Canada national badminton team

Canada

Association	Badminton Canada (BC)
Confederation	BPA (Pan America)
President	Anil Kaul
BWF ranking
Current ranking	11 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking	11 (4 July 2023)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1989)
Best result	Group stage
Thomas Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1970)
Best result	Semi-finals (1970, 1973)
Uber Cup
Appearances	13 (first in 1960)
Best result	Semi-finals (1975, 1981)
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Appearances	21 (first in 1977)
Best result	Champions (1977, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023)
Pan Am Men's Team Championships
Appearances	8 (first in 2004)
Best result	Champions (2008, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Pan Am Women's Team Championships
Appearances	9 (first in 2004)
Best result	Champions (2004, 2018, 2020)

The Canada national badminton team (French: Équipe nationale de badminton du Canada) represents Canada in international badminton team competitions.^[1] It is controlled by the nation's governing body of badminton, Badminton Canada. The team's best result was achieving two semifinal finishes in both Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.

Canada is one of the most prestigious badminton countries in the Americas, winning almost every mixed team event in the Pan American Badminton Championships and also winning gold in both men and women's teams. Next to the United States, Canada has won 21 gold medals, 22 silvers and 12 bronzes in badminton at the Pan American Games.

The national team has won almost every edition of the Pan American Badminton Championships mixed team events except for one in 2001. The men's team have also became recent champions while the women's team lost to the United States in 2022.

Competitive record

Commonwealth Games

Pan American Team Championships

FISU World University Games

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
2007	Group stage
2011	Did not enter
2013	Group stage
2015	Group stage
2017	Group stage
2021	Did not enter
2025	TBD

World University Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
2008	Did not enter
2010
2012	Quarter-finals	6th
2014	Group stage	11th
2016	Group stage	10th
2018	Group stage	12th

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year	Round	Pos
2000	Group stage	21st
2002	Did not enter
2004	Group stage	18th
2006	Group stage	21st
2007	Did not enter
2008	Group stage	10th
2009	Group stage	18th
2010	Group stage	16th
2011	Group stage	19th
2012	Group stage	21st
2013	Group stage	18th
2014	Group stage	19th
2015	Group stage	13th
2016	Group stage	19th
2017	Group stage	18th
2018	Group stage	17th
2019	Group stage	25th
2022	Group stage	11th
2023	Group stage	17th
2024	TBD

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
2004	Did not enter

Pan American Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
1977	Champions	1st
1980	Did not enter
1981	Runners-up	2nd
1988	Champions	1st
1990	Third place	3rd
1991	Third place	3rd
1992	Third place	3rd
1994	Third place	3rd
1996	Runners-up	2nd
1998	Champions	1st
2000	Champions	1st
2002	Fourth place	4th
2004	Runners-up	2nd
2006	Runners-up	2nd
2007	Third place	3rd
2008	Quarter-finals	6th
2009	Third place	3rd
2010	Third place	3rd
2011	Champions	1st
2012	Runners-up	2nd
2013	Champions	1st
2014	Did not enter
2015	Third place	3rd
2016	Champions	1st
2017	Runners-up	2nd
2018	Champions	1st
2019	Champions	1st
2021	Did not enter
2022	Runners-up	2nd
2023	Runners-up	2nd
2024	TBD

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		MS	MD	XD
Brian Yang	(2001-11-25) 25 November 2001 (age 22)	26	-	-
Victor Lai	(2004-12-19) 19 December 2004 (age 19)	107	-	-
Josh Nguyen	(2005-09-09) 9 September 2005 (age 18)	367	-	-
Imran Wadia	(1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 27)	175	717	255
Nyl Yakura	(1993-02-14) 14 February 1993 (age 31)	-	34	217
Adam Dong	(1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 30)	-	34	691
Kevin Lee	(1998-11-10) 10 November 1998 (age 25)	-	41	123
Ty Alexander Lindeman	(1997-08-15) 15 August 1997 (age 26)	-	41	29
B. R. Sankeerth	(1997-12-22) 22 December 1997 (age 26)	156	455	1392
Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	(1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 (age 29)	-	455	90

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		WS	WD	XD
Michelle Li	(1993-11-03) 3 November 1993 (age 30)	24	526	-
Wenyu Zhang	(2002-08-29) 29 August 2002 (age 21)	46	91	740
Talia Ng	(2001-11-06) 6 November 2001 (age 22)	70	91	494
Rachel Chan	(2003-11-15) 15 November 2003 (age 20)	65	-	426
Catherine Choi	(2001-05-01) 1 May 2001 (age 22)	-	28	426
Josephine Wu	(1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 29)	-	28	29
Rachel Honderich	(1996-04-21) 21 April 1996 (age 27)	-	232	90
Jacqueline Cheung	(2002-10-18) 18 October 2002 (age 21)	-	232	279
Camille Leblanc	(1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 27)	-	242	-
Alexandra Mocanu	(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 24)	-	242	361

Previous squads

Sudirman Cup

• 2019, 2021, 2023

Thomas Cup

• 1973, 2018, 2020, 2022

Uber Cup

• 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022

References