Canadian Football Teams 1869-present

Number	Teams	Years Active
	Provincial Rugby Football Unions Era 1869-1908
1	Hamilton Football Club	1869-??
2	Montreal Football Club	1872-??
3	Toronto Argonauts	1873-??
4	Ottawa Football Club	1876-??
5	Winnipeg Football Club	1879-??
6	Hamilton Tigers	1907-1949
7	Ottawa Rough Riders	1907-1997
8	Calgary City RFC	1907-??
9	Edmonton City RFC	1907-??
	Canadian Rugby Union Era
10	Regina Rugby Club	1910-??
11	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	1930-present
12	Edmonton Eskimoes	1938-present
13	Hamilton Wildcats	??-1949
14	Calgary Stampeders	1945-present
15	Saskatchewan Roughriders	1946-present
16	Montreal Alouettes	1946-1981; 1996-present
17	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	1950-present
18	British Columbia Lions	1954-present
	Canadian Football League USA Era 1958-1999
19	Atlantic Schooners	1982-present
20	Montreal Concordes	1982-1986
21	Sacramento Gold Miners	1993-1995
22	Las Veags Passe	1994
23	Baltimore Football Club	1994
24	Shreveport Pirates	1994-1995
25	Baltimore Stallions	1995
26	Birmingham Barracudas	1995
27	Memphis Mad Dogs	1995
	Canadian Football League XFL Era 2000-present
28	Ottawa Renegades	2002-2006
29	Ottawa REDBLACKS	2014-present

Note: The Atlantic Schooners were formed in 1982, but have had trouble building a stadium, and have focussed since then on promoting Canadian Football in the Maritime Provinces by hosting Preseason and Regular Season CFL games. Halifax City Council approved a plan for a stadium in 2019.

Note 2: The Grey Cup (the Canadian Football League Championship Game) has been played for since 1909.

Note 3: The Canadian Football Council broke away from the Canadian Rugby Union in 1958 and renamed itself the Canadian Football League.

Note 4: The CFL attempted to establish teams in the United States in the 1990s. Only the Baltimore franchise was successful, and was moved to Montreal and renamed the Alouettes after the other four teams folded after the 1995 season.

Bibliography

[1] Maher, Todd & Gill, Bob (2013) Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia Historical Highlights pg. 1-2. Maher Sports Media, 2013.

Websites

[2] Canadian Football League (2019) Welcome to the new online home of the Atlantic Schooners [Internet] Available from: https://www.cfl.ca/2019/03/22/welcome-new-online-home-atlantic-schooners/ [Accessed 6 March 2020]

Images

[3] Pinterest (2019) Canadian Football League Logo (2003-2015) [Internet] Available from: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a0/b4/41/a0b441a47f1f1b851d8a46b3412fe91a.png [Accessed 10 March 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Robert Burns.

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