Canadian Loggers' Sports

​The history of loggers' sports in Canada goes back over a century when loggers would spend evenings and weekends around camp testing their skills against one another by throwing axes, sawing and chopping timber. This evolved into organized competitions, and through the fifties and sixties, several smaller organizations popped up across the country. Those smaller organizations amalgamated to form the Canadian Loggers' Sports Association in 1969. 

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Canadian Loggers' Sports Association, or CANLOG for short, is a non-profit organization primarily operating in western Canada. It has seven active competitions across British Columbia and a recent revival in Alberta.

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We promote the fundamental elements of our nation's heritage by demonstrating traditional logging techniques, including hand sawing and chopping. In 1971, the Order in Council logger sports was recognized as the Official Industrial Sport of British Columbia.

 

While we honour traditional skills and equipment, we are also committed to advancing the sport by incorporating modern innovations such as unlimited hot saws and racing saws. This commitment translates into our comprehensive rule book, which is reviewed annually to ensure everyone's safety.​​​​

 

Some of the activities CANLOG facilitates are training camps, an annual bursary, and supports the UBC and VIU Logger Sports Clubs. We have also sent logger sports teams to compete internationally in the past, and we are currently looking into bringing this back to our organization.

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Many people have had a lasting impact on the CANLOG community. To see who they are and their impacts, please visit our legends of logger sports and lifetime member pages!