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    Calgary Stampeders

    The Calgary Stampeders are a professional football team that plays in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Stampeders are one of the nine founding teams of the CFL and have won the Grey Cup eight times, most recently in 2018. The team played its first game in 1945 and has won the second-most CFL West Division championships, with 17.

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    Camping

    Camping may be defined as living in a temporary or mobile shelter in the outdoors, whether a lean-to, tent or camper van.

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    Canada at the 2020 Olympic Summer Games

    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Olympic Summer Games were the first Olympic Games to be postponed. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021. Canada sent 371 athletes (225 women, 146 men) and finished 11th in the overall medal standings with 24 (seven gold, six silver, 11 bronze). It is the most Canada has ever won at a non-boycotted Olympic Summer Games. Of the 24 medals, 18 were won by Canadian women. The seven gold medals tied Canada’s record at a non-boycotted Olympic Summer Games. Highlights for Canada at the Tokyo Games included Penny Oleksiak becoming Canada’s most decorated Olympian; Andre De Grasse winning three medals, including gold in the men’s 200 m dash; the Canadian women’s soccer team winning gold for the first time in dramatic fashion; and gold medallist Damian Warner becoming only the fourth athlete in Olympic history to score more than 9,000 points in the decathlon.

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    Canada at the 1924 Olympic Winter Games

    The first Olympic Winter Games were held in Chamonix, France, from 25 January to 5 February 1924. Canada sent 12 athletes (11 men, one woman) to the Games, and won the gold medal in ice hockey. The country finished ninth in the overall medal count.

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    Canada at the 1928 Olympic Winter Games

    The 1928 Olympic Winter Games were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, from 11 to 19 February 1928. Canada sent 23 athletes (20 men, 3 women) to the Games, and won the gold medal in ice hockey. The country finished sixth in the overall medal count.

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    Canada at the 1932 Olympic Winter Games

    The 1932 Olympic Winter Games were held in Lake Placid, New York, from 4 to 15 February 1932. Canada sent 42 athletes (38 men, 4 women) to the Games and placed third in the overall medal count with seven medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze). The Winnipeg Hockey Club won Canada’s fourth consecutive Olympic medal in ice hockey, while speed skaters Alexander Hurd, William Logan and Frank Stack became the first Canadian medallists in speed skating. Montgomery Wilson took bronze in the men’s figure skating competition, becoming the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in the sport.

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    Canada at the 1936 Olympic Winter Games

    The 1936 Olympic Winter Games were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from 6 to 16 February 1936. Canada sent 29 athletes (22 men, 7 women) and placed ninth in the overall medal count with one silver medal. For the first time at the Olympic Winter Games, Canada did not win the gold medal in ice hockey. It was a controversial result, with the Port Arthur Bear Cats finishing second to a British team that included several Canadian players. The 1936 Olympic Winter Games were themselves contentious, given the anti-Semitic policies of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party. Left-wing and Jewish groups in Canada and other countries proposed a boycott of the Games but were unsuccessful. 

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    Canada at the 1952 Olympic Winter Games

    The 1952 Olympic Winter Games were held in Oslo, Norway from 14 to 25 February 1952. Canada sent 39 athletes (31 men, 8 women) and tied with Italy for eighth in the overall medal count with one gold and one bronze medal. Speed skater Gordon Audley took bronze in the 500 m final and the Edmonton Mercurys won Canada’s fifth gold medal in ice hockey. The country would not win hockey gold again until 50 years later, when the women’s and men’s teams defeated the Americans at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City.

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    Canada at the 1956 Olympic Winter Games

    The 1956 Olympic Winter Games were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Canada sent 35 athletes (27 men, 8 women) and finished ninth in the overall medal count with one silver and two bronze medals. Figure skating pair Frances Dafoe and Norris Bowden took home silver, while Lucile Wheeler won Canada’s first medal in alpine skiing, finishing third in the women’s downhill race. In ice hockey, Canada took the bronze medal, defeated by both the Americans and the Soviets, who won gold in their debut at the Olympic Winter Games. 

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    Canada at the 1960 Olympic Winter Games

    The 1960 Olympic Winter Games were held in Squaw Valley, California, from 18 to 28 February 1960. Canada sent 44 athletes (34 men, 10 women) and finished eighth in the overall medal count with four medals (two gold, one silver and one bronze). Anne Heggtveit won gold in the slalom, becoming the first Canadian Olympic ski champion. Robert Paul and Barbara Wagner dominated the pairs figure skating competition in their second Winter Games, while Donald Jackson added a bronze medal in men’s figure skating. The Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen represented Canada in the Olympic hockey tournament and finished second to the Americans. It was the last time Canada was represented by a club team in Olympic hockey.

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    Canada at the 1986 World Cup

    In 1986, the Canadian men’s soccer team made its first appearance at the FIFA World Cup. Most of the team had professional playing experience, particularly in the North American Soccer League. At the World Cup, Canada faced France, Hungary and the Soviet Union and ended the tournament with three losses and without having scored a single goal. Despite this, the team’s appearance at the World Cup inspired the next generation of players.

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    Canada at 2023 FIBA World Cup

    The 2023 FIBA World Cup was held in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia from 25 August to 10 September 2023. Canada qualified by finishing the FIBA AmeriCup 2022 tournament in fourth place. Point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became the first Canadian to be named to a World Cup All-Tournament team. Dillon Brooks scored the most points ever by a Canadian in a single World Cup game (39) and was named the tournament’s Best Defensive Player. The team made history by winning bronze — Canada’s first medal in a men’s basketball event since joining FIBA in 1936. The team was named Team of the Year by the Canadian Press.

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    Canada at the 2026 FIFA World Cup

    In 2026, for the first time, Canada co-hosted the FIFA World Cup in men’s soccer. It took place in North America, with the United States and Mexico also hosting games. This was 11 years after Canada welcomed the world for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. In all, there were 13 games played in Canada, seven in Vancouver and six in Toronto. Team Canada made it as far as the round of 16 and won their first two games in the history of the tournament. The 2026 FIFA World Cup came at a time when Canada’s federal government committed $9.8 million to the Canada Soccer National Training Centre.

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    Canada Cup (World Cup of Hockey)

    Capitalizing on the public interest aroused by the Canada-Soviet Hockey Series of 1972, Douglas Fisher of Hockey Canada, and Alan Eagleson of the NHL Players' Association, arranged to bring national teams from Europe to compete against Canada and the US in tournaments which would be staged, every 3 or 4 years, in North American arenas.

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    Canada Games (Jeux du Canada)

    The Canada Games are a national sporting event held every two years in Canada, both the Winter and Summer Games being held at four-year intervals.

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