The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC; French: ''Comité paralympique canadien''), also known as Team Canada, is the private,

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representing

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Paralympic athletes in the

International Paralympic Committee The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; ) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nin ...

(IPC) and the

Parapan American Games The Parapan American Games is an international multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities held every four years after every Pan American Games. The first Games were held in 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico. The 2003 Parapan American Ga ...

. It represents 25 member sports organisations.

Members

Active

* Alpine Canada Alpin * Athletics Canada * Canadian Blind Sport Association * Canadian Cerebral Palsy Sports Association *

Canadian Curling Association Curling Canada (formerly the Canadian Curling Association (CCA)) is a sanctioning body for the sport of curling in Canada. It is associated with more than a dozen provincial and territorial curling associations across the country, and organizes ...

* Canadian Cycling Association * Canadian Fencing Federation *

Canadian Soccer Association The Canadian Soccer Association (; branded as Canada Soccer) is the governing body for soccer in Canada. Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, the federation is a full member of FIFA and governs Canadian soccer at the international, professional, a ...

* Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Association - now known as Wheelchair Basketball Canada * Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association * Canadian Yachting Association * Cross Country Canada *

Equine Canada Equestrian Canada (), formerly known as Equine Canada and commonly known by its acronym, EC, is Canada’s comprehensive national governing body for equestrian sport. It is the executive branch of Canada's Olympic and Paralympic equestrian teams ...

* Federation of Canadian Archers *

Hockey Canada Hockey Canada (which merged with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association in 1994) is the national governing body of ice hockey and ice sledge hockey in Canada. It is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and controls the majority ...

* Judo Canada * Rowing Canada Aviron * Shooting Federation of Canada * Swimming Natation Canada * Table Tennis Canada * Tennis Canada * Volleyball Canada

Affiliate

* Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability * Alter Go * Badminton Canada * BC Disability Sports * Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton * Canadian Amateur DanceSport Association * Canadian Amputee Sports Association * Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing * Canadian Association of Athletes with an Intellectual Disability * Canadian Forces Personnel and Family Support Agency * Canadian Snowboard Federation * CanoeKayak Canada * Field Hockey Canada * Gymnastics Canada * Ontario Para Network * ParaSport Ontario * Parasport and Recreation PEI * Synchro Canada * Taekwondo Canada * Triathlon Canada * Water Ski and Wakeboard Canada

Presidents

List of past presidents: * Lou Lefaive (1976–1977) * Hugh Glynn (1977–1981) * Doug Allen (1982–1983) * Robert Steadward (1984–1990) * Helen Manning (1991–1997) * Laurel Crosby (1997–1998) * Patrick Jarvis (1998–2006) * Henry Wohler (interim, 2006) * Carla Qualtrough (2006–2011) * David Legg (2011–2013) * Gaétan Tardif (2013–2017)

Hall of Fame

; Athletes * Arnold Boldt (2001) * Eugene Reimer (2001) * Joanne Berdan (2003) * André Viger (2005) * Michael Edgson (2011) * Clayton Gerein (2011) *

Ljiljana Ljubisic Ljiljana Ljubisic is a paralympic track and field, athlete from Canada competing mainly in category F12 throws events. Ljiljana has competed in the shot and discus at four consecutive Paralympics. She won the discus gold and shot silve ...

(2011) * Robert Easton (2013) * Jennifer Krempien (2013) * Tim McIsaac (2013) * Chantal Petitclerc (2015) * Lauren Woolstencroft (2015) * Marni Abbott-Peter (2015) * Karolina Wisniewska (2017) *

Colette Bourgonje Colette Bourgonje (''ber-gon-yah''; born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian Paralympic Games, Paralympic cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier and athlete of Métis heritage. She has won four bronze medals in Summer Paralympics and medals ...

(2019) * Josh Dueck (2019) * Viviane Forest (2019) * Joey Johnson (2019) *

Garett Hickling Garett Hickling (born September 18, 1970) is a Canadians, Canadian wheelchair rugby player. He is on the Canada national wheelchair rugby team and has been voted most valuable player at several Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, World Champion ...

(2019) ; Coaches * Earl Church (2011) * Tim Frick (2013) * Wilf Strom (2015) * Ozzie Sawicki (2017) * Joe Rea (2019) ; Builders * Robert Steadward (2000) * Robert W. Jackson (2001) *

Rick Hansen Richard Marvin Hansen (born August 26, 1957) is a Canadian track and field athlete (Paralympic Games and Olympic Games), activist, and philanthropist for people with disabilities. When Rick was 15, he was riding in the back of a pickup truck ...

(2003) * Jerry Johnston (2003) * Duncan Campbell (2005) * Patrick Jarvis (2007) * Joyce Fairbairn (2011) * Janet Dunn (2013) * John Howe (2013) * Audrey Strom (2015) * Gary McPherson (2015) * Dr. Donald Royer (2015) * Carla Qualtrough (2017) * Archie Allison (2017) * Maureen Orchard (2017) * Kathy Newman (2019) Source:

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