Canada, which is represented by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), has competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14 to 30, 2011. The Canadian team was made up of 492 athletes, the most ever for a non-home Games. On the team all ten provinces and the Northwest Territories are represented. Some sports such as wrestling have sent their strongest team, however sports which offer the most medals have sent for the most part a developmental team. Table Tennis player Anqi Luo was Canada's youngest athlete at the Games while Equestrian athlete Ian Millar was Canada's eldest athlete competing in Guadalajara. Canada has competed in 35 out of the 36 sports on the program. On October 4, 2011, women's football star Christine Sinclair was selected to carry the flag during the opening ceremony. The chef de mission was Jacques Cardyn and the assistant chef de mission was Curt Harnett.
Athletics competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 23 to October 30 at the newly built Telmex Athletics Stadium. The racewalking and marathon events were held on the temporary Guadalajara Circuit and Route and the Pan American Marathon circuit respectively. The sport of athletics is split into distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.
The women's 100 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 25 and 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Delloreen Ennis-London of Jamaica.
The women's 400 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games will take place between the 24 and 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Ana Guevara of Mexico, who has since retired.
The men's 200 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 26 and 27 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Brendan Christian of Antigua and Barbuda.
The women's 200 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 26 and 27 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Roxana Díaz of Cuba.
The men's 800 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 27 and 28 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Yeimer López of Cuba.
The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 15 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center. The defending Pan American Games champion is Kathleen Hersey of the United States.
The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 15 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion was Kathleen Hersey of the United States.
The men's team pursuit competition of the cycling events at the 2011 Pan American Games will be held on October 17 at the Pan American Velodrome in Guadalajara. The defending Pan American Games champion is Enzo Cesario, Marco Arriagada, Luis Sepúlveda and Gonzalo Miranda of Chile.
The women's team pursuit competition of the cycling events at the 2011 Pan American Games will be held on October 18 at the Pan American Velodrome in Guadalajara. This will be the first time this event is held at the Pan American Games.
The women's sprint competition of the cycling events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held between October 18 and 19 at the Pan American Velodrome in Guadalajara. The defending champion is Julio César Herrera of Cuba.
The women's sprint competition of the cycling events at the 2011 Pan American Games will be held on October 18 at the Pan American Velodrome in Guadalajara. The defending champion is Diana Orrego of Colombia.
The men's team sprint competition of the cycling events at the 2011 Pan American Games will be held on October 17 at the Pan American Velodrome in Guadalajara. The defending Pan American Games champion is Ahmed López, Julio César Herrera and Yosmani Poll of Cuba.
The women's Omnium competition of the cycling events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held between October 19 and 20 at the Pan American Velodrome in Guadalajara. This event is a new addition to the track cycling program at the Pan American Games.
The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 16 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion is Julia Smit of the United States.
The Women's 200 metre freestyle swimming event at the 2011 Pan American Games was swum October 16, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion was Ava Ohlgren of the United States.
The Women's 100 metre freestyle swimming event at the 2011 Pan American Games was held on October 19, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion was Arlene Semeco of Venezuela.
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on 16 October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center. The defending Pan American Games champion is the Brazil.
The United States competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, from October 14 to October 30, 2011.
