The Canada women's national ice sledge hockey team is the national team representing Canada in women's international sledge hockey. The team competed at the IPC International Cup and now competes at the Women's World Challenge and Women's World Para Ice Hockey Championships. The team currently receives funding from the Hockey Canada Foundation through grants which enables it to run a grassroots development program.
The team participated in its first International Paralympic Committee-sanctioned international competition, the 2014 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Women's International Cup now known as the Women's World Challenge (a World Para Ice Hockey sanctioned event) whose inaugural year was in 2022.
The Ontario Women's Hockey Association began to develop women's ice sledge hockey players in 2008 (at about the same time that the United States started to develop a program). The Ottawa Sledge Hockey Tournament hosted the first all female demonstration ice sledge hockey game on May 5, 2007. The players were composed of a group of Canadian and American women.
The first ever IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Women's International Cup was the 2014 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Women's International Cup which took place from November 7âÂÂ9, 2014 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The United States earned the gold medal with a 5âÂÂ1 victory against Canada in the gold medal game.
The team participated in the inaugural World Championships in 2025 and won a silver medal.
As the team does not receive overall funding under Hockey Canada, many players participate at their own expense. The national team attempts to compete in three or four events per year, with the team pooling monies raised by players, either through fundraising or out of their own pockets to participate.