Strength athletics in Canada

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.

National Competitions

Canada's Strongest Man

Canada's Strongest Man

Tournament information
Location	Canada
Established	1982
Format	Multi-event competition
Current champion
Tristain Hoath (2025)

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. 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. Dominic Filiou won in 2007, becoming the first man to defeat Hugo Girard on Canadian soil. 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	Tom Magee	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1983	Tom Magee	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1984	Event not held
1985	Event not held
1986	Dusko Markovich	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1987	Robert Dubeau	Marco Fortier	Ken Fisher
1988	Tom Magee	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1989	Event not held
1990	Gregg Ernst	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1991	Gregg Ernst	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1992	Event not held
1993	Chuck Haase	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1994	Ron Trottier	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1995	Robert Ploughman	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1996	Event not held
1997	Ginaud Dupuis	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1998	Event not held
1999	Hugo Girard	Ed Brost	Ginaud Dupuis	Quebec, Canada
2000	Hugo Girard	Jessen Paulin	Geoff Dolan	Quebec, Canada
2001	Hugo Girard	Travis Lyndon	Jessen Paulin	Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec
2002	Hugo Girard	Jessen Paulin	Travis Lyndon	North Bay, Ontario
2003	Hugo Girard	Jessen Paulin	Geoff Dolan	Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec
2004	Hugo Girard	Jessen Paulin	Travis Lyndon	Gatineau, Quebec
2005	Jessen Paulin	Travis Lyndon	Dominic Filiou	Gatineau, Quebec
2006	Jessen Paulin	Dominic Filiou	Louis-Philippe Jean	Gatineau, Quebec
2007	Dominic Filiou	Jessen Paulin	Hugo Girard	Gatineau, Quebec
2008	Louis-Philippe Jean	Jean-François Caron	Christian Savoie	Gatineau, Quebec
2009	Christian Savoie	Louis-Philippe Jean	Jean-François Caron	Quebec City, Quebec
2010	Christian Savoie	Jean-François Caron	Scott Cummine	Quebec City, Quebec
2011	Jean-François Caron	Christian Savoie	Scott Cummine	Quebec City, Quebec
2012	Jean-François Caron	Christian Savoie	Scott Cummine	Quebec City, Quebec
2013	Jean-François Caron	Christian Savoie	Ben Ruckstuhl	Quebec City, Quebec
2014	Jean-François Caron	Simon Boudreau	Ben Ruckstuhl	Quebec City, Quebec
2015	Jean-François Caron	Maxime Boudreault	Simon Boudreau	Dubreuilville, Ontario
2016	Jean-François Caron	Jimmy Paquet	Vincent Lapointe	Dubreuilville, Ontario
2017	Jean-François Caron	Jimmy Paquet	Karl Hjelholt	Plantagenet, Ontario
2018	Jean-François Caron	Jimmy Paquet	Maxime Boudreault	Plantagenet, Ontario
2019	Jean-François Caron	Karl Hjelholt	Jimmy Paquet	Plantagenet, Ontario
2020	Event not held
2021	Gabriel Rhéaume	Wesley Derwinsky	Sean Hayes	Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec
2022	Maxime Boudreault	Gabriel Rhéaume	Wesley Derwinsky	Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec
2023	Simon Pratte	Joey Lavallee	Fredrick Rhéaume	Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec
2024	Gabriel Rhéaume	James Jeffers	Wesley Derwinsky	Saint-Pamphile, Quebec
2025	Tristain Hoath	James Jeffers	Gabriel Rhéaume	Saint-Pamphile, Quebec

Repeat champions

Champion	Times	Years
Jean-François Caron	9	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Hugo Girard	6	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Tom Magee	3	1982, 1983, 1988
Gregg Ernst	2	1990, 1991
Jessen Paulin	2	2005, 2006
Christian Savoie	2	2009, 2010
Gabriel Rhéaume	2	2021, 2024

Quebec's Strongest Man

Year	Champion	Runner-up	3rd place	Location
1999	Ron Trottier	Ginaud Dupuis	Jessen Paulin	Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec
2000	Jessen Paulin	Dominic Filiou	Ginaud Dupuis	Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec
2001	Jessen Paulin	Martin Brisebois	Dominic Filiou	Lac-Etchemin, Quebec
2002	Jessen Paulin	Steve Bourgeois	Dominic Filiou	Baie-Comeau, Quebec
2003	Dominic Filiou	Jessen Paulin	Franky Bonneau	Gatineau, Quebec
2004	Jessen Paulin	Yannick Normandin	Steve Bourgeois	Mont-Joli, Quebec
2005	Jessen Paulin	Dominic Filiou	Steve Bourgeois	Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec
2006	Jessen Paulin	Dominic Filiou	Louis-Phillipe Jean	Quebec
2007	Dominic Filiou	Jessen Paulin	Louis-Phillipe Jean	Quebec
2008	Hugo Girard	Christian Savoie	Jessen Paulin	Quebec
2009	Christian Savoie	Jean-François Caron	Franky Bonneau	Quebec
2010	Christian Savoie	Jean-François Caron	(To be confirmed)	Warwick, Quebec
2011	Jean-François Caron	Christian Savoie	(To be confirmed)	Warwick, Quebec
2012	Christian Savoie	Jean-François Caron	(To be confirmed)	Warwick, Quebec
2013	Jean-François Caron	Christian Savoie	(To be confirmed)	Warwick, Quebec

Ontario's Strongest Man

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

Western Canada's Strongest Man

Year	Champion	Runner-up	3rd place	Location
2000	Grant McReynolds	Geoff Dolan	Beerd Beekman
2001	Beerd Beekman	Geoff Dolan	Ed Brost	Calgary, Alberta
2002	Geoff Dolan	Maurice Paquette	Cory Gillespie	Saskatoon, SK
2003	Geoff Dolan	Alan Block	Brad Provick	Fort Qu'Appelle, SK
2004	Brad Provick	Geoff Dolan	Gino Castonguay	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2005	Alan Block	Chris Colonval	Ed Brost	Edmonton, Alberta
2006	Scott Cummine	Al Block	Chris Colonval	Regina, SK
2007	Chris Colonval	Scott Cummine	Matt Parkes	Regina, SK
2008	Matt Parkes	Scott Cummine	Alan Block	British Columbia
2009	Scott Cummine	Jon Moerike	Maurice Paquette	Altona, Manitoba
2010	Scott Cummine	Brad Provick	Maurice Paquette	Saskatoon, SK
2011	Scott Cummine	Nathan Rolston	Jon Wade	Edmonton, Alberta
2012	Scott Cummine	Brad Provick	Jay Smith	Regina, SK
2013	Scott Cummine	Brad Provick	Jon Wade	Regina, SK
2014	Scott Cummine	Brad Provick	Quinton Falk	Regina, SK
2015	Dom Liontas	Brad Provick	Artur Walus	Regina, SK
2016	Scott Cummine	Brad Provick	Dom Liontas	Regina, SK
2017	James Loach	Brad Shepherd	Artur Walus	Regina, SK
2018	James Loach	Dom Liontas	Artur Walus	Regina, SK
2019	Brad Shepherd	Sam Rissling	Artur Walus	Regina, SK
2020–2021	Event not held due to Covid
2022	Sean Hayes	James Jeffers	Tyler Sigurdson	Regina, SK
2023	James Jeffers	Tristain Hoath	Colten Sloan	Fort McMurray, AB
2024	Sean Hayes	James Jeffers	Colten Sloan	Duncan, BC
2025	Colten Sloan	Andrew Langelaar	Samuel Rissling	Devon, AB
2026	Colten Sloan	Cameron St. Amand	Sean Hayes	Calgary, AB

Eastern Canada's Strongest Man

Year	Champion	Runner-up	3rd place	Location
2022	Wesley Derwinsky	Simon Pratte	Joey Lavallee	Saint-André-Avellin, QC
2023	Joey Lavallee	Wesley Derwinsky	Kerri VanderStelt	Saint-Cyprien, QC
2024	Fredrick Rhéaume	Gabriel Rhéaume	Joey Lavallee	Trois-Rivieres, QC
2025	Kerri VanderStelt	Fredrick Rhéaume	Samuel Daigle	Ayer's Cliff, QC
2026	Simon Pratte	Mathieu Poirier	Gabriel Rhéaume	Ayer's Cliff, QC

Atlantic Canada's Strongest Man

Year	Champion	Runner-up	3rd place
2000	Tim Griffith	Shane Murphy	(To be confirmed)
2001	Shane Murphy	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2002	Shane Murphy	Jonathan Hickey	(To be confirmed)
2003	Shane Murphy	Brad Carty	Jonathan Hickey
2004	Brad Carty	Shane Murphy	Grant Connors
2005	Grant Connors	Darrell Crouse	Kevin O'Keefe
2006	Grant Connors	Jonathan Schooten	Chris Bulman
2007	Grant Connors	Danny Frame	Jonathan Schooten
2008	Grant Connors	Danny Frame	Chris Harper
2009	Grant Connors	Danny Frame	Jonathan Schooten
2010	Grant Connors	Danny Frame	Kalen Brennan
2011	Grant Connors	Jonathan Schooten	Jay Smith
2012	Kalen Brennan	Alex Wallace	(To be confirmed)

Regional Competitions

North America's Strongest Man

North America's Strongest Man

Tournament information
Location	Quebec
Established	1992
Format	Multi-event competition
Current champion
Bryce Johnson

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 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 eighteen times. Canada has produced five champions who shared ten titles among them while United States has produced eight champions with a title each for a total of eight.

The contest has been always held in Quebec.

Champions breakdown

Year	Champion	Runner-up	3rd place	Location
1992	Gary Mitchell	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)	Gatineau, Quebec
1993	Steve Pulcinella	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)	Gatineau, Quebec
1994–1997	Event not held
1998	David Brown	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)	Gatineau, Quebec
1999	Steve Dmytrow	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)	Gatineau, Quebec
2001	Hugo Girard	Geoff Dolan	Phil Pfister	Gatineau, Quebec
2002	Hugo Girard	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)	Gatineau, Quebec
2003	Jon Andersen	Chad Coy	Walt Gogola	Gatineau, Quebec
2004–2006	Event not held
2007	Jessen Paulin	Brian Shaw	Christian Savoie	Gatineau, Quebec
2008	Jessen Paulin	Christian Savoie	Pete Konradt	Gatineau, Quebec
2009	Christian Savoie	Jean-François Caron	Josh Thigpen	Gatineau, Quebec
2010	Christian Savoie	Jean-François Caron	Scott Cummine	Gatineau, Quebec
2011	Christian Savoie	Jean-François Caron	Karl Gillingham	Gatineau, Quebec
2012	Jean-François Caron	Dave Ostlund	Jackie Ouellett	Gatineau, Quebec
2013	Jean-François Caron	Christian Savoie	Dave Ostlund	Gatineau, Quebec
2014	Brian Shaw	Jean-François Caron	Simon Boudreau	Gatineau, Quebec
2015–2022	Event not held
2023	Trey Mitchell	Lucas Hatton	Wesley Derwinsky	Victoriaville, Quebec
2024	Maxime Boudreault	Lucas Hatton	Tristain Hoath	Victoriaville, Quebec
2025	Bryce Johnson	Wesley Derwinsky	Nick Wortham	Victoriaville, Quebec

• Results courtesy of David Horne's World of Grip: http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/strongmanresults.html

Repeat champions

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