Canadian Football

Grey Cup 15th Grey Cup - Toronto Balmy Beach 9-6 Hamilton Tigers

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Western Women's League

The league plays an annual season in the spring or summer, and with eight teams it is the largest women's football league in Canada. The teams play 12-woman tackle football games using the Football Canada rules, somewhat similar to those of the League. The league has teams in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta (the Prairie Provinces)

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1941 Awards

Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) - Tony Golab (RB), Ottawa Rough Riders Imperial Oil Trophy (ORFU MVP) - Al Lenard - Hamilton Wildcats

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Act

The Act (1974), also known in its long title as An Act respecting Canadian Professional Football, was a proposed Act by the Parliament of Canada in April 1974 designed to give a government-protected monopoly over professional football in Canada to the League (CFL). Although it was never signed into law, the move by the government eventually compelled the World Football League's Toronto Northmen to move to the United States as the Memphis Southmen. The spectre of the Act was again raised when John F. Bassett, the owner of the Northmen/Southmen franchise, proposed a United States Football League franchise for Hamilton, Ontario, in 1983. In 2007, there was speculation that a similar act would develop if the National Football League attempted to expand to Toronto and thus threaten the Canadian league's existence. Such an act would likely still allow for an NFL team to play in Canada in an NFL preseason game and the CFL's off season; thus allowing for a Canadian city to host the Super Bowl if the NFL decided to host their premier event in a stadium far from an NFL city. It is also unlikely that any future act will be passed to affect American college football, such as the NCAA and NAIA, who have or have had teams based in Canada (Simon Fraser University being the lone NCAA member in Canada) and bowl games hosted in Canadian cities, with no opposition, in part because the CFL draws some of its players from American college teams (and, in the case of bowl games, because their December and January scheduling is well after Canadian university football ends its season).

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League Players' Association

On February 7, 2020, Elimimian was elected President of the League Players' Association, beating out three other candidates. He succeeded Jeff Keeping who did not seek a second term

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News in 1889

In October 1889, L.A. Hamilton of Winnipeg donated a trophy which would represent the best team in the northwest (Manitoba & Northwest Territories). Commencing with the 1890-91 season, the Northwest Championship became a tournament played over a weekend (Usually in October but occasionally played in May). The Hamilton Cup was awarded annually to the champion of the tournament. The final championship game was won by St.John's Rugby Football Club of Winnipeg in May 1898

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News in 1891

On December 19, 1891, the Canadian Rugby (football) Union was formed as the new governing body of football in Canada. The CRU replaced the old CRFU of 1884-1887 and was to last until the birth of the League in 1958. Final regular season standingsNote: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points *Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

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News in 1937

The Quebec Rugby Football Union (QRFU) stopped challenging for the Grey Cup.

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1937 Awards

Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) - Teddy Morris (FW), Toronto Argonauts Imperial Oil Trophy (ORFU MVP) - Ormond Beach - Sarnia Imperials

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Playoff BracketGrey Cup Championship1930 Awards

Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) - Frank Turville (RB), Toronto Argonauts

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List of League mascots

The following is a list of the mascots of each League team

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List of neutral site League games

The League (CFL) has played numerous neutral site games in its history - i.e. games outside of both teams' home cities. Several CFL games have been staged in the United States - the earliest was in 1909, and the most recent was in 1995 during the league's short-lived US expansion. In the 2005 preseason, and regular seasons of 2010, 2011 and 2013, games in Atlantic Canada were billed as Touchdown Atlantic. The event was on hiatus from 2014 to 2018, but returned in 2019. In 2013, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats played most of their season in Guelph, Ontario, due to the reconstruction of Tim Hortons Field at the former Ivor Wynne Stadium. In 2015, games were moved to locations including Fort McMurray, Alberta, as some CFL stadiums were used for the Women's World Cup, Pan-American Games and baseball playoffs.