History

The first club was formed in 1868. At that time no international agreed set of rules existed and the Rugby Football Union of England would not publish its official set of rules until 1871. Shortly after the game in Montreal, Trinity College in Toronto published the first set of Canadian rugby rules.
The Canada RFU was founded in 1882, and administered Canadian Football - after this, Canadian rugby fell back to a provincial level, taking administrative directions directly from the English Rugby Football Union. Despite such encroachments, rugby remained popular in some parts of Canada, notably British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Ontario, particularly around Toronto.
By a happy coincidence, Canada's two main languages are English and French, meaning that it has long been influenced by not only the Commonwealth, but the French rugby community.
As early as 1902, a Canadian XV toured the British Isles. And in 1908, the British Columbia rugby union team travelled to California to play the All Blacks

 

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