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
National Flag of Canada Day a holiday, it is celebrated with many events around the country. In Argyle, Manitoba, the local museum Settlers, Rails & Trails displays historic flags of Canada. This is a permanent display from the museum's famous Canadian flag collection, the second largest museum flag collection in Canada. On display are Canadian historic, corporate, regional, sport and special events flags. As of February 2018, over 1,300 flags are in the museum's permanent collection, giving the museum the reputation as "Canada's Flag Depository". National Flag of Canada Day National Flag of Canada Day (), commonly shortened to Flag Day, is observed annually on