Canada Won’t Be Participating at Tokyo Olympics This Summer

A man walks past a large banner promoting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, on March 23, 2020. Jae C. Hong/AP Photo

Canada won’t participate in the Tokyo Olympics or Paralympics—at least this summer.

The Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee issued joint statements on March 22 saying that they refuse to send their teams to Tokyo unless their respective Games are pushed back a year.