Lacrosse in Canada Lacrosse in Canada Modern lacrosse in Canada has been a popular sport since the mid 1800s. Only field lacrosse was played until the 1930s, when box lacrosse was invented. In 1994 Parliament passed the "National Sports of Canada Act" which declared lacrosse to be "Canada's National Summer Sport", with ice hockey as the National Winter Sport. Lacrosse was played by First Nations peoples before the arrival of European colonists. The first documented description of the game was in 1637. The game was called "baggataway" and "tewaarathon", which was played by two teams with 100 to 1,000 men each on a
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