The division is made up of 5 teams.


 BRITISH COLUMBIA
LIONS
(VANCOUVER,BC)
1954
BC PLACE
(1983-2009/2011-)

CALGARY
STAMPEDERS
(CALGARY,AB)
1945
MCMAHON STADIUM
(1960-)


1949		 EDMONTON
ELKS
(EDMONTON,AB)
COMMONWEALTH
STADIUM
(1978-)

SASKATCHEWAN
ROUGHRIDERS
(REGINA,SK)
1910
MOSAIC STADIUM
(2017-)

WINNIPEG
BLUE BOMBERS
(WINNIPEG,MB)
1930
IG FIELD
(2013-)

INFORMATION

Team information can be found immediately after the 'Division History' section.

This division began as the Western Interprovincial Football Union (1936�€“1960) with BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Elks, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and despite its teams being members of the CFL since 1958, the then-Western Football Conference remained a distinct legal entity until 1981.

Several now-defunct teams have also played in the West Division including two teams from the United States (Las Vegas Posse & Sacramento Goldminers).

Current West Division team, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have, in the past, spent a number of seasons in the East over three separate stints.

From 1997 to 2016, the fourth place team in the West has taken advantage of the cross-over rule nine times, including four times when there were equal teams in the divisions. However, it was not until 2008 that a West team (Edmonton) advanced to the East Final, and only four other teams (the 2009 BC Lions, 2016 Eskimos, 2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders and 2019 Eskimos) have won a game since. Neither crossover team won more than one playoff game. Since 1997, no team from the East has crossed over into the West playoffs.

DIVISION HISTORY

Division information starts with the beginning of the CFL (1958).

Western Interprovincial Football Union 1936-1960 (no games in 1942-1944)
Western Football Conference 1961-1980
WEST 1981-1994,1996-present
1958-1986
5 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS
CALGARY STAMPEDERS
EDMONTON ESKIMOS
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS
1987-1992
4 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS
CALGARY STAMPEDERS
EDMONTON ESKIMOS
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS > EAST DIVISION
1993
5 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS
CALGARY STAMPEDERS
EDMONTON ESKIMOS
SACRAMENTO GOLD MINERS (EXPANSION)
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS
1994
6 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS
CALGARY STAMPEDERS
EDMONTON ESKIMOS
LAS VEGAS POSSE (EXPANSION)
SACRAMENTO GOLD MINERS
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS
1995
north and south divisions
1996
5 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS
CALGARY STAMPEDERS
EDMONTON ESKIMOS
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS < EAST DIVISION
LAS VEGAS POSSE (FOLDED)
SACRAMENTO GOLD MINERS (FOLDED)
1997-2001
4 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS
CALGARY STAMPEDERS
EDMONTON ESKIMOS
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS > EAST DIVISION
2002-2005
5 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS
CALGARY STAMPEDERS
EDMONTON ESKIMOS
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS < EAST DIVISION
2006-2013
4 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS
CALGARY STAMPEDERS
EDMONTON ESKIMOS
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS > EAST DIVISION
2014-2019/2021-
5 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS
CALGARY STAMPEDERS
EDMONTON ESKIMOS
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS < EAST DIVISION

DIVISION CHAMPIONS

1958-PRESENT

SEASON
TEAM
1958 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)
1959 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)
1960 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)
1961 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4)
1962 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (5)
1963 BRITISH COLUMBIA Lions (1)
1964 BRITISH COLUMBIA Lions (2)
1965 Calgary Stampeders (1)
1966 Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)
1967 Calgary Stampeders (2)
1968 Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)
1969 Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)
1970 Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)
1971 Calgary Stampeders (3)
1972 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (6)
1973 Edmonton Eskimos (1)
1974 Edmonton Eskimos (2)
1975 Edmonton Eskimos (3)
1976 Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)
1977 Edmonton Eskimos (4)
1978 Edmonton Eskimos (5)
1979 Edmonton Eskimos (6)
1980 Edmonton Eskimos (7)
1981 Edmonton Eskimos (8)
1982 Edmonton Eskimos (9)
1983 BRITISH COLUMBIA Lions (3)
1984 BRITISH COLUMBIA Lions (4)
1985 BRITISH COLUMBIA Lions (5)
1986 Edmonton Eskimos (10)
1987 BRITISH COLUMBIA Lions (6)
1988 Edmonton Eskimos (11)
1989 Edmonton Eskimos (12)
1990 Calgary Stampeders (4)
1991 Edmonton Eskimos (13)
1992 Calgary Stampeders (5)
1993 Calgary Stampeders (6)
1994 Calgary Stampeders (7)
1995 Calgary Stampeders (8)
1996 Calgary Stampeders (9)
1997 Edmonton Eskimos (14)
1998 Calgary Stampeders (10)
1999 BRITISH COLUMBIA Lions (7)
2000 Calgary Stampeders (11)
2001 Edmonton Eskimos (15)
2002 Edmonton Eskimos (16)
2003 Edmonton Eskimos (17)
2004 BRITISH COLUMBIA Lions (8)
2005 BRITISH COLUMBIA Lions (9)
2006 BRITISH COLUMBIA Lions (10)
2007 BRITISH COLUMBIA Lions (11)
2008 Calgary Stampeders (12)
2009 Saskatchewan Roughriders (6)
2010 Calgary Stampeders (13)
2011 BRITISH COLUMBIA Lions (12)
2012 BRITISH COLUMBIA Lions (13)
2013 Calgary Stampeders (14)
2014 Calgary Stampeders (15)
2015 Edmonton Eskimos (18)
2016 Calgary Stampeders (16)
2017 Calgary Stampeders (17)
2018 Calgary Stampeders (18)
2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders (7)
2020
No season: COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (7)
2022 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (8)
2022 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (9)
2023 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (10)
2024 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (11)

STANDINGS

T TEAM RT
18 EDMONTON ESKIMOS 2015
Calgary Stampeders 2018
13 British Columbia Lions 2012
11 WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS 2024
7 Saskatchewan Roughriders 2019