Canada athletics prize money
Canada has taken $2,287,458 out of athletics, 15th of the 130 countries the sport has paid. Marco Arop is the biggest earner on $259,000, 11.3% of the national total.
$2,141,458 of that belongs to 70 athletes by name. The other $146,000 is the federation's, won by ten teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every Canada athlete athletics has paid
70 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Arop | 30 | 5 | $259,000 |
| 2 | Sarah Mitton | 29 | 4 | $246,250 |
| 3 | Andre De Grasse | 42 | 11 | $233,000 |
| 4 | Aaron Brown | 45 | 2 | $167,000 |
| 5 | Dylan Armstrong | 25 | 5 | $130,000 |
| 6 | Shawn Barber | 21 | - | $79,000 |
| 7 | Alysha Newman | 20 | 1 | $76,500 |
| 8 | Camryn Rogers | 1 | 1 | $70,000 |
| 9 | Ethan Katzberg | 1 | 1 | $70,000 |
| 10 | Evan Dunfee | 1 | 1 | $70,000 |
| 11 | Christabel Nettey | 20 | 1 | $67,750 |
| 12 | Priscilla Schliep | 11 | 3 | $61,000 |
| 13 | Christopher Morales Williams | 6 | 1 | $52,500 |
| 14 | Elizabeth Gleadle | 16 | 1 | $46,500 |
| 15 | Michael Mason | 15 | 1 | $46,375 |
| 16 | Derek Drouin | 17 | - | $46,333 |
| 17 | Brandon McBride | 11 | - | $40,000 |
| 18 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | 11 | - | $40,000 |
| 19 | Perdita Felicien | 11 | - | $32,500 |
| 20 | Django Lovett | 8 | 1 | $31,750 |
| 21 | Crystal Emmanuel | 9 | - | $29,500 |
| 22 | Mohammed Ahmed | 12 | - | $27,000 |
| 23 | Melissa Bishop-Nriagu | 11 | - | $25,000 |
| 24 | Sage Watson | 9 | - | $21,250 |
| 25 | Brittany Crew | 5 | - | $15,500 |
| 26 | Tim Nedow | 6 | - | $14,500 |
| 27 | Matthew Hughes | 8 | - | $13,750 |
| 28 | Phylicia George | 7 | - | $13,000 |
| 29 | Jerome Blake | 6 | - | $9,000 |
| 30 | Audrey Leduc | 3 | - | $7,500 |
| 31 | Johnathan Cabral | 4 | - | $6,500 |
| 32 | Sheila Reid | 3 | - | $6,500 |
| 33 | Kimberly Hyacinthe | 3 | - | $6,000 |
| 34 | Ruky Abdulai | 1 | - | $6,000 |
| 35 | Alyxandria Treasure | 3 | - | $5,000 |
| 36 | Nicole Sifuentes | 2 | - | $4,500 |
| 37 | Kelsie Ahbe | 2 | - | $4,250 |
| 38 | Geneviève Lalonde | 2 | - | $4,000 |
| 39 | Savannah Sutherland | 2 | - | $4,000 |
| 40 | Nathan Brannen | 2 | - | $3,500 |
| 41 | Brendon Rodney | 2 | - | $3,000 |
| 42 | Diane Cummins | 1 | - | $3,000 |
| 43 | Hilary Stellingwerff | 2 | - | $3,000 |
| 44 | Justyn Warner | 1 | - | $3,000 |
| 45 | Tabia Charles | 1 | - | $3,000 |
| 46 | Justin Rodhe | 2 | - | $2,500 |
| 47 | Nikkita Holder | 2 | - | $2,500 |
| 48 | Anicka Newell | 2 | - | $2,250 |
| 49 | Cameron Levins | 1 | - | $2,000 |
| 50 | Charles Philibert-Thiboutot | 2 | - | $2,000 |
| 51 | Jessica Zelinka | 1 | - | $2,000 |
| 52 | Julie Labonté | 1 | - | $2,000 |
| 53 | Megan Wright | 1 | - | $2,000 |
| 54 | Gavin Smellie | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 55 | Malindi Elmore | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 56 | Sade McCreath | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 57 | Taryn Suttie | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 58 | Tremaine Harris | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 59 | Justyn Knight | 1 | - | $1,250 |
| 60 | Lindsey Butterworth | 2 | - | $1,250 |
| 61 | Angela Whyte | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 62 | Chris Winter | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 63 | Dontae Richards-Kwok | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 64 | Jessica Smith | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 65 | Taylor Milne | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 66 | Andrea Seccafien | 1 | - | $500 |
| 67 | Jean-Simon Desgagnés | 1 | - | $500 |
| 68 | Kieran Lumb | 1 | - | $500 |
| 69 | Regan Yee | 1 | - | $500 |
| 70 | William Paulson | 1 | - | $500 |
Career totals across all six competitions, not a single season. PAID is how many finishing places were paid for, which is a different count from wins: a second place in a Diamond League final and a world title are both one payment. 67 of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 70
Marco Arop holds 11.3% of everything Canada has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 32.3% of it between them, and $30,592 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Canada
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 67 | 34 | $1,712,458$1.7m | - | $1,712,458$1.7m |
| World Championships | 5 | 3 | $248,000 | $46,000 | $294,000 |
| Indoor Championships | 2 | 2 | $106,000 | - | $106,000 |
| Ultimate Championship | 1 | - | $75,000 | - | $75,000 |
| World Relays | - | 1 | - | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| Cross Country | - | - | - | - | - |
| All six | 70 | 40 | $2,141,458$2.1m | $146,000 | $2,287,458$2.3m |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Canada on $1,712,458, 74.9% of the national total. Five of the six have paid Canada. Canada has won nothing at the World Cross Country Championships.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 70: three athletes have been paid by more than one of the six, and are counted in every row that paid them and once in the national total. Marco Arop has been paid by three of them: the Diamond League, the World Championships and the Ultimate Championship.
The cheques that went to the federation
10 team payments, paid to Canada rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 2nd | Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse | $40,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 1st | Sade McCreath, Marie-Éloïse Leclair, Duan Asemota, Eliezer Adjibi | $28,000 |
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2026 | 2nd | Sade McCreath, Audrey Leduc, Marie-Éloïse Leclair, Donna Ntambue | $20,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay, 2026 | 2nd | Eliezer Adjibi, Marie-Éloïse Leclair, Duan Asemota, Audrey Leduc | $20,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 3rd | Zoe Sherar, Lauren Gale, Jasneet Nijjar, Savannah Sutherland | $10,000 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 3rd | Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse | $10,000 |
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 7th | Sade McCreath, Jacqueline Madogo, Marie-Éloïse Leclair, Audrey Leduc | $6,000 |
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 5th | Sade McCreath, Jacqueline Madogo, Marie-Éloïse Leclair, Audrey Leduc | $6,000 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2026 | 7th | Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse | $3,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 7th | Micha Powell, Lauren Gale, Madeline Price, Zoe Sherar | $3,000 |
None of this is in any athlete's total above, here or anywhere else on the site. A relay purse is paid to the team whole, a World Relays ladder place is a country's, and a cross country team standing pays the federation behind the first four runners home.
Canada against the rest
Where $2,287,458 puts Canada
That is 1.7% of the $135,290,875 athletics has paid to a country, and 15th out of 130. Canada has Ukraine above on $2,339,600 and Cuba below on $2,146,583.
The biggest of the 130 is the United States on $29,436,125, which is 21.8% of everything the sport has paid to a country. The full money list ranks every one of them, and the six competitions behind these figures each have a section of their own.
Countries either side of Canada
- United States
- Kenya
- Jamaica
- Great Britain
- Ethiopia
- Germany
- Australia
- France
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Sweden
- Italy
- South Africa
- Ukraine
- Cuba
- Norway
- China
- Czechia
- Botswana
- Greece
- Switzerland
- Spain
- New Zealand
- Brazil
- RUS
- Authorised Neutral Athletes
- Bahamas
- Croatia
- Portugal
- Bahrain
- Nigeria
- Morocco
- Dominican Republic
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Belgium
- Ivory Coast
- Japan
- Qatar
- Serbia
- Colombia
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Canada won in athletics?
$2,287,458 across the six competitions this section holds: the Diamond League, the World Championships, the World Indoor Championships, the Ultimate Championship, the World Relays and the World Cross Country Championships. That is 15th of the 130 countries athletics has paid, and 1.7% of the $135,290,875 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Canada athlete earns the most prize money?
Marco Arop, on $259,000 from 30 paid finishes and five wins. That is 11.3% of everything Canada has won. Sarah Mitton is next on $246,250.
Does prize money won by Canada go to the athlete or the federation?
$2,141,458 of that belongs to 70 athletes by name. The other $146,000 is the federation's, won by ten teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from Canada have won athletics prize money?
70, sharing $2,141,458 between them, which is $30,592 each. Fifteen of them have won a title, 40 in all. Three have been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Canada
Every figure on this page comes out of one of the six below, and each has its own section here, event by event and edition by edition, with the full ladder of what each finishing place was worth. The country money list puts Canada against the other 129 the sport has paid.