On Wednesday, Athletics Canada announced the athletes who will represent Team Canada at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. The Games run from July 23 to Aug. 2 and will feature many of Canada’s best track and field athletes. The team includes 13 Commonwealth Games veterans and 25 Olympians, with a combined 21 Olympic medals and eight Commonwealth Games medals.
Headlined by 2021 Olympic Champion Andre De Grasse, 5,000m and 10,000m national record holder Moh Ahmed and 100m and 200m Canadian record holder Audrey Leduc, this will be a must-see event for Canadian track fans.
Canada’s Moh Ahmed in the qualifying heats of the men’s 5,000m at Paris 2024. Photo: Nick Iwanyshyn
Ten sports and six para-sports will be contested in Glasgow. The Games remain the only multi-sport event that features equal standing for sport and para-sport competition. That means regardless of whether a medal is won in sport or para-sport, it contributes to a nation’s tally. This year will feature the reintroduction of the mile race, instead of the 1,500m, for the first time since 1966.
Relay squads
Canada’s 4x100m relay teams continue to rank among the fastest on the international circuit. Now they are making the journey to Glasgow next month in pursuit of a medal. Both relay pools include alternates; the final lineups will be determined closer to the competition.
The women’s team features Olympian Leduc of Gatineau, Que, alongside longtime teammates Sadé McCreath of Ajax, Ont., and Marie-Éloïse Leclair of Candiac, Que. The three sprinters were members of the team that qualified for the 2027 World Championships in May. Joining them are Québec City’s Frédérique Chiasson and Gabrielle Cole of Ajax.
Marie-Éloïse LeClair (left) and Audrey Leduc with teammates Jacqueline Madogo and Sadé McCreath after the heats of the women’s 4x100m relay at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Photo: Nick Iwanyshyn
The men’s team is also bringing some of Canada’s best sprinters: Olympians Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake and Duan Asemota. Joining them is Ontario’s rising star Eliezer Adjibi, who won silver in the 200m and bronze in the 100m at the 2026 Canadian Track & Field Championships in Ottawa on the weekend of June 20.
“Having all those guys, we’re contenders,” De Grasse said in a press release. “We’re gold medal contenders. So, I’m looking forward to that.”
National champs appearing
After securing his second straight Canadian 5,000m title, Vancouver’s Kieran Lumb will contest the men’s 5,000m at the Commonwealth Games and will be among Canada’s strongest medal contenders.
Fresh off her national championship, Westminster, B.C.’s Grace Fetherstonhaugh will compete at her first Commonwealth Games in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase as she chases the elusive sub 9:30 mark while pursuing a podium finish.
Foster Malleck of Canada at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
in Tokyo. Photo: Kevin Morris
The mile is being run at the Games for the first time in decades, and Kitchener, Ont.’s Foster Malleck will be among Canada’s top medal contenders. He will enter the Games in strong form after claiming the national 1,500m title on Sunday.
Canada’s medal hopes also sit with Christopher Morales Williams, the reigning world indoor 400m champion. The Vaughan, Ont., sprinter dominated the 400m at national championships on Friday and enters the Games as one of the favourites in the event.
The vets
Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ont., will compete in the men’s 5,000m alongside Lumb. The 35-year-old brings veteran leadership to the team and remains a threat on the international stage despite a quiet start to his 2026 campaign.
Lucia Stafford and Gabriela DeBues-Stafford at 2025 Canadian Track Nationals in Ottawa. Photo: John Liu (@johnwithlenses)
The Stafford sisters are each bringing experience and medal hopes to the Games. Gabriela DeBues-Stafford is a force in Canadian track and completed the three-peat in the women’s 5,000m at the national championships. The Toronto distance star will be seeking a medal in the women’s 5,000m in Glasgow. Her sister, Lucia Stafford, claimed the national 1,500m title on Sunday and set a massive 1,500m PB in May; back in top form, she will be looking for a podium finish alongside her sister.