Gagné Family Award

The Gagné Family Award was established by John V. Sands, a national team speed skater who competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. It was first presented in 1996 and honours the family legacies that run through the Canadian speed skating community.

Selection Criteria

This award, which will not necessarily be granted every year, will be bestowed upon a family whose members have made an outstanding contribution to the development of the sport of speed skating in Canada.

A minimum of three (3) family members must have been involved in the Canadian speed skating community as athletes, coaches, officials and/or volunteers.

Past Recipients

Year	Family	City, Province
2019	Williamson Derraugh Family (MB)
2018	Walsh Family	Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2017	Morrison Family	Fort St. John, B.C.
2016	Cole Family	Fredericton, N.-B.
2015	Stickel Family	Fort St. John, B.C.
2014	Proteau/Lemay Family	Sherbrooke, QC
2013	Gregg Family	Edmonton
2012	Daignault Family	Montreal
2011	Holthuis Family	Calgary
2010	Lambert Family	Montreal
2009	Terstappen Family	Calgary
2008	Lamarche Family	Quebec City
2007	Gilday Family	Yellowknife
2006	Wotherspoon Family	Red Deer, Alta.
2005	Laberge Family	Sainte-Foy, Que.
2004	Thobo-Carlsen Family	Fort St. James, B.C.
2003	MacLeod Family	Riverview, N.B.
2002	Templeton Family	Moose Jaw, Sask.
2001	Grenier Family	Quebec City
2000	Marshall Family	Coquitlam, B.C.
1999	Overend Family	Salmon Arm, B.C.
1997	Mackay-Goplen Family	Saskatoon
1996	Pierre Gagné Family	Sainte-Foy, Que.