Canada is one of only six nations that have attended every Commonwealth Games (The others are Australia, England, New Zealand, Scotland, and Wales).

Canada at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

Canada finished third at Glasgow 2026, the first Commonwealth Games which was staged with a reduced program of 10 sports. Canada won 19 gold medals, along with 20 silver and 23 bronze for 62 medals in total, finishing behind only Australia and England.

The result confirmed Canada's standing as one of the traditional powers of the Commonwealth Games, a nation that ranks third on the all-time medal tally behind Australia and England. The final medal standings for the leading nations are shown below.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Australia 70 45 56 171
2 England 29 45 36 110
3 Canada 19 20 23 62
4 India 13 17 9 39
5 Scotland 13 9 17 39
6 New Zealand 10 14 12 36

Trivia

  • Canada has hosted the Commonwealth Games four times, including the first-ever Games: Hamilton (1930), Vancouver (1954), Edmonton (1978), and Victoria (1994).
  • In the first Games in Hamilton, the host nation Canada won 54 medals. Their biggest yield however, came in 1994 with 128 medals. Although the 1986 Games produced their biggest tally of gold with 51.
  • In 1949, Newfoundland became a province of Canada, and its athletes have since been eligible to compete in the Commonwealth Games for Canada.
  • In 2003, the city of Hamilton was edged out of the race to host the 2010 Games by the Indian city of Delhi.