This is a compilation list of all the notable Canadian male and female all-time ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships and Olympic medal list in short track speed skating competition.
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| Athlete | Born | Olympics | World Ch. | Total | |||||||||
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| Charles Hamelin | 1984 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 40 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 45 |
| Marc Gagnon | 1975 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 40 |
| François-Louis Tremblay | 1980 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| Éric Bédard | 1976 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| Mathieu Turcotte | 1977 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| Jonathan Guilmette | 1978 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| Olivier Jean | 1984 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Samuel Girard | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
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| Athlete | Born | Olympics | World Ch. | Total | |||||||||
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| Nathalie Lambert* | 1963 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Marianne St-Gelais | 1990 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 20 |
| Annie Perreault | 1971 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| Kalyna Roberge | 1986 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| Valérie Maltais | 1990 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| Tania Vicent | 1976 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| Kim Boutin | 1994 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Marie-Ève Drolet | 1982 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Isabelle Charest* | 1971 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Sylvie Daigle* | 1962 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
*Incomplete data for Isabelle Charest, Sylvie Daigle, Nathalie Lambert.
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