Canada national ice hockey team (WFAC)

The Canadian national men's ice hockey team (popularly known as Team Canada; French: Équipe Canada) is the ice hockey team representing Canada internationally. The team is overseen by, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). From 1920 until 1963, Canada's international representation was by senior amateur club teams. Canada's national men's team was founded in 1963 by as a part of the, playing out of the University of. The nickname "Team Canada" was first used for the 1970 World Championship and has been frequently used to refer to the Canadian national team ever since.

Canada is the leading national ice hockey team in international play, winners of 26 IIHF World Championships and nine Olympic gold medals (the most in the world), including three of the last five: Salt Lake City 2002, Vancouver 2010, and Sochi 2014. They are 26-time IIHF World Champions. Canada is a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with the Czechoslovakia, Finland, Soviet Union, Sweden and the United States.