Mr Canada 1956
Mr Canada 1956 was held in Canada. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Gilles Poirier.
- Year
- 1956
- Date
- Jan 1, 1956
- Location
- Canada
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 3
- Competitors
- 7
Results by Division
| Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | Gilles Poirier | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | Torre Larson | Lucien Diotte |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior | Clement Desjardins | Joe Marlowe |
Mr Canada 1956
Mr Canada 1956 was held in Canada. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Gilles Poirier.
Defending champion Joe Pocza, who won in 1955, did not return.
Mr Canada 1956 contested 3 divisions across 7 athletes, competitors from 2 countries. Gilles Poirier took Men's Open Bodybuilding. 3 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gilles Poirier | Canada |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Torre Larson First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Lucien Diotte | Canada |
| 3rd | Real Michon | Canada |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 7
- Divisions
- 3
- Size rank
- 4 of 22
The biggest field since 1948.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Eddie Wolinski | Open |
| 1970 | Vince Basile | Open |
| 1965 | Conrad Laframboise | Open |
| 1964 | Dennis Gauthier | Open |
| 1963 | Andre Desjeans | Open |
| 1962 | John Hazel | Open |
| 1961 | Gaetan D'Amours | Open |
| 1960 | Jean-Charles St Mars | Open |
| 1959 | Germain Godbout | Open |
| 1957 | Gilles Poirier | Open |
| 1956 | Torre Larson | Open |
| 1955 | Joe Pocza | Open |
| 1954 | Billy Hill | Open |
| 1953 | Gerard Gougeon | Open |
The placings as recorded, and nothing past them
This page lists the divisions and finishing order held for this contest, with the source named on it wherever one was recorded. It reports what was published. It does not re-judge the show, and it does not reconcile disagreements between sources.
- Score and bodyweight columns appear only for divisions where those figures exist in the data. A division without them was recorded as placings only, not as a show that gave no scores.
- Where the record has two athletes sharing a place, both are listed. A tie is never broken to produce a single winner.
- Venue, federation, date and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
- A contest with no results has either not taken place yet or has no placements published. Check the status line above the results to tell which.