Canada's most successful Winter Olympic Games to date were held on home soil, though the Games began on a sombre note when Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed during a practice run at the Whistler Sliding Centre just hours before the opening ceremonies. Canada had its largest team ever, consisting of 202 athletes, with Canadians ultimately securing a national record of 14 gold medals and 26 medals in total. Alexandre BILODEAU became the first Winter Olympian to win gold on Canadian soil when he placed first in the men's moguls competition. Snowboarder Maëlle RICKER won the gold medal in the women's snowboard cross event, the first-ever Olympic gold medal in snowboarding for a Canadian woman. Ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won gold, becoming both the first and the youngest-ever Olympic winners in a sport dominated by European teams. Skier Ashleigh McIvor won the inaugural women's freestyle skicross event, and Canadian female bobsledders Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse, along with teammates Helen Upperton and Shelley-Ann Brown, won gold and silver medals respectively. The men's and women's hockey teams capped off the Games with gold medals against the US. 2010 was also the first time the Olympics widely implemented social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

Canada's Rank: 3rd

Gold: Alexandre Bilodeau, freestyle skiing; Maëlle Ricker, snowboard cross; Christine NESBITT, 1000 m speed skating; Jon MONTGOMERY, skeleton; Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, ice dancing; Ashleigh McIvor, freestyle skicross; Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse, bobsleigh; Charles Hamelin, 500 m short-track speed skating; Jasey-Jay ANDERSON, snowboarding (parallel giant slalom); Charles Hamelin, François Hamelin, Olivier Jean and François-Louis Tremblay, 5000 m short-track skating relay; Mathieu Giroux, Lucas Makowsky and Denny Morrison, speed skating team pursuit; Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert, curling; women's hockey; men's hockey

Silver: Jennifer Heil, freestyle skiing; Mike Robertson, snowboard cross; Marianne St Gelais, 500 m short-track speed skating; Kristina Groves, 1500 m speed skating; Jessica Gregg, Kalyna Roberge, Marianne St Gelais and Tania Vicent, 3000 m speed skating relay; Helen Upperton and Shelley-Ann Brown, bobsleigh; Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor, Carolyn Darbyshire, Cori Bartel and Kristie Moore, curling

Bronze: Kristina Groves, 3000 m speed skating; Clara Hughes, 5000 m speed skating; Joannie Rochette, figure skating; François-Louis Tremblay, 500 m short-track speed skating; Lyndon Rush, Chris LeBihan, David Bissett and Lascelles Brown, 4-man bobsleigh.