Atlantic University Sport

Atlantic University Sport
Sport universitaire de l'Atlantique
AUS / SUA
Established 1974
Association U Sports
Division 1
Members 11 (+ 1 football-only associate)
Headquarters Halifax, Nova Scotia
Commissioner Mr. Phil Currie
Website http://www.atlanticuniversitysport.com

Atlantic University Sport (AUS) is a regional membership association for universities in Atlantic Canada 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 AUS, which covers Canada east of the province of 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), the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CW), and Quebec Student Sport Federation (known by its French initialism of RSEQ).

History

The Atlantic Universities Athletics Association was founded in 1974, with the merging of the Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the Atlantic Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Prior to the acceptance of Memorial University of Newfoundland, the AIAA, which dates back to the late 19th century, was known as the Maritime Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The AUAA changed its name to Atlantic University Sport (AUS) in 1999.

Member schools

Full members

Institution Nickname Location Founded Type Enrollment[1] Endowment Joined
Acadia University Axemen/Axewomen Wolfville, Nova Scotia 1838 Public 3,621 $40M 1974
Cape Breton University Capers Sydney, Nova Scotia 1951 Public 3,107 $6.1M 1982
Dalhousie University Tigers Halifax, Nova Scotia 1818 Public 15,970 $337.7M 1974
Memorial University of Newfoundland Sea-Hawks St. John's, Newfoundland 1925 Public 18,172 $56M ????
Mount Allison University Mounties Sackville, New Brunswick 1839 Public 2,486 $82.8M 1974
Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus/Aigles Bleues Moncton, New Brunswick 1864 Public 6,219 --- ????
University of New Brunswick V Reds Fredericton, New Brunswick 1785 Public 10,587 --- 1974
University of Prince Edward Island Panthers Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island 1969 Public 4,435 --- 1974
Saint Mary's University Huskies Halifax, Nova Scotia 1802 Public 7,281 $16.9M 1974
St. Francis Xavier University X-Men/X-Women Antigonish, Nova Scotia 1853 Public 4,875 $59.4M 1974
St. Thomas University Tommies Fredericton, New Brunswick 1910 Public 2,579 --- 1974

Single-sport members

The 2017–18 school year was the first in which AUS had a single-sport member.

Institution Nickname Location Founded Type Enrollment[1] Endowment Joined Sport Primary league
Bishop's University Gaiters Sherbrooke, Quebec 1843 Public 2,756 $32.5M 2017 Football RSEQ

Facilities

Canadian athletic facilities are often listed by their "maximum capacity", which is often an estimate of their largest recorded crowd in the facility. These maximum capacities can and often do include standing room patrons and attendees seated on grass surrounding a playing field. Seated Capacity is the actual number of permanent seats, be they grandstands or permanently in use bleachers. This is why you will sometimes see larger capacities listed for these sites when searching for them on line. When capacity numbers have mismatched on source sites, unless the larger capacity could be confirmed as a seated capacity, the smaller capacity number has been listed here.

Please update with verified "seated capacities" only when the institutions release more accurate official seated capacities.

Facilities
InstitutionFootball
Stadium		Seated
Capacity		Basketball
Arena		Seated
Capacity		Hockey
Arena(s)		Seated
Capacity		Soccer
Stadium		Seated
Capacity
AcadiaRaymond Field3,000War Memorial Gymnasium1,800Acadia Arena2,300Raymond Field3,000
Bishop'sCoulter Field2,200Football-only member
Cape BretonNo Football--Sullivan Field House2,200No Ice Hockey--Canada Games Complex2,000
DalhousieNo Football--Sexton Memorial Gymnasium500Halifax Forum5,600F.B. Wickfire Memorial Field2,000
MemorialNo Football--Memorial University Fieldhouse1,400No Ice Hockey--King George V Park10,000
Mount AllisonMacAulay Field2,500McCormack Gymnasium800Tantramar Regional Veteran's Civic Centre750MacAulay Field2,500
MonctonNo Football--No Basketball--Aréna J.-Louis-Levesque2,500Moncton Stadium10,000
UNBNo Football--Richard J. CURRIE CENTER1,400Aitken Centre3,685Chapman Field1,500
UPEINo Football--Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre2,000MacLauchlan Arena1,300UPEI Field Turf3,000
Saint Mary'sHuskies Stadium4,000*The Tower1,200Alumni Winter Arena/
Halifax Forum		1,200/
5,600		Huskies Stadium4,000*
St. F.X.Oland Stadium4,000Oland Centre Gymnasium2,500KMC1,501Oland Stadium4,000
St. ThomasNo Football--No Basketball--Grant • Harvey Centre1,500No Soccer--

Moncton has built a new 10,000-seat on-campus stadium designed in part to host football. It is unclear if the University will be adding the sport.

(*Saint Mary's Huskies Stadium has a listed capacity of 9,000, but the accuracy of this as a fixed seated capacity is questionable. Articles have suggested that permanent seating is only 4,000,[2] but note that temporary seating can get the capacity up to 9-11,000. Additionally, attendees often sit on the grass and the grassy areas are likely included in this official capacity of 9,000. Seated capacity would only refer to the grandstands and any permanent seats or bleachers.)

(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.)

References

  1. 1 2 "Full-time plus Part-time Enrollment". Association of Atlantic Universities. 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  2. ↑ Huskies stadium capacity
  3. ↑ U Sports directory Archived July 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ World Stadiums.com
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