The 24-year-old from Miyagi delighted the crowd at Prospera Place in Kelowna with his dazzling "Art on Ice"programme, finishing with 322.59 points ahead of 21-year-old home skater Nam Nguyen, who also produced a personal best in the free section to earn his best ever result in this International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix. 

Nguyen, who described Hanyu’s earlier performance as "god-like", scored 178.69 points and totalled 262.77 to take the second Grand Prix medal of his career following bronze at Skate America in 2014.

Hanyu’s compatriot Keiji Tanaka also produced a free skating personal best, scoring 169.91points  for a total of 250.02 to earn the bronze medal.

"In this competition I was able to win within myself," Hanyu said.

"I skated well in the short and free programme which I didn’t manage before.

"I put a lot of pressure on myself before this competition, because I wanted to exceed 300 points and I wanted to win Skate Canada."

Skating last, the Canadian champion put out an energetic routine to a Beatles medley.

"It was a great experience overall," said Nguyen.

"To be able to put out that kind of performance after Yuzu’s god-like performance is a big step up in my career and I hope to continue the momentum."

Grand Prix debutant Camden Pulkinen of the United States dropped from second after to short programme to fourth, totalling 244.78 points, with Latvia’s Deniss Vasiljevs fifth on 227.40 and Italy’s Matteo Rizzo sixth on 223.78.

Overall, 60 skaters/couples representing 14 ISU members are competing at Skate Canada.

The top six qualifiers of the Grand Prix series in each discipline will proceed to the Final in Turin from December 5 to 8.

World junior champion Alexandra Trusova of Russia jumped her way to gold in her first ISU Grand Prix event,

The ISU Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist picked up 166.62 points for her free skating and moved up from third to gold with a total score of 241.02 points. 

The ISU Grand Prix Final champion Rika Kihira of Japan claimed the silver medal with 230.33, and South Korea’s Young You earned the bronze in her debut at the senior-level ISU Grand Prix, scoring 217.49.

Youngsters Aleksandra Boikova/ Dmitri Kozlovskii of Russia shone in the Pairs event to win their first Grand Prix gold medal with 216.71 points.

Canadians Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro skated to the silver medal with 208.49 while favorites Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov of Russia had to settle for the bronze on 202.29.

Home favorites Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier beat two-time World Ice Dance medallists Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States - 209.01 points to 206.31 -  to win their maiden ISU Grand Prix gold medal.

Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson stepped up one spot to take the bronze at Skate Canada, the first Grand Prix medal of their career, with 195.35.