Saturday, June 7, 2025
After two days of showcasing their skills, Team Ontario returned home from the 2025 Skills Canada National Competition in Regina with 30 medals.
At a Closing Ceremony on May 31st following the competition, which took place from May 29th to May 30th, Team Ontario took home 30 medals: 13 gold medals, nine silver medals, and eight bronze medals.
During the Closing Ceremony, RBC also presented an award called the RBC Best of Region Awards to a competitor, or competitors, from each province and territory with the best-weighted score. For Ontario, the RBC Best of Region Award was presented to Team Ontario competitor Noah Rittenhouse of Mohawk College for CNC Machining post-secondary contest.
“Advancing to the National level is a massive achievement on its own, and we congratulate all our competitors for their success. These young people have worked hard at developing their skills for programs like these, which are changing lives and inspiring leaders through skilled trades and technologies. The future of Ontario is in good hands,” said Ian Howcroft, CEO of Skills Ontario.
Team Ontario is represented by the top competitors advancing from the 2025 Skills Ontario Competition which took place earlier in May at the Toronto Congress Centre. At the National level, these competitors competed against the best skilled trade and technology competitors from across the country.
This year is a WorldSkills Team Canada Qualifying year for the opportunity to compete to represent Canada at WorldSkills in Shanghai, China, 2026. Four team Ontario competitors from three contests received invitations to join WorldSkills Team Canada: Ethan Almeida of Centennial College (Autobody Repair), Luca Assad of George Brown College (Cooking), and Cole Hunter & Grant Maddock of Humber Polytechnic (Mechatronics). Skills Compétences Canada will make an announcement of the official members of Team Canada in the coming weeks.
A list of medalists from Team Ontario, including their name, contests, medal placements, and their institutions are listed below:
| Name of Medalist | Contest (“S” signifies secondary and “PS” signifies post-secondary) | Medal | School Board / Institution |
| Ethan Almeida | Autobody Repair (PS) | Gold | Centennial College |
| Jacob Bondarenko | Autobody Repair (S) | Bronze | Halton District School Board |
| Sabina Armstrong | Car Painting (S) | Gold | Halton District School Board
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| Hugo Bilodeau | Outdoor Power & Recreation Equipment (S) | Silver | Conseil Scolaire Catholique Des Grandes Rivières |
| Lyndsey Jordan | Sheet Metal Work (PS) | Bronze | George Brown |
| Tyler Green | Electrical Installations (PS) | Silver | IBEW Local 804 |
| Wilson Sinclair | Electrical Installations (S) | Silver | Trillium Lakelands District School Board |
| Nathan Stevenson | Cabinetmaking (S) | Bronze | Bruce Grey Catholic District School Board |
| Emily Suffel | Architectural Technology & Design (PS) | Gold | Fanshawe College |
| Shane Loranger | Welding (PS) | Silver | Fleming College |
| Xavier Veilleux | Welding (S) | Silver | Conseil Scolaire Catholique Des Grandes Rivières |
| Cole Hookey | Steamfitter – Pipefitter (PS) | Silver | UA Local 527 |
| Bella Zhao | 2D Character Computer Animation (S) | Silver | Halton District School Board |
| Tegan Tao | 2D Character Computer Animation (S)
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Silver | Halton District School Board |
| Aiden Piercey | 3D Character Computer Animation (S) | Gold | Simcoe County District School Board |
| Zech Ferguson | 3D Character Computer Animation (S)
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Gold | Simcoe County District School Board
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| Khoa Phan | Electronics (S) | Bronze | Toronto District School Board |
| Changho Ahn | 3D Digital Gaem Art (PS) | Bronze | Centennial College |
| Neel Shah | IT Network Systems Administration (S) | Gold | Halton District School Board |
| Adam Scruby | Mechanical Engineering CAD (S) | Gold | Halton District School Board |
| Kayna Datta | IT – Office Software Applications (S) | Silver | Toronto District School Board |
| Justin Wong | Cloud Computing (PS) | Silver | Centennial College |
| Dinina Bian | Job Search (S) | Gold | Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board |
| Autumn Wartman | Job Skill Demonstration (S) | Gold | District School Board of Niagara |
| Esohe Aibangbee | Prepared Speech (S) | Gold | Rainbow District School Board |
| Noah Rittenhouse | CNC Machining (PS) | Gold | Mohawk College |
| Liam McBean | Mobile Robotics (S) | Gold | District School Board of Ontario North East |
| Lurii Kovalev | Mobile Robotics (S) | Gold | District School Board of Ontario North East |
| Cole Hunter | Mechatronics (PS) | Gold | Humber Polytechnic |
| Grant Maddock | Mechatronics (PS) | Gold | Humber Polytechnic |
| Haruka Kawakami | Aesthetics (PS) | Bronze | Humber Polytechnic |
| Luca Assad | Cooking (PS) | Gold | George Brown College |
| Chad Moss | Plumbing (PS) | Bronze | UA Local 401 |
Featured image: (Skills Ontario)
