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Sports in Canada consist of a wide variety of games. The roots of organized sports in Canada date back to the 1770s. [1] Canada's official national sports are ice hockey and lacrosse. [2] Other major professional games include curling, basketball, baseball, soccer, and football. [3]
The National Hockey League currently has seven Canadian franchises and is the most popular professional sports league in Canada. The Canadian Football League is the only all-Canadian major professional sports league.
Canada has professional sports teams in eight sports across twenty-one leagues. Canadian teams compete in top-level American and Canadian-based leagues, including three of the four major professional sports leagues. Canada also has minor league teams competing in American and Canadian-based basketball, hockey, soccer, and baseball leagues.
Women's national sports teams of Canada (5 C, 19 P) * Canada at multi-sport events (10 C, 2 P) + Canadian national team sportspeople (14 C, 1 P) A.
Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada; Major professional sports teams in the United States and Canada; List of U.S. and Canadian cities by number of major professional sports teams; Prominent women's sports leagues in the United States and Canada; List of top level minor league sports teams in the United States by city
The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sport Institute (COPSI) Network is a group of designated multisport training centres established in Canada recognized by Sport Canada and Own the Podium, and supported by national and provincial partners in partnership with 7 different provinces or regions across Canada.
This article is a list of teams that play in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada: Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Canadian Football League (CFL).
List of ice hockey teams in Manitoba; List of ice hockey teams in New Brunswick; List of ice hockey teams in Newfoundland and Labrador; List of ice hockey teams in Nova Scotia; List of ice hockey teams in Ontario; List of ice hockey teams in Prince Edward Island; List of ice hockey teams in Quebec; List of ice hockey teams in Saskatchewan