KINGSTON, Ont. - Gabrielle Daleman captured her first Canadian women's figure skating title on Saturday and secured her spot on the world championship team.

The 17-year-old from Newmarket, Ont., skated an almost flawless performance to win gold with 186.02 points and beat a field that was missing defending champion Kaetlyn Osmond.

Daleman landed five triple jumps in her skate to "En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor," to finish ahead of Alaine Chartrand of Prescott, Ont. Chartrand scored 184.24 and then burst into tears of joy while speaking with reporters afterwards.

Veronik Mallet of Sept-Iles, Que., was third with 172.43.

Osmond is taking this season off to recover from a broken fibula suffered last fall.