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Strength athletics in Canada refers to the various Strongman events throughout Canada and its provinces in the sport of Strength athletics 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 [Louis Cyr] in the early 1900s, who was deemed the "Strongest Man on Earth" during his lifetime. Four Canadian athletes have finished on the podium, placing 2nd in 1982 with Tom Magee and 3rd in 2005 with Dominic Filiou, Jean-François Caron placing 3rd in 2020, and Maxime Boudreault placing 3rd in 2021. 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. Mitchell Hooper's win at 2023 World's Strongest Man makes him the first Canadian to finish in first place.

Canada's Strongest Man

Canada's Strongest Man
Tournament information
LocationCanada
Established1982
FormatMulti-event competition
Current champion
Quebec Simon Pratte

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.[1] Hugo Girard would later go on to win a record 6 titles; a record that would later be beaten despite Hugo's proclamation 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.[2] Dominic Filiou won in 2007, becoming the first man to defeat Hugo Girard on Canadian soil.[3] After the dust had settled following the end of Hugo's era, a new champion would emerge: Jean-Francois Caron. Jean-Francois, or "J-F", has dominated strongman in Canada since 2011, winning the title of Canada's Strongest Man every year and ushering in a new era of Strongman in Canada. J-F has also nurtured the success of other athletes and has worked towards developing the success of the sport in the country as a whole.

Champions breakdown

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
1982 Canada Tom Magee (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)
1983 Canada Tom Magee (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)
1984 Event not held
1985 Event not held
1986 Canada Dusko Markovich (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)
1987 Canada Robert Dubeau Quebec[4] Marco Fortier Canada Ken Fisher
1988 British Columbia Tom Magee (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)
1989 Event not held
1990 Nova Scotia Gregg Ernst (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)
1991 Nova Scotia Gregg Ernst (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)
1992 Event not held
1993 Canada Chuck Haase (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)
1994 Quebec Ron Trottier (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)
1995 Canada Robert Ploughman (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)
1996 Event not held
1997 Quebec Ginaud Dupuis (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)
1998 Event not held
1999 Quebec Hugo Girard British Columbia Ed Brost Quebec Ginaud Dupuis Quebec, Canada
2000 Quebec Hugo Girard Quebec Jessen Paulin Alberta Geoff Dolan Quebec, Canada
2001 Quebec Hugo Girard Ontario Travis Lyndon Quebec Jessen Paulin Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec
2002 Quebec Hugo Girard Quebec Jessen Paulin Ontario Travis Lyndon North Bay, Ontario
2003 Quebec Hugo Girard Quebec Jessen Paulin Saskatchewan Geoff Dolan Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec
2004 Quebec Hugo Girard Quebec Jessen Paulin Ontario Travis Lyndon Gatineau, Quebec
2005 Quebec Jessen Paulin Ontario Travis Lyndon Quebec Dominic Filiou Gatineau, Quebec
2006 Quebec Jessen Paulin Quebec Dominic Filiou Quebec Louis-Philippe Jean Gatineau, Quebec
2007 Quebec Dominic Filiou Quebec Jessen Paulin Quebec Hugo Girard Gatineau, Quebec
2008 Quebec Louis-Philippe Jean Quebec Jean-François Caron Quebec Christian Savoie Gatineau, Quebec
2009 Quebec Christian Savoie Quebec Louis-Philippe Jean Quebec Jean-François Caron Quebec City, Quebec
2010 Quebec Christian Savoie Quebec Jean-François Caron Saskatchewan Scott Cummine Quebec City, Quebec
2011 Quebec Jean-François Caron Quebec Christian Savoie Saskatchewan Scott Cummine Quebec City, Quebec
2012[5] Quebec Jean-François Caron Quebec Christian Savoie Saskatchewan Scott Cummine Quebec City, Quebec
2013 Quebec[6] Jean-François Caron Quebec Christian Savoie Ontario Ben Ruckstuhl Quebec City, Quebec
2014 Quebec Jean-François Caron Quebec Simon Boudreau Ontario Ben Ruckstuhl Quebec City, Quebec
2015 Quebec Jean-François Caron Ontario Maxime Boudreault Quebec Simon Boudreau Dubreuilville, Ontario
2016 Quebec Jean-François Caron Quebec Jimmy Paquet Quebec Vincent Lapointe Dubreuilville, Ontario
2017 Quebec Jean-François Caron Quebec Jimmy Paquet Ontario Karl Hjelholt Plantagenet, Ontario
2018 Quebec Jean-François Caron Quebec Jimmy Paquet Ontario Maxime Boudreault Plantagenet, Ontario
2019 Quebec Jean-François Caron Ontario Karl Hjelholt Quebec Jimmy Paquet Plantagenet, Ontario
2020 Event not held
2021[7] Quebec Gabriel Rhéaume Ontario Wesley Derwinsky British Columbia Sean Hayes Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec
2022[8] Ontario Maxime Boudreault Quebec Gabriel Rhéaume Ontario Wesley Derwinsky Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec
2023 Quebec Simon Pratte New Brunswick Joey Lavallee Quebec Fredrick Rhéaume Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec
  • Results courtesy of www.ontariostrongman.ca[9]

Repeat champions

Champion Times
Canada Jean-François Caron 9
Canada Hugo Girard 6
Canada Tom Magee 3
Canada Gregg Ernst 2
Canada Jessen Paulin 2
Canada Christian Savoie 2

Quebec's Strongest Man

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
1999 Canada Ron Trottier Canada Ginaud Dupuis Canada Jessen Paulin Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec
2000 Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Dominic Filiou Canada Ginaud Dupuis Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec
2001 Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Martin Brisebois Canada Dominic Filiou Lac-Etchemin, Quebec
2002 Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Steve Bourgeois Canada Dominic Filiou Baie-Comeau, Quebec
2003 Canada Dominic Filiou Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Franky Bonneau Gatineau, Quebec
2004 Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Yannick Normandin Canada Steve Bourgeois Mont-Joli, Quebec
2005[10] Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Dominic Filiou Canada Steve Bourgeois Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec
2006 Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Dominic Filiou Canada Louis-Phillipe Jean Quebec
2007 Canada Dominic Filiou Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Louis-Phillipe Jean Quebec
2008 Canada Hugo Girard Canada Christian Savoie Canada Jessen Paulin Quebec
2009 Canada Christian Savoie Canada Jean-François Caron Canada Franky Bonneau Quebec
2010 Canada Christian Savoie Canada Jean-François Caron (To be confirmed) Warwick, Quebec
2011 Canada Jean-François Caron Canada Christian Savoie (To be confirmed) Warwick, Quebec
2012 Canada Christian Savoie Canada Jean-François Caron (To be confirmed) Warwick, Quebec
2013 Canada Jean-François Caron Canada Christian Savoie (To be confirmed) Warwick, Quebec
  • Results courtesy of www.ontariostrongman.ca[9]

Ontario's Strongest Man

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
2000 Canada Travis Lyndon Canada Jamie Aszmies Canada Rob Verkest London, Ontario
2001 Canada Travis Lyndon Canada Jamie Aszmies Canada Chris Ronzon London, Ontario
2002 Canada Mark Lozer Canada Ryan Green Canada Travis Lyndon Hawkesbury, Ontario
2003 Canada Travis Lyndon Canada Ryan Green Canada Steve Lozer Ottawa, Ontario
2004 Canada Travis Lyndon Canada Ryan Green Canada Jamie Aszmies Kitchener, Ontario
2005 Canada Travis Lyndon Canada Mike Bade Canada Joe Montgomery North Bay, Ontario
2006 Canada Travis Lyndon Canada Joe Montgomery Canada Sean Bates Port Stanley, Ontario
2007 Canada Joe Montgomery Canada John Dungey Canada Len Elliott Ottawa, Ontario
2008 Canada Jose Plante Canada Paul Vaillancourt Canada Len Elliott Wawa, Ontario
2009 Canada Paul Vaillancourt Canada John Dungey Canada Luke Skaarup Kitchener, Ontario
2010 Canada Paul Vaillancourt Canada Eric Rautenberg Canada Luke Skaarup Cornwall, Ontario
2011 Canada Paul Vaillancourt Canada Kyle Rayner Canada Karl Hjelholt Toronto, Ontario
2012 Canada Luke Skaarup Canada Kyle Rayner Canada David Droeske Kitchener, Ontario
2013[11] Canada Ben Ruckstuhl Canada Kyle Rayner Canada Max Boudreault Thunder Bay, Ontario
2014 Canada Luke Skaarup Canada Ben Ruckstuhl Canada Paul Vaillancourt Thunder Bay, Ontario
2015 Canada Ben Ruckstuhl Canada Luke Skaarup Canada Maxime Boudreault Toronto, Ontario
2016 Canada Paul Vaillancourt Canada Karl Hjelholt Canada David Jennings Trenton, Ontario
2017 Canada Maxime Boudreault Canada Karl Hjelholt Canada Kyle Rayner Trenton, Ontario
2018 Canada Maxime Boudreault Canada Karl Hjelholt Canada Ben Ruckstuhl Trenton, Ontario
2019 Canada Maxime Boudreault Canada Karl Hjelholt Canada Ben Ruckstuhl Kapuskasing, Ontario
  • Results courtesy of www.ontariostrongman.ca[9]

Western Canada's Strongest Man

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
2000 Alberta Grant McReynolds Alberta Geoff Dolan Alberta Beerd Beekman
2001 Alberta Beerd Beekman Alberta Geoff Dolan Alberta Ed Brost Calgary, Alberta
2002 Alberta Geoff Dolan Saskatchewan Maurice Paquette Alberta Cory Gillespie Saskatoon, SK
2003 Saskatchewan Geoff Dolan Saskatchewan Alan Block Saskatchewan Brad Provick Fort Qu'Appelle, SK
2004 Saskatchewan Brad Provick Saskatchewan Geoff Dolan Manitoba Gino Castonguay Winnipeg, Manitoba
2005 Saskatchewan Alan Block Saskatchewan Chris Colonval British Columbia Ed Brost Edmonton, Alberta
2006 Saskatchewan Scott Cummine Saskatchewan Al Block Saskatchewan Chris Colonval Regina, SK
2007 Saskatchewan Chris Colonval Saskatchewan Scott Cummine British Columbia Matt Parkes Regina, SK
2008 British Columbia Matt Parkes Saskatchewan Scott Cummine Saskatchewan Alan Block British Columbia
2009 Saskatchewan Scott Cummine British Columbia Jon Moerike Saskatchewan Maurice Paquette Altona, Manitoba
2010 Saskatchewan Scott Cummine Saskatchewan Brad Provick Saskatchewan Maurice Paquette Saskatoon, SK
2011 Saskatchewan Scott Cummine Saskatchewan Nathan Rolston Manitoba Jon Wade Edmonton, Alberta
2012 Saskatchewan Scott Cummine Saskatchewan Brad Provick Alberta Jay Smith Regina, SK
2013 Saskatchewan Scott Cummine Saskatchewan Brad Provick Manitoba Jon Wade Regina, SK
2014 Saskatchewan Scott Cummine Saskatchewan Brad Provick Saskatchewan Quinton Falk Regina, SK
2015 Manitoba Dom Liontas Saskatchewan Brad Provick Alberta Artur Walus Regina, SK
2016 Saskatchewan Scott Cummine Saskatchewan Brad Provick ManitobaDom Liontas Regina, SK
2017 Alberta James Loach Alberta Brad Sheperd Alberta Artur Walus Regina, SK
2018 Alberta James Loach Manitoba Dom Liontas Alberta Artur Walus Regina, SK
2019 Alberta Brad Shepherd Saskatchewan Sam Rissling Alberta Artur Walus Regina, SK
2020 Event not held - Covid
2021 Event not held - Covid
2022 British Columbia Sean Hayes Saskatchewan James Jeffers Manitoba Tyler Sigurdson Regina, SK
2023 Saskatchewan James Jeffers Alberta Tristain Hoath Alberta Colten Sloan Fort McMurray, AB
  • Results courtesy of July 1 Western Canadas Strongest Man on Facebook[9]

Atlantic Canada's Strongest Man

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
2000 Canada Tim Griffith Canada Shane Murphy (To be confirmed)
2001 Canada Shane Murphy (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)
2002 Canada Shane Murphy Canada Jonathan Hickey (To be confirmed)
2003 Canada Shane Murphy Canada Brad Carty Canada Jonathan Hickey
2004 Canada Brad Carty Canada Shane Murphy Canada Grant Connors
2005 Canada Grant Connors Canada Darrell Crouse Canada Kevin O'Keefe
2006 Canada Grant Connors Canada Jonathan Schooten Canada Chris Bulman
2007 Canada Grant Connors Canada Danny Frame Canada Jonathan Schooten
2008 Canada Grant Connors Canada Danny Frame Canada Chris Harper
2009 Canada Grant Connors Canada Danny Frame Canada Jonathan Schooten
2010 Canada Grant Connors Canada Danny Frame Canada Kalen Brennan
2011 Canada Grant Connors Canada Jonathan Schooten Canada Jay Smith
2012 Canada Kalen Brennan Canada Alex Wallace (To be confirmed)
  • Results courtesy of www.acstrongman.com[12]

North America's Strongest Man

North America's Strongest Man
Tournament information
LocationQuebec
Established1992
FormatMulti-event competition
Current champion
Canada Maxime Boudreault

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[9] with Gary Mitchell of the United States winning the inaugural competition. Despite the three hiatus periods (1994-1997, 2004-2006 and 2015-2022), the competition has been held seventeen times. Canada has produced five champions who shared ten titles among them while United States has produced seven champions with a title each for a total of seven. The contest has been always held in Quebec.

Champions breakdown

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
1992 United States Gary Mitchell (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed) Gatineau, Quebec
1993 United States Steve Pulcinella (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed) Gatineau, Quebec
1994 - 1997 Event not held
1998 United States David Brown (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed) Gatineau, Quebec
1999 United States Steve Dmytrow (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed) Gatineau, Quebec
2001 Canada Hugo Girard Canada Geoff Dolan United States Phil Pfister Gatineau, Quebec
2002 Canada Hugo Girard (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed) Gatineau, Quebec
2003 United States Jon Andersen United States Chad Coy United States Walt Gogola Gatineau, Quebec
2004 - 2006 Event not held
2007[13] Canada Jessen Paulin United States Brian Shaw Canada Christian Savoie Gatineau, Quebec
2008[14] Canada Jessen Paulin Canada Christian Savoie United States Pete Konradt Gatineau, Quebec
2009[15] Canada Christian Savoie Canada Jean-François Caron United States Josh Thigpen Gatineau, Quebec
2010[16] Canada Christian Savoie Canada Jean-François Caron Canada Scott Cummine Gatineau, Quebec
2011[17] Canada Christian Savoie Canada Jean-François Caron United States Karl Gillingham Gatineau, Quebec
2012 Canada Jean-François Caron United States Dave Ostlund Canada Jackie Ouellett Gatineau, Quebec
2013 Canada Jean-François Caron Canada Christian Savoie United States Dave Ostlund Gatineau, Quebec
2014 United States Brian Shaw Canada Jean-François Caron Canada Simon Boudreau Gatineau, Quebec
2015 - 2022 Event not held
2023 United States Trey Mitchell United States Lucas Hatton Canada Wesley Derwinsky Victoriaville, Quebec
2024 Canada Maxime Boudreault United States Lucas Hatton Canada Tristain Hoath Victoriaville, Quebec

Repeat champions

Champion Times & years
Canada Christian Savoie 3 (2009, 2010, 2011)
Canada Hugo Girard 2 (2001, 2002)
Canada Jessen Paulin 2 (2007, 2008)
Canada Jean-François Caron 2 (2012, 2013)

References

  1. ↑ CSM 1999
  2. ↑ CSM 2005
  3. ↑ CSM 2007
  4. ↑ 2000 Quebec's Strongest Man, retrieved 2022-01-02
  5. ↑ Jean-Francois Caron Wins Canada’s Strongest Man
  6. ↑ Canada’s Strongest Man: Jean-Francois Caron Wins
  7. ↑ "2021 Canada's Strongest Man". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "2022 Canada's Strongest Man". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Competition Results
  10. ↑ "Résultats". www.hommefort.com. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  11. ↑ OntarioStrongman • View topic - OSM 2013 June 22-23, Thunder Bay
  12. ↑ ATLANTICS05
  13. ↑ "North America's Strongest Man". www.ironmind.com.
  14. ↑ "North America's Strongest Man: Christian Savoie in the Lead". www.ironmind.com.
  15. ↑ "Canadian Strongman Surges at North America's Strongest Man Contest". www.ironmind.com.
  16. ↑ Tuesday, September 7, 2010, Christian Savoie Wins North American Strongman Championships, by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. IronMind
  17. ↑ "Christian Savoie Wins North American Strongman Championships". www.ironmind.com.
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