name: National Sports of Canada Act
unofficial_text: # National Sports of Canada Act
  
  SC 1994, c 16
  
  An Act to recognize hockey and lacrosse as the national sports of Canada
  
  Assented to 1994-5-12
  
  Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 
  
  ## Short Title 
  
  ### Short title
  
  1 This Act may be cited as the National Sports of Canada Act.  
  
  ## National Sports of Canada 
  
  ### Hockey and lacrosse to be national sports
  
  2 The game commonly known as ice hockey is hereby recognized and declared to be the national winter sport of Canada and the game commonly known as lacrosse is hereby recognized and declared to be the national summer sport of Canada.