Thirteen Canadians were among the 90 spellers scoring high enough in the Preliminaries to advance to the Quarterfinals. They are:

#44 Grace Tsai, grade 8, age 14, Vancouver Sun
# 32 Julie Huttemann, grade 8, age 12, Daily Courier/Penticton Herald, Okanagan
#31 Curtis Bogetti, grade 8, age 13, The Daily News, Kamloops
#36 Breanna Siemens, grade 8, age 13, Prince George Citizen
#26 Cody Wang, grade 8, age 13, Calgary Herald
#39 Anqi Dong, grade 8, age 13, The Star Phoenix, Saskatoon
#46 Rachel Stadder, grade 8, age 13, The Windsor Star
#28 Jessica Zung, grade 8, age 13, National Post, Toronto
#43 Veronica Penny, grade 4, age 10, CHCH News, Hamilton
#35 Emma Brownlie, grade 8, age 13, Ottawa Citizen (2008 Ottawa National Champion)
#34 Émilie Lafleur, grade 6, age 11, The Gazette, Montreal
#30 Bethany Dickey, grade 8, age 12, The Metro, Halifax
#27 Jonathan Schut, grade 7, age 13, The Guardian, Charlottetown