| The first World Figure Skating Championships, open
to men only, were held in St Petersburg, Russia in 1896. Ladies
and Pair events were officially added to the World Championships
in 1924 (Manchester, Great Britain) and ice dance in 1952 (Paris,
France).
Canada at the Worlds
Previous World Championships in Canada = 8
1932 Montreal, Quebec
1960 Vancouver, British Columbia
1972 Calgary, Alberta
1978 Ottawa, Ontario
1984 Ottawa, Ontario
1990 Halifax, Nova Scotia
1996 Edmonton, Alberta
2001 Vancouver, British Columbia
World Titles won by Canadians = 25
Ladies
Barbara Ann Scott (1947, 1948)
Petra Burka (1965)
Karen Magnussen (1973)
Men
Donald Jackson (1962)
Donald McPherson (1963)
Brian Orser (1987)
Kurt Browning (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993)
Elvis Stojko (1994, 1995, 1997)
Pairs
Frances Dafoe & Norris Bowden (1954, 1955)
Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul (1957, ’58, ’59, 60)
Maria Jelinek & Otto Jelinek (1962)
Barb Underhill & Paul Martini (1984)
Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler (1993)
Jamie Salé & David Pelletier (2001)
Ice Dance
Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz (2003)
World Medals won by Canadians = 79
Gold: 25; Silver: 27; Bronze: 27
| Year |
Placing |
Discipline |
Name |
1930
|
2
|
Ladies
|
Cecil Smith |
| 1932 |
2 |
Men |
Montgomery Wilson |
| 1932 |
3 |
Ladies |
Constance Samuel |
| 1947 |
1 |
Ladies |
Barbara Ann Scott |
| 1948 |
1 |
Ladies |
Barbara Ann Scott |
| 1948 |
3 |
Pair |
Suzanne Morrow/Wallace Distelmeyer |
| 1953 |
2 |
Pair |
Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden |
| 1954 |
1 |
Pair |
Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden |
| 1955 |
1 |
Pair |
Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden |
| 1956 |
2 |
Pair |
Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden |
| 1957 |
3 |
Men |
Charles Snelling |
| 1957 |
1 |
Pair |
Barbara Wagner/Robert Paul |
| 1957 |
3 |
Pair |
Maria Jelinek/Otto Jelinek |
| 1957 |
2 |
Dance |
Geraldine Fenton/William McLachlan |
| 1958 |
1 |
Pair |
Barbara Wagner/Robert Paul |
| 1958 |
3 |
Pair |
Maria Jelinek/Otto Jelinek |
| 1958 |
2 |
Dance |
Geraldine Fenton/William McLachlan |
| 1959 |
2 |
Men |
Donald Jackson |
| 1959 |
1 |
Pair |
Barbara Wagner/Robert Paul |
| 1959 |
3 |
Dance |
Geraldine Fenton/William McLachlan |
| 1960 |
2 |
Men |
Donald Jackson |
| 1960 |
1 |
Pair |
Barbara Wagner/Robert Paul |
| 1960 |
2 |
Pair |
Maria Jelinek/Otto Jelinek |
| 1960 |
2 |
Dance |
Virginia Thompson/William McLachlan |
| 1962 |
1 |
Men |
Donald Jackson |
| 1962 |
2 |
Ladies |
Wendy Griner |
| 1962 |
1 |
Pair |
Maria Jelinek/Otto Jelinek |
| 1963 |
1 |
Men |
Donald McPherson |
| 1963 |
3 |
Dance |
Paulette Doan/Kenneth Ormsby |
| 1964 |
3 |
Ladies |
Petra Burka |
| 1964 |
3 |
Pair |
Debbi Wilkes/Guy Revell |
| 1964 |
2 |
Dance |
Paulette Doan/Kenneth Ormsby |
| 1965 |
3 |
Men |
Donald Knight |
| 1965 |
1 |
Ladies |
Petra Burka |
| 1966 |
3 |
Ladies |
Petra Burka |
| 1971 |
3 |
Ladies |
Karen Magnussen |
| 1972 |
2 |
Ladies |
Karen Magnussen |
| 1973 |
1 |
Ladies |
Karen Magnussen |
| 1974 |
3 |
Men |
Toller Cranston |
| 1982 |
3 |
Men |
Brian Pockar |
| 1983 |
3 |
Men |
Brian Orser |
| 1983 |
3 |
Pair |
Barbara Underhill/Paul Martini |
| 1984 |
2 |
Men |
Brian Orser |
| 1984 |
1 |
Pair |
Barbara Underhill/Paul Martini |
| 1985 |
2 |
Men |
Brian Orser |
| 1985 |
3 |
Pair |
Katherina Matousek/Lloyd Eisler |
| 1986 |
2 |
Men |
Brian Orser |
| 1986 |
3 |
Pair |
Cynthia Coull/Mark Rowsom |
| 1986 |
3 |
Dance |
Tracy Wilson/Rob McCall |
| 1987 |
1 |
Men |
Brian Orser |
| 1987 |
3 |
Dance |
Tracy Wilson/Rob McCall |
| 1988 |
2 |
Men |
Brian Orser |
| 1988 |
2 |
Ladies |
Elizabeth Manley |
| 1988 |
3 |
Dance |
Tracy Wilson/Rob McCall |
| 1989 |
1 |
Men |
Kurt Browning |
| 1989 |
2 |
Pair |
Cindy Landry/Lyndon Johnston |
| 1990 |
1 |
Men |
Kurt Browning |
| 1990 |
2 |
Pair |
Isabelle Brasseur/Lloyd Eisler |
| 1991 |
1 |
Men |
Kurt Browning |
| 1991 |
2 |
Pair |
Isabelle Brasseur/Lloyd Eisler |
| 1992 |
2 |
Men |
Kurt Browning |
| 1992 |
3 |
Men |
Elvis Stojko |
| 1992 |
3 |
Pair |
Isabelle Brasseur/Lloyd Eisler |
| 1993 |
1 |
Men |
Kurt Browning |
| 1993 |
2 |
Men |
Elvis Stojko |
| 1993 |
1 |
Pair |
Isabelle Brasseur/Lloyd Eisler |
| 1994 |
1 |
Men |
Elvis Stojko |
| 1994 |
2 |
Pair |
Isabelle Brasseur/Lloyd Eisler |
| 1995 |
1 |
Men |
Elvis Stojko |
| 1996 |
3 |
Dance |
Shae-Lynn Bourne/Victor Kraatz |
| 1997 |
1 |
Men |
Elvis Stojko |
| 1997 |
3 |
Dance |
Shae-Lynn Bourne/Victor Kraatz |
| 1998 |
3 |
Dance |
Shae-Lynn Bourne/Victor Kraatz |
| 1999 |
3 |
Dance |
Shae-Lynn Bourne/Victor Kraatz |
| 2000 |
2 |
Men |
Elvis Stojko |
| 2001 |
1 |
Pair |
Jamie Salé/David Pelletier |
| 2002 |
2 |
Dance |
Shae-Lynn Bourne/Victor Kraatz |
| 2003 |
1 |
Dance |
Shae-Lynn Bourne/Victor Kraatz |
| 2005 |
2 |
Men |
Jeffrey Buttle |
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