# Atlantic University Sport

Atlantic University Sport (AUS; French: Sport universitaire de l'Atlantique) 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 the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (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 | Joined | Type | Enrollment | Endowment |
| Acadia University | Axemen/Axewomen | Wolfville, Nova Scotia | 1838 | 1974 | Public | 3,621 | $40M |
| Cape Breton University | Capers | Sydney, Nova Scotia | 1951 | 1982 | Public | 3,107 | $6.1M |
| Dalhousie University | Tigers | Halifax, Nova Scotia | 1818 | 1974 | Public | 15,970 | $337.7M |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | Sea-Hawks | St. John's, Newfoundland | 1925 | 1974 | Public | 18,172 | $93M |
| Mount Allison University | Mounties | Sackville, New Brunswick | 1839 | 1974 | Public | 2,486 | $215.1M |
| Université de Moncton | Aigles Bleus/Aigles Bleues | Moncton, New Brunswick | 1864 | 1974 | Public | 6,219 | --- |
| University of New Brunswick | Reds | Fredericton, New Brunswick | 1785 | 1974 | Public | 10,587 | --- |
| University of Prince Edward Island | Panthers | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | 1969 | 1974 | Public | 4,435 | --- |
| Saint Mary's University | Huskies | Halifax, Nova Scotia | 1802 | 1974 | Public | 7,281 | $16.9M |
| St. Francis Xavier University | X-Men/X-Women | Antigonish, Nova Scotia | 1853 | 1974 | Public | 4,875 | $59.4M |
| St. Thomas University | Tommies | Fredericton, New Brunswick | 1910 | 1974 | Public | 2,579 | --- |

### Single-sport members

The AUS accepted its first ever single-sport member at the start of the 2017–18 school year, when the Bishop's Gaiters football team transferred from the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ).
| Institution | Nickname | Location | Founded | Joined | Type | Enrollment | Endowment | Sport | Primary league |
| Bishop's University | Gaiters | Sherbrooke, Quebec | 1843 | 2017 | Public | 2,756 | $32.5M | Football | RSEQ |

### Member maps

| AcadiaCape BretonDalhousieSaint Mary'sSt. FXUPEIclass=notpageimage| Locations of the Nova Scotia and PEI based Atlantic University Sport member institutions | Mount AllisonMonctonUNBSt. Thomas class=notpageimage| Locations of the New Brunswick based Atlantic University Sport member institutions | Memorialclass=notpageimage| Locations of the Newfoundland based Atlantic University Sport member institution |

## Facilities

Facilities :
| Institution | Football Field | Seated Capacity | Basketball/Volleyball Gym | Seated Capacity | Hockey Arena | Seated Capacity | Soccer Stadium | Seated Capacity |
| Acadia | Raymond Field | 3,000 | War Memorial Gymnasium | 1,800 | Andrew H. McCain Arena | 2,300 | Raymond Field | 3,000 |
| Bishop's | Coulter Field | 2,200 | Football-only member | Football-only member | Football-only member | Football-only member | Football-only member | Football-only member |
| Cape Breton | Non-football school | Non-football school | Sullivan Field House | 2,200 | Non-hockey school | Non-hockey school | Ness Timmons Soccer Field | 2,000 |
| Dalhousie | Non-football school | Non-football school | Sexton Memorial Gymnasium | 500 | Halifax Forum | 5,796 | F.B. Wickfire Memorial Field | 2,000 |
| Memorial | Non-football school | Non-football school | Memorial University Fieldhouse | 1,400 | Non-hockey school | Non-hockey school | King George V Park | 6,400 |
| Mount Allison | MacAulay Field | 2,500 | McCormack Gymnasium | 800 | Tantramar Regional Veteran's Civic Centre | 750 | MacAulay Field | 2,500 |
| Moncton | Non-football school | Non-football school | Gymnasium J.-Louis-Levesque (Women’s Volleyball only) | N/A | Aréna J.-Louis-Levesque | 2,500 | Croix-Bleue Medavie Stadium | 8,300 |
| UNB | Non-football school | Non-football school | Richard J. Currie Center | 1,400 | Aitken Centre | 3,685 | Chapman Field | 1,500 |
| UPEI | Non-football school | Non-football school | Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre | 2,000 | MacLauchlan Arena | 1,300 | UPEI Field Turf | 3,000 |
| Saint Mary's | Huskies Stadium | 4,000* | The Tower | 1,200 | The Dauphinee Centre | 1,200 | Huskies Stadium | 2,000 |
| St. F.X. | Oland Stadium | 4,000 | Oland Centre Gymnasium | 2,500 | KMC | 1,501 | Oland Stadium | 4,000 |
| St. Thomas | Non-football school | Non-football school | Non-basketball school | Non-basketball school | Grant • Harvey Centre (Women’s only) | 1,500 | Non-soccer school | Non-soccer school |
(Data mined from the U Sports homepage's member directory and WorldStadiums.com.