Canada at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Canada
games=1956 Summer
competitors=
sports=
flagbearer=Robert Steckle
gold=2
silver=1
bronze=3
total=6
rank=15

Canada competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events).

Medalists

Gold

* Archibald McKinnon, Kenneth Loomer, Walter D'Hondt, and Donald Arnold — Rowing, Men's Coxless Four
* Raymond Ouellette — Shooting, Men's 50m Rifle Prone

Silver

* Philip Kueber, Richard McClure, Robert Wilson, David Helliwell, Donald Pretty, William McKerlich, Douglas McDonald, Lawrence West, Carlton Ogawa — Rowing, Men's Eight with Coxswain

Bronze

* Irene MacDonald — Diving, Women's 3m Springboard
* Stuart Boa — Shooting, Men's 50m Rifle Prone
* John Rumble, James Elder, Brian Herbinson — Equestrian, Team Three-Day Event

Results by event

=Cycling=

Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint
*Fred Markus — 17th place

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*James Davies — 1:15.2 (→ 17th place)

Men's Individual Road Race
*Patrick Murphy — 5:27:28 (→ 29th place)
*Fred Markus — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*James Davies — did not finish (→ no ranking)

=Diving=

Men's 10m Platform
*William Patrick :* Preliminary Round — 67.71 (→ did not advance, 15th place)