According to Cricket Canada, the game of cricket is receiving unprecedented support and interest in Canada, thanks to immigration. Migrants from the Caribbean, UK, Australia and New Zealand have brought with them a passion for the game which is catching the attention of the nation. The Federal Government has just announced plans to pour an un-capped $77,000 into Cricket Canada to help support the growth and management of the sport.
There are 40,000 registered players of cricket in Canada and potentially another 50,000 who are not registered in a league but are playing more casually.
You don’t have to leave you passions behind when you emigrate. There are many sporting organisations in Canada who can point you in the right direction to continue your interests in your new home or you could take up a new hobby, like the Canadian national obsession, ice hockey!
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At Cricket2012Games.com we feel the time is optimum for fdevelopment of cricket in Canada and the USA -because of immigrants and frist-generation Americans and Canadians who could still be brought back to the cricketing fold.This is one reason behind our petition to get cricket into the 2012 Olympics in England. Imagine a Canadian Cricket Team competing in the Olympics - together with what Stanford id doing, we think a Canadian/American IPL-like League is on the horizon.