The money for medals doesn’t come from taxpayers. It comes out of the Canadian Olympic Committee’s Excellence Fund, which funnels corporate sponsorship dollars to our most successful high-performance athletes.
Despite disparity, money for medals program is a welcome bonus for Canadian athletes
Chris Jones · CBC Sports
· Posted: Feb 17, 2026 12:48 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Canadian short track skater Courtney Sarault with her three Olympic medals so far – two silver, with William Dandjinou, centre, and one bronze. (Canadian Press)
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Courtney Sarault sat at a picnic table in the sun at the Olympic Village, her latest medal — a silver in women’s short track 1,000 metres, to join the silver and bronze she’d already won in Milan — gleaming beside her. She had put four years of hard work and hope into Monday morning’s race. Her prize, by the most basic of measures, was a surprisingly heavy chunk of metal on a ribbon.
As Canada’s most decorated athlete so far, she will also collect $55,000 when she gets home: $15,000 for each of her silvers, $10,000 for her bronze,
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