Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec

Governing body of student sport in Quebec

The Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec , abbreviated 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 was founded in 1971 as the Association sportive universitaire du Québec/Quebec University Athletic Association, abbreviated as ASUQ and QUAA, following the reformulation of three university athletic associations spanning the universities of Ontario and Quebec. After the merger between Quebec's university, collegiate, and high school governing bodies in 1989, the amalgamated association was named the Fédération du sport scolaire du Québec/Quebec Student Sports Federation, abbreviated FSSQ and QSSF. The current name has been in use since November 2010. The RSEQ is one of four provencial governing bodies that are members of the national 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 (Canada West, CW). 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).

InstitutionNicknameLocation in QuebecFoundedTypeEnrollmentEndowmentJoined Bishop's University Gaiters Lennoxville 1843 Public 2,724 $32.5M 1974 Concordia University Stingers Montreal 1896 Public 45,954 $120.4M 1974 Rouge et Or Quebec City 1663 Public 37,591 $108.3M 1971 McGill University Redbirds & Martlets Montreal 1821 Public 34,819 $1.27B 1971 Carabins Montreal 1878 Public 58,482 $189.2M 1971 Inuk Chicoutimi 1959 Public 6,583 2023 Citadins Montreal 1969 Public 41,325 1971 Patriotes Trois Rivières 1969 Public 12,500 1971 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.

The RSEQ also oversees college sports in Quebec, and the following are members of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association/Association canadienne du sport collégial (CCAA/ACSC). InstitutionNicknameLocation(Quebec)FoundedTypeEnrollmentEndowmentJoined Gaillards (men’s)Astrelles (women’s) Rouyn Noranda Indiens Montreal Jeannois Alma Phénix Montreal Boomerang Montreal Trappeurs Baie Comeau Condors Saint Georges Cavaliers Montreal Alizé Amqui Combattants Montmagny Champlain College Lennoxville Cougars Lennoxville Champlain College Saint Lambert Cavaliers Saint Lambert Champlain College St. Lawrence Lions Quebec City Couguars Saguenay Voltigeurs Drummondville Lynx Longueuil Élans Quebec City Bleu Marin Gaspé Gladiateurs Montreal Inouk Granby Harrington College Icebergs Oka Heritage College Hurricane Gatineau Dynamiques Montreal John Abbott College Islanders Sainte Anne de Bellevue Gaillards Saguenay Gaulois (men’s)Monadnocks (women’s) La Pocatière Dragons Trois Rivières Cyclones L'Assomption Pistolets Joliette Rafales Terrebonne Faucons Lévis Titans Quebec City Nordiques Sainte Thérèse Vikings Montreal Marianopolis College Demons Westmount Trappeurs Montreal Éoles Matane Panthères Quebec City Nomades Laval Notre Dame Saint Augustin de Desmaures Préu Gatineau Griffons Gatineau Pionniers Rimouski Portageurs Rivière du Loup Gaulois Montreal Barons Sherbrooke Voyageurs Sept Îles Électriks Shawinigan Volontaires Sherbrooke Rebelles Sorel Tracy Dynamiques Quebec City Kioki Saint Félicien Lauréats Saint Hyacinthe Géants Saint Jean sur Richelieu Cheminots Saint Jérôme Patriotes Montreal Filons Thetford Mines Diablos Trois Rivières Météores Val d'Or Noir et Or Salaberry de Valleyfield Vanier College Cheetahs Montreal Vulkins Victoriaville Spartiates Montreal

FacilitiesInstitutionFootballStadiumSeatedCapacityBasketball/VolleyballGymSeatedCapacityHockeyArenaSeatedCapacitySoccerStadiumSeatedCapacity ConcordiaConcordia Stadium4000Concordia Gymnasium750Ed Meagher Arena1000Concordia Stadium4000 LavalPEPS stade extérieur12,257*PEPS gymnase2500Non hockey school PEPS soccer fields UQAMNon football school UQAM 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 Field 2200 MontréalCEPSUM Stadium5100Non basketball school Aréna du CEPSUM 2460CEPSUM Stadium5100 UQTRNon football school Colisée de Trois Rivières2700Stade de l'UQTR1500 SherbrookeStade de l'UdeS3359Non hockey school Stade 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 and WorldStadiums. com. The members directory numbers seem to be ballpark figures in some cases.)