Canada's first medalist was Mark McMorris, who won a bronze in the slopestyle snowboarding event.

At 19 years 321 days, Justine Dufour-Lapointe became the youngest freestyle skiing Olympic gold medalist.

According to the final quota allocation released on January 26, 2014, Canada has fifteen athletes in qualification position.

[15] Canada has officially qualified 5 women and 5 men after finishing 13th in the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships for both sexes.

* – Denotes the driver of each sled Cross Country Ski Canada formally announced the athletes for Sochi on January 14.

The men's and women's teams were selected through the Olympic Curling Trials held in Winnipeg from December 1 to 8 in 2013.

[26] Due to the depth of the Canadian team many athletes ranked high up will not get the chance to go, because of the quota limit of 26.

On December 17, 2013, Canada nominated athletes for all but one spot on the women's roster to the Olympic team.

[35] The final spot on the women's roster was decided by a race off which was won by Arianne Jones and she was added to the team on December 23, 2013.

They qualified the maximum number of starting places with 3 for each gender in each distance (500, 1000 and 1500 m) and both a men's and women's relay team.

[37] The team of 10 was nominated for the Games on August 29, 2013,[38] and which skaters were competing in each individual distances was announced on January 14.

[39] Jessica Gregg was the 5th woman to qualify for the team but she did not skate in any individual distances or in the relay.