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EAST DIVISION |
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The division is made up of 4 teams.
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HAMILTON TIGER-CATS (HAMILTON,ON) 1950 |
TIM HORTONS FIELD (2014-) |
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MONTREAL ALOUETTES (MONTREAL,QC) 1946 |
MOLSON STADIUM (1954–1967,1972,1998-) |
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OTTAWA REDBLACKS (OTTAWA,ON) 2014 |
TD BANK STADIUM (2014-) |
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TORONTO ARGONAUTS (TORONTO,ON) formed 1873, joined 1907 |
 BMO FIELD (2016-) |
INFORMATION
Team information can be found immediately after the 'Division History' section.
This division began as the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union in 1907 with Hamilton Tigers,Montreal Football Club,Ottawa Rough Riders and Toronto Argonauts.
Several now-defunct teams have also played in the East Division including two teams from the United States (Baltimore Football Club & Shreveport Pirates) and a large number of teams that have played in Hamilton, Montreal, and Ottawa prior to the current teams from those cities.
Current West Division team, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have, in the past, spent a number of seasons in the East over three separate stints.
Despite the Cross-over rule being in existence since the 1997 CFL Season, no East Division team has 'crossed-over'.
In 1980,the EFC took on its current name but did not exist in 1995 when the CFL took on the North and South Division alignment.
With the addition of the Ottawa RedBlacks in 2014,Winnipeg Blue Bombers returned to the West Division which it last played in prior to the 2006 season.
In 1960 it was renamed as the Eastern Football Conference and played an interlocking schedule with that of the Western Football Conference (now the West Division) in 1961.
Atlantic Schooners,originally proposed to start in 1983 but folded,are proposed to be the CFL's 10th team with a unknown scheduled kickoff.
DIVISION HISTORY
Division information starts with the beginning of the CFL (1958).
| Interprovincial Rugby Football Union | 1907-1959 (no games in 1916-1918 & 1942-1944) |
| Eastern Football Conference | 1960-1980 |
| EAST | 1980-1994,1996-present |
| 1958-1981 | |
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| 4 | MONTREAL ALOUETTES HAMILTON TIGER-CATS OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS TORONTO ARGONAUTS |
| 1982-1985 | |
| 5 | MONTREAL CONCORDES HAMILTON TIGER-CATS OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS TORONTO ARGONAUTS |
MONTREAL ALOUETTES (FOLDED) |
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| 1986 | |
| 4 | MONTREAL ALOUETTES HAMILTON TIGER-CATS OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS TORONTO ARGONAUTS |
MONTREAL CONCORDES (FOLDED) |
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| 1987-1993 | |
| 4 | HAMILTON TIGER-CATS OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS TORONTO ARGONAUTS |
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS < WEST DIVISION |
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MONTREAL ALOUETTES (FOLDED) |
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| 1994 | |
| 6 | HAMILTON TIGER-CATS OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS TORONTO ARGONAUTS WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS |
BALTIMORE CFLERS (EXPANSION) SHREVEPORT PIRATES (EXPANSION) |
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| 1996 | |
| 4 | MONTREAL ALOUETTES (EXPANSION) HAMILTON TIGER-CATS OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS TORONTO ARGONAUTS |
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS > WEST DIVISION |
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| 1997-2001 | |
| 4 | MONTREAL ALOUETTES (EXPANSION) HAMILTON TIGER-CATS TORONTO ARGONAUTS |
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS < WEST DIVISION |
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OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS (FOLDED) |
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| 2002-2005 | |
| 4 | MONTREAL ALOUETTES HAMILTON TIGER-CATS OTTAWA RENEGADES (EXPANSION) TORONTO ARGONAUTS |
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS > WEST DIVISION |
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| 2006-2013 | |
| 4 | MONTREAL ALOUETTES HAMILTON TIGER-CATS TORONTO ARGONAUTS |
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS < WEST DIVISION |
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OTTAWA RENEGADES (FOLDED) |
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| 2014-2019 / 2021- | |
| 4 | MONTREAL ALOUETTES HAMILTON TIGER-CATS OTTAWA REDBLACKS (EXPANSION) TORONTO ARGONAUTS |
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS > WEST DIVISION |
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DIVISION CHAMPIONS
1958-PRESENT
| SEASON | TEAM |
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| 1958 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1) |
| 1959 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2) |
| 1960 | | Toronto Argonauts (1) |
| 1961 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3) |
| 1962 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4) |
| 1963 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (5) |
| 1964 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (6) |
| 1965 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (7) |
| 1966 |  | Ottawa Rough Riders (1) |
| 1967 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (8) |
| 1968 | | Ottawa Rough Riders (2) |
| 1969 | | Ottawa Rough Riders (3) |
| 1970 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (9) |
| 1971 | | Toronto Argonauts (2) |
| 1972 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (10) |
| 1973 | | Ottawa Rough Riders (4) |
| 1974 |
| Montreal Alouettes (1) |
| 1975 | | Ottawa Rough Riders (5) |
| 1976 | | Ottawa Rough Riders (6) |
| 1977 | | Montreal Alouettes (2) |
| 1978 | | Ottawa Rough Riders (7) |
| 1979 | | Montreal Alouettes (3) |
| 1980 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (11) |
| 1981 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (12) |
| 1982 | | Toronto Argonauts (3) |
| 1983 | | Toronto Argonauts (4) |
| 1984 | | Toronto Argonauts (5) |
| 1985 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (13) |
| 1986 | | Toronto Argonauts (6) |
| 1987 |  | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1) |
| 1988 | | Toronto Argonauts (7) |
| 1989 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (14) |
| 1990 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2) |
| 1991 |
| Toronto Argonauts (8) |
| 1992 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3) |
| 1993 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4) |
| 1994 | | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (5) |
| 1996 | | Toronto Argonauts (9) |
| 1997 |
| Toronto Argonauts (10) |
| 1998 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (15) |
| 1999 | | Montreal Alouettes (4) |
| 2000 | | Montreal Alouettes (5) |
| 2001 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers (6) |
| 2002 |
| Montreal Alouettes (6) |
| 2003 |
| Montreal Alouettes (7) |
| 2004 |
| Montreal Alouettes (8) |
| 2005 |
| Toronto Argonauts (11) |
| 2006 | | Montreal Alouettes (9) |
| 2007 |
| Toronto Argonauts (12) |
| 2008 | | Montreal Alouettes (10) |
| 2009 | | Montreal Alouettes (11) |
| 2010 | | Montreal Alouettes (12) |
| 2011 | | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (7) |
| 2012 | | Montreal Alouettes (13) |
| 2013 |
| Toronto Argonauts (13) |
| 2014 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (16) |
| 2015 | | Ottawa Redblacks (1) |
| 2016 | | Ottawa Redblacks (2) |
| 2017 | | Toronto Argonauts (14) |
| 2018 | | Ottawa Redblacks (3) |
| 2019 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (17) |
| 2020 | No season: COVID-19 pandemic |
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| 2021 | | Toronto Argonauts (15) |
| 2022 | | Toronto Argonauts (16) |
| 2023 | | Toronto Argonauts (17) |
| 2024 | | Montreal Alouettes (14) |
STANDINGS
1958-PRESENT
| T | TEAM | RT | |
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| 17 | |
Toronto Argonauts | 2023 |
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HAMILTON TIGER-CATS | 2019 | |
| 14 | |
MONTREAL ALOUETTES | 2024 |
| 7 | |
OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS | 1978 |
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WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS | 2011 | |
| 3 | |
OTTAWA REDBLACKS | 2018 |