Since 1967, the Canada Games have reinforced the high performance pathway across the country. For the next two weeks, 40 former Canada Games athletes (plus coaches and officials) will be in Santiago for the 2023 Parapan Am Games.

Check out the full list of athletes who competed for their provincial or territorial team before Team Canada:

Para Athletics
Billy Bridges (1999, ON)
Tianna Rissling (2009, AB)
Renee Foessel (2013, ON)
Isaiah Christophe (2017, ON)
Sarah Mickey (2017, AB)
Anthony Bouchard (2022, QC)
Noah Vucsics (2022, AB)
Jesse Zesseu (2022, ON)
Laura Calovini (2023, ON)

Para Cycling
Mel Pemble (2015, BC)
Alexandre Hayward (2019, NB)

Para Judo
Justin Karn (2001, ON)

Para Swimming
Justine Morrier (2009, QC)
Tyson MacDonald (2017, ON)
Connor Bissett (2022, AB)
Jesse Canney (2022, NB)
Alisson Gobeil (2022, QC)
Hunter Helberg (2022, AB)
Ruby Stevens (2022, ON)

Para Table Tennis
Ian Kent (1983, NS)

Wheelchair Basketball (women)
Cindy Ouellet (2007, QC)
Melanie Hawtin (2009, ON)
Tamara Steeves (2011, ON)
Rosalie Lalonde (2015, QC)
Arinn Young (2015, AB)
Puisand Lai (2019, ON)
Élodie Tessier (2019, QC)
Desiree Isaac-Pictou (2023, NB)
Bethany Johnson (2023, MB)

Wheelchair Basketball (men)
Patrick Anderson (1995, ON)
Vincent Dallaire (2015, QC)
Reed De'Aeth (2023, AB)
Nik Goncin (2015, SK)
Bo Hedges (2003, BC)
Colin Higgins (2015, NB)
Chad Jassman (2007, AB)
Lee Melymick (2019, ON)
Garrett Ostepchuk (2019, SK)
Jonathan Vermette (2015, QC)

Wheelchair Rugby (men)
Matt Debly (2015, ON)
Zak Madell (2015, AB)