Ontario Construction News staff writer0
Team Ontario brought home 30 medals from the 2025 Skills Canada National Competition, held May 29–30 in Regina. The delegation of skilled trades and technology students earned 13 gold, nine silver, and eight bronze medals during the two-day event.
The team was honoured at the closing ceremony on May 31. In addition to the medal haul, Ontario competitor Noah Rittenhouse of Mohawk College received the RBC Best of Region Award for his performance in the CNC Machining (post-secondary) category.
“Advancing to the national level is a massive achievement on its own, and we congratulate all our competitors for their success,” said Skills Ontario CEO Ian Howcroft. “These young people have worked hard at developing their skills through programs like these, which are changing lives and inspiring leaders through skilled trades and technologies. The future of Ontario is in good hands.”
Team Ontario’s competitors qualified by winning at the 2025 Skills Ontario Competition earlier in May at the Toronto Congress Centre. At the national level, they competed against the top trades and technology students from across the country.
This year’s national competition was also a qualifying event for WorldSkills Team Canada, ahead of the 2026 global competition in Shanghai. Four Ontario competitors have been invited to join the national team:
Ethan Almeida, Centennial College – Autobody Repair
Luca Assad, George Brown College – Cooking
Cole Hunter & Grant Maddock, Humber Polytechnic – Mechatronics
Ontario’s Gold Medalists:
Ethan Almeida – Autobody Repair (Post-secondary), Centennial College
Sabina Armstrong – Car Painting (Secondary), Halton DSB
Emily Suffel – Architectural Technology & Design (Post-secondary), Fanshawe College
Aiden Piercey – 3D Character Computer Animation (Secondary), Simcoe County DSB
Zech Ferguson – 3D Character Computer Animation (Secondary), Simcoe County DSB
Neel Shah – IT Network Systems Administration (Secondary), Halton DSB
Adam Scruby – Mechanical Engineering CAD (Secondary), Halton DSB
Dinina Bian – Job Search (Secondary), Dufferin-Peel Catholic DSB
Autumn Wartman – Job Skill Demonstration (Secondary), DSBN
Esohe Aibangbee – Prepared Speech (Secondary), Rainbow DSB
Noah Rittenhouse – CNC Machining (Post-secondary), Mohawk College
Liam McBean & Lurii Kovalev – Mobile Robotics (Secondary), DSB Ontario North East
Cole Hunter & Grant Maddock – Mechatronics (Post-secondary), Humber Polytechnic
Luca Assad – Cooking (Post-secondary), George Brown College
Silver Medalists:
Hugo Bilodeau – Outdoor Power & Rec Equipment (Secondary), CSC des Grandes Rivières
Tyler Green – Electrical Installations (Post-secondary), IBEW Local 804
Wilson Sinclair – Electrical Installations (Secondary), Trillium Lakelands DSB
Bella Zhao & Tegan Tao – 2D Character Computer Animation (Secondary), Halton DSB
Kayna Datta – IT Office Software Applications (Secondary), Toronto DSB
Shane Loranger – Welding (Post-secondary), Fleming College
Xavier Veilleux – Welding (Secondary), CSC des Grandes Rivières
Cole Hookey – Steamfitter–Pipefitter (Post-secondary), UA Local 527
Justin Wong – Cloud Computing (Post-secondary), Centennial College
Bronze Medalists:
Jacob Bondarenko – Autobody Repair (Secondary), Halton DSB
Lyndsey Jordan – Sheet Metal Work (Post-secondary), George Brown College
Nathan Stevenson – Cabinetmaking (Secondary), Bruce-Grey Catholic DSB
Khoa Phan – Electronics (Secondary), Toronto DSB
Changho Ahn – 3D Digital Game Art (Post-secondary), Centennial College
Haruka Kawakami – Aesthetics (Post-secondary), Humber Polytechnic
Chad Moss – Plumbing (Post-secondary), UA Local 401