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The history of Canadian sports falls into five stages of development: early recreational activities before 1840; the start of organized competition, 1840–1880; the emergence of national organizations, 1882–1914; the rapid growth of both amateur and professional sports, 1914 to 1960; and developments of the last half-century. [1]
Electronic sackbut – invented by Hugh Le Caine in 1945 as a precursor to voltage-controlled synthesizers; Five-pin bowling – invented by Thomas F. Ryan in Toronto in 1909; Goalie mask – invented by Jacques Plante in 1959; Ice hockey – invented in 19th century Canada; Instant replay – invented for CBC's Hockey Night in Canada in 1955
Indigenous sports and games in Canada (4 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Sports originating in Canada" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
The National Hockey League (NHL) is shown on national television in the United States and Canada. With 25 teams in the U.S. and 7 in Canada, the NHL is the only one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada that maintains separate national broadcasters in each country, each producing separate telecasts of a slate of regular season games, playoff games, and ...
With the prominence of Hockey Night in Canada since the 1950s, and with Canadian teams like the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens making multiple championship runs during the 1970s and 1980s, the Stanley Cup Finals has regularly been produced and aired on broadcast television in Canada for decades. Meanwhile, U.S. national coverage of ...
In Canada, NHL hockey is broadcast every Saturday night on CBC's longest-running television show, Hockey Night in Canada. During the week, other games are shown on cable channels TSN and RDS. Various local channels carry other games as well. During the NHL playoffs, CBC carries four of the Conference Quarterfinals (first, second, fourth, and ...
Today, Canada's governing body for soccer (both professional and amateur) is known as the Canadian Soccer Association. Soccer is the highest participation sport in Canada, with 847,616 registered players (according to the Canada Soccer 2012 Yearbook). Male/female participation is split roughly 59/41 percent.
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