Canadian athletes from each of disabilities, amputees, spinal cord injuries and visually impaired, lit the flame at the Opening ceremony at Woodbine Racecourse in front of 20 000 spectators.

[6] The inclusion of more disability categories and the introduction of new sports including Shooting and Goalball increased the number of medal events at the Paralympic Games.

He also competed in wheelchair basketball but did not win a medal as the team did not advance pass the group round stage.

Russell went on to compete at two more Paralympic Games, winning a total of 4 gold medals, 1 silver and 2 bronze throughout his career.

In 1972, Freeman became the first female athlete to win a gold medal for Australia in a track and field event at the Paralympic Games.

Freeman's incredible effort earned her the Queensland Sportswomen of the Year Award, the first time it has been given to a disabled athlete, and marked the end of her international career.

[4] After his retirement, Renalson would go on to become successful coach with the Australian institute of sport and at the Seoul Paralympic Games.

[12] It was later reported that Russell had wanted to present the medal to Ludwig Guttmann, the founder of the Paralympic Games, but Guttman had refused to accept it.

[13] The medal was then sold at an auction to a real estate agency to raise money for a Queensland rugby player.

The match was later rescheduled to a later time however, the team was unable to make it pass the group round stage.

[16] Qualifying for the 1976 Summer Paralympics for individual events took place at the National Wheelchair Games held in Brisbane earlier in the year.

Selection for team sports was made by the Australian Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Council with assistance from the state organisations.

[18] The federal government provided a number of grants to help cover the travel costs for the Australian national Paralympic team to go to Toronto for the games.

Ross Soutar competed for Australia in the shot metric round open event and placed 2nd.

Charmaine McLean came the closest of any of the Australians to winning a medal, placing 4th in her event, the novice round open.

Australia also competed as a team in the men's tetraplegics round A-C event in which it placed last with 1314 points.

[4] Australia represented by: Men – Robert Faulkner, Wayne Flood, Paul Gianni, Dennis Kay, John Kestel, John Kidd, Stan Kosmala, Peter Marsh, John Martin, Terry Mason, Robert McIntyre, Jeff McNeil, Jago Mikulic, Harry Moseby, Richard Oliver, Wayne Patchett, Frank Ponta, Vic Renalson, Doug Rupe, Eric Russell Ross Soutar, Murray Todd Women – Tracey Freeman, Elaine Schreiber[4] The Australian athletics' team won 23 medals, of which 7 were gold, 11 were silver and 5 were bronze medals.

Outstanding performances were seen by a number of athletes including Tracey Freeman and Eric Russell who both won three gold medals each.

[4] Australia represented by: Men – Roy Fowler, Jeff Heath, John Kestel Women – Elizabeth Richards, Charmaine McLean, Margaret Ross[4] Australia won 1 gold medal - John Kestel and Margaret Ross in Mixed pairs open.

Roy Fowler and Jeff Heath competed in the men's pairs open event and placed 9th.

Charmaine McLean and Elizabeth Richards represented Australia in the women's pair open event and finished last with no victories.

Adele Jackson and Charmaine Smith competed together in the women's pairs B event and placed first, winning all their matches against Great Britain and Canada.

[4] Australia represented by: Men – Kevin Bawden, James Handbridge Women – Elizabeth Richards[4] Australia won 1 gold medal through Elizabeth Richard's performance in Mixed rifle shooting 2-5[4] In the mixed rifle shooting events, males and females competed together in the same competition.

Elizabeth Richards won the gold medal in the mixed rifle shooting 2-5 division with 547 points.

[4] Australia represented by: Men – Robert Faulkner, G. Green, John Hind, Roy Kubig, Brian Sullivan Women – Pauline English, Lyn Michael, Gail Nicholson[4] Australia won 10 medals - 3 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Pauline English won a gold medal in the women's 25m butterfly 4 event as well as a bronze in the 3x50m individual medley.

John Hind won three silver medals in his events and was the best performing male swimmer at the Games.

Australia's other performers; Ray Letheby, Kevin Bawden and John Martin finished outside the medals in their respective events.

As a result, Australia did not win any medals in table tennis at the Toronto Games[4] There were no Australian representatives in Volleyball events.

[4] Australia represented by: Men - Kevin Bawden, John Kidd, Stan Kosmala, Ray Letheby, John Martin, Robert McIntyre, Richard Oliver, Frank Ponta, Eric Russell, Victor Salvemini Coach - Les Mathews[20] The Australian men's team was allocated to Group D in the group round stage.