Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec
FormerlyQuebec Universities Athletic Association
Quebec Student Sports Federation
ConferenceU Sports, Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association
Founded1971
CommissionerAlain Roy
No. of teams8
HeadquartersMontreal, Quebec
RegionQuebec
Official websiterseq.ca

The Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ; literal translation: Quebec Student Sports Network) is the current name for the organisation formerly known as the Fédération du sport scolaire du Québec (FSSQ; Quebec Student Sports Federation). RSEQ is the governing body of primary and secondary school, collegiate and university sport in Quebec. It also serves as a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public and the media. This is similar to what would be called a "college athletic conference" in the United States.

The RSEQ, which covers Quebec, is one of four such bodies that are members of the country's governing body for university athletics, U Sports. The other three regional associations coordinating university-level sports in Canada are Ontario University Athletics (OUA), Atlantic University Sport (AUS), and the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CW).

The RSEQ was initially known as the Association sportive universitaire du Québec (FSSQ; Quebec Universities Athletic Association) when it was founded in 1971 with the reformulations of three university athletic associations spanning the universities of Ontario and Quebec. After the merger between the university, collegiate and high school governing bodies in 1989, the amalgamated association was named to the QSSF and then renamed RSEQ in November 2010.

As with all of Canada's provincial high school athletics associations, the RSEQ is an affiliate member of the United States-based National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).

Member schools

Locations of the RSEQ member institutions.
U Sports member
Non-U Sports member
Locations of the Montreal based schools.
U Sports member
Non-U Sports member

U Sports member schools

Institution Nickname Location
(Quebec)
Founded Type Enrollment Endowment Joined
Bishop's University Gaiters Lennoxville 1843 Public 2,724 $32.5M 1974
Concordia University Stingers Montreal 1896 Public 45,954 $120.4M 1974
Université Laval Rouge et Or Quebec City 1663 Public 37,591 $108.3M 1971
McGill University Redbirds & Martlets Montreal 1821 Public 34,819 $1.27B 1971
Université de Montréal Carabins Montreal 1878 Public 58,482 $189.2M 1971
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Inuk Chicoutimi 1959 Public 6,583 --- 2023
Université du Québec à Montréal Citadins Montreal 1969 Public 41,325 --- 1971
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Patriotes Trois-Rivières 1969 Public 12,500 --- 1971
Université de Sherbrooke Vert et Or Sherbrooke 1954 Public 35,000 --- 1971

Since the 2017–18 school year, Bishop's has played football in AUS, but remains a member of RSEQ in other sports.

Non-U Sports member schools

Note: The following universities below are not members of U Sports, and are solely RSEQ members and participate in certain sports.

Institution Nickname Location
(Quebec)
Founded Type Enrollment Endowment Joined
École de technologie supérieure Piranhas Montreal 1974 Public 6,300
Université du Québec en Outaouais Torrents Gatineau 1981 Public 6,017
Université du Québec à Rimouski Nordets Rimouski 1969 Public ~5,400

CCAA member schools

The RSEQ also oversees college sports in Quebec, and the following are members of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association.

Institution Nickname Location
(Quebec)
Founded Type Enrollment Endowment Joined
Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue Gaillards (men’s)
Astrelles (women’s)
Rouyn-Noranda
Collège Ahuntsic Indiens Montreal
Collège d'Alma Jeannois Alma
Collège André-Grasset Phénix Montreal
Cégep André-Laurendeau Boomerang Montreal
Cégep de Baie-Comeau Trappeurs Baie-Comeau
Cégep Beauce-Appalaches Condors Saint-Georges
Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne Cavaliers Montreal
Centre d'études collégiales Matapédien Alizé Amqui
Centre d'études collégiales de Montmagny Combattants Montmagny
Champlain College Lennoxville Cougars Lennoxville
Champlain College Saint-Lambert Cavaliers Saint-Lambert
Champlain College St. Lawrence Lions Quebec City
Cégep de Chicoutimi Couguars Saguenay
Cégep de Drummondville Voltigeurs Drummondville
Collège Édouard-Montpetit Lynx Longueuil
Cégep François-Xavier-Garneau Élans Quebec City
Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles Bleu Marin Gaspé
Collège Gérald-Godin Gladiateurs Montreal
Cégep de Granby Haute-Yamaska Inouk Granby
Harrington College Icebergs Oka
Heritage College Hurricane Gatineau
Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf Dynamiques Montreal
John Abbott College Islanders Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
Cégep de Jonquière Gaillards Saguenay
Cégep de La Pocatière Gaulois (men’s)
Monadnocks (women’s)
La Pocatière
Collège Laflèche Dragons Trois-Rivières
Cégep régional de Lanaudière à L'Assomption Cyclones L'Assomption
Cégep régional de Lanaudière à Joliette Pistolets Joliette
Cégep régional de Lanaudière à Terrebonne Rafales Terrebonne
Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon Faucons Lévis
Cégep Limoilou Titans Quebec City
Cégep Lionel-Groulx Nordiques Sainte-Thérèse
Collège de Maisonneuve Vikings Montreal
Marianopolis College Demons Westmount
Cégep Marie-Victorin Trappeurs Montreal
Cégep de Matane Éoles Matane
Collège Mérici Panthères Quebec City
Collège Montmorency Nomades Laval
Campus Notre-Dame-de-Foy Notre-Dame Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
Collège préuniversitaire Nouvelles Frontières Préu Gatineau
Cégep de l'Outaouais Griffons Gatineau
Cégep de Rimouski Pionniers Rimouski
Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup Portageurs Rivière-du-Loup
Collège de Rosemont Gaulois Montreal
Séminaire de Sherbrooke Barons Sherbrooke
Cégep de Sept-Îles Voyageurs Sept-Îles
Collège Shawinigan Électriks Shawinigan
Cégep de Sherbrooke Volontaires Sherbrooke
Cégep de Sorel-Tracy Rebelles Sorel-Tracy
Cégep de Sainte-Foy Dynamiques Quebec City
Cégep de Saint-Félicien Kioki Saint-Félicien
Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe Lauréats Saint-Hyacinthe
Cégep de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Géants Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Cégep de Saint-Jérôme Cheminots Saint-Jérôme
Cégep de Saint-Laurent Patriotes Montreal
Cégep de Thetford Filons Thetford Mines
Cégep de Trois-Rivières Diablos Trois-Rivières
Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Campus de Val-d'Or) Météores Val-d'Or
Collège de Valleyfield Noir et Or Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
Vanier College Cheetahs Montreal
Cégep de Victoriaville Vulkins Victoriaville
Cégep du Vieux Montreal Spartiates Montreal

Facilities

Facilities
InstitutionFootball
Stadium
Seated
Capacity
Basketball/Volleyball
Gym
Seated
Capacity
Hockey
Arena
Seated
Capacity
Soccer
Stadium
Seated
Capacity
ConcordiaConcordia Stadium4000Concordia Gymnasium750Ed Meagher Arena1000Concordia Stadium4000
LavalPEPS stade extérieur12,257*PEPS gymnase2500Non-hockey schoolPEPS soccer fields--
UQAMNon-football schoolUQAM Centre sportif600terrain # 2 of Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard1000
McGillMolson Stadium23,420Love Competition Hall1500McConnell Arena950Molson Stadium23,420
Bishop'sCoulter Field2200John H. Price Sports Centre1400W.B. Scott Arena1200Coulter Field2200
MontréalCEPSUM Stadium5100Non-basketball schoolAréna du CEPSUM2460CEPSUM Stadium5100
UQTRNon-football schoolColisée de Trois-Rivières2700Stade de l'UQTR1500
SherbrookeStade de l'UdeS3359Non-hockey schoolStade de l'Université de Sherbrooke3359

(*Laval's PEPS stade extérieur has an official seated capacity of 12,257 although it has held a standing room crowd of over 18,000 and as such is often listed as having a maximum capacity of 18,000.)

(Data mined from the U Sports homepage's member directory[1] and WorldStadiums.com.[2] The members directory numbers seem to be ballpark figures in some cases.)

See also

Associations

Leagues

References

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