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The following are lists of Canadian international soccer players: List of Canada men's international soccer players List of Canada women's international soccer players
The Canada men's national soccer team represents the country of Canada in international soccer.It is fielded by the Canada Soccer Association, the governing body of soccer in Canada, and competes as a member of the CONCACAF, which encompasses the countries of North America, which includes Central America and the Caribbean region.
European Canadians are Canadians who can trace their ancestry to the continent of Europe. [2] [3] They form the largest panethnic group within Canada.In the 2021 Canadian census, 19,062,115 people or 52.5% of the population self-identified ethnic origins from Europe.
The early years saw a largely Canadian league, with some Americans playing. As the league progressed it experienced an influx of European players, at first from Western European countries such as Sweden. After the fall of Communism, players from Eastern European countries, such as the former Czechoslovakia and Soviet Union, joined the league.
Canada and Britain still continue to have close ties, however, based on shared history and culture, and share the same head of state and are both members of the Commonwealth. Canada's commitments to the rest of Europe included NATO-related forces stationed in Germany and Norway, and a series of economic agreements with the EEC starting in 1976.
Throughout the history of the National Hockey League (NHL), there has been a long-standing tradition of international games played by NHL teams.The following is a list of games played by NHL teams against other NHL teams and non-NHL teams outside the United States and Canada, as well games played by NHL teams in the United States and Canada against non-North American teams.
The Oxford Canadians were an English amateur ice hockey team, originally formed from Rhodes Scholars who were attending Oxford University. They were the first ice hockey team representing Canada to wear a red maple leaf on their uniform. They enjoyed considerable success, winning British and European competitions.
This is a list of foreign players [a] in the Canadian Premier League (CPL), which commenced play in 2019. The following players: Have played at least one CPL regular season game. Players who were signed by CPL clubs, but only played in playoff games, Canadian Championship games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.