# Canada national badminton team

The Canada national badminton team (French: Équipe nationale de badminton du Canada) represents Canada in international badminton team competitions. It is controlled by the nation's governing body of badminton, Badminton Canada. The team's best result was achieving two semifinal finishes in both Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.
Canada is one of the most prestigious badminton countries in the Americas, winning almost every mixed team event in the Pan American Badminton Championships and also winning gold in both men and women's teams. Next to the United States, Canada has won 21 gold medals, 22 silvers and 12 bronzes in badminton at the Pan American Games.
The national team has won almost every edition of the Pan American Badminton Championships mixed team events except for one in 2001. The men's team have also became recent champions while the women's team lost to the United States in 2022.

## Competitive record
### FISU World University Games
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 2007 | Group stage | |
| 2011 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2013 | Group stage | |
| 2015 | Group stage | |
| 2017 | Group stage | |
| 2021 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2025 | TBD | TBD |

### World University Team Championships
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 2008 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2010 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2012 | Quarter-finals | 6th |
| 2014 | Group stage | 11th |
| 2016 | Group stage | 10th |
| 2018 | Group stage | 12th |
    **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

## Junior competitive record
### Suhandinata Cup

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 2000 | Group stage | 21st |
| 2002 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2004 | Group stage | 18th |
| 2006 | Group stage | 21st |
| 2007 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2008 | Group stage | 10th |
| 2009 | Group stage | 18th |
| 2010 | Group stage | 16th |
| 2011 | Group stage | 19th |
| 2012 | Group stage | 21st |
| 2013 | Group stage | 18th |
| 2014 | Group stage | 19th |
| 2015 | Group stage | 13th |
| 2016 | Group stage | 19th |
| 2017 | Group stage | 18th |
| 2018 | Group stage | 17th |
| 2019 | Group stage | 25th |
| 2022 | Group stage | 11th |
| 2023 | Group stage | 17th |
| 2024 | To be determined | To be determined |

### Commonwealth Youth Games
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 2004 | Did not enter | Did not enter |

### Pan American Junior Team Championships
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 1977 | Champions | 1st |
| 1978 | Champions | 1st |
| 1979 | Champions | 1st |
| 1980 | Champions | 1st |
| 1981 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 1988 | Champions | 1st |
| 1990 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1991 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1992 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1994 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1996 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 1998 | Champions | 1st |
| 2000 | Champions | 1st |
| 2002 | Fourth place | 4th |
| 2004 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 2006 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 2007 | Third place | 3rd |
| 2008 | Quarter-finals | 6th |
| 2009 | Third place | 3rd |
| 2010 | Third place | 3rd |
| 2011 | Champions | 1st |
| 2012 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 2013 | Champions | 1st |
| 2014 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2015 | Third place | 3rd |
| 2016 | Champions | 1st |
| 2017 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 2018 | Champions | 1st |
| 2019 | Champions | 1st |
| 2021 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2022 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 2023 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 2024 | To be determined | To be determined |
    **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 2 January 2024

#### Men's team

| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | Ranking of event | Ranking of event |
| Name | DoB/Age | MS | MD | XD |
| Brian Yang | (2001-11-25) 25 November 2001 (age 23) | 26 | - | - |
| Victor Lai | (2004-12-19) 19 December 2004 (age 20) | 107 | - | - |
| Josh Nguyen | (2005-09-09) 9 September 2005 (age 19) | 367 | - | - |
| Imran Wadia | (1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 28) | 175 | 717 | 255 |
| Nyl Yakura | (1993-02-14) 14 February 1993 (age 32) | - | 34 | 217 |
| Adam Dong | (1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 31) | - | 34 | 691 |
| Kevin Lee | (1998-11-10) 10 November 1998 (age 26) | - | 41 | 123 |
| Ty Alexander Lindeman | (1997-08-15) 15 August 1997 (age 27) | - | 41 | 29 |
| B. R. Sankeerth | (1997-12-22) 22 December 1997 (age 27) | 156 | 455 | 1392 |
| Joshua Hurlburt-Yu | (1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 (age 30) | - | 455 | 90 |

#### Women's team

| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | Ranking of event | Ranking of event |
| Name | DoB/Age | WS | WD | XD |
| Michelle Li | (1991-11-03) 3 November 1991 (age 33) | 24 | 526 | - |
| Wenyu Zhang | (2002-08-29) 29 August 2002 (age 22) | 46 | 91 | 740 |
| Talia Ng | (2001-11-06) 6 November 2001 (age 23) | 70 | 91 | 494 |
| Rachel Chan | (2003-11-15) 15 November 2003 (age 21) | 65 | - | 426 |
| Catherine Choi | (2001-05-01) 1 May 2001 (age 23) | - | 28 | 426 |
| Josephine Wu | (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 30) | - | 28 | 29 |
| Rachel Honderich | (1996-04-21) 21 April 1996 (age 28) | - | 232 | 90 |
| Jacqueline Cheung | (2002-10-18) 18 October 2002 (age 22) | - | 232 | 279 |
| Camille Leblanc | (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 28) | - | 242 | - |
| Alexandra Mocanu | (1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 25) | - | 242 | 361 |

### Previous squads
#### Sudirman Cup

* 2019, 2021, 2023

#### Thomas Cup

* 1973, 2018, 2020, 2022

#### Uber Cup

* 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022