# 2021 Skate Canada International

The 2021 Skate Canada International was the second event of the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, from October 29–31. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters also earned points toward qualifying for the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final.

## Entries

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2021.
| Country | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
| Canada | Keegan Messing Conrad Orzel Roman Sadovsky | Emily Bausback Alison Schumacher Madeline Schizas | Vanessa James / Eric Radford Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker |
| China | | | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | |
| Georgia | Morisi Kvitelashvili | | | |
| Germany | | | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | |
| Great Britain | | | Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson |
| Italy | | | | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri |
| Japan | Keiji Tanaka Sōta Yamamoto | Wakaba Higuchi Mana Kawabe Mai Mihara | | |
| Russia | Makar Ignatov Alexander Samarin Evgeni Semenenko | Alena Kostornaia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Kamila Valieva | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy |
| South Korea | | Lee Hae-in | | |
| Spain | | | | Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz |
| United States | Jason Brown Nathan Chen Tomoki Hiwatashi | Karen Chen Alysa Liu | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Caroline Green / Michael Parsons |

### Changes to preliminary assignments

| Discipline | Withdrew | Withdrew | Added | Added | Notes | Ref. |
| Discipline | Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | Notes | Ref. |
| Men | — | — | September 16 | Conrad Orzel | Host pick | |
| Women | September 28 | Alexia Paganini | September 30 | Mana Kawabe | | |
| Women | October 18 | Rika Kihira | October 19 | Mai Mihara | Injury | |

## Records and achievements

The following new senior ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Disc. | Segment | Skater(s) | Score | Date | Ref. |
| Women | Free skating | Kamila Valieva | 180.89 | October 30, 2021 | |
| Women | Combined total | Kamila Valieva | 265.08 | October 30, 2021 | |

## Results
### Men's singles

| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| | Nathan Chen | United States | 307.18 | 1 | 106.72 | 1 | 200.46 |
| | Jason Brown | United States | 259.55 | 2 | 94.00 | 3 | 165.55 |
| | Evgeni Semenenko | Russia | 256.01 | 5 | 87.71 | 2 | 168.30 |
| 4 | Makar Ignatov | Russia | 244.17 | 4 | 89.79 | 5 | 154.38 |
| 5 | Keegan Messing | Canada | 238.34 | 3 | 93.28 | 10 | 145.06 |
| 6 | Morisi Kvitelashvili | Georgia | 232.87 | 12 | 71.60 | 4 | 161.27 |
| 7 | Sōta Yamamoto | Japan | 225.74 | 7 | 78.78 | 8 | 146.96 |
| 8 | Alexander Samarin | Russia | 224.20 | 8 | 78.55 | 9 | 145.65 |
| 9 | Conrad Orzel | Canada | 222.75 | 9 | 73.19 | 6 | 149.56 |
| 10 | Keiji Tanaka | Japan | 222.20 | 6 | 78.83 | 12 | 143.37 |
| 11 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | United States | 221.77 | 11 | 72.92 | 7 | 148.85 |
| 12 | Roman Sadovsky | Canada | 217.73 | 10 | 72.94 | 11 | 144.79 |

### Women's singles

| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| | Kamila Valieva | Russia | 265.08 | 1 | 84.19 | 1 | 180.89 |
| | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia | 232.88 | 2 | 81.24 | 2 | 151.64 |
| | Alena Kostornaia | Russia | 214.54 | 3 | 75.58 | 4 | 138.96 |
| 4 | Mai Mihara | Japan | 210.01 | 7 | 67.89 | 3 | 142.12 |
| 5 | Alysa Liu | United States | 206.53 | 4 | 73.63 | 7 | 132.90 |
| 6 | Wakaba Higuchi | Japan | 205.27 | 5 | 69.41 | 5 | 135.86 |
| 7 | Lee Hae-in | South Korea | 190.00 | 8 | 62.63 | 8 | 127.37 |
| 8 | Madeline Schizas | Canada | 186.56 | 9 | 62.61 | 9 | 123.95 |
| 9 | Mana Kawabe | Japan | 186.52 | 12 | 53.30 | 6 | 133.22 |
| 10 | Karen Chen | United States | 183.41 | 6 | 68.74 | 10 | 114.67 |
| 11 | Emily Bausback | Canada | 159.88 | 10 | 59.53 | 11 | 100.35 |
| 12 | Alison Schumacher | Canada | 151.19 | 11 | 55.47 | 12 | 95.72 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China | 224.05 | 1 | 78.94 | 1 | 145.11 |
| | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Russia | 193.08 | 2 | 69.46 | 3 | 123.62 |
| | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | United States | 189.90 | 6 | 61.68 | 2 | 128.22 |
| 4 | Vanessa James / Eric Radford | Canada | 187.92 | 5 | 65.02 | 4 | 122.90 |
| 5 | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Germany | 186.82 | 3 | 67.93 | 5 | 118.89 |
| 6 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada | 180.25 | 4 | 66.43 | 6 | 113.82 |
| 7 | Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland | Canada | 168.81 | 7 | 57.25 | 7 | 111.56 |
| 8 | Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji | Great Britain | 134.68 | 8 | 48.80 | 8 | 85.88 |

### Ice dance

| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada | 210.97 | 1 | 85.65 | 1 | 125.32 |
| | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 200.05 | 2 | 78.82 | 2 | 121.23 |
| | Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz | Spain | 192.93 | 3 | 76.97 | 3 | 115.96 |
| 4 | Caroline Green / Michael Parsons | United States | 186.51 | 4 | 72.40 | 4 | 114.11 |
| 5 | Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin | Russia | 180.57 | 7 | 70.66 | 5 | 109.91 |
| 6 | Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha | Canada | 179.07 | 6 | 71.87 | 6 | 107.20 |
| 7 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Great Britain | 178.08 | 5 | 71.89 | 7 | 106.19 |
| 8 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States | 168.76 | 8 | 68.96 | 8 | 99.80 |
| 9 | Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy | Russia | 160.66 | 9 | 68.53 | 10 | 92.13 |
| 10 | Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker | Canada | 156.56 | 10 | 60.75 | 9 | 95.81 |