Canada's National Sport - Hockey, Lacrosse, Cricket? | How to be Canadian, Eh?

Do you know which is Canada's National Sport? Is it Hockey, Lacrosse or Cricket? Join us as we explore how Canada chose it's national sport, plus the history and backstory of cricket, hockey and lacrosse in Canada.
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🎬 Timeline:
0:00 Introduction
0:31 Cricket
2:13 Lacrosse
3:24 Lacrosse as Olympic sport
4:04 1965 Bills for National Game
4:58 Hockey
6:55 1994 National Sports of Canada Act
7:26 Conclusion
🎞Media:
-Gentlemen of England and the Toronto Cricket Club - University of Toronto Library
-Cricket playbill - University of Toronto Library
-Cricket match in BC - unknown
-TORONTO - UPPER CANADA COLLEGE - CRICKET GAME - c1910 chuckmantorontonostalgia.word...
-Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister. (Library and Collections Canada)
-Cricket in Canada - CBC News: The National
-“Indian Ball Game” by George Catlin (courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum)
-“Sioux Playing Ball” (by Charles Deas, 1843)
-The Catch by Robert Griffing
-First Nations youth participate in a traditional lacrosse game in Montreal in June THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
-"2002-4-44_Young Toronto Lacrosse Club" by Toronto Public Library Special Collections is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
-"Men from the Mohawk Nation at Kahnawake (Caughnawaga) who were the Canadian lacrosse champions in 1869 / Des hommes de la nation mohawk à Kahnawake (Caughnawaga), les champions de la crosse au Canada en 1869" by BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives is licensed under CC BY 2.0
-Women’s hockey/Lacrosse photo John Quackenbos, BC Athletics
PHOTOS: © STAIRS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. HOC / BERNARD THIBODEAU
-HOUSE OF COMMONS 39TH PARLIAMENT. LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT / ROY GROGAN
-Hockey Game in Montreal, 1893 (photo by William Notman & Son, courtesy McCord Museum/Wikimedia CC)
-Ice Hockey at McGill University, 1884 (photo by Alexander Henderson [Public domain], Library and Archives Canada, C-0081683)
-"Ojibwe Lacrosse League 12" by upwiththemooses is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
-"Ottawa Ontario ~ Canada ~ Parliament Hill ~ Central Block ~ Heritage Building" by Onasill ~ Bill is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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I love history so much, need to save this video in my playlist for a re-watch and share.. thanks for this video

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Thank you so much for watching and your kind words!

[@TheCountryCollectors]

Great hook! Love your voice overs! I had no idea! Cricket is a great sport! Way better than baseball! Great facts too!

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Had to come back for more!

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I really don't know much about cricket but it looks interesting

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Good to hear the history, great presentation and voice

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[@ZabsAntsTravels]

Cricket is definitely my favorite, always so interesting finding out more about Canada

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Thanks for supporting our channel, and this is an ongoing series about Canada

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These were definitely some interesting fun facts

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[@TripsCultureTC]

Great to learn more about Canadian culture and the origin of popular sports there, thanks for sahring this with us ;)

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Never knew I would find this interesting but it is

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Wow! Very well done video. I like how you added in the old footage.

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[@PattiD]

I thought it was Curling. Very informative with good music and editing!

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[@nazreenjabir9122]

Really enjoyed the facts but I liked the narration a lot

[@SaltyBeaverExplores]

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[@JackyAndTheWifey]

Love this documentary. Didnt know the history of ice hockey and lacros till now. Its very interesting to know all this facts. In the end its good to know that the goverment of Canada did compromise these two games to be their national sports. Atleast canadians has two national sports in winter and summer. Beat that! Other contries doesnt have that! Hehe! Uta, you have a news caster voice. Its beautiful. We love it! Why did you not work as a news caster or news anchor? Oh... well... yeah! you are doing it now and we are enjoy it! Keep up the good work. You guys are doin great! :)

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Thanks for the compliment. I have never been a newscaster, but am used to soothing people in stressful situations from my previous work. Thanks for your ongoing support!

[@PortlyTravellers]

We use to play tin can cricket every recess in elementary school in Hope, BC. Great history. I had no idea about la Crosse, I was told in school it was Canada's national game. -Shawna🍁

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I was really surprised that cricket was once our national game. I did know that it is a growing sport here, and once watched some play it in Prince George

[@Nadelina_kb]

Waow, I didn’t know hockey was a national sport in Canada. Great presentation and well narrated.

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[@CarolandDerek]

Very informative and well put together. Keep safe over there and keep positive. 👍🌈🙏

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Thank you kindly

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[@TugayKarayel]

Great combination of history and sports! Thank you for this great video, informations that you gave was awesome 💪💪

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[@SnowbirdLife]

Very informative video. I learnt the history and culture of those sports. thanks for explanation and your time making this video. Love it.

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[@yaaserwaa1800]

Woow today I know some history about Canada

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[@itzmizumifanpage560]

This is interesting

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Thank you so much for visiting our channel! I'm glad you liked the video

[@sshenbaga]

As a cricket enthusiast, I’m happy to know that cricket is getting popular and growing faster in Canada after a decline !

[@SaltyBeaverExplores]

I have to say I was quite surprised to learn about cricket. It is gaining popularity again from the many immigrants that know it from their home countries

[@YozBunbun]

Very informative. I only knew about hockey being the country's national sports and I didn't know lacrosse originated from Canada. Lotta research must have gone into making this video, it's good.

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[@ALLTHINGSARRIE]

This is such a professional video and explained so well! Documentary worthy and feels like I’m watching TV! Awesome job!! Didn’t know much about lacross or cricket until now ...dates and everything

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Wow, thank you!

[@MuhammadSaim_99]

You have amazing voice Nice video indeed

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[@MarisolsAdventures]

Bravo! very well put together video! Lots of great information. Love how you edited everything!

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[@WhereIsNabu]

I love learning sooo much cool canadian facts and history from your channel! Really thought the Lacrosse backstory was so cool!

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[@TheAdventuresofMegGreg]

You have such a great voice for this! This was so interesting! I’m not a sports fan, but love anything Canadian! Great video! 💜

[@SaltyBeaverExplores]

Thanks so much!! I'm not into sports either, but thought it was a good topic for this series. Thanks for watching and for the nice compliment!

[@kaydance9059]

Your videos are great! I am learning so much about Canada and it's fun, lol! Don't know much about these sports, but enjoyed it

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[@Fit4Expedition]

I'm guessing curling. I just wanted to post this before the video started. I guess I was wrong. haha Lacrosse was very big in my hometown of Baltimore when I was growing up. Your video kept me enthralled right to the end.

[@SaltyBeaverExplores]

Thanks for the continued support of our channel. Curling is big in Canada as well, but not a national sport

[@PrimeTimeTravelers]

Hockey is what I think of when it comes to sports and Canada. And Toronto teams of course

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Yes I think hockey is always thought of as Canada's sport

[@TravelInPink]

How well explained Uta! Lacrosse and Cricket is something that is not really played in Europe except for UK I think. I may be wrong but I don't know too much about sports 😂

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Amazing how you come up with the subjects every time 👍

[@TravelInPink]

Do you play it too?

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Thanks for watching. I'm not into these sports but it was fun learning about them

[@EasyGlutenFree]

I knew about Lacross, but I didn't know all the history about the game. I didn't know that cricket was played all over Canada.

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I love learning all these facts about our country as I go about researching things

[@ramilfernandez1712]

cricket never knew that .. I dont play hockey but I def love to watch it with a pint of burr

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Canada is definitely filled with hockey enthusiasts! Thank you for watching!

[@DrSevTalksMoney]

I'm from Jamaica so I am very familiar with cricket. The last time I played was in the equivalent of middle school. The ball hit my knee and my knee was the color of the rainbow for a long time. LOL. This was a very professionally done video. Loved it all.

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Thanks for sharing your experience, and for the nice compliment!

[@JackyAndTheWifey]

So many great history Uta. Learned again a lot from you. You are a really great storyteller. We like your voice over too. Ice hockey from the nederlands to Canada wow! Would love to watch ice hockey game in Canada someday 😀

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[@HTEtravel]

Your videos are so full of interesting knowledge of Canada. I didn't realize that we had both a winter and summer national sport. I always thought that it was just lacrosse that was our national sport. Thanks for enlightening me.

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I always learn something new when I start researching. I also didn't know the national sport was updated from just lacrosse

[@tiffanynicoleco1648]

Very interesting video! I love to learn new things especially about other countries. I have never heard of cricket.

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Thanks for visiting. I think cricket is a very popular sport amongst British Commonwealth countries

[@HarryPotter-kd3bh]

7 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

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[@boundlessbarbin3031]

I'm not a big fan of sports, but it was really interesting to learn the historical and cultural context of these sports! Very well narrated and presented!

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Thank you for your kind words

[@costat9995]

Cool historic informations about the most favourite sport in Canada! I was very impressed a few years ago in Toronto the fans of a team acting like crazy 😅😊❤️

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Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jennivals9843]

I’m a born and raised Canadian but don’t know much about cricket. Thanks for this history and info! ❤️ 🇨🇦

[@SaltyBeaverExplores]

I have to say finding out about cricket as once being our national sport really surprised me too!

[@StepsbyKaatje]

I vote for Lacrosse as your national sport! Good compromise with winter and summer sport! 😁 Loved all the history! Have a great day! Kaat

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Thanks! You too!

[@srikantsukte2878]

It's very interesting game. but is any scope for other games like Kho Kho

[@SaltyBeaverExplores]

Thanks for watching. I have never heard of Kho Kho - I just looked it up, but I think lacrosse is quite different

[@davidtodd3401]

Canada should invest more in cricket. They already have a solid fan base there just with expats and their families. Expand from there. Canada has some really talented young players coming through. With money behind them, they could be a competitive Test/full member team.

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Thanks for watching and your comment. I knew that cricket was growing again in popularity in Canada. I have seen people playing/practicing.

[@angeldelora2330]

Okay thisnis what it's called. I might be ignorant but yeah, I've seen this but I didn't know what it was 😂 I thought it was a more advanced croquet 😅

[@SaltyBeaverExplores]

I don't know too much about cricket, but you're right it does look like croquet

[@joeyjo7802]

I play cricket for my National team 😃 best sport out there by a country mile🤣👊😃

[@SaltyBeaverExplores]

That's cool. I have only seen it played here once. It is coming back because of immigrants bring the sport with them.

[@charliebrady3751]

Do you have a primary reference for Sir John A declaring cricket the national sport? I've been searching, but can't find any early reference to support that assertion. Nothing in Hansard, nothing in any newspapers. Where and when did he say it? Or did he not say it at all?

[@SaltyBeaverExplores]

Hi and thanks for watching and your question. Several websites state that Sir John A Macdonald declared cricket a national sport including thecanadianencyclopedia.ca and cricketworld.com

[@charliebrady3751]

@@SaltyBeaverExplores Those are not primary references. They have no historical value. We need to learn where they got the idea from.

[@guidepk6256]

Yup quite interesting to know. But cricket??

[@SaltyBeaverExplores]

Thank you for watching. I have to say when I started researching this episode I was totally surprised that cricket was once our national sport. I

[@Fit4Expedition]

I don't know the first thing about cricket. Is it on television in Canada?

[@SaltyBeaverExplores]

Cricket is an 'under the radar' sport here. It is gaining popularity again due to it being popular with many immigrants. I don't think its on TV but I have seen it played once in a field

[@benjaminalexander8836]

@@SaltyBeaverExplores it's in willow tv I guess in USA and Canada

[@jonnvoxx5208]

Umm, I thought it was hockey *little did I kno*

[@SaltyBeaverExplores]

Thanks for watching! I always thought Hockey was the national sport too until I began researching for this video

[@soniafamhairandbeauty2308]

I used to love watching hockey game but things have changed so much I just have little interest in it this days.

[@SaltyBeaverExplores]

We are not much for watching hockey either, but thanks for watching our video! We appreciate it!

[@TheSaundersPack]

I'm not too familiar with any sports really

[@SaltyBeaverExplores]

Nor am I, but it was a good topic as there are so many sports fans (hockey especially) here