Immigrant Population and Winter Sport

indoor version: It not a cold-climate sport like hockey, but it is a winter sport, at least in its indoor version, according to Globe and Mail. Its popularity overseas, from Asia to South America to Africa and Europe mirrors our country increasingly worldly outlook, nurtured by an immigrant population that at 50 per cent in this city, 20 per cent across the country, and growing by a million people every four years. Oddly enough, this burgeoning global game – one invented by a Canadian no less – remains something of a niche interest in this country. In two of Canada top immigration source countries, China and the Philippines, basketball is hugely popular. As Raptors forward Patrick Patterson, who grew up in West Virginia, wrote in April, even the players are impressed by the diversity of their fans. Anyone who has watched images of Jurassic Park, the raucous pen outside the Air Canada Centre where the devoted gather, can see instantly that its denizens are younger and more multicultural than the audience for other pro sports. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.