JMBeaushrimp said:Hadn't heard that. My wife's a Canuck and from a long line of hockey players and fans. I thought they would've beat that one into me - unfortunately, literally...
Lacrosse was the national sport since the country's inception.
Apparently, because in Canada we believe in compromising on everything, In 1994, Ice Hockey was made the national winter sport.
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/N-16.7/page-1.html#h-2
The game commonly known as ice hockey is hereby recognized and declared to be the national winter sport of Canada and the game commonly known as lacrosse is hereby recognized and declared to be the national summer sport of Canada
Once we recognize EPO as the national PED of choice, road cycling may be added as the official spring sport and mtb as the official fall (sic) sport.
Dave.