National Sports Federations

Winter Sports

Alpine Skiing Canada

Alpine skiing, an adaptation of cross-country skiing to downhill, has been practiced in the European Alps for at least 150 years. There are five Olympic events in alpine.

Biathlon Canada

Biathlon is an Olympic winter sport, which combines competitive, free-technique cross-country skiing and small-bore rifle marksmanship.

Bobsleigh Canada

There are three Olympic bobsleigh events: the men compete in two- and four-man bobsleigh and women in a two-person format.

Cross-country skiing is Canada's optimal winter sport and recreation. Some two million Canadians participate annually. Cross-country skiing is an activity with "no boundaries" for age, region, gender or conditioning level.

Canadian Curling Association

Two four-member teams alternately deliver stones to target circles at the opposite end of a sheet of ice.

Skate Canada

A Leader in Building Champions Skate Canada is committed to the development of personal excellence through participation in skating.

Canadian Freestyle Ski Association

In 1995, Canada established its own national governing body, the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association. There are now well over 50 Freestyle Ski Clubs across the country.

Hockey Canada

Hockey Canada is the sole governing body for amateur hockey in Canada following the merger in July 1994 of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and Hockey Canada.

Canadian Luge Association

In luge (French for “sled”), racers begin by sitting on open fibreglass sleds. Pulling on fixed handles in the ice, they burst out of the start.

Nordic Combined

Nordic Combined is a sport that combines the two Nordic disciplines of Ski Jumping and Cross Country Skiing.

Canadian Snowboard Federation

Snowboarding that provides opportunity from park to podium and promotes self expression and individuality in the pursuit of personal excellence.

Speed Skating Canada

Olympic speed skating, or long track as it is known today, made its debut at the first Winter Olympics in 1924 in Chamonix, France and it has been a highlight of the Games ever since.