Remembering Vancouver 2010, Canada’s best Winter Games

March 1, 2015

Five years ago, Canada played host to the world and did not disappoint.

In addition to the Vancouver 2010 Games themselves being a huge success, Team Canada’s athletes also set several new records.

Canada won gold from 14 events in Vancouver, which now stands as the most won by a country at a Olympic Winter Games. It was the first time since Oslo 1952 that the host nation won the most gold medals. Vancouver is also Canada’s most successful Winter Games ever for total medals – 26 (14 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze).

Here are the athletes that helped Team Canada to its most successful Games ever:

Alex Bilodeau – Moguls gold

Alex Bilodeau of Rosemere, Que. looks for his jump landing during men’s moguls training for the Olympic Winter Games at Cypress Mountain in Vancouver, B.C. (CP PHOTO)(HO-COC-Mike Ridewood)

Alex Bilodeau (Vancouver 2010)

Alexandre Bilodeau celebrates his gold medal win at the men’s mogul at Cypress Mountain in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday February 14, 2010, at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Alex Bilodeau (Vancouver 2010)

Alex Bilodeau of Rosemere, Que. with his gold medal for men’s moguls at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C, Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. (CP PHOTO)(HO-COC-Mike Ridewood)

Maëlle Ricker – Snowboard cross gold

Maëlle Ricker (Vancouver 2010)

Maëlle Ricker (Vancouver 2010).

Maëlle Ricker (Vancouver 2010)

Maëlle Ricker (Vancouver 2010)

Christine Nesbitt – Long track 1,000m gold

Christine Nesbitt (Vancouver 2010)

Christine Nesbitt (Vancouver 2010)

Jon Montgomery – Skeleton gold

Jon Montgomery (Vancouver 2010)

Canada’s Jon Montgomery celebrates winning a gold medal in the men’s skeleton competition at the Whistler Sliding Centre at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games in Whistler, B.C., Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Jon Montgomery (Vancouver 2010)

Scott Moir & Tessa Virtue – Ice dancing gold

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (Vancouver 2010)

Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir perform their free dance in the ice dance competition Monday February 22, 2010 at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir salute the crowd following their compulsory dance in the ice dance competition Friday February 19, 2010 at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (Vancouver 2010)

Ashleigh McIvor – Ski cross gold

Ashleigh McIvor (Vancouver 2010)

Canada’s Ashleigh McIvor skiis to gold during women’s ski cross final at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday February 23, 2010, at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Ashleigh McIvor (Vancouver 2010)

Ashley McIvor of Whistler, B.C. takes the gold medal in ski cross at Cypress Mountainat the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. (CP PHOTO)(HO-COC-Mike Ridewood)

Ashleigh McIvor (Vancouver 2010)

Kaillie Humphries & Heather Moyse – Two-woman bobsleigh gold

Kaillie Humphries & Heather Moyse (Vancouver 2010)

Meghan Agosta, Gillian Apps, Tessa Bonhomme, Jennifer Botterill, Jayna Hefford, Haley Irwin, Rebecca Johnston, Becky Kellar, Gina Kingsbury, Charline Labonté, Carla MacLeod, Meaghan Mikkelson, Caroline Ouellette, Cherie Piper, Marie-Philip Poulin, Colleen Sostorics, Kim St-Pierre, Shannon Szabados, Sarah Vaillancourt, Catherine Ward, Hayley Wickenheiser – Women’s hockey gold

Women’s Hockey (Vancouver 2010)

USA’s Meghan Duggan and Canada’s goaltender Shannon Szabados keep their eyes on the puck during second period women’s gold medal Olympic hockey action at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Women’s Hockey (Vancouver 2010)

Charles Hamelin – Short track 500m gold

Charles Hamelin (Vancouver 2010)

Canada’s Charles Hamelin kisses Marianne St-Gelais after winning the gold medal in the men’s 500 meter final in the short track speedskating competition Friday February 26, 2010 at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Canada’s gold medalist Charles Hamelin kisses his medal after winning the men’s 500 metre final in the short track speed skating competition Friday February 26, 2010 at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Charles Hamelin (Vancouver 2010)

Guillaume Bastille, Charles Hamelin, François Hamelin, Olivier Jean, François-Louis Tremblay – Short track 5,000m relay gold

Men’s 5,000m relay (Vancouver 2010)

One short track speed skater pushed another in a relay

Men’s 5,000m relay (Vancouver 2010)

Charles Hamelin Francois Hamelin Olivier Jean Francois-Louis Tremblay Guillaume Bastille

Canada’s Charles Hamelin receives his medal as teammates Guillaume Bastille, Francois Hamelin, Olivier Jean and Francois-Louis Tremblay, left to right, look on after winning the gold medal in the men’s 5000 metre relay in the short track speedskating competition Friday February 26, 2010 at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Olivier Jean and Charles Hamelin bite their 5000m relay gold medals at Vancouver 2010 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Mathieu Giroux, Lucas Makowsky, Denny Morrison – Long track team pursuit gold

Men’s team pursuit (Vancouver 2010)

Denny Morrison , Lucas Makowsky , Mathieu Giroux

Canadian speedskaters Denny Morrison , left to right, Lucas Makowsky and Mathieu Giroux race to a gold medal finish during the men’s team pursuit finals at the Olympic Winter Games in Richmond, B.C., Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Robert Skinner

Men’s team pursuit (Vancouver 2010)

Mathieu Giroux, Denny Morrison, Mathieu Giroux

Canadian speed skaters Denny Morrison, left, Lucas Makowsky and Mathieu Giroux, right, celebrate their gold medal in the men’s team pursuit long track speed skating race Saturday February 27, 2010 the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Robert Skinner

Team Canada’s Denny Morrison, left, Lucas Makowsky, center, and Mathieu Giroux, right, are seen on the podium after winning the gold medal in the men’s team pursuit final speed skating race at the Richmond Olympic Oval at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Men’s team pursuit (Vancouver 2010)

Jasey-Jay Anderson – Snowboarding parallel giant slalom gold

Jasey-Jay Anderson (Vancouver 2010)

Jasey-Jay Anderson of Canada celebrates his gold medal run at the men’s parallel giant slalom at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, B.C., Saturday February 27, 2010, at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Jasey-Jay Anderson (Vancouver 2010)

Jasey-Jay Anderson, Jy Anderson, Jora Anderson

Canada’s Jasey-Jay Anderson holds his daughters Jy, left, and Jora, right, as she holds his gold medal after he won the men’s parallel giant slalom snowboard final at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday February 27, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Adam Enright, Ben Hebert, Marc Kennedy, Kevin Martin, John Morris – Men’s curling gold

Men’s curling (Vancouver 2010)

Patrice Bergeron, Dan Boyle, Martin Brodeur, Sidney Crosby, Drew Doughty, Marc-André Fleury, Ryan Getzlaf, Dany Heatley, Jarome Iginla, Duncan Keith, Roberto Luongo, Patrick Marleau, Brendan Morrow, Rick Nash, Scott Niedermayer, Corey Perry, Chris Pronger, Mike Richards, Brent Seabrook, Eric Staal, Joe Thornton, Jonathan Toews, Shea Weber – Men’s hockey gold

Men’s hockey (Vancouver 2010)

Jonathan Toews, ties to get a shot past Norway's goaltender Pal Grotnes

Men’s hockey (Vancouver 2010)

Men’s hockey (Vancouver 2010)

Jennifer Heil – Moguls silver

Jenn Heil (Vancouver 2010)

Canada’s Jennifer Heil during the women’s mogul competition at Cypress Mountain in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday February 13, 2010, at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Jenn Heil (Vancouver 2010)

Canada’s Jennifer Heil celebrates her silver medal for ladies moguls in freestyle skiing Sunday Feb. 14, 2010 at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Jenn Heil (Vancouver 2010)

Mike Robertson – Snowboard cross silver

Mike Robertson (Vancouver 2010)

Marianne St-Gelais – Short track 500m silver

Marianne St-Gelais (Vancouver 2010)

Canada’s Marianne St-Gelais reacts after winning the silver medal in the women’s 500m short track skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Marianne St-Gelais (Vancouver 2010)

Canada’s silver medalist Marianne St-Gelais reacts during the women’s 500m short track medal ceremony at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Kristina Groves – Long track 1,500m silver & 3,000m bronze

Kristina Groves (Vancouver 2010)

Jessica Gregg, Kalyna Roberge, Marianne St-Gelais, Tania Vicent – Short track 3,000m relay

Women’s 3,000m relay (Vancouver 2010)

Jessica Gregg speed skating at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games in the Women's 3,000m relay

Women’s 3,000m relay (Vancouver 2010)

Shelley-Ann Brown & Helen Upperton – Two-woman bobsleigh silver

Shelley-Ann Brown & Helen Upperton (Vancouver 2010)

Shelley-Ann Brown, Helen Upperton, Kaillie Humphries & Heather Moyse (Vancouver 2010)

Cori Bartel, Cheryl Bernard, Carolyn Darbyshire, Kristie Moore, Susan O’Connor – Women’s curling silver

Women’s curling (Vancouver 2010)

Team Canada second Carolyn Darbyshire, centre, throws her rock as lead Cori Bartel, left, and third Susan O’Connor, right sweep while playing against Team Sweden during Olympic women’s curling action at the Olympic Centre on Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denett

Women’s curling (Vancouver 2010)

Clara Hughes – Long track 5,000m bronze

Clara Hughes (vancouver 2010)

Clara Hughes (Vancouver 2010)

Canadian speed skater Clara Hughes races to bronze in the women’s 5000m event at the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Richmond, B.C., Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Clara Hughes (vancouver 2010)

Clara Hughes (Vancouver 2010)

Joannie Rochette – Ladies’ figure skating bronze

Joannie Rochette (Vancouver 2010)

Women’s figure skating bronze medallist Joannie Rochette carries the Canadian flag into the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games closing ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010 at B.C. Place in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

François-Louis Tremblay – Short track 500m bronze