summer Games
Rio 2016
Sep 7 — 18
Key Facts
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162
Canadian Athletes
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19
Sports
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528
Events
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159
Participating Nations
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4,342
Total # of Athletes
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22
Total # of Sports
Featured Athletes
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Gold Medals
5
Silver Medals3
Bronze Medals2
Aurélie Rivard
Para Swimming
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Gold Medals
1
Silver Medals8
Bronze Medals2
Brent Lakatos
Para Athletics
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Gold Medals
6
Silver Medals1
Michelle Stilwell
Para Athletics
Wheelchair Basketball
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Gold Medals
1
Bronze Medals1
Katarina Roxon
Para Swimming
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Canada at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Canadian Paralympic Team highlights from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
The 2016 Summer Paralympics, the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. The Games marked the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted the event, the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation, the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, and also the first time a Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country hosted the event.
