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Canadian Football League Ligue canadienne de football
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 CFL season
Sport
Canadian football
Founded
January 19, 1958 (66 years ago) (1958-01-19)[1][2]
First season
1958
Commissioner
Randy Ambrosie
No. of teams
9
Country
Canada
Headquarters
50 Wellington Street East, Toronto, Ontario
Most recent champion(s)
Montreal Alouettes (7th CFL title)
Most titles
Edmonton Elks (11 CFL titles)
TV partner(s)
Canada:
TSN
RDS (French audio/broadcast)
United States:
Broadcast
CBSSN
Live Streaming
CFL+
International:
See list
Official website
cfl.ca
The Canadian Football League (CFL; French: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a city in Canada. They are divided into two divisions: four teams in the East Division and five teams in the West Division. As of 2024[update], it features a 21-week regular season in which each team plays 18 games with three bye weeks. This season traditionally runs from mid-June to early November. Following the regular season, six teams compete in the league's three-week playoffs, which culminate in the Grey Cup championship game in late November. The Grey Cup is one of Canada's largest annual sports and television events.[3] The CFL was officially named on January 19, 1958,[4] upon the merger between the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union or "Big Four" (founded in 1907) and the Western Interprovincial Football Union (founded in March 1936).[5]
^"League & Club Milestones–Canadian Football History" (PDF). 2017 CFL Guide and Record Book(PDF). CFL Enterprises LP. July 6, 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 29, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
^"CFL: Canadian Football League". CFHOF.ca. March 28, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
^William Houston (December 20, 2006). "Grey Cup moves to TSN in new deal". Globe and Mail. Toronto. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
^"Canadian Football League Record Book - 2011 Update" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
^"CANADIAN FOOTBALL TIMELINES (1860 – 2005)" (PDF). Football Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 9, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
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