SPORTS

Adult Canadians 15 years and over are involved in over 100 sports ranging from bobsleigh to ice hockey. Numerically, few of the sports attract a large number of participants. According to the GSS, golf engaged the largest number of adult Canadians in 2005, as it had in 1998.

Almost 1.5 million adult Canadians were golfers in 2005, with males representing over three quarters (78%) of the participants. Among the 30 most popular sports in Canada, ice hockey ranked second behind golf, drawing 1.3 million Canadians. Other popular sports include swimming, soccer, basketball, baseball and volleyball. Each of these drew between 500,000 and 800,000 participants.

A key characteristic of these sports is that they are mostly team sports and involve players, officials and spectators. On occasion, whole families may be involved, with some members active as participants, others serving as volunteers, and some coming to watch. The result is an inherent shared experience among all those involved, an experience that may spill over to the community at large, providing a sense of belonging.

Hockey in Canada

Hockey Canada, formally known as the Canadian Hockey Association, is the national governing body of ice hockey and sledge hockey yin Canada and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Hockey Canada controls a vast majority of ice hockey in Canada, with a few exceptions. It is based in Calgary, Alberta with a secondary office in Ottawa, Ontario and regional centres in Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec.

CULTURE OF CANADA

CULTURE

• Its culture has been influenced by European CULTURE and traditions, especially British and French, and by its own indigenous culture
• The population has also been influenced by American Culturebecause of a shared language, proximity and migration between the two countries

Identity

• The question of Canadian identity was traditionally dominated by three fundamental themes: first, the often conflicted relations between English Canadians and French Canadians stemming from the French Canadian imperative for cultural and linguistic survival; secondly, the generally close ties between English Canadians and the British Empire, resulting in a gradual political process towards complete independence from the imperial power; and finally, the close proximity of English-speaking Canadians to the United States.
  

Literature

Canadian Literature is often divided into French- and English-language literatures, which are rooted in the literary traditions of France and Britain, respectively.  Canada’s early literature, whether written in English or French, often reflects the Canadian perspective on nature, frontier life, and Canada’s position in the world

Canadian Music week

The most important festival, is an industry conference and music festival held over four days in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

 Montreal International Jazz Festival: is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Every year it features roughly 3,000 artists from 30-odd countries, more than 650 concerts, and welcomes close to 2.5 million visitors as well as 400 accredited journalist

Ottawa Bluesfest: While mainly focused on blues at the start, the festival has increasingly showcased mainstream pop and rock acts in recent years. The Bluesfest has become the largest blues festival in Canada and the second largest in North America. 

Celtic Colours: For nine days in October, Cape Breton Island is home to a unique celebration of music and culture as the Celtic Colours International Festival presents dozens of concerts all over the island, an extensive line-up of workshops, a visual art series of exhibitions, and a nightly Festival Club.