Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Canada made a remarkable appearance at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, which were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since their debut in 1900, Canadian athletes have participated in every Summer Olympic Games, with the notable exception of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, when the country supported a boycott led by the United States.

Before the official postponement, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) initially declared their intention not to send teams to the Olympics and Paralympics. However, following the announcement of the postponement, they expressed their commitment to showcasing the best of Canada on the international stage.

On July 13, 2021, the COC announced a record team of three hundred seventy athletes, comprising one hundred forty-five men and two hundred twenty-five women, competing in thirty sports. This marked the largest Canadian Olympic team since the Los Angeles Games in nineteen eighty-four. The team included one hundred thirty-one coaches and saw a significant number of first-time Olympians, with two hundred twenty-seven athletes competing in their inaugural Olympics.

During the Games, Canada achieved its best-ever medal tally, winning twenty-four medals, surpassing previous totals from the nineteen ninety-six and two thousand sixteen Olympics. The team also equaled the number of gold medals won in nineteen ninety-two. Notably, basketball player Miranda Ayim and rugby sevens athlete Nathan Hirayama served as co-flagbearers during the opening ceremony, while gold medalist Damian Warner was honored as the flagbearer for the closing ceremony.