Canada
Note: These rivalries may not be crosstown, rather they may be across large geographical regions instead (usually within a province or two adjacent provinces), due to a lack of actual local derbies in Canada because of its large area with a small population base that is mainly scattered.
- National Hockey League rivalries — (hockey)
- Battle of Alberta: Calgary Flames v Edmonton Oilers
- Battle of Ontario: Toronto Maple Leafs v Ottawa Senators
- Historically, the city of Montreal (and by extension the province of Quebec) has had two teams, which sparked a rivalry that ranged from regional to a true crosstown derby. The Montreal Canadiens variously had rivalries with the Montreal Wanderers and Montreal Maroons; the Canadiens targeted the French-language speakers of Montreal while the Wanderers and the Maroons catered to the English speakers. Montreal also had a rivalry with the Quebec Athletics of Quebec City during their only year in the league, and the Battle of Quebec rivalry, a particularly intense one, pitted the Canadiens against the Quebec Nordiques in somewhat of a role reversal: the Nordiques were more liked by the French-speaking, separatist vein of Quebec while the Canadiens were favored by the more traditional and English speaking fans.
- Labour Day Classic — Canadian Football League
- Battle of Alberta — Edmonton Eskimos at Calgary Stampeders (the two teams typically play at Edmonton the following weekend)
- Toronto Argonauts at Hamilton Tiger-Cats (as in the Battle of Alberta, the two teams also play the following weekend, this time at Toronto)
- Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Saskatchewan Roughriders (these two teams in adjacent provinces play the following weekend in the Banjo Bowl)
- Montreal Alouettes vs. Ottawa — Set to be revived in 2014. In the meantime, Montreal faces the BC Lions on Labour Day.
- Major League Soccer
- Montreal Impact vs. Toronto FC
- Canadian Soccer League
- Serbian White Eagles v Toronto Croatia
- General
- Toronto-Montreal rivalry
Read more about this topic: Crosstown Rivalry
Famous quotes containing the word canada:
“I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
“Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante’s scheme, Limbo is to Hell.”
—Irving Layton (b. 1912)
“This universal exhibition in Canada of the tools and sinews of war reminded me of the keeper of a menagerie showing his animals’ claws. It was the English leopard showing his claws.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)