On 6 October 2016, two time Commonwealth Games gold medalist Claire Carver-Dias was named as the chef de mission of the team.

[2] For the first time ever, there has been entry quotas set for all sports and therefore each country is restricted in the number of athletes it could enter.

On 28 February 2018, diver Meaghan Benfeito was named as the country's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

[11][12][13] Potential medallist Andre De Grasse withdrew from the team in March 2018 and was replaced with Bismark Boateng.

[17][18] Canada qualified a men's and women's beach volleyball team for a total of four athletes.

[20] Canada's boxing team of seven athletes (three men and four women) was named on 12 December 2017.

[21][22] In February 2018, Mandy Bujold withdrew from the team and was replaced by Marie-Jeanne Parent.

[24] On 16 February 2018, Tegan Cochrane withdrew from the team and was replaced with Lauriane Genest.

Canada's diving team consisted of 12 (six per gender) athletes and was officially named on 1 March 2018.

[29] Bowls Canada announced a squad of ten athletes (five per gender) on 20 November 2017.

[34] Canada's swimming team was scheduled to consist of 44 swimmers (30 able bodied and 14 para-swimmers).

[39] Canada's table tennis team of six athletes (three per gender) was named on 21 December 2017.