The 42-year-old has featured at five Winter Paralympics for Canada, serving as the country's flagbearer at Pyeongchang 2018.

He became the most successful male cross-country skier in Paralympic history after winning three gold medals for the third consecutive Games in South Korea, and is due to feature alongside guides Russell Kennedy and Graham Nishikawa at Beijing 2022 in March.

Kennedy and Nishikawa's involvement is subject to approval from the International Paralympic Committee.

Mark Arendz also served as a flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony four years ago, where he won six medals across Para biathlon and cross-county skiing.

Arendz is looking forward to appearing at a Games he expects will be very different from his previous three.

"It is a true honour to be selected to my fourth Paralympics," Arendz said.

"Time has flown by over the last 12 years from being a naïve youngster in Vancouver where I discovered what it might take to reach the highest level in the sport to now a veteran of Team Canada focused on every little detail to continue to evolve and have medal winning performances.

"This will be a totally unique Games experience.

"I'm thrilled to head to a venue that no one else has skied or has conditions that we have experienced.

"I'm excited to be putting in the final preparations to go in ready to perform."

A further eight members of the team that won 16 medals in the two Nordic events at Pyeongchang 2018 have been selected.

These include the women's standing 7.5 kilometres classic cross-country skiing champion Natalie Wilkie, who finished on the podium three times on her Paralympic debut, women's standing 12.5km biathlon bronze medallist Brittany Hudak and women's standing 7.5km class cross-country skiing bronze medallist Emily Young.

Collin Cameron won two individual and one relay bronze at Pyeongchang 2018, and returns alongside Ethan Hess and Derek Zaplotinsky.

Lyne-Marie Bilodeau and Christina Picton have been chosen to make their Paralympic debuts.

Nordiq Canada's high-performance director for the Para Nordic programme Kate Boyd believes this represents a strong line-up for Beijing 2022.

"This is an experienced group of athletes who have won medals under the most intense pressure at major international competitions including multiple times at the Paralympic Games," Boyd said.

"They are proven performers who have their eyes focused squarely on podium performances every time they put on a race bib while continuing to work together to develop a new generation of athletes who are excited to have the opportunity to test themselves on the ultimate stage."

Canada's team opted to skip recent international events including the World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer to reduce the chances of athletes catching COVID-19 before the Winter Paralympics.

Para Nordic skiing competitions are set to run from March 5 to 13 at Beijing 2022.