By Wed Jul 14 2021 Canada will send a team of 371 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics that, despite COVID-19 challenges and concerns, will be the country’s largest Olympic contingent since the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games. The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) said on Tuesday that 225 members of the team will be athletes that identify as women and 146 who identify as men. “Even before Canada’s incredible athletes get to their first competitions in Tokyo, I am extraordinarily impressed by their results,” said Canada Chef de Mission Marnie McBean in a statement. “Despite the pandemic, through their creativity and perseverance, they have become the largest Canadian Olympic Team in three decades.