Formula 1 driver Jacques Villeneuve and sprinter Donovan Bailey stole the headlines in Canadian sport this past year while the struggling Canadian Football League (CFL) has survived to play another season.
Montreal's Villeneuve picked up where he left off after an impressive debut on the F1 circuit last season. Driving for the Williams team, he has won three of the first seven of this season's races with victories in Brazil, Argentina and Spain.
Villeneuve, however, trails Michael Schumacher by 14 points in the World Drivers' Championship.
On another type of track, Bailey reinforced his claim to being the 'fastest man in the world' when the Olympic 100 metres champion beat 200 metres champion Michael Johnson in their 150-metre showdown in Toronto last month.
In grid-iron, the struggling CFL has been thrown a lifeline with the National Football League (NFL) coming to the aid of the cash-starved league.
The NFL will pump US$3 million into the league over five years and receive the rights to sign CFL players immediately after the Canadian season ends.
This season the league will play with eight teams, the Ottawa Roughriders having folded after 120 years.