Athletics Canada is a member of WA, IOC, IPC, EAA, NACAC, JDFL, CP-ISRA, CGF, ISBA, FISU and WADA.

George Orton, a Canadian, had won an Olympic gold in 1900, but he was competing at these second Games in Paris on an invitation from the United States.

On June 17, 1990, at the annual general meeting of the CTFA, a motion was adopted to change the name to Athletics Canada.

The Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs of the Government of Canada accepted this name change officially on April 12, 1991.

Inclusion of these disability groups was a natural step given that the focus of the association broadened to include the delivery of similar services to all track and field high performance athletes.

[9] On February 8, 2020, Canadian news outlet The Globe and Mail published a story on the alleged sexual abuse by national coach Dave Scott-Thomas, he was also employed at the University of Guelph as the head of the track and field program[10] and operator of a now-defunct track club, Speed River.