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Mr Canada 1961

Mr Canada 1961 was held in Canada. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Charles Harve.

Year
1961
Date
Jan 1, 1961
Location
Canada
Federation
IFBB
Divisions
2
Competitors
6

Results by Division

Division Winner Runner-up
Men's Open Bodybuilding Charles Harve Carl Hebel
Men's Open Bodybuilding Gaetan D'Amours Gaston Bernard
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Mr Canada 1961

Charles Harve Champion

1961 Canada Dec 31, 1960

Mr Canada 1961 was held in Canada. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Charles Harve.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 8, 2026 Accurate?

2-time winner Jean-Charles St Mars, who won in 1960, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Charles Harve
Canada
2nd
Carl Hebel
Canada
3rd
Norman Archambault
United States

Mr Canada 1961 contested 2 divisions across 6 athletes, competitors from 2 countries. Charles Harve took Men's Open Bodybuilding. 2 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Best represented Canada (5) - United States (1)

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Charles Harve First recorded win Canada
2nd Carl Hebel Canada
3rd Norman Archambault United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Gaetan D'Amours First recorded win Canada
2nd Gaston Bernard Canada
3rd Mike Chater Canada

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
6
Divisions
2
Size rank
5 of 22

The biggest field since 1956.

Past winners of this event

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What this page holds

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.