For the Montreal-area unit named after the carabin cavalry, "Les Carabiniers Mont Royal", see Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal. For the carabin type of cavalry, see Carabinier.
Montreal Carabins add several sports teams to affect a summit in the years 1965-1970 both by the number of offered sports activities and by the quality of their organization.
1971
Abandonment of the university sports teams in the club: The financial university budget of the teams is considerably reduced and the freed sums are used to finance non-competitive "popular sport". A long tradition is then broken.
The 70s and 80
Continuation of the activities of Alpine skiing and of badminton without institutional recognition of university
End of the 80s
Return of the teams of swimming (1985) and of volleyball (men in 1988 and women in 1989). The various teams know a lot of success at the beginning of the 1990s while the University knows money troubles.
1994
the big blackout: The budgetary situation of the university does not allow to absorb the expenses of the program of the Carabins and the activities of the teams are suspended.
1995
Relaunching of the program of excellent sport via the physical educational department
1997
Victory in the referendum of the student federation FAECUM: The student Federation agrees to contribute to the financing of the sporting programs up to $100,000. a year.
1999 and 2000
Official membership of the teams of Alpine skiing and badminton. Setting-up of the golf team
2001
Setting-up of the men soccer team
2002
Setting-up of the football team and setting-up the women soccer team
2003 and 2004
Organisation of the Championships of soccer (men's and women's) of SIC (together collaboration with McGill University), setting-up of the volleyball teams (men's and women's)
2007
Setting-up of the tennis teams (men's and women's)
2008
Announcement of the creation of the women hockey team
2009
Setting-up of the women hockey team
2010
Setting-up of cheerleading team
2014
First Dunsmore Cup, Uteck Bowl and Vanier Cup wins
The Carabins cheerleading team was created in 2002 at the same time as the rebirth of the Carabins football team. The team has hosted Super Bowl parties in order to finance its activities.[5]
The Carabins football program was originally in operation from 1966 to 1971, but was cut following a philosophical change with intercollegiate athletics among Quebec universities at the time.[6] As that perception changed, the football team was reinstated in 2002 and has been in continuous operation since. The team has won five Dunsmore Cup conference championships (2014, 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023) and two Vanier Cups national championship (2014, 2023).[7]
The 2009-10 season was their inaugural season in the CIS. The Carabins finished second during the regular season and claimed the fifth position in the CIS Canadian championships. In their second season (2010–11), the team ranked in second place in the Québécois conference behind the McGill Martlets.[9] In the 2011 playoffs, the Carabins eliminated the Concordia Stingers[10] but the Carabins are in turn to eliminate in finale by McGill.[11] This elimination did not qualify them for the CIS championships at Waterloo, Ontario.
Since their inaugural season in 2012, the Carabins men's rugby program competes at a varsity level against universities from Québec and Eastern Ontario in the RSEQ and has won one RSEQ championship (2016).[12]
Since their inaugural season in 2012, the Carabins women's rugby program competes at a varsity level against universities from Québec and Eastern Ontario in the RSEQ conference of U Sports.
