Registered hockey players in Canada in 2007-2022
Since 2007, the total number of registered hockey players in Canada experienced a general increasing trend. Numbers peaked in the 2018/2019 season, with around 644 thousand players. However, player registrations plummeted in the 2020/21 season as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In that year, just over 385 players registered to play hockey in Canada. This number began to recover in 2021/22 season with just over 521 thousand registered players.