Sports in Canada Sports in Canada Sports in Canada consist of a wide variety of games. The most common sports are ice hockey, lacrosse, gridiron football, soccer, basketball, curling and baseball, with ice hockey and lacrosse being the official winter and summer sports, respectively. 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. It is Canada's official national winter sport. Lacrosse, a sport with Indigenous origins, is Canada's oldest and official summer sport. Canadian football is Canada's second most popular spectator sport, being the most popular
Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics Middleweight (– 71 kg) Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Eleven cyclists represented Canada in 1976. 13 fencers, 9 men and 4 women, represented Canada in 1976. Head Coach: Slobodan Misic The Men's National Team from Canada competed for the second time at the Summer Olympics. The squad finished tenth in the McGill University's Molson Stadium in Montreal. Men's Lightweight (– 73 kg) Men's Half-Middleweight (– 81 kg) Men's Middleweight (– 90 kg) Men's Half-Heavyweight (– 100 kg) Men's Open Class Three male pentathletes represented Canada in 1976. Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canada