The Canada national rugby union team has played in every Rugby World Cup except 2023 since the inaugural tournament in 1987.[1] Their best performance was in 1991, when they beat Fiji and Romania, qualifying for the quarter-finals, where they lost to New Zealand.
Canada has the second strongest national rugby side in North America after the United States, and the fifth strongest in the Americas after Argentina, the United States, Uruguay and Chile.
| Year | width=55 | Round | Position | Played | width=40 | Won | width=40 | Draw | width=40 | Lost | Pts for | Pts against | Pts diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  1987 | Pool | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 90 | −25 | ||||
  1991 | QF | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 64 | −6 | ||||
 1995 | Pool | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 50 | −5 | ||||
| 1999 | Pool | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 82 | +32 | ||||
| 2003 | Pool | 15th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 135 | −81 | ||||
| 2007 | Pool | 16th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 120 | −69 | ||||
| 2011 | Pool | 12th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 168 | −86 | ||||
| 2015 | Pool | 17th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 131 | −73 | ||||
 2019 | Pool | 18th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 177 | −163 | ||||
| 2023 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| Total | 9/10 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 541 | 1,017 | −476 | |||||
For the names of all Canada 1987 Rugby World Cup squad members, see 1987 Rugby World Cup squads#Canada.
See main article: 1987 Rugby World Cup.
Pool 2 games ---------
See main article: 1991 Rugby World Cup.
Pool 4 games -
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See main article: 1995 Rugby World Cup.
Pool A games -
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See main article: 1999 Rugby World Cup.
Pool 3 games -
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See main article: 2003 Rugby World Cup.
Group D games -
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See main article: 2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B.
See main article: 2011 Rugby World Cup. Pool A games
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See main article: 2015 Rugby World Cup.
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See main article: 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Pool B Games------------Notes:
| Opponent | Played | Win | Draw | Lost | Win % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34% | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0% | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67% | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0% | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
| Overall | 32 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 22% |
Works cited