Strength athletics in Canada


Strength athletics in Canada refers to the various strongman events throughout Canada and its provinces in the sport of in association with the World's Strongest Man. The roots of strongman in Canada go back long before the birth of WSM in 1977, particularly with in the early 1900s, who was deemed the "Strongest Man on Earth" during his lifetime. Canada has never won a WSM title and have only finished on the podium on 2 occasions, coming 2nd in 1982 with and 3rd in 2005 with . The provinces of Canada hold annual championships with the top 2-4 athletes going on to the National Championships at the end of the year to crown Canada's Strongest Man.

Canada's Strongest Man

Canada's Strongest Man is an annual strongman competition held in Canada, and features exclusively Canadian athletes. The event first started in 1982, with Tom Magee winning the first 2 titles. Hugo Girard would later go on to win a record 6 titles. A record that would later be beaten despite Hugo's own proclamations that nobody would ever even go as far as to match it. After Hugo withdrew from competition due to injuries, fellow training partner and 5 time runner-up Jessen Paulin won in 2005 & 2006. Dominic Filiou won in 2007, becoming the first man to defeat Hugo Girard on Canadian soil. Following the end of Hugo's era after the dust settled a new champion would emerge. Jean-Francois Caron. He has dominated strongman in Canada for the last 7 years, winning the title of Canada's Strongest Man every year from 2011-2017. He has ushered in a new era of Strongman in Canada. Nurturing the success of other athletes and working to try and develop the success of the sport in the country as a whole, instead of just bettering himself.

Official results - top three places

Quebec's Strongest Man

North America's Strongest Man is an annual strongman competition consisting of athletes from both United States and Canada. The event was established in 1992.

Official results - top three places