Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec

The Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (lit. 'Quebec Student Sports Network'), 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.

Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec
FormerlyASUQ/QUAA,
1971–1989
FSSQ/QSSF,
1989–2010
AssociationU Sports
CCAA/ACSC
NFHS
Founded1971 (1971)
PresidentGustave Roel
MottoSport. Éducation. Fierté. (lit. 'Sport. Education. Pride.')
Sports fielded
Country Canada
HeadquartersMontreal
RegionQuebec

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.[1][2]

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).

Member schools
Locations of the RSEQ member institutions.
U Sports member
Non-U Sports member
Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec is located in Montreal
Concordia
Concordia
ETS
McGill
UdeM
UdeM
UQAM
UQAM
Locations of the Montreal based schools.
U Sports member
Non-U Sports member

U Sports member schools
Institution Nickname Location in 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/Association canadienne du sport collégial (CCAA/ACSC).

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[3] and WorldStadiums.com.[4] The members directory numbers seem to be ballpark figures in some cases.)

See also

Associations

Leagues
  • Quebec University Football League
  • Hockey collégial féminin RSEQ
  • U Sports Women's Basketball
  • U Sports Football
  • U Sports Women's Ice Hockey
  • U Sports Men's Soccer
  • U Sports Women's Soccer
  • U Sports Men's Volleyball
  • U Sports Women's Volleyball

References
  1. "U Sports Histoire". U Sports (in Canadian French). Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. "U Sports History". U Sports. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  3. CIS directory Archived July 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. World Stadiums.com
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