<Li> Sport in Canada portal </Li> <P> Sports in Canada consist of a wide variety of games . The most common sports are ice hockey, lacrosse, football, soccer, basketball, curling and baseball, with ice hockey and lacrosse being the official winter and summer sports, respectively . </P> <P> Ice hockey, referred to as simply "hockey", is Canada's most prevalent winter sport, its most popular spectator sport, and its most successful sport in international competition . It is Canada's official national winter sport . Lacrosse, a sport with Indigenous origins, is Canada's oldest and official summer sport . Canadian football is Canada's second most popular spectator sport, being the most popular in the prairie provinces . The Canadian Football League's annual championship, the Grey Cup, is one of the country's largest annual sports events . While other sports have a larger spectator base, Association football, known in Canada as soccer in both English and French, has the most registered players of any team sport in Canada . Professional teams exist in many cities in Canada . Statistics Canada reports that the top ten sports that Canadians participate in are golf, ice hockey, swimming, soccer, basketball, baseball, volleyball, skiing (downhill and alpine), cycling and tennis . </P> <P> As a country with a generally cool climate, Canada has enjoyed greater success at the Winter Olympics than at the Summer Olympics, although significant regional variations in climate allow for a wide variety of both team and individual sports . Major multi-sport events in Canada include the 2010 Winter Olympics . Great achievements in Canadian sports are recognized by Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, while the Lou Marsh Trophy is awarded annually to Canada's top athlete by a panel of journalists . There are numerous other Sports Halls of Fames in Canada . </P>

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