List of professional sports teams in Canada by city

This article features a listing of the professional sports teams based in Canada organized by Census Metropolitan Area or Census Agglomeration. Canada has professional sports teams in eight sports across twenty leagues. Canadian teams compete in top-level American and Canadian-based leagues, including three of the four major professional sports leagues. Canada also has minor league teams competing in American and Canadian-based basketball, hockey, soccer, and baseball leagues.

The Toronto Six began play in the 2020–21 National Women's Hockey League season as Canada's only professional women's team following the collapse of the Canadian Women's Hockey League in 2019.^[1]

Rank	CMA or CA	#	Football	Baseball	Basketball	Hockey	Soccer	Lacrosse
1	Toronto	12	Argonauts (CFL)	Blue Jays (MLB)	Raptors (NBA) Raptors 905 (G League) Shooting Stars (CEBL) Honey Badgers (CEBL)	Maple Leafs (NHL) Marlies (AHL) Toronto (PWHL)	Toronto FC (MLS) Toronto FC II (MLS Next Pro) York United (CPL)
2	Montreal	7	Alouettes (CFL)		Alliance (CEBL) Tundra (TBL)	Canadiens (NHL) Rocket (AHL) Montreal (PWHL)	CF Montréal (MLS)
3	Vancouver	8	Lions (CFL)	Canadians (NWL)	Bandits (CEBL)	Canucks (NHL)	Whitecaps (MLS) Whitecaps FC 2 (MLS Next Pro) Vancouver FC (CPL)	Warriors (NLL)
4	Ottawa–Gatineau	6	Redblacks (CFL)	Titans (FL)	Blackjacks (CEBL)	Senators (NHL) Ottawa (PWHL)	Atlético (CPL)
5	Calgary	6	Stampeders (CFL)		Surge (CEBL)	Flames (NHL) Wranglers (AHL)	Cavalry FC (CPL)	Roughnecks (NLL)
6	Edmonton	3	Elks (CFL)		Stingers (CEBL)	Oilers (NHL)
7	Quebec City	1		Capitales (FL)
8	Winnipeg	6	Blue Bombers (CFL)	Goldeyes (AAPB)	Sea Bears (CEBL)	Jets (NHL) Moose (AHL)	Valour FC (CPL)
9	Hamilton	3	Tiger-Cats (CFL)				Forge FC (CPL)	Rock (NLL)
10	Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo	1			Titans (NBLC)
11	London	1			Lightning (NBLC)
12	St. Catharines–Niagara	1			River Lions (CEBL)
13	Halifax	2					Wanderers (CPL)	Thunderbirds (NLL)
15	Victoria	1					Pacific FC (CPL)
16	Windsor	1			Express (NBLC)
17	Saskatoon	2			Rattlers (CEBL)			Rush (NLL)
18	Regina	1	Roughriders (CFL)
22	St. John's	2			Rogues (TBL)
23	Abbotsford–Mission	1				Canucks (AHL)
25	Greater Sudbury	1			Five (NBLC)
28	Trois-Rivières	2		Aigles (FL)		Lions (ECHL)
38	Belleville	1				Senators (AHL)

References[edit]

^ Wawrow, John (April 22, 2020). "NWHL's expansion to Toronto gets mixed reviews from women players". CBC Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved July 26, 2020.

[1] Wawrow, John (April 22, 2020). "NWHL's expansion to Toronto gets mixed reviews from women players". CBC Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved July 26, 2020.

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