What is the national sport of Canada?
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National Sports of Canada Act\nCHAPTER N-16.7 (1994, c. 16)\n\n[N-16.7]\n\nAn Act to recognize hockey and lacrosse as the national sports of Canada\n\n[Assented to 12th May, 1994]\n\nHer Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:\n\nSHORT TITLE\n\nShort title\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the National Sports of Canada Act.\n\nNATIONAL SPORTS OF CANADA\n\nHockey and lacrosse to be national sports\n\n2. The game commonly known as ice hockey is hereby recognized and declared to be the national winter sport of Canada and the game commonly known as lacrosse is hereby recognized and declared to be the national summer sport of Canada.
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Hockey - Penguins\n\nFor several reasons. I love hockey because it is a fun sport. Sometimes I wish that I was Canadian just because of how much pride they show when their National Anthem is sang. I think that hockey is a very entertaining and active sport that requires a lot of skill. Not only do you need to be able to skate fast and stop fast you need to be tough and accurate. I think that the Penguins are a team with great potential.
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I like hockey because it is a fast paced game. NBA started to bore me to death. Since hockey was going on at the same time, i started to watch it. I picked up on the rules/strategies really easily.
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Depends where u from actually!!\nSoccer is the most  popular sport throughout Africa .Then we have some countries especially those that were colonized by Britain e.g South Africa ,Zimbabwe, Kenya and Namibia to name a few these countries play sports played by the British or europeans  , soccer , rugby ,tennis ,golf  and cricket just to name a few.
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Hockey. Other atheletes hit each other in other sports, but nobody is going FASTER when they hit than a full-speed hockey player.
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There is no World Cup in Canadian Football. I think you are thinking about the World Cup of soccer, and if thats the case, then you need to ask this question there. Also, what exactly do you want to know? Your question is very ambiguous (unclear)
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It has done both...\n\n-Good\nAt the end of a game (you'll only see this if you're there) at almost any level, the home team will salute the fans by standing around the face-off circle at center ice, slap their sticks on the ice twice, and then raise them in the air.  Besides soccer, I can't think of any sport that thanks their fans.  And after knocking off a team in the NHL playoffs or Olympics, both teams line up and shake hands.  This is true sportsmanship.  There is also the respect Canadians have for other country's national anthems.....\n\n-Bad\nRiots.  The people of Canada have rioted quite a few times after hockey games dating back as far as March 1955 (the Richard Riot).  The most recent incident, last week, was a stabbing on Whyte Ave in Edmonton, which was about 2 beers shy of a full blown riot.  And lets not forget the booing of the Canadian national anthem.  I'm an American and I'm offended (and embarrassed).\n\nI think hockey can bring out the best and worst in players and fans.  But usually it's the best in the players and the worst in the fans.
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Lacrosse is a fast-paced team sport played by two teams of ten players for men or twelve players for women each who use netted sticks (called the cross) in order to pass and catch a rubber ball with the aim of scoring goals by propelling the ball into the opponent's goal. Popular mostly in North America, lacrosse is the continent's oldest sport and the fastest growing sport at all levels – youth, high school, college, and professional. Lacrosse is especially popular in the northeastern part of the US and is Canada's national summer sport. It is expanding westward, with burgeoning lacrosse communities in Colorado, California, Florida and Texas.
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If you're looking for stats, try:\nhttp://www.nhlpa.com/\nhttp://www.nhl.com/\n\nBut IMO, hockey will only be popular in climates where ice occures naturally.  It seems pretty simple - Canada is iced over about 6 months out of the year, and up there it's the national sport.  California, Texas, Florida... the only way for them to have ice longer that 6 hours is for them to build an indoor rink.  If you're going to compare the NHL to the NFL, strongly consider geography and climate.
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Soccer is the term used for the FIFA governed sport in countries like Australia, America, Canada, where they have other sport called football, with other rules.
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The relative popularity of sports is often measured in terms of how many people watch the game or are fans of it, not how many Americans play the various sports.\n\nThrough most of the 20th century, the big four have been considered baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. They were usually in that order, but there are many regional and local differences across the US. There are football schools, basketball states, hockey towns, etc. Baseball was called the national pastime. \n\nSoccer has become increasingly popular in the US. It is, by far, the most popular sport played (and watched) around the world. For Americans in the 1980s and 1990s it was considered something young kids played. But more and more older children and adults are playing the game. \n\nGolf, bowling and tennis are very popular. \n\nOne of the biggest movers in 2005 was Ki-o-Rahi. This sport originates from New Zealand. It is a fast and exciting full contact ball sport which is played on a large circular pitch. Recently our National Curriculum Directors introduced it into over 30,000 schools. It is like no other sport in the world for its mental and physical requirements.It requires great co-ordination, physical conditioning and quick intelligence.
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HOCKEY!!!  It's violent.
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The team plays everywhere across the country, but its based in Calgary.  Think that was set up after the 1988 Winter Olympics there and the head office for the Canadian National team is in the Pengrowth Saddledome.
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Hockey is more popular
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A national sport is a sport or game that is consider to be a culturally intrinsic part of a country or nation. In North American English the term national pastime is often used.\n\nAlthough there are normally no official parameters towards defining what is a national sport, there are some general characteristics that most national sports share:\n\nThe rules and objectives of the sport or game are known in fairly great detail in the country or nation. \nThe game or sport is widely played or watched in the country or nation.\n\nThe game or sport has a long history of popularity or extreme current popularity in the country or nation. \nIn some countries, sport or game can become the official national pastime by mandate of the government, such as with Canada and lacrosse in 1859. [1]\n\nIn other countries, where the sport or game has such a long history, such as with baseball in the United States or sumo wrestling in Japan, the sport or game is often considered a de facto "official" national pastime.\n\n[edit]\nList of current countries' national sports\nAfghanistan - Buzkashi \nAlbania - Football \nArgentina - Football \nAustralia - Cricket is the traditional summer sport. Different football codes are the most popular winter sports in different parts of the country. Australian Rules Football is the most popular in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory and Tasmania, while Rugby League and/or Rugby Union are more popular in New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory. Australian Football is considered a national sport due to its origins in Australia. \nAustria - Football, Alpine skiing \nBangladesh - Cricket \nBarbados - Cricket \nBelgium - Cycling is the most popular sport in Belgium: during winter a variant of cycling called Cyclocross ("veldrijden") is the pastime for most Belgians (certainly in Flanders). Belgium dominates this cycling discipline. Football is also quite popular. \nBhutan - Archery \nBolivia - Football \nBrazil - Football is considered the national obsession, and volleyball also has a large number of participants. \nBulgaria - Football Bulgarians are often dominant in weightlifting and in chess \nCanada - Lacrosse is the official summer sport and ice hockey is the official winter sport, but hockey is by far the sport most closely followed, and most closely linked to national pride. Designating lacrosse as an official sport is more of a nod to history than a reflection of the present-day situation: sports like basketball, Canadian football (but probably also American football), soccer, golf, baseball, tennis are all much more popular. Canada is also the world's dominant force in the sport of curling. \nCameroon - football is the most popular sport. \nPeople's Republic of China - Table tennis, but Football is gaining popularity at an increasing rate, as demonstrated by the increasing amount of success enjoyed by the national team. \nHong Kong - Dragon boat racing, badminton, windsurfing, rugby, fencing \nRepublic of China (Taiwan) - baseball \nColombia - Tejo is the traditional sport, as is bullfighting, but football (soccer) is the main attraction, followed by baseball and basketball. \nCosta Rica - Football is considered the most popular sport in Costa Rica. \nCroatia - Football. Handball, water polo and basketball are also widely popular. \nCuba - Baseball \nCzech Republic - Ice hockey and football are almost equally popular. \nDenmark - Football \nDominican Republic - Baseball \nEgypt - Football is the most popular and most watched sport. \nEstonia - Football \nFiji - Rugby union, particularly Sevens \nFinland - Pesäpallo (Finnish baseball) is the national sport, but ice hockey is most followed \nFrance - Football, but rugby union is popular in the south. Basketball is also played. Cycling is also very widely followed. \nGambia - Wrestling \nGermany - Football \nGreece - Football is most popular, with basketball and volleyball rig
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team canada\nwomen and men\n\ntoronto maple leafs
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field hockey, not sure but i think ice hockey as well