Canada women's national rugby union team

The Canada women's national rugby union team (French: équipe du Canada féminine de rugby à XV) represents Canada in international rugby union competitions. They are overseen by Rugby Canada, the governing body of rugby union in Canada.

For the men's team, see Canada national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Canada women's national rugby sevens team. For the women's rugby league team, see Canada women's national rugby league team.

Canada
Nickname(s)Canucks
Maple Leafs
UnionRugby Canada
Head coachKévin Rouet
CaptainSophie de Goede
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current4 (as of 9 January 2023)
First international
 Canada 3–22 United States 
(Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; 14 November 1987)
Biggest win
 Canada 98–0 Hong Kong 
(Dublin, Ireland; 9 August 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Canada 3–88 New Zealand 
(Edmonton, Canada; 8 September 1996)
World Cup
Appearances9 (First in 1991)
Best resultRunners-up, 2014
Websiterugby.ca/en
Women's
World Rugby Rankings
Top 20 rankings as of 15 April 2024
RankChange*TeamPoints
1  England096.18
2  New Zealand090.56
3  France088.00
4  Canada086.27
5  Australia081.61
6  Italy076.50
7  Scotland075.80
8  Wales073.41
9  United States072.57
10  Ireland072.35
11  Japan069.38
12  South Africa065.17
13  Spain065.15
14  Russia061.10
15  Samoa059.57
16  Netherlands058.98
17  Fiji058.65
18  Hong Kong058.31
19  Kazakhstan055.97
20  Sweden052.72
*Change from the previous week
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