Team Canada at the Pan Am Games, by the numbers
TO2015 will feature more Canadian athletes than the Olympics
There are more Canadians at the Pan Am/Parapan games than any other competition in amateur sports. That includes all other Pan Am Games, both the summer and winter Olympics, Commonwealth Games and any other event.
Here's a look at the makeup of this year's team.
ATHLETES
Total number of athletes: 719 (373 male, 346 female) (as of July 9, 2015)
Average age: 25.7
Median age: 24
Oldest athlete — male: Ian Millar (Equestrian — Jumping, DOB: 6 JAN 1947, 68 years old)
Oldest athlete — female: Susan Nattrass (Shooting, DOB: 5 NOV 1950, 64 years old)
Youngest athlete — male: David Mylnikov (Shooting, DOB: 13 MAY 1998, 17 years old), Kabir Dhillon is second youngest, also a Shooting athlete (DOB: 26 JAN 1998, 17 years old)
Youngest athlete — female: Alicia Coté (Table Tennis, DOB: 14 DEC 1999, 15 years old), Vanessa Panov (Gymnastics — Rhythmic) is a close second youngest (DOB: 26 NOV 1999, 15 years old)
Sets of Twins: 3
- Leirick and Leivin Chung (Karate)
- Katherine and Michelle Plouffe (Basketball — Women)
- Anjelika and Victoria Reznik (Gymnastics — Rhythmic)
Father/Son Athlete Combos: 2
- Terry McLaughlin (father), Evert McLaughlin (son) — Sailing (they come from an Olympic sailing family)
- Paul Shaw (father), Drew Shaw (son) — Shooting
PLACE OF BIRTH
Province Breakdown (some were not born in Canada):
| Alberta | 73 |
| British Columbia | 117 |
| Manitoba | 17 |
| New Brunswick | 3 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 7 |
| Nova Scotia | 14 |
| Ontario | 245 |
| PEI | 2 |
| Quebec | 127 |
| Saskatchewan | 18 |
| Outside of Canada | 97 |
Number of different countries from which athletes originate: 45
Top 5 sports with the most country of origin diversity:
| Sport | Number of countries | Percentage of the sport's team size (%) |
| Athletics | 9 | 10 |
| Swimming | 8 | 20 |
| Football | 7 | 19 |
| Fencing | 6 | 33 |
| Handball | 6 | 20 |
- These five sports account for 49 per cent of the 45 different countries.
PAST GAMES AND MEDALS
Previous flag bearers
- Adam van Koeverden (CanoeKayak — Sprint) in Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremonies and Athens 2004 Closing Ceremonies
- Karen Cockburn (Gymnastics — Trampoline) in Beijing 2008 Closing Ceremonies
- Susan Nattrass (Shooting) in Rio 2007 Pan Am Opening Ceremonies
- Nicolas Gill (now a Team Leader for Judo) in Athens 2004 Opening Ceremonies
- Jaret Llewellyn (Water Ski) in Santo Domingo 2003 Pan Am Opening Ceremonies
Number of Olympic Medals won by TO2015 Pan Am Athletes
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Grand Total |
| 1984 Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2000 Sydney | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2004 Athens | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 Beijing | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 2012 London | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 2014 Sochi | 1 | 1 | ||
| Grand Total | 3 | 13 | 12 | 28 |
Olympic Gold Medalists that are TO2015 Pan Am Athletes
- 2004 Athens: Adam van Koeverden
- 2008 Beijing: Eric Lamaze
- 2012 London: Rosie MacLennan
Number of TO2015 Pan Am Athletes who have attended previous Games
- By type of Games
| Olympic Summer Games | 122 |
| Olympic Summer Youth Games | 7 |
| Olympic Winter Games | 2 |
| Pan American Games | 172 |
| Total | 303 |
- By Games
| Olympic Summer Games | 1972 Munich | 2 |
| 1976 Montreal | 2 | |
| 1984 Los Angeles | 3 | |
| 1988 Seoul | 3 | |
| 1992 Barcelona | 4 | |
| 1996 Atlanta | 2 | |
| 2000 Sydney | 4 | |
| 2004 Athens | 13 | |
| 2008 Beijing | 41 | |
| 2012 London | 93 | |
| Olympic Summer Youth Games | 2010 Singapore | 5 |
| 2014 Nanjing | 2 | |
| Olympic Winter Games | 2010 Vancouver | 2 |
| 2014 Sochi | 1 | |
| Pan American Games | 1979 San Juan | 1 |
| 1983 Caracas | 1 | |
| 1987 Indianapolis | 3 | |
| 1991 Havana | 4 | |
| 1995 Mar Del Plata | 4 | |
| 1999 Winnipeg | 4 | |
| 2003 Santo Domingo | 11 | |
| 2007 Rio de Janeiro | 60 | |
| 2011 Guadalajara | 149 |