The Canada women's national rugby sevens team was one of six 'core teams' that competed in all four rounds of the inaugural World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in 2012–13. Canada competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal after defeating Great Britain 33–10. At the 2020 Olympics, they failed to medal and finished in 9th place.
They participated at the 2021 Canada Women's Sevens in Vancouver and Edmonton. Canada finished third at both tournaments.
At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Canada won the silver medal after coming from 0–12 behind to defeat Australia by 21–12 in the semi-finals, before losing the final to New Zealand by 12–19.
Tournament history A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Canada
Summer Olympics Olympic Games record Year Round Position 2016 Bronze Medal Game 6 4 2 0 2020 9–12th place 9th 5 3 2 0 2024 Gold Medal Game 6 4 2 0 Total 0 Titles 3/3 17 11 6 0
Rugby World Cup Sevens World Cup record Year Round Position 2009 Plate Finalists 6th 6 3 3 0 2013 Finalists 6 4 2 0 2018 Quarter-finalists 7th 4 2 2 0 2022 Quarter-finalists 6th 4 2 2 0 Total 0 Titles 4/4 20 11 9 0
Pan American Games
Pan Am Games record Year Round Position 2015 Finals 6 6 0 0 2019 Finals 5 5 0 0 2023 Finals 5 4 1 0 Total 2 Titles 3/3 16 15 1 0
Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games record Year Round Position 2018 Bronze medal 4th 5 2 3 0 2022 Bronze medal 4th 5 2 3 0 Total 0 Titles 2/2 10 4 6 0
World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Results by season Season Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Position Points 2012–13 Dubai 6th Houston 7th Guangzhou rd Amsterdam nd rd 52 2013–14 Dubai 4th Atlanta nd São Paulo rd Guangzhou rd Amsterdam rd rd 80 2014–15 Dubai rd São Paulo rd Atlanta rd Victoria 6th London nd Amsterdam st nd 96 2015–16 Dubai 6th São Paulo nd Atlanta 4th Langford 5th Clermont-Ferrand st rd 74 2016–17 Dubai 6th Sydney st Las Vegas rd Kitakyushu nd Langford nd Clermont-Ferrand rd rd 98 2017–18 Dubai 4th Sydney rd Kitakyushu 11th Langford 5th Paris rd 4th 60 2018–19 Glendale (Denver) rd Dubai nd Sydney 5th Kitakyushu st Langford 5th Biarritz rd rd 94 2019–20 Glendale (Denver) 6th Dubai nd Cape Town rd Hamilton nd Sydney nd Hong Kong cancelled Langford cancelled Paris cancelled nd 80 2021cancelled 2021–22 Dubai I8th Dubai II8th Málaga6th Seville7th Hong Kong cancelled Langford5th Toulouse6th 7th 52 2022–23 Dubai9th Cape Town8th Hamilton11th Sydney9th Vancouver6th Hong Kong6th Toulouse10th 9th 39 2023–24 Dubai4th Cape Town6th Perth7th Vancouverrd Los Angeles4th Hong Kong6th Singapore7th Madrid4th League: 5th Grand Finals: 4th 80 2024–25 Dubai8th Cape Town5th Perth4th Vancouver7th Hong Kongrd Singaporerd Los Angelesrd League: 4th Grand Finals: rd 72 2025–26 Dubai6th Cape Town6th Singaporerd Perth5th Vancouver5th New York7th Hong Kong4th Valladolid4th Bordeaux League: 5th Grand Finals: 4th 6828
Totals Tournaments Played Won Lost Drawn Win percentage Points Scored Points Conceded 76 427 251 169 7 % 8,345 6,162
Last updated: 17 March 2026.
Players Olympic Squads Squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Sevens Series player records
+ Most matches Rank Player Matches 1 Bianca Farella 241 2 Kayla Moleschi 219 3 Ghislaine Landry 208 4 Breanne Nicholas 199 5 Charity Williams 176 6 Karen Paquin 152 7 Brittany Benn 150 8 Olivia Apps 143 9 Jen Kish 134 10 Caroline Crossley 131
+ Most points Rank Player Points 1 Ghislaine Landry 1,356 2 Bianca Farella 840 3 Charity Williams 497 4 Brittany Benn 335 Karen Paquin 6 Olivia Apps 330 7 Julia Greenshields 294 8 Breanne Nicholas 293 9 Kayla Moleschi 253 10 Ashley Steacy 206
+ Most tries Rank Player Tries 1 Bianca Farella 168 2 Ghislaine Landry 143 3 Charity Williams 99 4 Brittany Benn 67 Karen Paquin 6 Julia Greenshields 52 7 Kayla Moleschi 49 8 Krissy Scurfield 35 9 Jen Kish 34 10 Olivia Apps 30
+ Most conversions Rank Player 1 Ghislaine Landry 319 2 Olivia Apps 80 3 Breanne Nicholas 69 4 Ashley Steacy 53 5 Magali Harvey 40 6 Mandy Marchak 29 7 Chloe Daniels 27 8 Kelly Russell 23 9 Julia Greenshields 17 10 Asia Hogan-Rochester 10
Last updated: 9 June 2024.World Rugby Stats Hub, https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stats/womens/alltime/players?metric=points Note: Bold indicates active in the 2024–25 season.
Award winners The following Canada Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:
+ World Rugby Women's 7s Player of the Year Year Nominees Winners 2013 Jen Kish — 2017 Ghislaine Landry
+ World Rugby Women's 7s Dream Team Year Player 2024 1. Olivia Apps
References
External links Official website WorldRugby profile