[3] Water polo was first introduced in Canada in 1886 at Lachine Quebec near Montreal in the St. Lawrence River as documented in a Boston, Globe article in 1888.

Canadian men's championships were held in the Montreal area in the late 1890's with Grand Trunk winning the earliest recorded titles.

In 1964, the Canadian Water Polo Association was officially founded and had as its first president Frank Medek of Montreal.

That year Canada hosted its first truly national club championship, which featured teams from Vancouver, Calgary, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.

The National Championship League (NCL) was created in 2014 to bring the domestic club age group programs under a country wide umbrella that promotes the development of the sport.

The Senior category runs from December to early May and features a format of separate event weekends.

The country is split into Eastern and Western conferences and the standing from each event weekend determine who qualifies for the Senior National Championships, where the Canadian champions are crowned.

Promotion and relegation opportunities will exist at the end of each event and a playoff into the Senior National Championship qualifier will take place.

The top 15U teams from each province, as determined by each Provincial Sport Organization, qualify for either the Eastern or Western National Championships depending on their region.

The Canadian water polo senior men's club championship, the Goulden Cup, is one of Canada's oldest amateur sporting events, having been contested since 1907.

Due to the iron curtain boycott, Canada got a spot in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Canada's men's national team is based at the Olympic Pool in Montreal and is coached by Pat Oaten.

Canada's women's national team is currently based at the Olympic Pool in Montreal and is coached by David Paradelo.

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