1945 - War Veterans return home from WWII

1947 - First "informal" competition in Canada. Deer Lodge Military Hospital, Manitoba. Events included: archery, milk bottle pitching, basketball throw, ring toss, croquet and golf putting

1948 - First Stoke Mandeville Games - 16 competitors in Aylesbury, England

1952 - Wheelchair basketball program started in Vancouver by Stan Stronge - Dueck Powerglides play American teams as no other Canadian teams exist.
Second Stoke Mandeville Games 130 athletes compete, athletes from the Netherlands also compete.

1953 - Bill Hepburn forms the Montreal Wheelchair Wonders. The Montreal team represents Canada in the Third Stoke Mandeville Games marking Canada's start in world competition.

1954 - Montreal Wheelchair Wonders represent Canada at the sixth National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament in New York, N.Y.

1956 - The Fearnley Cup, an Olympic award for outstanding acheivment presented to the Stoke Mandeville Games

1960 - First Summer Paralympic Event in Rome - Canadians do not compete, Olympic venues used

1962 - Jerry Johnston begins to teach skiers with disabilities in Banff, Alberta. First Commonwealth Games for athletes with a disability, Perth, Australia.

1963 - First inter-provincial wheelchair basketball event, Saskatoon, Sask.

1964 - Dr Robert Jackson witnesses the Toyko Paralympic event and vows to send a Canadian team to the next Paralympics.

1966 - Second Commonwealth Games, Kingston, Jamaica. Canada sends one athlete - Ben Reimer of Winnipeg, MB. Reimer wins a bronze medal in the javelin. Ludwig Guttman receives knighthood from HM Queen Elizabeth II.

1967 - Pan American Wheelchair Games, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Canada's wheelchair athletes compete against each other at the Montreal Centennial Games. CWSA formed during this event, Dr Robert Jackson elected as chair.

1968 - Canada sends its first Paralympic team to Tel Aviv, Israel, 22 wheelchair athletes only. First National Wheelchair Games, Edmonton, Alberta.
Irene Miller named Manitoba's Sportswoman of the Year.

1969 - Second National Wheelchair Games, Hamilton, Ontario. Canada sends seventeen athletes to Second Pan American Wheelchair Games in Buenos Aries, Argentina

1970 - Western Canada Wheelchair Games, Penticton, BC. National Wheelchair Games not held due to financial restraint.

1971 - Third National Wheelchair Games, Montreal, Quebec.

1972 - Canada sends a team to the Heidelberg Paralympics. Fourth National Wheelchair Games, Calgary, Alberta.

1973 - Eugene Reimer awarded Canadian Male Athlete of the Year, Karen Magnussen receives the female award. Fifth Wheelchair Games, Vancouver, BC. Fourth Pan Am Games, Lima, Peru. Richard Wasnock of British Columbia won the best male athlete award.

1974 - Sixth Wheelchair Games, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1975 - Doug Lyons of Drummondville, Quebec named Quebec athlete of the Year

1976 - The TorontOlympiad for the Physically disabled. Canada hosts its first Paralympic Games. Federal funding is withdrawn due to South African athletes competing. Polish team withdraw part way through the games and several athletes defect. Arnie Boldt named Outstanding athlete of the Toronto Olympiad (Boldt is runner-up to Greg Joy as Canada's Outstanding Senior Male Athlete of 1976)
Formation of Canadian Amputee Sports Association, Canadian Blind Sports Assoc. and Canadian Assoc. of Disabled Skiers.
First Canadian Games for the Physically Disabled, Cambridge, Ontario

1977 - Second Canadian Games for the Physically Disabled, Edmonton, Alberta

1978 - Canadian Games for the Phyiscally Disabled St Johns, Newfoundland. Games go to a bi-annual event.

1979 - Wheelchair Basketball hosts its own national championship separate from the multisport games.

1980 - Canadian National Championships - Blind & Amputee athletes.
Terry Fox starts his Marathon of Hope across Canada

1981 - Canada Games for the Physically Disabled, Scarborough, Ontario. Wheelchair, blind and amputee athletes compete.

1982 - Pan American Wheelchair Games, Halifax, Nova Scotia - Amputee athletes allowed to compete. Separate National championships for each disability group.

1983 - Canadian Games for the Physically Disabled, Sudbury, Ontario

1984 - Palaestra - The Forum of Sport and Physical Education for the disabled features Arnold Boldt on the cover of its first issue.
International Games, New York. Wheelchair athletes compete in Stoke Mandeville.
Rick Hansen starts his Man in Motion World Tour
Seperate National Championships for each disability group

1985 - Canadian Games for the Physically Disabled, Sault St Marie, Ontario.
World Cup of Goalball, Calgary, Alberta

1986 - World Championships, Goteborg, Sweden. Strong Canadian contingent blind, amputee and wheelchair athletes.
Separate National Championships for each disability group

1987 - Canadian Games for the Physically Disabled, Brantford, Ontario. Canadian athletes compete at the International Games in Paris, France.

1988 - Seoul Paralympics - Canada wins 159 medals, finishing 4th overall.
Separate National Championships for each disability group

1989 - Canadian Foresters Games, Richmond BC

1990 - World Championships, Assen, Holland.
Separate Nationals for each disability group.

1991 - Canadian Foresters Games, Brantford, Ontario. Foresters withdraw support for Games.

1992 - Barcelona Paralympics, Canadians bring back 75 medals and finish 6th overall.
First Canadian National Track and Field Chamionship for the Disabled, Abbotsford, BC. Blind, Amputee and CP athletes compete.

1993 - Vista 93 Conference Edmonton/Jasper, Alberta

1994 - World Championships in various sports in various locations. Track & Field, Berlin; Powerlifting, Upsalla, Sweden. Several events are postponed due to financial limitations.

1995 - Canadian Track and Field Championship for the Physically disabled, St Johns, New Brunswick. Blind, Amputee and CP athletes compete.

1996 - Atlanta Paralympics

1998 - Nagano Winter Paralympics