The Canadian women's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Canada in women's hockey. The team is overseen by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and participates in international competitions. Canada has been a dominant figure in international competition, having won the majority of major ice hockey tournaments. Canada is rivaled by the United States, the only other winner of a major tournament.
Competitive record
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Tournament played fully or partially on home soil:
Olympic Games
{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header-multi" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=10|Olympic Games record
|-
! class="unsortable" | Year
! class="unsortable" | Round
! class="unsortable" | Position
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" | Squad
|- style="background:silver"
| 1998
|
|
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 29
| 15
| Squad
|- style="background:gold
| 2002
|
| 1st
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 5
| Squad
|- style="background:gold
| 2006
|
| 1st
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 2
| Squad
|- style="background:gold
|style="border: 3px solid red"| 2010
|
| 1st
| 5
| 5
|
| 0
| 48
| 2
| Squad
|- style="background:gold;"
| 2014
|
| 1st
| 5
| 5
|
| 0
| 17
| 5
| Squad
|- style="background:silver"
| 2018
|
| 2nd
| 5
| 4
|
| 1
| 18
| 5
| Squad
|- style="background:gold;"
| 2022
|
| 1st
| 7
| 7
|
| 0
| 57
| 10
| Squad
|- style="background:silver;"
| 2026
|
| 2nd
| 7
| 5
|
| 2
| 22
| 10
| Squad
|-
!Total||5 Gold medals||8/8||45||40||0||5||272||54||
|}
Women's World Championship
{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header-multi" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=10|Women's World Championship record
|-
! class="unsortable" | Year
! class="unsortable" | Round
! class="unsortable" | Position
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" | Squad
|- style="background:gold
|style="border: 3px solid red"| 1990
| Champions
| 1st
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 61
| 8
| Squad
|- style="background:gold
| 1992
| Champions
| 1st
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
|
|Squad
|- style="background:gold
| 1994
| Champions
| 1st
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
|
|Squad
|- style="background:gold
|style="border: 3px solid red"| 1997
| Champions
| 1st
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
|
|Squad
|- style="background:gold
| 1999
| Champions
| 1st
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 2
|Squad
|- style="background:gold
| style="border: 3px solid red"| 2000
| Champions
| 1st
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
|
|Squad
|- style="background:gold
| 2001
| Champions
| 1st
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
|
|Squad
|-
| 2003
| colspan=9|Competition at top level was cancelled due to SARS outbreak in China
|- style="background:gold
| style="border: 3px solid red"| 2004
| Champions
| 1st
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 1
|
|
|Squad
|- style="background:silver"
| 2005
| Runners-up
| 2nd
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 1
|
|
|Squad
|- style="background:gold
| style="border: 3px solid red"| 2007
| Champions
| 1st
| 5
| 5
|
| 0
|
|
| Squad
|- style="background:silver"
| 2008
| Runners-up
| 2nd
| 5
| 3
|
| 2
|
|
|Squad
|- style="background:silver"
| 2009
| Runners-up
| 2nd
| 5
| 4
|
| 1
|
|
|Squad
|- style="background:silver"
| 2011
| Runners-up
| 2nd
| 5
| 4
|
| 1
|
|
|Squad
|- style="background:gold
| 2012
| Champions
| 1st
| 5
| 4
|
| 1
|
|
|Squad
|- style="background:silver"
| style="border: 3px solid red"| 2013
| Runners-up
| 2nd
| 5
| 4
|
| 1
|
|
|Squad
|- style="background:silver"
| 2015
| Runners-up
| 2nd
| 5
| 3
|
| 2
|
|
|Squad
|- style="background:silver"
| style="border: 3px solid red"| 2016
| Runners-up
| 2nd
| 5
| 3
|
| 2
|
|
|Squad
|- style="background:silver"
| 2017
| Runners-up
| 2nd
| 5
| 2
|
| 3
|
|
|Squad
|- style="background:#c96"
| 2019
| Third place
| 3rd
| 7
| 5
|
| 2
| 33
| 9
|Squad
|- style="background:gold
|style="border: 3px solid red"| 2021
| Champions
| 1st
| 7
| 7
|
| 0
| 34
| 7
|Squad
|- style="background:gold
| 2022
| Champions
| 1st
| 7
| 6
|
| 1
| 32
| 9
|Squad
|- style="background:silver"
|style="border: 3px solid red"| 2023
| Runners-up
| 2nd
| 7
| 6
|
| 1
| 29
| 13
|Squad
|- style="background:gold
| 2024
| Champions
| 1st
| 7
| 6
|
| 1
| 27
| 8
| Squad
|- style="background:silver"
| 2025
| Runners-up
| 2nd
| 7
| 5
|
| 2
| 37
| 9
|Squad
|-
| 2026
| colspan=11|Qualified
|-
!Total||13 Titles||24/24||132||104||0||18||764||174||
|}
4 Nations Cup
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year !! Location !! Result
|-
| 1996 || align=left|Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ||bgcolor=gold| Champions
|-
| 1997 || align=left|Lake Placid, United States ||bgcolor=silver| Runners-up
|-
| 1998 || align=left|Kuortane, Finland ||bgcolor=gold| Champions
|-
| 1999 || align=left|Montreal, Quebec, Canada ||bgcolor=gold| Champions
|-
| 2000 || align=left|Provo, United States ||bgcolor=gold| Champions
|-
| 2001 || align=left|Vierumäki and Tampere, Finland ||bgcolor=gold| Champions
|-
| 2002 || align=left|Kitchener, Ontario, Canada ||bgcolor=gold| Champions
|-
| 2003 || align=left|Skövde, Sweden ||bgcolor=silver| Runners-up
|-
| 2004 || align=left|Lake Placid, United States ||bgcolor=gold| Champions
|-
| 2005 || align=left|Hämeenlinna, Finland ||bgcolor=gold| Champions
|-
| 2006 || align=left|Kitchener, Ontario, Canada ||bgcolor=gold| Champions
|-
| 2007 || align=left|Leksand, Sweden ||bgcolor=gold| Champions
|-
| 2008 || align=left|Lake Placid, United States ||bgcolor=silver| Runners-up
|-
| 2009 || align=left|Vierumäki, Finland ||bgcolor=gold| Champions
|-
| 2010 || align=left|Clarenville and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ||bgcolor=gold| Champions
|-
| 2011 || align=left|Nyköping, Sweden ||bgcolor=silver| Runners-up
|-
| 2012 || align=left|Tikkurila, Finland ||bgcolor=silver| Runners-up
|-
| 2013 || align=left|Lake Placid, United States ||bgcolor=gold| Champions
|-
| 2014 || align=left|Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada ||bgcolor=gold| Champions
|-
| 2015 || align=left|Sundsvall, Sweden ||bgcolor=silver| Runners-up
|-
| 2016 || align=left|Järvenpää, Finland ||bgcolor=silver| Runners-up
|-
| 2017 || align=left|Tampa and Wesley Chapel, United States ||bgcolor=silver| Runners-up
|-
| 2018 || align=left|Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada ||bgcolor=silver| Runners-up
|-
| 2019 || align=left|Luleå, Sweden || Cancelled
|-
| 2020 || align=left| / || Not Scheduled
|}
Women's Pacific Rim Championship
{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header-multi" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=10|Women's Pacific Rim Championship record
|-
! class="unsortable" | Year
! class="unsortable" | Round
! class="unsortable" | Position
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" |
! class="unsortable" | Squad
|- style="background:gold
| 1995
|
| 1st
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 1
|
|
| Squad
|- style="background:gold
|style="border: 3px solid red"| 1996
|
| 1st
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
|
| Squad
|-
!Total||2 Gold medals||2/2||10|| || || || || ||
|}
Team
2026 Olympics roster
Coaches
thumb|1990 women's team jerseys
- Dave McMaster, 1990
- Rick Polutnick, 1992
- Les Lawton, 1994
- Shannon Miller, 1997–1998
- Danièle Sauvageau, 1999, 2001–2002
- Melody Davidson, 2000, 2005–2007, 2009–2010
- Karen Hughes, 2004
- Peter Smith, 2008
- Ryan Walter, 2011
- Dan Church, 2012–2013
- Kevin Dineen, 2013–2014
- Doug Derraugh, 2015
- Laura Schuler, 2016–2018
- Perry Pearn, 2018–2019
- Troy Ryan, 2021–
General managers
- Melody Davidson, 2010–2018
- Gina Kingsbury, 2018–present
See also
- 2009–10 Canada women's national ice hockey team
- 2010–11 Canada women's national ice hockey team
- List of Canadian women's national ice hockey team rosters
References
External links
- IIHF profile