Popular Sports
Hockey is Canada's most popular spectator sport and is considered to be the national winter sport. Ice hockey was developed in Canada in the 1800s. The National Hockey League plays for the championship Stanley Cup, donated by Lord Stanley, the Governor General, in 1892.
The Clarkson Cup is awarded for women's hockey. Many young Canadians play hockey at school, in a hockey league or on quiet streets -- road hockey or street hockey -- and are taken to the hockey rink by their parents. Canadian children have collected hockey cards for generations.
Canadian football is the second most popular sport. Lacrosse, an ancient sport first played by Aboriginals, is the official summer sport. Soccer has the most registered players of any game in Canada.
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