Canada at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Canada competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck. Beckie Scott was named as the chef de mission. Canada did not send any speed skaters (long and short track), along with figure skaters after the governing body for the sport in the country (Speed Skating Canada and Skate Canada, respectively) deemed the event "not developmentally appropriate". Alpine skiing. Canada had qualified a full team of two boys and two girls. The team was announced on June 22, 2011. Biathlon. Canada had qualified a full biathlon team of 2 boys and 2 girls . Canada's roster was announced on April 19, 2011. Bobsleigh. Canada had qualified one boy and one girl sled. Cross country skiing. Canada had qualified a team of 1 boy and 1 girl. Curling. Canada had qualified a mixed curling team of 2 boys and 2 girls. Canada's roster was announced on April 8, 2011. Skip: Thomas Scoffin Third: Corryn Brown Second: Derek Oryniak Lead: Emily Gray The mixed team event took place 14–18 January, while the mixed doubles tournament took place 20–22 January. Mixed team. Bronze Medal Game. Final rank: Figure skating. Canada had qualified an ice dancing  team, a pair, and 2 boys' singles skaters. However, on January 4, 2012, it was announced that, due to a scheduling conflict with the Canadian nationals (held in Moncton, NB), Canada would not send figure skaters after all. Freestyle skiing. Canada had qualified a full freestyle skiing team of 4 athletes. Ice hockey. Canada would enter a boys team and it consisted of 17 athletes. The co-coaches were announced October 14, 2011, and would be Jim Hulton and Curtis Hunt. The players were announced October 21, 2011, and were selected through a process that involved a random draw from  a list of 39 names established by Hockey Canada's thirteen branches, with each branch guaranteed at least one representative (Ontario, Québec and Alberta were guaranteed one extra representative each). The players selected are as follows. Goaltenders: Defence: Forwards: Bronze medal game. Final rank: Luge. Canada had qualified a team of two boys and one girl. Nordic combined. Canada had qualified one boy athlete. Skeleton. Canada had qualified one boy and one girl in skeleton. Ski jumping. Canada had qualified one boy and one girl athlete. Snowboarding. Canada had qualified a full team of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2  girls).