SPORT
Hockey is the official winter sport of Canada. Canada has the world's highest hockey participation rate, with an estimated 1 to 2 percent of the population registered as players on a hockey team.
Lacrosse is Canada's official summer sport. It is believed to have been developed by First Nations in North America, as early as 1100.
Basketball was invented by a Canadian PE teacher, Dr. James Naismith, while working at an American school in 1891.
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Ringette was invented as a girl's game, in Ontario, in 1963.
The game of baseball, originally called "townball,"started as an adaptation of the British game of grounders. It was first popular in the early 1900's, in Ontario, New York, and New England.
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Canadian football is closely related to American football. Canadian football is played with one less player, on a field that is 10 yards wider, and with one less down. The Canadian Football League includes professional teams from across the country, who play off annually for the coveted Grey Cup.