Skills Ontario Celebrates Team Ontario Winning 38 Medals at Skills Canada National Competition 2026
June 8, 2026
After two days of showcasing their skills, youth on Team Ontario are returning home from Skills Canada National Competition 2026 with 308 medals.
At a Closing Ceremony on May 30th following the Skills Canada National Competition in Toronto, which took place from May 28th to May 29th, Team Ontario took home 38 medals: 16 gold medals, 15 silver medals, and seven bronze medals.
A list of medalists from Team Ontario, including their name, contests, medal placements, and their institutions are listed below:
| Name of Medalist | Contest (“S” signifies secondary and “PS” signifies post-secondary) | Medal | School Board / Institution |
| Noah Bolen | Aerospace Technology (PS) | Silver | Confederation College |
| Samuel Konyer | Autobody Service (PS) | Bronze | Conestoga College |
| Sam Clarke | Autobody Repair (S) | Gold | Simcoe County District School Board |
| Peyton Miller Plante | Car Painting (S) | Gold | Simcoe County District School Board |
| Michael Rende | Outdoor Power & Recreation Equipment (S) | Silver | Toronto District School Board |
| Lyndsey Jordan | Sheet Metal Work (PS) | Silver | George Brown Polytechnic |
| Annie Valliancourt | Electrical Installations (PS) | Silver | IBEW Local 105 |
| Steve Kranendonk | Bricklaying (PS) | Silver | Conestoga College |
| Grady Smith | Cabinetmaking (S) | Silver | Trillium Lakelands District School Board |
| Finn Luu | Architectural Technology & Design (PS) | Gold | Sheridan College |
| Ethan Arand | Carpentry (PS) | Bronze | Fanshawe College |
| Ryan Beattie | Welding (S) | Silver | Lambton Kent District School Board |
| Ben Pearson | 3D Character Computer Animation (S) | Gold | Halton District School Board |
| Kenzie VDW | 3D Character Computer Animation (S) | Gold | Halton District School Board |
| Nicholas Rosati | Electronics (PS) | Bronze | Seneca Polytechnic |
| Kayla Dean | 3D Digital Game Art (PS) | Bronze | Fanshawe College |
| O’Neil Johnson | TV & Video Production (S) | Gold | Toronto Catholic District School Board |
| Jordan Perez | TV & Video Production (S) | Gold | Toronto Catholic District School Board |
| Tom Hoy | IT Network Systems Administration (PS) | Gold | Algonquin College |
| Neel Shah | IT Network Systems Administration (S) | Bronze | Halton District School Board |
| Jayesh Busgeeth | Mechanical Engineering CAD (PS) | Gold | George Brown Polytechnic |
| Owen Griffin | Mechanical Engineering CAD (S) | Gold | Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board |
| Kristen Pond | IT Software Applications (PS) | Silver | Seneca Polytechnic |
| Eli Lewinberg | IT Software Applications (S) | Gold | Toronto District School Board |
| Brianna Rex-Graham | Graphic Design Technology PS) | Silver | Georgian College |
| Ethan Geng | Photography (S) | Gold | Durham District School Board |
| Mithulan Nanthakumar | Web Technologies (S) | Bronze | York Region District School Board |
| Ankush Patil | Cloud Computing (PS) | Silver | Seneca Polytechnic |
| Dinina Bian | Job Search (S) | Silver | Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board |
| Gabrielle Cudmore | Job Skill Demonstration (S) | Gold | District School Board of Niagara |
| Edynn Goodland | Workplace Safety Demonstration (S) | Gold | Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board |
| Christian Hills | Industrial Mechanics (PS) | Silver | Sheridan College |
| Aidan Merchant | Precision Machining (PS) | Gold | Conestoga College |
| Evan McLaughlin | Precision Machining (S) | Bronze | Bluewater District School Board |
| Alexander Culum | Mobile Robotics (S) | Gold | Toronto Catholic District School Board |
| Owen Rocha | Mobile Robotics (S) | Gold | Toronto Catholic District School Board |
| Tete Soto | Mechatronics (PS) | Gold | Humber Polytechnic |
| Tavish Legacy | Mechatronics (PS) | Gold | Humber Polytechnic |
| Emma Amalfi | Aesthetics (PS) | Gold | St. Lawrence College |
| Harmanjot Singh | Baking (PS) | Silver | George Brown Polytechnic |
| Christian Palferro | Cooking (S) | Gold | Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board |
| Sara Samiullah | Fashion Design (S) | Bronze | Toronto District School Board |
During the Closing Ceremony, RBC also presented an award called the RBC Best of Region Awards to a competitor, or competitors, from each province and territory with the best-weighted score. For Ontario, the RBC Best of Region Award was presented to Team Ontario competitor Owen Griffin of Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, who won gold in the Mechanical CAD secondary contest.
“We congratulate all our competitors for their success. Advancing to the national level of competing is no small achievement, and these young people have worked hard at developing their skills for this event. The future of Ontario is in good hands with these youth who are inspiring others to become skilled trade and technology leaders,” said Ian Howcroft, CEO of Skills Ontario.
Team Ontario is represented by the top competitors advancing from the 2026 Skills Ontario Competition which took place earlier in May at the Toronto Congress Centre. At the national level, these competitors competed against the best skilled trade and technology competitors from across the country.
This year is a WorldSkills Team Canada Qualifying year for the opportunity to compete to represent Canada at WorldSkills in Shanghai, China, 2026. In September, four team Ontario competitors from three contests will be travelling to compete as part of Team Canada at WorldSkills in Shanghai, China. The following Ontario youth competing as part of WorldSkills Team Canada include Ethan Almeida of Centennial College (Autobody Repair), Luca Assad of George Brown Polytechnic (Cooking), and Cole Hunter & Grant Maddock of Humber Polytechnic (Mechatronics).
