Burnaby's Christine Sinclair scored two goals in the second half to lead Canada's women's soccer team to a must-win 3-0 victory over South Africa in Olympic group play last Saturday.
Sinclair tallied her 138th and 139th international career goals for Canada, ensuring a big three points in the team's second match at the London Olympic Games. Canada lost its opening game 2-1 to Japan last Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Canada drew 2-2 with Sweden to earn a spot in the quarter-finals as one of the top two third-place finishing teams in overall group play.
Melissa Tancredi scored both goals for Canada against the Swedes.
Sweden and Japan shared top spot in Group F with five points apiece and also moved on to the final eight.
Women's soccer quarter-final play begins on Friday.
As of Tueday, Canada has collected a total of four medals following the first of four bronze medals by Ãmilie Heymans and Jennifer Abel in three-metre synchronized diving on Day 2 of the Summer Olympic Games in London.
Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion earned a second third-place medal in synchro diving for Canada, with a bronze in the 10m platform competition.
Antoine Valois-Fortier won Canada's third medal on Day 4 of the competition, delivering the country's best-ever result in judo with a bronze medal in the men's under-81 kilogram division.
Christine Girard won Canada's fourth bronze medal of the London Games in weightlifting. Girard lifted a total of 236 kilograms in the women's 63kg class.
In swimming, Brent Hayden qualified for the final of the men's 100m freestyle Tuesday following a fourth-place time of 48.21 seconds in Heat 2.
Earlier in the day, Hayden clocked a time of 48.53 in the heats to earn a spot in the semifinals.
The men's 100m freestyle final will be raced today (Wednesday).
