Women’s hockey debuted at the Olympic Winter Games in 1998, where the Canadians – four-time defending world champions – took home the silver medal after falling to the Americans. Canada has not lost an Olympic game since, claiming gold in 2002, 2006 and 2010.

Since 1990, Canada’s National Women’s Team has been a power on the world stage, winning nine world titles, two Olympic gold medals and 12 3 Nations/4 Nations Cups. Its success has helped women’s hockey registration numbers skyrocket in the last decade.

Beginning with the inaugural world championship in Ottawa in 1990, Canada has never finished worse than silver, winning the first eight world titles (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004) and claiming its ninth on home ice in Winnipeg in 2007.

The second step in Canada’s Program of Excellence, the National Women’s Under-22 Team meets twice a year, for a summer camp and three-game series, typically against the U.S., in August, and again for an international tournament in Germany in January.

The first step in Canada’s Program of Excellence, the National Women’s Under-18 Team meets twice a year, for a summer camp and three-game series, typically against the U.S., in August, and again for the IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship in January.