Unfortunately, I have not received any funding for quite some time for water polo. That being said, I do recognize that water polo is a lesser-known sport in Canada. Of all the sports where funding is allocated, it is likely very far down on the totem pole, which is something I agreed to when I started to play it decades ago.
That being said, if we look at the overall recognition of the amount of time that athletes give to sports, the funding in the United States completely dwarfs what is available in Canada for anyone from undergrad to graduate research. The comparison is that funding today for virtually any sport outside of the big three or four is non-existent outside of perhaps a signing bonus when you start your undergrad.