Vincent
Boily

Vincent Boily has emerged as one of Canada’s fastest rising stars in Para ice hockey since he joined the national team for the 2022-23 season.

Boily has competed at three world championships helping Canada to silver in 2023 and 2025 and gold in 2024. With his quickness, the pesky forward can impact a game both offensively and defensively.

It was in 2018 that Vincent Boily made his first foray into Para sport. Boily was at the Canadian Paralympic Committee’s Paralympian Search with 17 other prospects. It was only eight months after a snowmobile accident left him partially paralyzed and doctors had told him he may never walk again.

Boily was playing AAA Midget hockey for the St-Eustache Vikings when the accident happened in December and was eyeing to step into the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Rimouski Océanic.

He tested Para sport waters for the first time in Para rowing before rolling into Para cycling. He was identified as a NextGen athlete, but the pandemic hit and derailed his training in that sport.

He made headlines in 2024, when he ascended Mount Kilimanjaro using arm crutches, raising funds and awareness for the Fondation moelle épinière et motricité Québec and pushing personal limits. He was with a group of 10 climbers, four of whom did not reach the peak.

NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS

2025 World Championships – 2^nd

2024 World Championships – 1^st

2023 World Championships – 2^nd