Canada at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Canada at the
2025 World Aquatics Championships
World Aquatics codeCAN
National federationAquatic Federation of Canada
in Singapore
11 July 2025 (2025-07-11) – 3 August 2025 (2025-08-03)
Competitors65 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 0th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
World Aquatics Championships appearances

Canada is scheduled to compete at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, 2025.

The Canadian team consisted of 65 (33 men and 32 women) athletes competing in all six disciplines.

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Artistic swimming 0 12 12
Diving 4 5 9
High diving 1 2 3
Open water swimming* 1 1 2
Swimming 13 12 25
Water polo 14 0 14
Total 33 32 65
  • Both swimmers in open water swimming have also qualified to compete in the swimming competition. They are not listed in the swimming total.

Artistic swimming

Canada Artistic Swimming named a team of 12 athletes (all women) on July 2, 2025.[1]

Women

Diving

Diving Canada named a team of ten divers (four men and five women) on July 3, 2025.[2]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Tazman Abramowicz 1 m springboard
Carson Paul 3 m springboard
Matt Cullen 10 m platform
Benjamin Tessier
Matt Cullen
Benjamin Tessier
3 m synchro springboard
Matt Cullen
Benjamin Tessier
10 m synchro platform
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Margo Erlam 1 m springboard
Sonya Palkhivala
Margo Erlam 3 m springboard
Amélie‑Laura Jasmin
Katelyn Fung 10 m platform
Kate Miller
Amélie‑Laura Jasmin
Sonya Palkhivala
3 m synchro springboard
Katelyn Fung
Kate Miller
10 m synchro platform

High diving

Diving Canada named a team of three high divers (one man and two women) on July 3, 2025.[2]

Athlete Event Points Rank
Michaël Foisy Men's high diving
Molly Carlson Women's high diving
Simone Leathead

Open water swimming

Swimming Canada entered two open water swimmers, who also qualified to compete in the pool competitions. Both athletes finished as the top Canadian at the 2025 USA Swimming Open Water National Championships in Sarasota, Florida.[3]

Men
  • Eric Brown
Women

Swimming

Swimming Canada entered 26 swimmers (13 per gender) plus the two open water swimmers (one per gender) for a total of 28 swimmers (14 per gender).[4] The team was selected based on the results of the 2025 Canadian Swimming Trials held in Victoria, British Columbia in June 2025.[5] On July 4th it was announced Penny Oleksiak had withdrawn from the team, dropping the team to 27 swimmers (14 men and 13 women).[6][7]

Men
Women

Water polo

Summary
Team Event Group stage Playoff Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Men's team Men's tournament  United States  Singapore  Brazil

Men's tournament

Canada's men's water polo team qualified by finishing in the top two at the 2024 Pan American Water Polo Championship in Ibagué, Colombia.[8]

Team roster

The team of 14 athletes was named on June 27, 2025.[8]

  • Jérémie Côté
  • Bogdan Djerkovic
  • Reuel D’Souza
  • Aleksa Gardijan
  • Andrej Gavric
  • Nikolas Gerakoudis
  • Leo Hachem
  • David Lapins
  • Brody Mcknight
  • Jason O’Donnell
  • Roko Pozaric
  • Milan Radenovic
  • Aria Soleimanipak
  • Bor Tanasijevic
Group play
Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Singapore (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Playoffs
3  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13–16th place semifinals
First match(es) will be played: 12 July 2025. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
12 July 2025
10:35
Canada   United States OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
14 July 2025
19:10
Singapore   Canada OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
16 July 2025
09:00
Canada   Brazil OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore

References

  1. ^ "Canada Artistic Swimming Announces 2025 World Championships Team". www.artisticswimming.ca. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Canada Artistic Swimming. July 2, 2025. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Twelve divers on the Road to Singapore for World Aquatics Championships". www.sirc.ca. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Diving Canada. SIRC. July 3, 2025. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  3. ^ "First two athletes qualify for worlds via open water nationals". www.swimming.ca/. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Swimming Canada. April 5, 2025. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  4. ^ De George, Matthew (June 12, 2025). "Swimming Canada Announces 28 Swimmers for Worlds, 19 for Para Worlds". www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/. Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  5. ^ Sutherland, James (June 13, 2025). "Swimming Canada Names 28 To 2025 World Championship Team". swimswam.com/. Swim Swam Partners, LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  6. ^ "Oleksiak withdraws from swimming worlds citing whereabouts case with World Aquatics". www.tsn.ca/. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: The Sports Network. Canadian Press. July 4, 2025. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  7. ^ Mulvenney, Nick (July 4, 2025). "Canada's Oleksiak withdraws from worlds over whereabouts issue". Reuters. London, England: Thomson Reuters. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Water Polo Canada Announces Final Roster for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships". www.waterpolo.ca/. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Water Polo Canada. June 27, 2025. Retrieved July 5, 2025.