lacrosse is canada's most popular spectator sport.
lacrosse is canada's most popular spectator sport.
what is canada's most popular spectator sport?
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ice hockey, referred to as simply "hockey", is canada's most prevalent winter sport, its most popular spectator sport, and its most successful sport in international competition. lacrosse, a sport with indigenous origins, is canada's oldest sport. canadian football is canada's second most popular spectator sport, being the most popular in the prairie provinces. the canadian football league's annual championship, the grey cup, is one of the country's largest annual sports events. while other sports have a larger spectator base, association football, known in canada as "soccer" in both english and french, has the most registered players of any team sport in canada. professional teams exist in many cities in canada. statistics canada reports that the top ten sports that canadians participate in are golf, ice hockey, swimming, soccer, basketball, baseball, volleyball, skiing (downhill and alpine), cycling and tennis.
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records of performance are often kept, and for popular sports, this information may be widely announced or reported in sport news. sport is also a major source of entertainment for non-participants, with spectator sport drawing large crowds to sport venues, and reaching wider audiences through broadcasting. sport betting is in some cases severely regulated, and in some cases is central to the sport.









































according to a.t. kearney, a consultancy, the global sporting industry is worth up to $620 billion as of 2013. the world's most accessible and practised sport is running, while association football is its most popular spectator sport.
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