American football is the most popular sport in Canada.
 Northeastern American Indians, especially the Iroquois Confederation, played a game which made use of net racquets to throw and catch a small ball; however, although it is a ball-goal foot game, lacrosse (as its modern descendant is called) is likewise not usually classed as a form of "football
In each of the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, one football code is known solely as "football", while the others generally require a qualifier

