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CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE (CFL) or League de Football Canadien (LCF) and plays a version of Gridiron Football that is similar to American Football. The CFL plays Canadian Football and began in 1958, from a merger between the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (founded 1907) and the Western Interprovincial Football Union (founded 1936), having formerly been a member of the Canadian Football Council (CFC),which it withdrew from to form the CFL. It traces its history back to the 1880s. It remains the only Football League in North America that has its teams solely based in Canada, having briefly hosted USA teams from 1993-1995.

It is currently made up of 9 teams with the Ottawa RedBlacks having joined in 2014.

Each team plays 2 pre-season games, in May-June, before competing in a 18-game/21-week regular season including 3 bye weeks,between June and November. The regular season is followed by the Grey Cup Playoffs, made up of the top 3 per division (cross-over method is used if the 4th placed team in one division has a better a record than the 3rd placed team in the other division) which end in November with the Grey Cup.

In 1995, the Baltimore Stallions became the only American team to win the 83rd Grey Cup, before the league returned to Canada-based teams in 1996 and has remained like that ever since.

	WHAT IS CANADIAN FOOTBALL?

Unlike the NFL,Canadian Football is played by teams of 12 players. The field is 110 yards long and 65 yards with 20 yard end zones,compared to American Football which is 100 yards long by 53 1/3 yards wide and has 10 yard end zones. A team has 3 downs (not 4 like in American Football) to make 10 yards/score or they lose the ball and where the Offence becomes the Defence.

DEFUNCT TEAMS

This is a list of the defunct CFL teams excluding those that were part of the USA expansion.

	OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS (OTTAWA,ON) (1876-1996)	TD BANK STADIUM (OTTAWA,ON)
	OTTAWA RENEGADES (2002-2005)
PROPOSED TEAMS
	ATLANTIC SCHOONERS (DARTMOUTH,NS)

EXPANSION HISTORY

	Grey Cup

The Grey Cup is both the name of the Canadian Football League's championship game and its trophy and is contested between the East Division and West Division champions every November and was donated by the Earl Grey, the Canada's governor general,in 1909. It was previously played by amateur teams up until 1954, and during the Second World War, by military teams (1942-1944).

The Grey Cup Trophy has had 4 bases under the actual trophy cup, with the original base being made of wood. The latest replacement, allows for more name plaques on the trophy,debuted in 2019.

For the first time since 1919, the 2020 Grey Cup (108th) was cancelled. Hamilton hosted the 108th Grey Cup in 2021, as planned, and Regina hosted the 109th Grey Cup in 2022.

112th Grey Cup will be hosted by Winnipeg,MA in 2025

SEASON	WINNER	SCORE	LOSER	STADIUM
1 1909	University of Toronto Varsity Blues	26-6	Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club	Rosedale Field(1) Toronto,ON(1)
2 1910	University of Toronto Varsity Blues (2)	16-7	Hamilton Alerts	AAA Grounds(1) Hamilton (1)
3 1911	University of Toronto Varsity Blues (3)	14-7	Toronto Argonauts	Varsity Stadium(1) Toronto (2)
4 1912	Hamilton Alerts	11-4	Toronto Argonauts	AAA Grounds(3) Hamilton (3)
5 1913	Hamilton Alerts	44-2	Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club
6 1914	Toronto Argonauts	14-2	University of Toronto Varsity Blues	Varsity Stadium(3) Toronto (4)
7 1915	Hamilton Tigers (2)	13-7	Toronto Rowing Association
1916-1918	Not held due to World War I
1919	Cancelled due to a rules dispute with the Canadian Rugby Union
8 1920	University of Toronto Varsity Blues	16-3	Toronto Argonauts	Varsity Stadium(5) Toronto (6)
9 1921	Toronto Argonauts (2)	23-0	Edmonton Eskimos
10 1922	Queen's University GAELS	13-1	Edmonton Elks	Richardson Stadium (1) Kingston,ON(1)
11 1923	Queen's University GAELS (2)	54-0	Regina Rugby Club	Varsity Stadium(7) Toronto (8)
12 1924	Queen's University GAELS (3)	11-2	Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
13 1925	Ottawa Senators	24-1	Winnipeg Tammany Tigers	Lansdowne Park(1) Ottawa(1)
14 1926	Ottawa Senators (2)	10-7	University of Toronto Varsity Blues	Varsity Stadium(9) Toronto (10)
15 1927	Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers	9-6	Hamilton Alerts
16 1928	Hamilton Tigers (3)	30-0	Regina Roughriders	AAA Grounds(5) Hamilton (5)
17 1929	Hamilton Tigers	14-3	Regina Roughriders
18 1930	Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers (2)	11-6	Regina Roughriders	Varsity Stadium(10) Toronto (11)
19 1931	Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers	22-0	Regina Roughriders	Molson Stadium(1) Montreal(1)
20 1932	Hamilton Tigers (5)	25-6	Regina Roughriders	AAA Grounds(6) Hamilton (6)
21 1933	Toronto Argonauts (3)	4-3	Sarnia Imperials	Athletic Park(1) Sarnia (1)
22 1934	Sarnia Imperials	20-12	Regina Roughriders	Varsity Stadium(11) Toronto (12)
23 1935	Winnipeg 'Pegs	18-12	Hamilton Alerts (7)	AAA Grounds(7) Hamilton (7)
24 1936	Sarnia Imperials (2)	26-20	Ottawa Rough Riders	Varsity Stadium(14) Toronto (15)
25 1937	Toronto Argonauts	4-3	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
26 1938	Toronto Argonauts (5)	30-7	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
27 1939	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	8-7	Ottawa Rough Riders	Lansdowne Park(2) Ottawa(2)
28 NOV 1940 DEC 1940	Ottawa Rough Riders (3)	8-2	Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers	Varsity Stadium(15) Toronto (16)
	Ottawa Rough Riders	12-5	Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers	Lansdowne Park(3) Ottawa(3)
29 1941	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	18-16	Ottawa Rough Riders	Varsity Stadium(18) Toronto (19)
30 1942	Toronto RCAF Hurricanes	8-5	Winnipeg RCAF Bombers
31 1943	Hamilton Flying Wildcats	23-14	Winnipeg RCAF Bombers
32 1944	St. Hyacine- Donnacona Navy	7-6	Hamilton Flying Wildcats	Civic Stadium(1) Hamilton (8)
33 1945	Toronto Argonauts (6)	35-0	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Varsity Stadium(30) Toronto (31)
34 1946	Toronto Argonauts (7)	28-6	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
35 1947	Toronto Argonauts (8)	10-9	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
36 1948	Calgary Stampeders	12-7	Ottawa Rough Riders
37 1949	Montreal Alouettes	28-15	Calgary Stampeders
38 1950	Toronto Argonauts (9)	13-0	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
39 1951	Ottawa Rough Riders	21-14	Saskatchewan Roughriders
40 1952	Toronto Argonauts (10)	21-11	Edmonton Eskimos
41 1953	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12-6	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
42 1954	Edmonton Eskimos	26-25	Montreal Alouettes
43 1955	Edmonton Eskimos (2)	34-19	Montreal Alouettes	Empire Stadium(1) Vancouver(1)
44 1956	Edmonton Eskimos (3)	50-27	Montreal Alouettes	Varsity Stadium(30) Toronto (31)
45 1957	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	32-7	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
46 1958	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	35-28	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Empire Stadium(2) Vancouver(2)
47 1959	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (5)	21-7	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	CNE Stadium(1) Toronto (32)
48 1960	Ottawa Rough Riders (5)	16-6	Edmonton Eskimos	Empire Stadium(3) Vancouver(3)
49 1961	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (6)	21-14	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	CNE Stadium(3) Toronto (34)
50 1962	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (7)	28-27	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
51 1963	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	21-10	BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS	Empire Stadium(4) Vancouver(4)
52 1964	BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS	34-24	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	CNE Stadium(5) Toronto (36
53 1965	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	22-16	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
54 1966	Saskatchewan Roughriders	29-14	Ottawa Rough Riders	Empire Stadium(5) Vancouver(5)
55 1967	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (5)	24-1	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Lansdowne Park(4) Ottawa(4)
56 1968	Ottawa Rough Riders (6)	24-21	Calgary Stampeders	CNE Stadium(6) Toronto (37)
57 1969	Ottawa Rough Riders (7)	29-11	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Autostade Montreal (2)
58 1970	Montreal Alouettes (2)	23-10	Calgary Stampeders	CNE Stadium(7) Toronto (38)
59 1971	Calgary Stampeders (2)	14-11	Toronto Argonauts	Empire Stadium(6) Vancouver(6)
60 1972	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (6)	13-10	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Ivor Wynne Stadium(2) Hamilton(9)
61 1973	Ottawa Rough Riders (8)	22-18	Edmonton Eskimos	CNE Stadium(8) Toronto (39)
62 1974	Montreal Alouettes (3)	20-7	Edmonton Eskimos	Empire Stadium(7) Vancouver(7)
63 1975	Edmonton Eskimos	9-8	Montreal Alouettes	McMahon Stadium(1) Calgary(1)
64 1976	Ottawa Rough Riders (9)	23-20	Saskatchewan Roughriders	CNE Stadium(9) Toronto(40)
65 1977	Montreal Alouettes	41-6	Edmonton Eskimos	Olympic Stadium(1) Montreal(3)
66 1978	Edmonton Eskimos (5)	20-13	Montreal Alouettes	CNE Stadium(10) Toronto(41)
67 1979	Edmonton Eskimos (6)	17-9	Montreal Alouettes	Olympic Stadium(2) Montreal(4)
68 1980	Edmonton Eskimos (7)	48-10	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	CNE Stadium(11) Toronto(42)
69 1981	Edmonton Eskimos (8)	26-23	Ottawa Rough Riders	Olympic Stadium(3) Montreal(5)
70 1982 Toronto (43)	Edmonton Eskimos (9)	32-16	Toronto Argonauts	CNE Stadium(12) Toronto(43)
71 1983	Toronto Argonauts (11)	18-17	BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS	BC Place(1) Vancouver(8)
72 1984	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (8)	47-17	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Commonwealth Stadium(1) Edmonton(1)
73 1985	BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS (2)	37-24	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Olympic Stadium(4) Montreal(6)
74 1986	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (7)	39-15	Edmonton Eskimos	BC Place(3) Vancouver(10)
75 1987	Edmonton Eskimos (10)	38-36	Toronto Argonauts
76 1988	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (9)	22-21	BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS	Lansdowne Park(5) Ottawa(5)
77 1989	Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	43-40	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Skydome(1) Toronto(44)
78 1990 Vancouver (11)	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (10)	50-11	Edmonton Eskimos	BC Place(4) Vancouver(11)
79 1991	Toronto Argonauts (12)	36-21	Calgary Stampeders	Winnipeg Stadium(1) Winnipeg(1)
80 1992	Calgary Stampeders (3)	24-10	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Skydome(2) Toronto(45)
81 1993	Edmonton Eskimos (11)	33-23	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	McMahon Stadium(2) Calgary(2)
82 1994	BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS (3)	26-23	Baltimore Football Club	BC Place(5) Vancouver(12)
83 1995	Baltimore Stallions	37-20	Calgary Stampeders	Taylor Field(1) Regina(1)
84 1996	Toronto Argonauts (13)	43-37	Edmonton Eskimos	Ivor Wynne Stadium(3) Hamilton (10)
85 1997	Toronto Argonauts (14)	47-23	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Commonwealth Stadium(2) Edmonton(2)
86 1998	Calgary Stampeders	26-24	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Winnipeg Stadium(2) Winnipeg(2)
87 1999	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (8)	32-21	Calgary Stampeders	BC Place(6) Vancouver(13)
88 2000	BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS	28-26	Montreal Alouettes	McMahon Stadium(3) Calgary(3)
89 2001	Calgary Stampeders (5)	27-19	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Olympic Stadium(5) Montreal(7)
90 2002	Montreal Alouettes (5)	25-16	Edmonton Eskimos	Commonwealth Stadium(3) Edmonton(3)
91 2003	Edmonton Eskimos (12)	34-22	Montreal Alouettes	Taylor Field(2) Regina(2)
92 2004	Toronto Argonauts (15)	27-19	BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS	Frank Clair Stadium(6) Ottawa(6)
93 2005	Edmonton Eskimos (13)	38-35	Montreal Alouettes	BC Place(7) Vancouver(14)
94 2006	BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS (5)	25-14	Montreal Alouettes	Canad Inns Stadium(3) Winnipeg(3)
95 2007	Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	23-19	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Rogers Centre(3) Toronto(46)
96 2008	Calgary Stampeders (6)	22-14	Montreal Alouettes	Olympic Stadium(6) Montreal(8)
97 2009	Montreal Alouettes (6)	28-27	Saskatchewan Roughriders	McMahon Stadium(4) Calgary(4)
98 2010	Montreal Alouettes (7)	21-18	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Commonwealth Stadium(4) Edmonton(4)
99 2011	BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS (6)	34-23	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	BC Place(8) Vancouver(15)
100 2012	Toronto Argonauts (16)	35-22	Calgary Stampeders	Rogers Centre(4) Toronto(47)
101 2013	Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)	45-23	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Taylor Field(3) Regina(3)
102 2014	Calgary Stampeders (7)	20-16	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	BC Place(9) Vancouver(16)
103 2015	Edmonton Eskimos (14)	26-20	Ottawa Redblacks	Investors Group Field(1) Winnipeg(4)
104 2016	Ottawa Redblacks (1)	39-33	Calgary Stampeders	BMO Field(1) Toronto(48)
105 2017	Toronto Argonauts (17)	27-24	Calgary Stampeders	TD Place Stadium(7) Ottawa(7)
106 2018	Calgary Stampeders (8)	27-16	Ottawa Redblacks	Commonwealth Stadium(5) Edmonton(5)
107 2019	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (11)	33-12	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	McMahon Stadium(5) Calgary(5)
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
108 2021	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (12)	33-25	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Tim Hortons Field(1) Hamilton(11)
109 2022	Toronto Argonauts (18)	24-23	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Mosaic Stadium Regina(4)
110 2023	Montreal Alouettes (8)	28-24	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Tim Hortons Field(2) Hamilton(12)
111 2024	Toronto Argonauts (19)	41-24	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	BC Place(10) Vancouver(17)
112 2025	-	-	-	Investors Group Field(2) Winnipeg(5)
113 2026	-	-	-	McMahon Stadium(6) Calgary(6)

STANDINGS

19 MOST WINS TORONTO ARGONAUTS

29 MOST APPEARANCES Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Since the merger and creation of the Canadian Football League began in 1958, the Edmonton Eskimos (now Elks) have won the most Grey Cup Championships (11) and have made the most Grey Cup appearances (19).

Winnipeg Blue Bombers have appeared and lost the most Grey Cups.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats remain the only team yet to win this millenium.

+ - Altough the official website of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats consider them as the same team,the Tiger-Cats,Hamilton Alerts,Hamilton Tigers and Hamilton Flying Wildcats are all listed separately because,when the latter three were active, these teams competed as separate franchises. The Tigers and Flying Wildcats merged in 1950 to create the Tiger-Cats.

++ - As defined in the 2016 CFL's Facts, Figures, and Records and the 2023 CFL Guide & Record Book, for historical record purposes and by the current Ottawa Redblacks' request, the Ottawa Football Clubs are considered to be a single entity since 1876 with two periods of inactivity (1997-2001 and 2006-2013). Consequently, figures from the Ottawa Football Club (1876-1898), Ottawa Rough Riders (1899-1919, 1931-1996), Ottawa Senators (1920-1930), Ottawa Renegades (2002-2005), and Ottawa Redblacks (2014-present) are included as one and represented by the Redblack's helmet as this is the current Ottawa team.

ACTIVE TEAMS
Team		REC	A	RT	RA
	Toronto Argonauts	19-6	24	2024	2024
	Edmonton Elks	14-9	23	2015	2015
	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	12-17	29	2021	2024
	Ottawa Redblacks++	10-8	18	2016	2018
	Hamilton Tiger-Cats+	8-14	22	1999	2021
	Montreal Alouettes	8-11	19	2023	2023
	Calgary Stampeders	8-9	17	2018	2018
	BC Lions	6-4	10	2011	2011
	Saskatchewan Roughriders	4-15	19	2013	2013
DEFUNCT AND AMATEUR TEAMS
	Hamilton Tigers +	5-3	8	1932	1935
	UniVERSITY of Toronto Varsity Blues	4-2	6	1920	1926
	Queen's University Gaels	3-0	3	1924	1924
	Sarnia Imperials	2-1	3	1936	1936
	Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers	2-2	4	1927	1940
	Baltimore Stallions	1-1	2	1995	1995
	Hamilton Alerts +	1-0	1	1912	1912
	Hamilton Flying Wildcats +	1-1	2	1943	1944
	Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers	1-1	2	1931	1931
	St. Hyacine-Donnacona Navy	1-0	1	1944	1944
	Toronto RCAF Hurricanes	1-0	1	1942	1942
	Edmonton Elks / Edmonton Eskimos	0-2	2	-	1922
	Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club	0-2	2	-	1922
	Toronto Rowing Association	0-1	1	-	1915
	Winnipeg RCAF Bombers	0-2	2	-	1943
	Winnipeg Tammany Tigers	0-1	1	-	1925