A total of sixteen teams per gender qualified to compete at the games. The host nation (Canada) qualified in each event, along with the top five ranked nations in South America and the top ten nations ranked in North, Central America and the Caribbean. The rankings on January 1, 2015 were used to determine the teams.[1]
As the host nation Canada, was ranked among the top ten nations, the eleventh nation (Saint Lucia) qualified as well. The Dominican Republic and Costa Rica declined their quotas. Their spots were given to the twelfth and thirteenth nations (Aruba and Nicaragua respective).
As the host nation Canada, was ranked among the top ten nations, the eleventh nation (Nicaragua) qualified as well. The Dominican Republic declined its quota.