Canada

Robert Stacy

While Canada has some sports and other leisure activities in common with the United States, many forms of play are very much a product of both the environment and history of the country. If there is one distinguishing characteristic about play in Canada, it might be the great extent to which it is outdoors. Skills that were required for sustenance and survival in the earliest days have evolved into individual and team events. Of all the sports in Canada, it is perhaps hockey that is most associated with the country. The sport as it is currently played came into being during the 19th century. Hockey is played throughout Canada by men and women and all ages on a wide variety of levels. According to Hockey Canada, which governs amateur play, there are over 4.5 million Canadians who play, coach, officiate, or otherwise support the game in an administrative or other ...

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