1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 1981 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Willowdale Bowling Club in Toronto, Canada, from 1–15 August 1981. Swaziland replaced Samoa two weeks before the competition started due to the Samoan General Strike
Norma Shaw of England won the singles Gold and double world champion Elsie Wilkie struggled with the difficult greens finishing last of 18. The Pairs went to Ireland, the Triples to Hong Kong and the Fours to England. The Taylor Trophy was won by the English team.
Medallists
Results
Women's Singles - Round Robin
Women's Pairs - Round Robin
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 |  Eileen Bell & Nan Allely | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| 2 |  Maraia Lum On & Willow Fong | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 25 |
| 3 |  Norma Shaw, Gloria Thomas & Irene Molyneux+ | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 |  Australia | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 |  Wales | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 |  Flo Kennedy & another | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 |  Guernsey | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 |  Annette Tidd & Debbie Ballem | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| 9 |  Helen Wong & Joan Humphreys | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| 10 |  Liz James & another | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 11 |  Scotland | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 12 |  Zambia | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 14 |
| 13 |  Miriam Jankelowitz & another | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 14 |
| 14 |  New Zealand | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 14 |
| 15 |  United States | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 12 |
| 16 |  Papua New Guinea | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 10 |
| 17 |  Malawi | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 |
| 18 |  Jersey | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
+ Injury replacement