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 2013 Summer Universiade Canada at the 2013 Summer Universiade Canada competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. The team won a total of 16 medals, including 2 gold. Canada was represented by fifty-two athletes. Canada was represented by six male and five female badminton players. Canada has qualified both a men's and a women's team. The men's team will participate in Group C. The women's team will participate in Group C. The women's team roster is as follows: ---- Canada will be represented by one men's team and two women's teams. Canada will be represented by sixteen fencers. Canada will be