Editing Culture of Canada (section)

==Sports==
{{Main|Sports in Canada}}
[[Sports in Canada]] consists of a variety of games. Although there are many contests that Canadians value, the most common are [[ice hockey]], [[box lacrosse]], [[Canadian football]], [[basketball]], [[Association football|soccer]], [[curling]] and [[ringette]]. All but curling and soccer are considered domestic sports as they were either invented by Canadians or trace their roots to Canada.<ref name="MorrowWamsley2013">{{cite book|first1=Don|last1=Morrow|first2=Kevin B.|last2=Wamsley|title=Sport in Canada: A History|year= 2013|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-544672-2|pages=1–4}}</ref>

[[File:Ice_hockey_McGill_University_1884.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Ice hockey]] being played at [[McGill University]], in [[Montreal]], 1884]]

[[Ice hockey]], referred to as simply "hockey", is Canada's most prevalent [[National sport|winter sport]], its most popular spectator sport, and its most successful sport in international competition. It is Canada's official national winter sport.<ref name="Kidd1996">{{cite book|first=Bruce|last=Kidd|title=The struggle for Canadian sport|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l_jJJspDo7UC&pg=PA189|year= 1996|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-7664-9|pages=189–}}</ref> [[Lacrosse]], a sport with [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous]] origins, is Canada's oldest and [[National sport|official summer sport]].<ref name="Kidd1996"/> [[Canadian football]] is Canada's second most popular spectator sport,<ref name="Canadian Press 2006-06-08">{{cite news
 |author = The Canadian Press
 |author-link = Canadian Press
 |date = June 9, 2006
 |url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/canadians-prefer-cfl-over-nfl/article710156/
 |title = Canadians prefer CFL over NFL
 |work = The Globe and Mail
 |location = Canada
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 }}</ref> and the [[Canadian Football League]]'s annual championship, the [[Grey Cup]], is the country's largest annual sports event.<ref name="Wong2009">{{cite book|first=Glenn M.|last=Wong|title=The comprehensive guide to careers in sports|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C9SbUYGyCvcC&pg=PA105|year=2009|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Learning|isbn=978-0-7637-2884-7|page=105}}</ref>

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, and is the most played sport with all demographics, including ethnic origin, ages and genders.<ref>{{cite news
 |work=Canada.com
 |title=Canada's hockey obsession leading to burnout among young players
 |date=September 16, 2008
 |url=http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/sports/story.html?id=150b0ecd-fb4a-4cff-9ff0-24c5c17c1c52
 |access-date=February 28, 2012
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 }}</ref> Professional teams exist in many cities in Canada&nbsp;– with a [[MLS teams|trio of teams]] in North America's top pro league, [[Major League Soccer]]&nbsp;– and international soccer competitions such as the [[FIFA World Cup]], [[UEFA European Championship|UEFA Euro]] and the [[UEFA Champions League]] attract some of the biggest audiences in Canada.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/world-cup-tv-ratings-show-huge-rise-1.948992 |title=World Cup TV ratings and soccer championships show huge rise |work=[[CBC News]] |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107044530/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2010/07/12/sp-ratings.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Other popular team sports include [[curling]], [[street hockey]], [[rugby league in Canada|rugby league]], [[Rugby union in Canada|rugby union]], [[softball]] and [[Ultimate (sport)|Ultimate frisbee]]. Popular individual sports include [[auto racing]], [[boxing]], [[karate]], [[kickboxing]], hunting, [[Shooting sport|sport shooting]], fishing, cycling, golf, hiking, [[horse racing]], [[ice skating]], [[skiing]], [[snowboarding]], swimming, [[triathlon]], [[disc golf]], [[water sport (recreation)|water sports]], and several forms of [[wrestling]].

As a country with a generally cool climate, Canada has enjoyed greater success at the [[Canada at the Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]] than at the [[Canada at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]], although significant regional variations in climate allow for a wide variety of both team and individual sports. Great achievements in Canadian sports are recognized by [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]],<ref name="Danilov1997cv">{{cite book|first=Victor J.|last=Danilov|title=Hall of fame museums: a reference guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUO_J0YzpP0C&pg=PA24|year=1997|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30000-4|page=24}}</ref> while the [[Lou Marsh Trophy]] is awarded annually to Canada's top athlete by a panel of journalists.<ref name="Zawadzki2001efg">{{cite book|first=Edward|last=Zawadzki|title=The Ultimate Canadian Sports Trivia Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iP-FHPrl0wUC&pg=PA190|year=2001|publisher=Dundurn Press Ltd.|isbn=978-0-88882-237-6|page=190}}</ref> There are numerous other Sports Halls of Fame in Canada.<ref name="Danilov1997cv"/>