Regardless of how Canada's performs at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, soccer is already both the single-most popular participatory sport in the country and Canada’s fastest-growing.
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JUSTIN CUTHBERT: We know where hockey stands. We've seen the booms in basketball, in tennis and golf, but the biggest change in Canada's ever evolving sports landscape is what's happening with Canada soccer. Contrary to conventional thinking or stereotype, soccer is both the single most popular participatory sport in the country, and Canada's fastest growing. There are close to one million people registered in soccer Canada compared to in the neighborhood of about a half million playing hockey.