The North American Figure Skating Championships were a former elite figure skating competition for skaters from the United States and Canada. It was a biennial (every two years) competition held between 1923 and 1971, with locations alternating between the two countries.
Although the event was classified as an "international competition" under International Skating Union rules, it was actually a cooperative venture between the United States Figure Skating Association and the Canadian Figure Skating Association, which both had their roots in a former organization called the Ice Skating Union of America. The latter organization had sponsored competitions open to skaters of both countries as early as 1913.
The 1943 competition was canceled due to World War II and the 1945 competition included ladies single skating (only). Ice dance was included for the first time in 1947 as a result of many pairs wanting to compete in this competition.
The competition was discontinued when the Canadian federation abruptly canceled its participation in the 1973 event, which was to have been held in Rochester, New York. The CFSA cited problems with the judging (which tended to favor the skaters of whichever country had a majority of judges on the panel) and the reluctance of top skaters from both countries to participate in an event immediately before the World Figure Skating Championships. In fact, the CFSA was at that time already planning to hold its own international competition, the first Skate Canada International, in the fall of 1973. This event would be open to skaters from all ISU member countries and use international judges. The USFSA established its own international competition, Skate America, in the fall of 1979.
| Men's medalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 1923 | ? | ||||
| 1925 | align=center | no other competitors | |||
| 1927 |  Montgomery Wilson | ||||
| 1929 |  Frederick Goodridge | ||||
| 1931 | Gail Borden | ||||
| 1933 | Robin Lee | ||||
| 1935 | J. Lester Madden | ||||
| 1937 | Ralph McCreath | ||||
| 1939 | Ralph McCreath | ||||
| 1941 | William Grimditch | ||||
| 1947 | Wallace Diestelmeyer | ||||
| 1949 | Hayes Alan Jenkins | ||||
| 1951 | Hayes Alan Jenkins | ||||
| 1953 | Ronnie Robertson | ||||
| 1955 | Charles Snelling | ||||
| 1957 | Tim Brown | ||||
| 1959 | Robert Brewer | ||||
| 1961 | Gregory Kelley | ||||
| 1963 | Scott Allen | ||||
| 1965 | Donald Knight | ||||
| 1967 | Gary Visconti | ||||
| 1969 | John Misha Petkevich | ||||
| 1971 | Ken Shelley |
| Ladies' medalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 1923 | Dorothy Jenkins | ||||
| 1925 | Theresa Weld Blanchard | ||||
| 1927 | Cecil Smith | ||||
| 1929 | Suzanne Davis | ||||
| 1931 | Mrs. Frederick Secord | ||||
| 1933 | Suzanne Davis | ||||
| 1935 | Suzanne Davis | ||||
| 1937 | Eleanor O'Meara | ||||
| 1939 | Norah McCarthy | ||||
| 1941 | Norah McCarthy | ||||
| 1945 | Janette Ahrens | ||||
| 1947 | Yvonne Sherman | ||||
| 1949 | Virginia Baxter | ||||
| 1951 | Tenley Albright | ||||
| 1953 | Barbara Gratton | ||||
| 1955 | Patricia Firth | ||||
| 1957 | Joan Schenke | ||||
| 1959 | Nancy Heiss | ||||
| 1961 | Sonia Snelling | ||||
| 1963 | Shirra Kenworthy | ||||
| 1965 | Valerie Jones | ||||
| 1967 | Tina Noyes | ||||
| 1969 | Linda Carbonetto | ||||
| 1971 | Suna Murray |
| Pairs medalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 1923 | Channing Frothingham / Charles Rotch | ||||
| 1925 | no other competitors | ||||
| 1927 | Constance Wilson / Montgomery Wilson | ||||
| 1929 | Maribel Vinson / Thornton Coolidge | ||||
| 1931 | Beatrix Loughran / Sherwin Badger | ||||
| 1933 | Kathleen Lopdell / Donald Cruikshank | ||||
| 1935 | Louise Bertram / Stewart Reburn | ||||
| 1937 | Grace Madden / J. Lester Madden | ||||
| 1939 | Aidrie Cruikshank / Donald Cruikshank | ||||
| 1941 | Patricia Vaeth / Jack Might | ||||
| 1947 | Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | ||||
| 1949 | Irene Maguire / Walter Muehlbronner | ||||
| 1951 | Jane Kirby / Donald Tobin | ||||
| 1953 | Margaret Anne Graham / Hugh Graham | ||||
| 1955 | Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul | ||||
| 1957 | Nancy Rouillard / Ronald Ludington | ||||
| 1959 | ? | ? | |||
| 1961 | Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell | ||||
| 1963 | Vivian Joseph / Ronald Joseph | ||||
| 1965 | Susan Huehnergard / Paul Huehnergard | ||||
| 1967 | Betty Jean Lewis / Richard Gilbert | ||||
| 1969 | Mary Petrie / Robert McAvoy | ||||
| 1971 | Sandra Bezic / Val Bezic |
| Ice dancing medalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 1947 | Marcella Willis / Frank Davenport | ||||
| 1949 | Ann Davies / Carleton Hoffner | ||||
| 1951 | Pierette Paquin / Donald Tobin | ||||
| 1953 | Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel | ||||
| 1955 | Virginia Hoyns / William Kipp | ||||
| 1957 | Sharon McKenzie / Bert Wright | ||||
| 1959 | Anne Martin / Edward Collins | ||||
| 1961 | Paulette Doan / Kenneth Ormsby | ||||
| 1963 | Sally Schantz / Stanley Urban | ||||
| 1965 | Carole Forrest / Kevin Lethbridge | ||||
| 1967 | Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky | ||||
| 1969 | Debbie Gerken / Raymond Tiedemann | ||||
| 1971 | Mary Karen Campbell / Johnny Johns |
Fours competitions were held only in the indicated years.
| Fours medalists[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 1923 | Clara Frothingham, Theresa Blanchard, Charles Rotch, Sherwin Badger | ||||
| 1931 | ? | Elizabeth Fisher | |||
| 1933 | Theresa Blanchard, Suzanne Davis, Richard Hapgood, Fred Parmenter | ||||
| 1935 | Suzanne Davis, Grace Madden, Frederick Goodridge, George Hill | ||||
| 1937 | Nettie Prantel, Ardelle Kloss, Joseph Savage, George Boltres | ||||
| 1939 | Nettie Prantel, Marjorie Parker, Joseph Savage, George Boltres | ||||
| 1941 | ? | ||||
| 1949 | Jean Matze, Elizabeth Royer, Henry Mayer, IV, Newbold Black, IV |