collection
Sports
This collection explores sports through articles, photo galleries, Heritage Minutes and more.
(See also Canadian Athletes Collection.)
![Fanny Rosenfeld]({"id":"8146","disk":"s3","directory":"media\/media","filename":"85a45cd9-65a8-40fb-b3f8-07d8c396990b","extension":"jpg","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","aggregate_type":"image","size":100000,"variant_name":null,"original_media_id":null,"created_at":"2013-10-15T17:42:05.000000Z","updated_at":"2013-10-21T18:15:36.000000Z","alt":"Fanny Rosenfeld","title":"Fanny Rosenfeld","caption":"Ethel Smith (left) and Fanny Rosenfeld (second from left) of Canada, perhaps at semi-final in the women's 100 m at the Summer Olympic Games, 1928.","creator":"Library and Archives","source":"(courtesy Library and Archives Canada \/ PA-151007)","conversion_urls":{"original":"https:\/\/d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net\/media\/media\/85a45cd9-65a8-40fb-b3f8-07d8c396990b.jpg"},"url":"https:\/\/d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net\/media\/media\/85a45cd9-65a8-40fb-b3f8-07d8c396990b.jpg","credit":"(courtesy Library and Archives Canada \/ PA-151007)","pivot":{"mediable_type":"App\\Models\\Collection","mediable_id":"23","media_id":"8146","tag":"feature","order":1},"translations":[{"id":"eaee70c7-351a-4710-83d9-a9ce53c0b045","media_id":"8146","title":"Fanny Rosenfeld","alt":"Fanny Rosenfeld","caption":"Ethel Smith (left) and Fanny Rosenfeld (second from left) of Canada, perhaps at semi-final in the women's 100 m at the Summer Olympic Games, 1928.","creator":"Library and Archives","source":"(courtesy Library and Archives Canada \/ PA-151007)","locale":"en","credit":"(courtesy Library and Archives Canada \/ PA-151007)"},{"id":"87a25eaa-3b30-4de2-a93c-7c9f44952fe7","media_id":"8146","title":"Fanny Rosenfeld","alt":"Fanny Rosenfeld","caption":"Ethel Smith (\u00e0 gauche) et Fanny Rosenfeld (deuxi\u00e8me \u00e0 gauche) du Canada, surement lors de la demi-finale du 100 m femme aux Jeux olympiques d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 de 1928.","creator":"Library and Archives Canada","source":"(avec la permission de Biblioth\u00e8que et Archives Canada \/ PA-151007)","locale":"fr","credit":"(avec la permission de Biblioth\u00e8que et Archives Canada \/ PA-151007)"}]})
Timelines
timeline
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL) was established in Montréal on 26 November 1917.
timeline
Sports
Sports have a long history in Canada, from early Indigenous games (e.g., baggataway) to more recent sports such as snowboarding and kitesurfing. Officially, Canada has two national sports: lacrosse (summer) and hockey (winter).
Gallery
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