 3 medals at a single Olympics was held by [[Gaetan Boucher]] for the [[1984 Winter Olympics]] and [[Marc Gagnon]] at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]]. Meanwhile, [[Clara Hughes]] ties the old mark of 5 career Olympic medals, held by [[Marc Gagnon]] and [[Phil Edwards (athlete)|Phil Edwards]]. Sixteen of the 24 medals were won by female athletes. At age 50, [[Russ Howard]] became the oldest Canadian gold medallist in Olympic history.
===Gold===
* '''[[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]]'''
** Women's sprint: [[Chandra Crawford]]
* '''[[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]]'''
** Men's curling: [[Brad Gushue]], [[Jamie Korab]], [[Russ Howard]], [[Mark Nichols]] and [[Mike Adam]] (alternate)
* '''[[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]]'''
** Women's moguls: [[Jennifer Heil]]
* '''[[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]'''
**Women's hockey: [[Canadian national women's hockey team]]; [[Meghan Agosta]], [[Gillian Apps]], [[Jennifer Botterill]], [[Cassie Campbell]], [[Gillian Ferrari]], [[Danielle Goyette]], [[Jayna Hefford]], [[Becky Kellar]], [[Gina Kingsbury]], [[Charline Labonté]], [[Carla MacLeod]], [[Caroline Ouellette]], [[Cherie Piper]], [[Cheryl Pounder]], [[Colleen Sostorics]], [[Kim St-Pierre]], [[Vicky Sunohara]], [[Sarah Vaillancourt]], [[Katie Weatherston]], [[Hayley Wickenheiser]]
* '''[[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Skeleton]]'''
** Men's skeleton: [[Duff Gibson]]
* '''[[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]'''
** Women's 1500 m: [[Cindy Klassen]]
** Women's 5000 m: [[Clara Hughes]]
===Silver===
* '''[[Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]]'''
** Two-man bobsleigh: [[Pierre Lueders]], [[Lascelles Brown]]
* '''[[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]]'''
** Women's team sprint: [[Beckie Scott]] and [[Sara Renner]]
* '''[[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]]'''
** Men's 500 m: [[François-Louis Tremblay]]
** Men's 5000 m relay: [[Eric Bedard]], [[François-Louis Tremblay]], [[Charles Hamelin]], [[Mathieu Turcotte]], [[Jonathan Guilmette]]
** Women's 3000 m relay: [[Alanna Kraus]], [[Anouk Leblanc-Boucher]], [[Kalyna Roberge]], [[Tania Vicent]], [[Amanda Overland]]
*'''[[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Skeleton]]'''
** Men's skeleton: [[Jeff Pain]]
* '''[[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]'''
** Men's team pursuit: [[Arne Dankers]], [[Steven Elm]], [[Denny Morrison]], [[Jason Parker (speed skater)|Jason Parker]] and [[Justin Warsylewicz]]
** Women's team pursuit: [[Kristina Groves]], [[Clara Hughes]], [[Cindy Klassen]], [[Christine Nesbitt]] and [[Shannon Rempel]]
** Women's 1000 m: [[Cindy Klassen]]
** Women's 1500 m: [[Kristina Groves]]
===Bronze===
* '''[[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]]'''
** Women's curling: [[Shannon Kleibrink]], [[Amy Nixon]], [[Glenys Bakker]], [[Christine Keshen]] and [[Sandra Jenkins]] (alternate)
* '''[[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]'''
** Men's singles: [[Jeffrey Buttle]]
* '''[[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]]'''
** Women's 500 m: [[Anouk Leblanc-Boucher]]
* '''[[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Skeleton]]'''
** Women's skeleton: [[Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards]]
* '''[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]]'''
** Women's snowboard cross: [[Dominique Maltais]]
* '''[[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]'''
** Women's 3000 m: [[Cindy Klassen]]
** Women's 5000 m: [[Cindy Klassen]]
==Other Top 10 finishes==
===4th place===
*'''[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]'''
**Men's giant slalom: [[François Bourque]]
**Men's Super-G: [[Erik Guay]]
**Women's Super-G: [[Kelly Vanderbeek]]
*'''[[Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]]'''
**Four-man bobsleigh: [[Pierre Lueders]], [[Ken Kotyk]], [[Morgan Alexander]], [[Lascelles Brown]]
**Women's two-man bobsleigh: [[Helen Upperton]], [[Heather Moyse]]
*'''[[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]]'''
**Women's sprint: [[Beckie Scott]]
*'''[[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]]'''
**Men's moguls: [[Marc-Andre Moreau]]
*'''[[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]]'''
**Men's 500 m: [[Eric Bedard]]
**Men's 1500 m: [[Charles Hamelin]]
**Women's 500 m: [[Kalyna Roberge]] ''(due to Disqualification in A Final)''
**Women's 1000 m: [[Tania Vicent]]
*'''[[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Skeleton]]'''
**Men's: [[Paul Boehm]]
*'''[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]]'''
**Women's snowboard cross: [[Maelle Ricker]]
===5th place===
*'''[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]'''
**Women's giant slalom: [[Genevieve Simard]]
*'''[[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]'''
**Women's: [[Joannie Rochette]]
*'''[[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]]'''
**Men's aerials: [[Kyle Nissen]]
*'''[[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Short track speed Skating]]'''
**Men's 1500 m: [[Mathieu Turcotte]] ''(due to Disqualification in A Final)''
**Women's 1000 m: [[Amanda Overland]]
**Women's 1500 m: [[Amanda Overland]]
*'''[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]]'''
**Men's snowboard cross: [[Jasey-Jay Anderson]]
*'''[[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]'''
**Men's 5000 m: [[Arne Dankers]]
**Women's 1000 m: [[Kristina Groves]]
===6th place===
*'''[[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country skiing]]'''
**Women's 15 km pursuit (7.5+7.5): [[Beckie Scott]]
*'''[[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]]'''
**Men's aerials: [[Warren Shouldice]]
*'''[[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]]'''
**Women's 5000 m: [[Kristina Groves]]
*'''[[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]'''
**Men's 1500 m: [[Mathieu Turcotte]]
===7th place===
*'''[[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]]'''
**Women's moguls: [[Kristi Richards]]
*'''[[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]'''
**Men's: [[Canadian national men's hockey team|National Men's Hockey Team]] ([[Todd Bertuzzi]], [[Rob Blake]], [[Jay Bouwmeester]], [[Martin Brodeur]], [[Shane Doan]], [[Kris Draper]], [[Adam Foote]], [[Simon Gagné|Simon Gagne]], [[Dany Heatley]], [[Jarome Iginla]], [[Vincent Lecavalier]], [[Roberto Luongo]], [[Bryan McCabe]], [[Rick Nash]], [[Chris Pronger]], [[Wade Redden]], [[Robyn Regehr]], [[Brad Richards]], [[Joe Sakic]], [[Ryan Smyth]], [[Martin St-Louis]], [[Joe Thornton]], [[Marty Turco]])
*'''[[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]'''
**Men's 500 m: [[Mike Ireland]]
**Women's 1500 m: [[Christine Nesbitt]]
===8th place===
*'''[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]'''
**Men's Super-G: [[François Bourque]]
*'''[[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country skiing]]'''
**Women's 10 km classical: [[Sara Renner]]
*'''[[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]]'''
**Women's moguls: [[Audrey Robichaud]]
*'''[[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]'''
**Women's 3000 m: [[Kristina Groves]]
===9th place===
*'''[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]'''
**Men's slalom: [[Thomas Grandi]]
**Women's Super-G: [[Emily Brydon]]
*'''[[Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Luge]]'''
**Men's doubles: [[Chris Moffat]] and [[Mike Moffat]]
*'''[[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]'''
**Men's 500 m: [[Jeremy Wotherspoon]]
**Men's 10000 m: [[Arne Dankers]]
**Women's 3000 m: [[Clara Hughes]]
===10th place===
*'''[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]'''
**Men's giant slalom: [[Thomas Grandi]]
**Women's combined: [[Brigitte Acton]]
*'''[[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country skiing]]'''
**Women's 4x5 km relay: [[Beckie Scott]], [[Sara Renner]], [[Milaine Theriault]], and [[Amanda Ammar]]
*'''[[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]'''
**Pairs: [[Bryce Davison]] and [[Jessica Dubé]]
*'''[[Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Luge]]'''
**Men's doubles: [[Grant Albrecht]] and [[Eric Pothier]]
**Women's singles: [[Regan Lausher]]
*'''[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]]'''
**Men's snowboard cross: [[Francois Boivin]]
*'''[[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Skeleton]]'''
**Women's: [[Lindsay Alcock]]
==Athletes by sport==
===Alpine skiing===
{{Main|Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
'''Men's combined'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Downhill
! width="100px" | Slalom run 1
! width="100px" | Slalom run 2
! width="100px" | Total
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| [[John Kucera]]
| align=center | 1:41.04
| align=center | 46.67
| align=center | 45.55
| align=center | 3:13.26
| align=center | 17th place
|-
| [[François Bourque]]
| align=center | 1:40.50
| align=center | 47.52
| align=center | 46.23
| align=center | 3:14.25
| align=center | 21st place
|-
| [[Manuel Osborne-Paradis]]
| align=center | 1:39.69
| align=center | 50.11
| align=center | DNS
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Ryan Semple]]
| align=center | 1:41.65
| align=center | DNF
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Men's downhill'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| Manuel Osborne-Paradis
| align=center | 1:50.45
| align=center | 13th place
|-
| Francois Bourque
| align=center | 1:50.70
| align=center | 16th place
|-
| John Kucera
| align=center | 1:51.55
| align=center | 27th place
|}
'''Men's giant slalom'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Run 1
! width="100px" | Run 2
! width="100px" | Total
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| Francois Bourque
| align=center | 1:16.61
| align=center | 1:19.31
| align=center | 2:35.92
| align=center | 4th place
|-
| Thomas Grandi
| align=center | 1:17.23
| align=center | 1:19.65
| align=center | 2:36.88
| align=center | 10th place
|-
| Jean-Philippe Roy
| align=center | 1:17.36
| align=center | Did not finish
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| Ryan Semple
| align=center | Did not finish
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Men's slalom'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Run 1
! width="100px" | Run 2
! width="100px" | Total
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| Thomas Grandi
| align=center | 53.64
| align=center | 51.20
| align=center | 1:44.84
| align=center | 9th place
|-
| Michael Janyk
| align=center | 55.32
| align=center | 50.87
| align=center | 1:46.19
| align=center | 17th place
|-
| Patrick Biggs
| align=center | 54.38
| align=center | Did not finish
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| Jean-Philippe Roy
| align=center | Did not finish
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Men's Super-G'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| Erik Guay
| align=center | 1:31.08
| align=center | 4th place
|-
| Francois Bourque
| align=center | 1:31.27
| align=center | 8th place
|-
| Manuel Osborne-Paradis
| align=center | 1:32.02
| align=center | 20th place
|-
| John Kucera
| align=center | 1:32.10
| align=center | 22nd place
|}
'''Women's combined'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Slalom run 1
! width="100px" | Slalom run 2
! width="100px" | Downhill
! width="100px" | Total
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Brigitte Acton]]
| align=center | 40.18
| align=center | 44.59
| align=center | 1:30.98
| align=center | 2:55.75
| align=center | 10th place
|-
| [[Emily Brydon]]
| align=center | 40.94
| align=center | 45.65
| align=center | 1:29.92
| align=center | 2:56.51
| align=center | 13th place
|-
| [[Shona Rubens]]
| align=center | DNF
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Women's downhill'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| Emily Brydon
| align=center | 1:58.97
| align=center | 20th place
|-
| Kelly Vanderbeek
| align=center | 1:59.63
| align=center | 24th place
|-
| Shona Rubens
| align=center | 2:00.30
| align=center | 26th place
|-
| Sherry Lawrence
| align=center | 2:00.47
| align=center | 27th place
|}
'''Women's giant slalom'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Run 1
! width="100px" | Run 2
! width="100px" | Total
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Genevieve Simard]]
| align=center | 1:01.47
| align=center | 1:09.26
| align=center | 2:10.73
| align=center | 5th place
|-
| [[Brigitte Acton]]
| align=center | 1:02.07
| align=center | 1:09.64
| align=center | 2:11.71
| align=center | 11th place
|-
| [[Christina Lustenberger]]
| align=center | Did not finish
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Women's slalom'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Run 1
! width="100px" | Run 2
! width="100px" | Total
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Brigitte Acton]]
| align=center | 44.75
| align=center | 47.15
| align=center | 1:31.90
| align=center | 17th place
|}
'''Women's Super-G'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Kelly Vanderbeek]]
| align=center | 1:33.09
| align=center | 4th place
|-
| [[Emily Brydon]]
| align=center | 1:33.50
| align=center | 9th place
|-
| [[Genevieve Simard]]
| align=center | 1:34.38
| align=center | 20th place
|-
| [[Sherry Lawrence]]
| align=center | 1:35.47
| align=center | 34th place
|}
===Biathlon===
{{Main|Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
'''Men's 10 km sprint'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Missed shots
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| David Leoni
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 28:50.4
| align=center | 43rd place
|-
| Robin Clegg
| align=center | 3
| align=center | 29:12.4
| align=center | 52nd place
|-
| Jean Philippe Leguellec
| align=center | 2
| align=center | 29:32.3
| align=center | 61st place
|}
'''Men's 12.5 km pursuit'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Missed shots
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| Robin Clegg
| align=center | 4
| align=center | +5:10.1
| align=center | 46th place
|-
| David Leoni
| align=center | 5
| align=center | +5:47.2
| align=center | 49th place
|}
'''Men's 20 km individual'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Missed shots
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| Robin Clegg
| align=center | 2
| align=center | 59:21.5
| align=center | 36th place
|-
| Jean Philippe Leguellec
| align=center | 3
| align=center | 1:00:28.0
| align=center | 48th place
|-
| David Leoni
| align=center | 6
| align=center | 1:02:37.8
| align=center | 65th place
|}
'''Women's 7.5 km sprint'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Missed shots
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| Zina Kocher
| align=center | 4
| align=center | 26:11.1
| align=center | 62nd place
|-
| Sandra Keith
| align=center | 3
| align=center | 26:20.7
| align=center | 66th place
|-
| Martine Albert
| align=center | 2
| align=center | 27:04.4
| align=center | 73rd place
|-
| Marie Pierre Parent
| align=center | 2
| align=center | 27:31.1
| align=center | 76th place
|}
'''Women's 15 km individual'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Missed shots
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| Zina Kocher
| align=center | 3
| align=center | 54:18.8
| align=center | 27th place
|-
| Sandra Keith
| align=center | 2
| align=center | 55:56.3
| align=center | 42nd place
|-
| Martine Albert
| align=center | 5
| align=center | 59:52.1
| align=center | 65th place
|-
| Marie Pierre Parent
| align=center | 4
| align=center | 1:02:57.1
| align=center | 77th place
|}
'''Women's 4x6 km relay'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Missed shots
! width="100px" | Penalty loops
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Zina Kocher]]
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 0
| align=center | 20:24.3
| align=center |
|-
| [[Sandra Keith]]
| align=center | 3
| align=center | 0
| align=center | 21:32.8
| align=center |
|-
| [[Martine Albert]]
| align=center | 2
| align=center | 0
| align=center | 21:25.2
| align=center |
|-
| [[Marie Pierre Parent]]
| align=center | 4
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 22:47.4
| align=center |
|-
| '''Total'''
| align=center | '''10'''
| align=center | '''1'''
| align=center | '''1:26:09.7'''
| align=center | '''17th place'''
|}
===Bobsleigh===
{{Main|Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
'''Men's two-man'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Names
! width="75px" | Run 1
! width="75px" | Run 2
! width="75px" | Run 3
! width="75px" | Run 4
! width="75px" | Total
! width="75px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Pierre Lueders]]<br />[[Lascelles Brown]]
| align=center | 55.57
| align=center | 55.50
| align=center | 56.11
| align=center | 56.41
| align=center | 3:43.59
| align=center style="background:silver" | '''Silver medal'''
|-
| [[Serge Despres]]<br />[[David Bissett (bobsleigh)|David Bissett]]
| align=center | 56.13
| align=center | 55.92
| align=center | 56.69
| align=center | 56.93
| align=center | 3:45.67
| align=center | 11th place
|}
'''Men's four-man'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Names
! width="75px" | Run 1
! width="75px" | Run 2
! width="75px" | Run 3
! width="75px" | Run 4
! width="75px" | Total
! width="75px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Pierre Lueders]]<br />[[Ken Kotyk]]<br />[[Morgan Alexander]]<br />[[Lascelles Brown]]
| align=center | 55.34
| align=center | 55.43
| align=center | 54.95
| align=center | 55.20
| align=center | 3:40.92
| align=center | 4th place
|-
| [[Serge Despres]]<br />[[Nathan Cunningham]]<br />[[Steve Larsen]]<br />[[David Bissett (bobsleigh)|David Bissett]]
| align=center | 56.10
| align=center | 56.15
| align=center | 55.69
| align=center | 55.58
| align=center | 3:43.52
| align=center | 18th place
|}
'''Women's two-woman'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Names
! width="75px" | Run 1
! width="75px" | Run 2
! width="75px" | Run 3
! width="75px" | Run 4
! width="75px" | Total
! width="75px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Helen Upperton]]<br />[[Heather Moyse]]
| align=center | 57.37
| align=center | 57.77
| align=center | 58.09
| align=center | 57.83
| align=center | 3:51.06
| align=center | 4th place
|-
| [[Suzanne Gavine-Hlady]]<br />[[Jaime Cruickshank]]
| align=center | 58.49
| align=center | 57.86
| align=center | 58.65
| align=center | 58.82
| align=center | 3:53.82
| align=center | 13th place
|}
===Cross-country skiing===
{{Main|Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
[[Sean Crooks]] was suspended for 5 days by the [[International Ski Federation]] for having excessive [[hemoglobin]] levels. He was able to participate in the men's sprint and 4x10 km relay.
'''Men's 15 km classical'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="125px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[George Grey (skier)|George Grey]]
| align=center | 40:43.9
| align=center | 32nd place
|-
| [[Devon Kershaw]]
| align=center | 41:42.7
| align=center | 48th place
|-
| [[Drew Goldsack]]
| align=center | 42:09.3
| align=center | 54th place
|-
| [[Dan Roycroft]]
| align=center | 42:39.7
| align=center | 58th place
|}
'''Men's 30 km pursuit (15+15)'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="125px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[George Grey (skier)|George Grey]]
| align=center | 1:19:08.9
| align=center | 26th place
|-
| [[Dan Roycroft]]
| align=center | 1:20:53.3
| align=center | 39th place
|-
| [[Drew Goldsack]]
| align=center | 1:24:14.3
| align=center | 57th place
|-
| [[Chris Jeffries]]
| align=center | 1:26:17.0
| align=center | 62nd place
|}
'''Men's 50 km free, mass start'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="125px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[George Grey (skier)|George Grey]]
| align=center | 2:09:38.4
| align=center | 44th place
|-
| [[Dan Roycroft]]
| align=center | 2:13:47.5
| align=center | 57th place
|-
| [[Chris Jeffries]]
| align=center | 2:13:49.5
| align=center | 58th place
|}
'''Men's sprint'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="125px" | Name
! width="100px" | Qualification
! width="100px" | Quarterfinals
! width="100px" | Semifinals
! width="100px" | Finals
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Drew Goldsack]]
| align=center | 2:20.62
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Sean Crooks]]
| align=center | 2:20.70
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Devon Kershaw]]
| align=center | 2:21.49
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Phil Widmer]]
| align=center | 2:23.79
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Men's team sprint'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="125px" | Name
! width="100px" | Semifinals
! width="100px" | Finals
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Devon Kershaw]]<br />[[George Grey (skier)|George Grey]]
| align=center | 17:31.2<br />Semifinal 2<br />6th place
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Men's 4x10 km relay'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="125px" | Names
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Devon Kershaw]]<br />[[Sean Crooks]]<br />[[Chris Jeffries]]<br />[[George Grey (skier)|George Grey]]
| align=center | 1:48:15.9
| align=center | 11th place
|}
'''Women's 10 km classical'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="125px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Sara Renner]]
| align=center | 28:33.0
| align=center | 8th place
|-
| [[Milaine Theriault]]
| align=center | 31:30.4
| align=center | 46th place
|-
| [[Amanda Ammar]]
| align=center | 31:51.7
| align=center | 54th place
|-
| [[Beckie Scott]]
| align=center | Disqualified
| align=center | -
|}
'''Women's 15 km pursuit (7.5+7.5)'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="125px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Beckie Scott]]
| align=center | 43:20.6
| align=center | 6th place
|-
| [[Sara Renner]]
| align=center | 44:30.9
| align=center | 16th place
|-
| [[Milaine Theriault]]
| align=center | 48:38.9
| align=center | 54th place
|-
| [[Chandra Crawford]]
| align=center | 50:35.4
| align=center | 60th place
|}
'''Women's sprint'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="125px" | Name
! width="100px" | Qualification
! width="100px" | Quarterfinals
! width="100px" | Semifinals
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Chandra Crawford]]
| align=center | 2:15.06
| align=center | Quarterfinal 5<br />1st place
| align=center | Semifinal 2<br />1st place
| align=center style="background:gold" | '''Gold medal'''
|-
| [[Beckie Scott]]
| align=center | 2:12.45
| align=center | Quarterfinal 1<br />1st place
| align=center | Semifinal 1<br />2nd place
| align=center | 4th place
|-
| [[Sara Renner]]
| align=center | 2:15.37
| align=center | Quarterfinal 4<br />4th place
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Amanda Ammar]]
| align=center | 2:22.78
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Women's team sprint'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="125px" | Name
! width="100px" | Semifinals
! width="100px" | Finals
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Sara Renner]]<br />[[Beckie Scott]]
| align=center | 17:19.3<br />Semifinal 1<br />2nd place
| align=center | 16:37.5
| align=center style="background:silver" | '''Silver medal'''
|}
'''Women's 4x5 km Relay'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="125px" | Names
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Milaine Theriault]]<br />[[Sara Renner]]<br />[[Amanda Ammar]]<br />[[Beckie Scott]]
| align=center | 56:49.8
| align=center | 10th place
|}
===Curling===
{{Main|Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
'''Men's curling'''
* [[Brad Gushue]], [[Mark Nichols]], [[Russ Howard]], [[Jamie Korab]], [[Mike Adam]] (x)
'''Game results'''
{|
!width="100" align=center|Date
!width="100" align=center|Opponent
!width="100" align=center|Score
!width="100" align=center|Result
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 13]]
|width="100" align=center|Germany
|width="100" align=center|10-5
|width="100" align=center|W
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 14]]
|width="100" align=center|Sweden
|width="100" align=center|8-7
|width="100" align=center|L
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 15]]
|width="100" align=center|Great Britain
|width="100" align=center|9-5
|width="100" align=center|W
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 15]]
|width="100" align=center|Switzerland
|width="100" align=center|7-5
|width="100" align=center|W
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 16]]
|width="100" align=center|Norway
|width="100" align=center|6-5
|width="100" align=center|W
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 17]]
|width="100" align=center|Finland
|width="100" align=center|8-7
|width="100" align=center|L
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 18]]
|width="100" align=center|Italy
|width="100" align=center|7-6
|width="100" align=center|L
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 19]]
|width="100" align=center|New Zealand
|width="100" align=center|9-1
|width="100" align=center|W
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 20]]
|width="100" align=center|United States
|width="100" align=center|6-3
|width="100" align=center|W
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 22]]
|width="100" align=center|United States
|width="100" align=center|11-5
|width="100" align=center|W<br />'''(Semifinals)'''
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 24]]
|width="100" align=center|Finland
|width="100" align=center|10-4
|width="100" align=center|W<br />'''(Gold medal)'''
|}
In the words of the Mayor of [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], Newfoundland, the gold medal at the Olympics was the biggest celebration in Newfoundland in "recent memory". Schools across the province cancelled classes in the afternoon to watch the game.
'''Women's curling'''
* [[Shannon Kleibrink]], [[Amy Nixon]], [[Glenys Bakker]], [[Christine Keshen]], [[Sandra Jenkins]] (x)
'''Game results'''
{|
!width="100" align=center|Date
!width="100" align=center|Opponent
!width="100" align=center|Score
!width="100" align=center|Result
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 13]]
|width="100" align=center|Sweden
|width="100" align=center|7-5
|width="100" align=center|L
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 14]]
|width="100" align=center|United States
|width="100" align=center|11-5
|width="100" align=center|W
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 14]]
|width="100" align=center|Russia
|width="100" align=center|6-5
|width="100" align=center|W
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 16]]
|width="100" align=center|Switzerland
|width="100" align=center|6-5
|width="100" align=center|L
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 16]]
|width="100" align=center|Norway
|width="100" align=center|10-8
|width="100" align=center|W
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 17]]
|width="100" align=center|Great Britain
|width="100" align=center|9-3
|width="100" align=center|W
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 18]]
|width="100" align=center|Japan
|width="100" align=center|5-2
|width="100" align=center|L
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 19]]
|width="100" align=center|Italy
|width="100" align=center|11-4
|width="100" align=center|W
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 20]]
|width="100" align=center|Denmark
|width="100" align=center|9-8
|width="100" align=center|W
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 22]]
|width="100" align=center|Switzerland
|width="100" align=center|7-5
|width="100" align=center|L<br />'''(Semifinals)'''
|-
|width="100" align=center|[[February 23]]
|width="100" align=center|Norway
|width="100" align=center|11-4
|width="100" align=center|W<br />'''(Bronze medal)'''
|}
===Figure skating===
{{Main|Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
====Men's individual====
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Short program
! width="100px" | Free skate
! width="100px" | Overall
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Jeffrey Buttle]]
| align=center | 73.29
| align=center | 154.30
| align=center | 227.59
| align=center style="background:#cc9966" | '''Bronze medal'''
|-
| [[Shawn Sawyer]]
| align=center | 67.20
| align=center | 123.63
| align=center | 190.83
| align=center | 12th place
|-
| [[Emanuel Sandhu]]
| align=center | 69.75
| align=center | 120.49
| align=center | 190.24
| align=center | 13th place
|}
====Women's individual====
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Short program
! width="100px" | Free skate
! width="100px" | Overall
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Joannie Rochette]]
| align=center | 55.85
| align=center | 111.42
| align=center | 167.27
| align=center | 5th place
|-
| [[Mira Leung]]
| align=center | 50.61
| align=center | 94.55
| align=center | 145.16
| align=center | 12th place
|}
====Pairs====
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Names
! width="100px" | Short program
! width="100px" | Free skate
! width="100px" | Overall
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Jessica Dube]] <br /> [[Bryce Davison]]
| align=center | 55.48
| align=center | 104.23
| align=center | 159.71
| align=center | 10th place
|-
| [[Valerie Marcoux]] <br /> [[Craig Buntin]]
| align=center | 55.62
| align=center | 102.59
| align=center | 158.21
| align=center | 11th place
|}
====Ice dancing====
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Names
! width="100px" | Compulsory dance
! width="100px" | Original dance
! width="100px" | Free dance
! width="100px" | Overall
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Megan Wing]] <br /> [[Aaron Lowe]]
| align=center | 31.42
| align=center | 49.17
| align=center | 85.81
| align=center | 166.40
| align=center | 11th place
|-
| [[Marie-France Dubreuil]] <br /> [[Patrice Lauzon]]
| align=center | 37.44
| align=center | 54.36
| align=center | Withdrew due to injury
| align=center |
| align=center |
|}
===Freestyle skiing===
{{Main|Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
====Aerials====
'''Men's aerials'''
{| class="wikitable"
| width="150px" align=center |
| colspan="3" align=center | '''Qualification'''
| colspan="3" align=center | '''Final'''
| width="75px" align=center |
|-
| width="150px" |'''Name'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Jump 1'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Jump 2'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Total'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Jump 1'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Jump 2'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Total'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Final rank'''
|-
| [[Kyle Nissen]]
| align=center | 128.10
| align=center | 103.54
| align=center | 231.64
| align=center | 114.38
| align=center | 130.53
| align=center | 244.91
| align=center | 5th place
|-
| [[Warren Shouldice]]
| align=center | 123.01
| align=center | 120.44
| align=center | 243.45
| align=center | 123.45
| align=center | 116.25
| align=center | 239.70
| align=center | 6th place
|-
| [[Jeff Bean]]
| align=center | 117.92
| align=center | 80.57
| align=center | 198.49
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Steve Omischl]]
| align=center | 124.78
| align=center | 73.45
| align=center | 198.23
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Women's aerials'''
{| class="wikitable"
| width="150px" align=center |
| colspan="3" align=center | '''Qualification'''
| colspan="3" align=center | '''Final'''
| width="75px" align=center |
|-
| width="150px" |'''Name'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Jump 1'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Jump 2'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Total'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Jump 1'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Jump 2'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Total'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Final rank'''
|-
| width="150px" | [[Veronika Bauer]]
| width="75px" align=center | 94.29
| width="75px" align=center | 82.37
| width="75px" align=center | 176.66
| width="75px" align=center | 67.32
| width="75px" align=center | 58.33
| width="75px" align=center | 125.65
| width="75px" align=center | 12th place
|-
| width="150px" | [[Amber Peterson]]
| width="75px" align=center | 80.64
| width="75px" align=center | 72.43
| width="75px" align=center | 153.07
| colspan=4 align=center | (did not advance)
|-
| width="150px" | [[Deidra Dionne]]
| width="75px" align=center | 69.79
| width="75px" align=center | 58.51
| width="75px" align=center | 128.30
| colspan=4 align=center | (did not advance)
|}
====Moguls====
[[Jennifer Heil]] became the first Canadian woman to ever win gold in [[freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|freestyle skiing]] after winning for women's moguls. At the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City]], she finished fourth and ended up a hundredth of a point off the podium.
[[Dale Begg-Smith]], who won gold in men's moguls for Australia, was born in Canada and holds dual citizenship. He originally started skiing in Canada but found Canada's training program too restrictive. He moved to Australia to have more time to work on his business interests. Ironically, his win bumped [[Marc-Andre Moreau]] down to 4th place and off of the podium.
'''Men's team'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Qualification
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Marc-Andre Moreau]]
| align=center | 24.69 points
| align=center | 25.62 points
| align=center | 4th place
|-
| [[Alexandre Bilodeau]]
| align=center | 23.75 points
| align=center | 23.42 points
| align=center | 11th place
|-
| [[Chris Wong]]
| align=center | 23.89 points
| align=center | 22.88 points
| align=center | 14th place
|}
'''Women's team'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Qualification
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Jennifer Heil]]
| align=center | 26.67 points
| align=center | 26.50 points
| align=center style="background:gold" | '''Gold medal'''
|-
| [[Kristi Richards]]
| align=center | 23.76 points
| align=center | 23.30 points
| align=center | 7th place
|-
| [[Audrey Robichaud]]
| align=center | 22.72 points
| align=center | 23.10 points
| align=center | 8th place
|-
| [[Stephanie St. Pierre]]
| align=center | 22.15 points
| align=center | 22.52
| align=center | 12th place
|}
===Ice hockey===
{{Main|Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
Hockey, like the previous two Olympics, attracted significant attention from Canadian fans. Many consider the [[Canadian national men's ice hockey team|Canadian men's team's]] performance in Turin as the most disappointing in years. In the last four games of the tournament, Canada failed to score in 11 of 12 periods, losing with the same score (2-0) against [[Swiss national ice hockey team|Switzerland]], [[Finnish national men's ice hockey team|Finland]], and in the quarter-finals against [[Russian national ice hockey team|Russia]]. Hockey commentators, including [[Kelly Hrudey]], commented that Canada did not play well as a team. The match against the [[Czech national ice hockey team|Czech team]] was believed to be a better performance by the hockey team but the team lost to Russia two days after.
The quarter-final game against Russia was watched on television screens across the nation in the afternoon Canadian time. The intensity of the game increased as the scoreless tie extended into the third period.
However, in the women's hockey discipline, Team Canada dominated the field with numerous wins leading up to their gold medal winning game.
'''Men's team:'''
'''Performance'''
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
|-----
| '''Game''' || '''Opponent''' || '''Score'''
| '''Win/Loss'''
|-----
| 1
| [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]]
| align="center" | 7-2 || align="center" | W
|-----
| 2
| [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]]
| align="center" | 5-1 || align="center" | W
|-----
| 3
| [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]]
| align="center" | 2-0 || align="center" | L
|-----
| 4
| [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]]
| align="center" | 2-0 || align="center" | L
|-----
| 5
| [[Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Czech Republic]]
| align="center" | 3-2 || align="center" | W
|-----
| 6
| [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]]
| align="center" | 2-0 || align="center" | L (Elim.)
|}
'''Roster'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Athlete !! Position !! Goals !! Assists !! Points
|-
|[[Pat Quinn]]
| colspan="4" |Coach
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Martin Brodeur]]||[[Goaltender|G]]||0||0||0
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Roberto Luongo]]||[[Goaltender|G]]||0||0||0
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Marty Turco]]||[[Goaltender|G]]||0||0||0
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Rob Blake]]||[[Defenceman (ice hockey)|D]]||0||0||0
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Adam Foote]]||[[Defenceman (ice hockey)|D]]||0||1||1
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Jay Bouwmeester]]<sup>2</sup>||[[Defenceman (ice hockey)|D]]||0||0||0
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Chris Pronger]]||[[Defenceman (ice hockey)|D]]||1||2||3
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Bryan McCabe]]<sup>1</sup>||[[Defenceman (ice hockey)|D]]||0||0||0
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Wade Redden]]||[[Defenceman (ice hockey)|D]]||1||0||1
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Robyn Regehr]]||[[Defenceman (ice hockey)|D]]||0||1||1
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Joe Sakic]]||[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]||1||2||3
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Jarome Iginla]]||[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]||2||1||3
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Simon Gagné|Simon Gagne]]||[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]||1||2||3
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Vincent Lecavalier]]||[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]||0||3||3
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Brad Richards]]||[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]||2||2||4
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Martin St. Louis]]||[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]||2||1||3
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Dany Heatley]]||[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]||1||2||3
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Joe Thornton]]||[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]||1||2||3
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Shane Doan]]||[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]||2||1||3
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Todd Bertuzzi]]||[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]||0||3||3
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Kris Draper]]||[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]||0||0||0
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Rick Nash]]||[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]||0||1||1
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ryan Smyth]]||[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]||0||1||1
|- align=center
|colspan=2 align=right|'''Totals'''||14||25||29
|}
*Reserves
**[[Eric Staal]]
**[[Jason Spezza]]
**[[Dan Boyle (hockey)|Dan Boyle]]<sup>3</sup>
*Injured
**[[Ed Jovanovski]]
**[[Scott Niedermayer]]
*<sup>1</sup> [[Bryan McCabe]], originally an alternate, replaces [[Ed Jovanovski]] due to injury.
*<sup>2</sup> [[Jay Bouwmeester]] replaces [[Scott Niedermayer]] due to injury.
*<sup>3</sup> [[Dan Boyle (hockey)|Dan Boyle]] replaces Bryan McCabe as an alternate.
'''Women's team'''
'''Performance'''
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
|-----
| '''Game''' || '''Opponent''' || '''Score'''
| '''Win/Loss'''
|-----
| 1
| [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]]
| align="center" | 16-0 || align="center" | W
|-----
| 2
| [[Russian Federation at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]]
| align="center" | 12-0 || align="center" | W
|-----
| 3
| [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]]
| align="center" | 8-1 || align="center" | W
|-----
| Semi-final
| [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]]
| align="center" | 6-0 || align="center" | W
|-----
| Final
| [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]]
| align="center" | 4-1
| align="center" | W<br />'''Gold medal'''
|}
'''Roster'''
(Final results)
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
|-----
| align="center" | '''Athlete''' || align="center" | '''Position'''
| '''Goals''' || '''Assists''' || '''Points'''
|-----
| [[Melody Davidson]] || colspan="4" | Coach
|-----
| [[Charline Labonté]] || align="center" | [[Goaltender|G]]
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 0
|-----
| [[Kim St-Pierre]] || align="center" | [[Goaltender|G]]
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 0
|-----
| [[Gillian Ferrari]]
| align="center" | [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|D]]
| align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 0
|-----
| [[Becky Kellar]]
| align="center" | [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|D]]
| align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-----
| [[Carla MacLeod]]
| align="center" | [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|D]]
| align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 3
|-----
| [[Caroline Ouellette]]
| align="center" | [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|D]]
| align="center" | 5 || align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 9
|-----
| [[Cheryl Pounder]]
| align="center" | [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|D]]
| align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 4
|-----
| [[Colleen Sostorics]]
| align="center" | [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|D]]
| align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-----
| [[Meghan Agosta]]
| align="center" | [[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
| align="center" | 3 || align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 4
|-----
| [[Gillian Apps]]
| align="center" | [[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
| align="center" | 7 || align="center" | 7
| align="center" | 14
|-----
| [[Jennifer Botterill]]
| align="center" | [[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
| align="center" | 1 || align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 7
|-----
| [[Cassie Campbell]]
| align="center" | [[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
| align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 5
| align="center" | 5
|-----
| [[Danielle Goyette]]
| align="center" | [[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
| align="center" | 4 || align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 6
|-----
| [[Jayna Hefford]]
| align="center" | [[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
| align="center" | 3 || align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 7
|-----
| [[Gina Kingsbury]]
| align="center" | [[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
| align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 3
|-----
| [[Cherie Piper]]
| align="center" | [[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
| align="center" | 7 || align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 15
|-----
| [[Vicky Sunohara]]
| align="center" | [[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
| align="center" | 1 || align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 3
|-----
| [[Sarah Vaillancourt]]
| align="center" | [[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
| align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 6
|-----
| [[Katie Weatherston]]
| align="center" | [[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
| align="center" | 4 || align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 5
|-----
| [[Hayley Wickenheiser]]
| align="center" | [[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
| align="center" | 5 || align="center" | 12
| align="center" | 17
|-----
| colspan="2" align="right" | '''Totals'''
| align="center" | 46 || align="center" | 64
| align="center" | 110
|}
*Reserves
**[[Sami Jo Small]]
**[[Delaney Collins]]
===Luge===
{{Main|Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
'''Men's singles'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="75px" | Run 1
! width="75px" | Run 2
! width="75px" | Run 3
! width="75px" | Run 4
! width="75px" | Total
! width="75px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Jeff Christie]]
| align=center | 52.382
| align=center | 52.027
| align=center | 52.013
| align=center | 51.939
| align=center | 3:28.361
| align=center | 14th place
|-
| [[Samuel Edney]]
| align=center | 52.663
| align=center | 52.523
| align=center | 52.360
| align=center | 52.311
| align=center | 3:29.857
| align=center | 19th place
|-
| [[Ian Cockerline]]
| align=center | 52.290
| align=center | 52.107
| align=center | 52.255
| align=center | DNF
| align=center |
| align=center |
|}
'''Women's singles'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="75px" | Run 1
! width="75px" | Run 2
! width="75px" | Run 3
! width="75px" | Run 4
! width="75px" | Total
! width="75px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Regan Lauscher]]
| align=center | 47.584
| align=center | 47.418
| align=center | 47.320
| align=center | 47.321
| align=center | 3:09.643
| align=center | 10th place
|-
| [[Alex Gough (luger)|Alex Gough]]
| align=center | 48.286
| align=center | 49.902
| align=center | 47.922
| align=center | 48.045
| align=center | 3:14.155
| align=center | 20th place
|-
| [[Meaghan Simister]]
| align=center | 48.585
| align=center | 48.682
| align=center | DNF
| align=center |
| align=center |
| align=center |
|}
'''Men's doubles'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Names
! width="75px" | Run 1
! width="75px" | Run 2
! width="75px" | Total
! width="75px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Chris Moffat]] <br /> [[Mike Moffat]]
| align=center | 47.715
| align=center | 47.826
| align=center | 1:35.541
| align=center | 9th place
|-
| [[Grant Albrecht]] <br /> [[Eric Pothier]]
| align=center | 47.478
| align=center | 48.083
| align=center | 1:35.561
| align=center | 10th place
|}
===Nordic combined===
{{Main|Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
'''Individual Gundersen'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | 1st round
! width="100px" | Final round
! width="100px" | Jump Total
! width="100px" | 15 km
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Jason Myslicki]]
| align=center | 104.5
| align=center | 103.0
| align=center | 207.5
| align=center | 42:41.10<br />(6:36.4 behind)
| align=center | 41st place
|-
| [[Max Thompson]]
| align=center | 85.5
| align=center | 86.0
| align=center | 171.5
| align=center | 41:53.8<br />(8:13.2 behind)
| align=center | 44th place
|}
'''Large hill sprint'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | LH Jump
! width="100px" | Sprint 7.5 km
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Jason Myslicki]]
| align=center | 90.0
| align=center | 19:00.1<br />(2:54.1 behind)
| align=center | 41st place
|-
| [[Max Thompson]]
| align=center | 84.5
| align=center | 19:24.3<br />(3:40.3 behind)
| align=center | 46th place
|}
===Short track speed skating===
{{Main|Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
'''Men's 500 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Qualifying
! width="100px" | Quarterfinal
! width="100px" | Semifinal
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Francois-Louis Tremblay]]
| align=center | 0:42.779<br />Heat 4<br />2nd place
| align=center | 0:42.110<br />Quarterfinal 4<br />2nd place
| align=center | 0:42.261<br />Semifinal 1<br />1st place
| align=center | 0:42.002
| align=center style="background:silver" | '''Silver medal'''
|-
| [[Eric Bedard]]
| align=center | 0:42.480<br />Heat 2<br />1st place
| align=center | 0:42.267<br />Quarterfinal 3<br />1st place
| align=center | 0:41.950<br />Semifinal 2<br />2nd place
| align=center | 0:42.093
| align=center | 4th place
|}
'''Men's 1000 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Qualifying
! width="100px" | Quarterfinal
! width="100px" | Semifinal
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Éric Bédard]]
| align=center | 1:28.274<br />Heat 5<br />1st place
| align=center | 1:27.546<br />Quarterfinal 4<br />2nd place
| align=center | Disqualified
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[François-Louis Tremblay]]
| align=center | 1:28.925<br />Heat 2<br />1st place
| align=center | Disqualified
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Men's 1500 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Qualifying
! width="100px" | Semifinal
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Charles Hamelin]]
| align=center | 2:19.469<br />Heat 5<br />1st place
| align=center | 2:20.854<br />Semifinal 1<br />1st place
| align=center | 2:26.375
| align=center | 4th place
|-
| [[Mathieu Turcotte]]
| align=center | 2:23.402<br />Heat 1<br />1st place
| align=center | 2:18.280<br />Semifinal 2<br />3rd place
| align=center | Final B<br />2:24.558
| align=center | 6th place
|}
'''Men's 5000 m relay'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Qualifying
! width="100px" | Semifinal
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Éric Bédard]]<br />[[Jonathan Guilmette]]<br />[[Charles Hamelin]]<br />[[François-Louis Tremblay]]<br />[[Mathieu Turcotte]]
| align=center | 6:57.004
| align=center | Semifinal 1<br />1st place
| align=center | Final A<br />6:43.707
| align=center style="background:silver" | '''Silver medal'''
|}
'''Women's 500 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Qualifying
! width="100px" | Quarterfinal
! width="100px" | Semifinal
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Anouk Leblanc-Boucher]]
| align=center | 45.929<br />Heat 4<br />1st place
| align=center | 44.821<br />Quartefinal 1<br />2nd place
| align=center | 45.234<br />Semifinal 1<br />2nd place
| align=center | Final A<br />44.759
| align=center style="background:#cc9966" | '''Bronze medal'''
|-
| [[Kalyna Roberge]]
| align=center | 45.396<br />Heat 7<br />1st place
| align=center | 45.710<br />Quarterfinal 4<br />2nd place
| align=center | 44.960<br />Semifinals 2<br />3rd place
| align=center | Final B<br />46.605
| align=center | 4th place
|-
| [[Alanna Kraus]]
| align=center | 45.688<br />Heat 2<br />1st place
| align=center | 45.172<br />Quarterfinal 3<br />3rd place
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Women's 1000 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Qualifying
! width="100px" | Quarterfinal
! width="100px" | Semifinal
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Tania Vicent]]
| align=center | 1:33.904<br />Heat 1<br />1st place
| align=center | 1:35.594<br />Quarterfinal 4<br />Advanced
| align=center | 1:32.650<br />Semifinal 1<br />3rd place
| align=center | 1:34.191
| align=center | 4th place
|-
| [[Amanda Overland]]
| align=center | 1:33.761<br />Heat 1<br />1st place
| align=center | 1:33.012<br />Quarterfinal 2<br />2nd place
| align=center | 1:33.102<br />Semifinal 2<br />3rd place
| align=center | 1:34.099
| align=center | 5th place
|}
'''Women's 1500 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Qualifying
! width="100px" | Semifinal
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Amanda Overland]]
| align=center | 2:27.666<br />Heat 2<br />2nd place
| align=center | 2:22.946<br />Semifinal 2<br />2nd place
| align=center | Final A<br />2:26.495
| align=center | 5th place
|-
| [[Anouk Leblanc-Boucher]]
| align=center | 2:28.001<br />Heat 4<br />4th place
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Women's 3000 m relay'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" | Name
! width="100px" | Semifinal
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Alanna Kraus]]<br />[[Anouk Leblanc-Boucher]]<br />[[Amanda Overland]]<br />[[Kalyna Roberge]]<br />[[Tania Vicent]]
| align=center | 4:17.231<br />Semifinal 1<br />2nd place
| align=center | 4:17.336
| align=center style="background:silver" | '''Silver medal'''
|}
===Skeleton===
{{Main|Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
[[Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards]] won a bronze medal in [[Skeleton]], thus becoming the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in the event. A day later, [[Duff Gibson]] became the first Canadian to win a Gold medal in the event after taking the Men's Gold. Fellow Canadian [[Jeff Pain]] won the Silver medal, and there were chances of a Bronze as well; however, their teammate placed fourth.
Gibson, 39, became the oldest competitor to win an individual gold medal in Winter Olympics history, surpassing [[Al MacInnis]] as the oldest Canadian to win a gold medal. MacInnis won gold at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] on the Canadian men's hockey team.
'''Men's'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="200px" | Name
! width="100px" | Run 1
! width="100px" | Run 2
! width="100px" | Total
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Duff Gibson]]
| align=center | 57.80
| align=center | 58.08
| align=center | 1:55.88
| align=center style="background:gold" | '''Gold medal'''
|-
| [[Jeff Pain]]
| align=center | 57.98
| align=center | 58.16
| align=center | 1:56.14
| align=center style="background:silver" | '''Silver medal'''
|-
| [[Paul Boehm]]
| align=center | 58.61
| align=center | 58.45
| align=center | 1:57.06
| align=center | 4th place
|}
'''Women's'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="200px" | Name
! width="100px" | Run 1
! width="100px" | Run 2
! width="100px" | Total
! width="100px" | Final rank
|-
| [[Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards]]
| align=center | 1:00.39
| align=center | 1:01.02
| align=center | 2:01.41
| align=center style="background:#cc9966" | '''Bronze medal'''
|-
| [[Lindsay Alcock]]
| align=center | 1:01.26
| align=center | 1:01.59
| align=center | 2:02.85
| align=center | 10th place
|}
===Ski jumping===
{{Main|Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
'''Men's large hill individual'''
{| class="wikitable"
| width="150px" align=center |
| width="100px" align=center |
| colspan="3" align=center | '''Final round jumps'''
| width="100px" align=center |
|-
| width="150px" |'''Name'''
| width="100px" align=center | '''Qualification'''
| width="100px" align=center | '''1st round'''
| width="100px" align=center | '''Final round'''
| width="100px" align=center | '''Total'''
| width="100px" align=center | '''Final rank'''
|-
| [[Stefan Read]]
| align=center | 88.5 points
| align=center | 98.8 points
| align=center | 89.4 points
| align=center | 188.2 points
| align=center | 30th place
|-
| [[Graeme Gorham]]
| align=center | 69.4 points
| align=center | 61.1 points
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | 50th place
|-
| [[Gregory Baxter]]
| align=center | 58.5 points
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Michael Nell]]
| align=center | 48.0 points
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Men's normal hill individual jump'''
{| class="wikitable"
| width="150px" align=center |
| width="100px" align=center |
| colspan="3" align=center | '''Final round jumps'''
| width="100px" align=center |
|-
| width="150px" |'''Name'''
| width="100px" align=center | '''Qualification'''
| width="100px" align=center | '''1st round'''
| width="100px" align=center | '''Final round'''
| width="100px" align=center | '''Total'''
| width="100px" align=center | '''Final rank'''
|-
| [[Stefan Read]]
| align=center | 114.50 points
| align=center | 105.00 points
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | 42nd place
|-
| [[Gregory Baxter]]
| align=center | 100.00 points
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Graeme Gorham]]
| align=center | 97.50 points
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Michael Nell]]
| align=center | 83.50 points
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Men's large hill team competition'''
{| class="wikitable"
| width="150px" |'''Name'''
| width="100px" align=center | '''1st round'''
| width="100px" align=center | '''Final round'''
| width="100px" align=center | '''Total'''
| width="100px" align=center | '''Final rank'''
|-
| Gregory Baxter
| align=center | 71.2 points
| align=center | -
| align=center |
| align=center |
|-
| Stefan Read
| align=center | 82.0 points
| align=center | -
| align=center |
| align=center |
|-
| Graeme Gorham
| align=center | 60.2 points
| align=center | -
| align=center |
| align=center |
|-
| Michael Nell
| align=center | 63.4 points
| align=center | -
| align=center |
| align=center |
|-
| '''Total'''
| align=center | '''276.8 points'''
| align=center |
| align=center |
| align=center | '''15th place'''
|}
===Snowboarding===
{{Main|Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
====Giant slalom====
'''Men's parallel giant slalom'''
{| class="wikitable"
| width="100px" align=center |
| colspan="3" align=center | '''Qualification'''
| colspan="5" align=center |
|-
| width="125px" |'''Name'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Blue course'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Red course'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Total'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''1/8 finals'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Quarterfinals'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Semifinals'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Finals'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Rank'''
|-
| [[Jasey-Jay Anderson]]
| align=center | 36.18
| align=center | 36.57
| align=center | 01:12.75
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Philippe Berube]]
| align=center | 36.88
| align=center | 53.15
| align=center | 01:30.03
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Women's parallel giant slalom'''
{| class="wikitable"
| width="125px" align=center |
| colspan="3" align=center | '''Qualification'''
| colspan="5" align=center |
|-
| width="100px" |'''Name'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Blue course'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Red course'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Total'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''1/8 finals'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Quarterfinals'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Semifinals'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Finals'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Rank'''
|-
| [[Alexa Loo]]
| align=center | 42.94
| align=center | 40.57
| align=center | 01:23.51
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
====Halfpipe====
'''Men's Halfpipe'''
In Men’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 men from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 39.4 - 43.8 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 37.9 - 45.3 points. [[Shaun White]] from the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.8 points. [[Andy Finch]] of the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] had the lowest final score of 24.7 points and took 12th place.
{| class="wikitable"
| width="150px" align=center |
| colspan="2" align=center | '''Qualification'''
| colspan="2" align=center | '''Final'''
| width="75px" align=center |
|-
| width="150px" |'''Name'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Run 1'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Run 2'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Run 1'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Run 2'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Final rank'''
|-
| [[Crispin Lipscomb]]
| align=center | 19.6 points
| align=center | '''37.9 points'''
| align=center | 23.4 points
| align=center | '''33.5 points'''
| align=center | 11th place
|-
| [[Brad Martin (athlete)|Brad Martin]]
| align=center | 27.2 points
| align=center | '''34.7 points'''
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Hugo Lemay]]
| align=center | 26.0 points
| align=center | '''34.1 points'''
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Justin Lamoureux]]
| align=center | 10.1 points
| align=center | '''31.5 points'''
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Women's Halfpipe'''
In Women’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. [[Hannah Teter]] from the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. [[Chikako Fushimi]] of [[Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Japan]] had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place.
{| class="wikitable"
| width="150px" align=center |
| colspan="2" align=center | '''Qualification'''
| colspan="2" align=center | '''Final'''
| width="75px" align=center |
|-
| width="150px" |'''Name'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Run 1'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Run 2'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Run 1'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Run 2'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Final rank'''
|-
| [[Sarah Conrad]]
| align=center | 19.4 points
| align=center | '''33.5 points'''
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Mercedes Nicoll]]
| align=center | '''33.0 points'''
| align=center | 17.5 points
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Maelle Ricker]]
| align=center | '''25.9 points'''
| align=center | 23.2 points
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Dominique Vallee]]
| align=center | '''31.5 points'''
| align=center | 24.5 points
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
====Snowboard cross====
'''Men's snowboard cross'''
{| class="wikitable"
| width="125px" align=center |
| colspan="2" align=center | '''Qualification'''
| colspan="5" align=center |
|-
| width="125px" |'''Name'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Run 1'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Run 2'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''1/8 finals'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Quarterfinals'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Semifinals'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Finals'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Rank'''
|-
| [[Jasey-Jay Anderson]]
| align=center | 1:24.25
| align=center | '''1:22.27'''
| align=center | Heat 4<br />1st place
| align=center | Quarterfinal 2<br />1st place
| align=center | Semifinal 1<br />4th place
| align=center | Small final
| align=center | 5th place
|-
| [[Francois Boivin]]
| align=center | 1:23.74
| align=center | '''1:23.17'''
| align=center | Heat 5<br />2nd place
| align=center | Quarterfinal 3<br />3rd place
| align=center | -
| align=center | Classification 9-12
| align=center | 10th place
|-
| [[Drew Neilson]]
| align=center | 1:22.74
| align=center | '''1:19.93'''
| align=center | Heat 1<br />4th place
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Tom Velisek]]
| align=center | 1:22.83
| align=center | '''1:22.12'''
| align=center | Heat 8<br />3rd place
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
'''Women's snowboard cross'''
{| class="wikitable"
| width="125px" align=center |
| colspan="2" align=center | '''Qualification'''
| colspan="4" align=center |
|-
| width="125px" |'''Name'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Run 1'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Run 2'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Quarterfinals'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Semifinals'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Finals'''
| width="75px" align=center | '''Rank'''
|-
| [[Dominique Maltais]]
| align=center | 1:33.03
| align=center | '''1:29.33'''
| align=center | Quarterfinal 4<br />1st place
| align=center | Semifinal 2<br />2nd place
| align=center | Big Final
| align=center style="background:#cc9966" | '''Bronze medal'''
|-
| [[Maelle Ricker]]
| align=center | 1:28.99
| align=center | '''1:27.85'''
| align=center | Quarterfinal 1<br />1st place
| align=center | Semifinal 1<br />1st place
| align=center | Big Final
| align=center | 4th place
|-
| [[Erin Simmons]]
| align=center | 1:33.24
| align=center | '''1:32.74'''
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|-
| [[Dominique Vallee]]
| align=center | 1:34.76
| align=center | '''1:33.57'''
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
| align=center | -
|}
===Speed skating===
{{Main|Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
Canada became the first country to set a new record at the 2006 Winter Olympics when both its men's and women's teams set an [[Olympic record]] in the qualifying round of the team pursuit.
[[Cindy Klassen]] set or tied several medal records. She became the first Canadian to win five medals in one Olympics, winning a gold (1500 m), two silver medals (Team Pursuit, 1000 m) and two Bronze medals (3000 m, 5000 m). Her bronze medal at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] gives her a total of six medals and the title of the most decorated Canadian Olympian, winter or summer. Tied at five medals for Canada are short track speed skater [[Marc Gagnon]], track athlete Dr. [[Phil Edwards (athlete)|Phil Edwards]], and speed skater [[Clara Hughes]], who won her fourth and fifth medal at the 2006 Olympics. In addition to the Canadian medal records, Klassen also tied [[Eric Heiden]] to win the most medals by a speed skater at a single Olympics.
'''Men's 500 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="175px" | Name
! width="100px" | Race 1
! width="100px" | Race 2
! width="100px" | Total
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Michael Ireland]]
| align=center | 35.59
| align=center | 35.29
| align=center | 70.88
| align=center | 7th place
|-
| [[Jeremy Wotherspoon]]
| align=center | 35.37
| align=center | 35.68
| align=center | 71.05
| align=center | 9th place
|-
| [[Vincent Labrie]]
| align=center | 36.31
| align=center | 36.12
| align=center | 72.43
| align=center | 29th place
|-
| [[Brock Miron]]
| align=center | 36.42
| align=center | 36.12
| align=center | 72.54
| align=center | 30th place
|}
'''Men's 1000 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="175px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
| align=center | 1:09.76
| align=center | 11th place
|-
| Francois Olivier Roberge
| align=center | 1:10.20
| align=center | 16th place
|-
| Denny Morrison
| align=center | 1:10.44
| align=center | 19th place
|-
| Steven Elm
| align=center | 1:11.36
| align=center | 29th place
|}
'''Men's 1500 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="175px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Denny Morrison]]
| align=center | 01:48.04
| align=center | 11th place
|-
| [[Steven Elm]]
| align=center | 01:48.09
| align=center | 13th place
|-
| [[Arne Dankers]]
| align=center | 01:48.42
| align=center | 17th place
|-
| [[Justin Warsylewicz]]
| align=center | 01:49.77
| align=center | 27th place
|}
'''Men's 5000 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="175px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Arne Dankers]]
| align=center | 6:21.26
| align=center | 5th place
|-
| [[Steven Elm]]
| align=center | 6:41.53
| align=center | 22nd place
|-
| [[Justin Warsylewicz]]
| align=center | 6:43.74
| align=center | 24th place
|}
'''Men's 10000 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="175px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Arne Dankers]]
| align=center | 13:23.55
| align=center | 9th place
|}
'''Men's Team Pursuit'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="175px" | Name
! width="100px" | Preliminaries
! width="100px" | Quarterfinals
! width="100px" | Semifinals
! width="100px" | Finals
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| Arne Dankers<br />Steven Elm<br />Denny Morrison<br />Jason Parker<br />Justin Warsylewicz
| align=center | 3:47.37
| align=center | Defeated Japan
| align=center | Defeated Norway
| align=center | Lost to Italy
| align=center style="background:silver" | '''Silver medal'''
|}
'''Women's 500 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="175px" | Name
! width="100px" | Race 1
! width="100px" | Race 2
! width="100px" | Total
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| Shannon Rempel
| align=center | 39.42
| align=center | 39.43
| align=center | 78.85
| align=center | 16th place
|-
| Kerry Simposn
| align=center | 39.69
| align=center | 39.65
| align=center | 79.34
| align=center | 21st place
|-
| Krisy Myers
| align=center | 39.83
| align=center | 39.60
| align=center | 79.43
| align=center | 22nd place
|-
| Kim Weger
| align=center | 40.01
| align=center | 39.98
| align=center | 79.99
| align=center | 26th place
|}
'''Women's 1000 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="175px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Cindy Klassen]]
| align=center | 01:16.09
| align=center style="background:silver" | '''Silver medal'''
|-
| [[Kristina Groves]]
| align=center | 01:16.54
| align=center | 5th place
|-
| [[Christine Nesbitt]]
| align=center | 01:17.54
| align=center | 14th place
|-
| [[Shannon Rempel]]
| align=center | 01:18.35
| align=center | 24th place
|}
'''Women's 1500 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="175px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Cindy Klassen]]
| align=center | 01:55.27
| align=center style="background:gold" | '''Gold medal'''
|-
| [[Kristina Groves]]
| align=center | '''01:56.74
| align=center style="background:silver" | '''Silver medal'''
|-
| [[Christine Nesbitt]]
| align=center | 01:59.15
| align=center | 7th place
|-
| [[Shannon Rempel]]
| align=center | 02:02.24
| align=center | 28th place
|}
'''Women's 3000 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="175px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Cindy Klassen]]
| align=center | 4:04.37
| align=center style="background:#cc9966" | '''Bronze medal'''
|-
| [[Kristina Groves]]
| align=center | 4:09.03
| align=center | 8th place
|-
| [[Clara Hughes]]
| align=center | 4:09.17
| align=center | 9th place
|}
'''Women's 5000 m'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="175px" | Name
! width="100px" | Final
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| [[Clara Hughes]]
| align=center | 06:59.07
| align=center style="background:gold" | '''Gold medal'''
|-
| [[Cindy Klassen]]
| align=center | 07:00.57
| align=center style="background:#cc9966" | '''Bronze medal'''
|-
| [[Kristina Groves]]
| align=center | 07:03.95
| align=center | 6th place
|}
'''Women's Team Pursuit'''
{| class="wikitable"
! width="175px" | Name
! width="100px" | Preliminaries
! width="100px" | Quarterfinals
! width="100px" | Semifinals
! width="100px" | Finals
! width="100px" | Rank
|-
| Kristina Groves<br />Clara Hughes<br />Cindy Klassen<br />Christine Nesbitt<br />Shannon Rempel
| align=center | 3:06.45
| align=center | Defeated United States
| align=center | Defeated Japan
| align=center | Lost to Germany
| align=center style="background:silver" | '''Silver medal '''
|}
==Flag bearer==
Women's [[ice hockey]] player [[Danielle Goyette]] carried the [[flag of Canada|flag]] for Canada in the [[2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony|opening ceremony]]. Cross-country skier [[Beckie Scott]], bobsledder [[Pierre Lueders]], long-track speedskaters [[Cindy Klassen]] and [[Clara Hughes]] all said that they would not submit their names to carry the flag.
Scott, Klassen and Hughes all had events within two days of the opening ceremonies and believed that not participating in the opening ceremonies would give them a better chance at a finishing well in their events. Lueders turned down the chance because at the time it appeared that his bobsleigh partner, [[Lascelles Brown]], would not be granted [[Canadian citizenship]]. Afterwards, Lueders said he would carry the flag but said that Brown would be a much better choice.
Some criticized these choices, including hockey analyst [[Don Cherry (ice hockey)|Don Cherry]], who called the athletes unpatriotic and said that other athletes would have loved to have had the opportunity. Others, including past flag bearer [[Catriona LeMay Doan]] spoke in favour of their decisions, saying that the opening ceremonies were a long process and took a lot of energy. She criticized Don Cherry, saying that many athletes in the past had turned down the flag-bearing opportunity at the opening ceremonies in order to focus on their competition, and that Don Cherry, having never participated in international athletic competition, does not have the right to be critical of Olympic athletes.
After winning five medals (more than any other Canadian at a Winter Games), Cindy Klassen accepted the selection as the flag bearer for the [[2006 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony|closing ceremonies]].
==Other participation==
As the host nation of the next Winter Games, Canada had the role to promote the 2010 Winter Olympics, its host city, its host province, and the country over the duration of these Games. ''Canada House'' was a log cabin constructed with Canadian pine wood and it was one of 12 nation's houses established in [[Turin]]. The pavilion opened its doors to the public on [[January 23]], 2006 at piazza Valdo Fusi, in the city centre and would remain open until [[March 20]] at the conclusion of the [[2006 Winter Paralympics|Paralympic Winter Games]]. Aside from showcasing Canadian culture, the building would host meetings for companies from British Columbia and Italy who would be interested to develop business partnerships. The building would be donated to the city of Turin and would be transferred to a new city park after the Games.
During the [[2006 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony|closing ceremonies]] of these Games, there was a brief segment in which Canada delivered a preview of the 2010 Games. This included a choreographed program featuring [[Avril Lavigne]], raising of the [[Flag of Canada|Canadian flag]], and singing of [[O Canada]] by opera star [[Ben Heppner]], himself a B.C. native. The handover of the Games was highlighted by Vancouver mayor [[Sam Sullivan]], a [[quadriplegic]], accepting and waving the [[Olympic symbols|Olympic flag]]. Aside from the flag handed from the mayor of Turin [[Sergio Chiamparino]], the City of Vancouver is now the custodian of the actual Olympic flag lowered at [[Stadio Olimpico]] during the closing ceremonies.
[[Premier of British Columbia|B.C. Premier]] [[Gordon Campbell]], himself a Vancouver native, and [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] [[Michaëlle Jean]] attended the Games' competitions and closing ceremonies. They also availed themselves to the news media, sharing their thoughts about British Columbia and Canada welcoming the world in 2010. The federal government was represented by the attendance of Foreign Affairs Minister [[Peter MacKay]] at the closing ceremonies.
A number of Canadian citizens with [[dual citizenship]] have competed for other countries and served as their respective flag bearers:
* [[Dale Begg-Smith]] carried the flag of [[Australia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Australia]] during the closing ceremonies
* [[Tugba Karademir]] carried the flag of [[Turkey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Turkey]] during the opening ceremonies
* [[Mathieu Razanakolona]] carried the flag of [[Madagascar at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Madagascar]] during the opening and closing ceremonies as the sole competitor of the country
In Ottawa, [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]], himself from a Canadian Olympic city, Calgary, which hosted the [[1988 Winter Olympics]], said in a statement that the Olympic flame had begun the journey to Vancouver. [http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=1034]
==Notes==
*2006 was the first year since [[1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] that Canada had athletes competing in [[Nordic Combined]] and the first since [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] that Canada had athletes in [[Ski Jumping]].
*While skiing in the final of the Women's Team Sprint in [[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross Country Skiing]], [[Sara Renner]] broke her ski pole. Fortunately, a coach immediately handed her a new pole. It was later revealed that the coach was not from Canada, but from Norway. Sara Renner and her partner [[Beckie Scott]] went on to win a Silver medal in the event. Ironically, the Norwegian team finished fourth, so people conclude that if not for the coach then perhaps it would have been Norway that won a medal and not Canada.
*[[Lascelles Brown]], who previously competed for [[Jamaican Bobsled Team|Jamaica]], competed for Canada in [[bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics|bobsleigh]]. He would go on to win a silver medal in Two-man bobsleigh with partner [[Pierre Lueders]].
== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/athletes/athletesbysport.shtml Athletes by sport - CBC]
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