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The Canadian Football League was officially established on the 19th of January 1958, through a merger of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (the Big Four, founded in 1907) and the Western Interprovincial Football Union (started in March 1936).
The Toronto Argonauts have won 19 Grey Cups, the most of any team in CFL history, with their most recent championship coming in 2024.
The Baltimore Stallions are the only non-Canadian team to win the Grey Cup, which they did in 1995 during the CFL's brief expansion into the United States.
The Grey Cup is both the name of the CFL championship game and the trophy awarded to the winning team. It was donated by Governor General the Earl Grey in 1909 and is the second-oldest trophy in North American professional sports, behind only the Stanley Cup.
Starting in 2027, the CFL will move the goal posts from the goal line to the back of the end zone, shorten the end zone from 20 to 15 yards, and reduce the field from 110 to 100 yards. A 35-second play clock and revised rouge scoring rules take effect in 2026.
The 2025 CFL salary cap was set at $6,062,365, an increase of $412,365 over the previous year. The increase was driven by a revenue-sharing model that first took effect in 2024, triggered by a reported $18 million boost in league revenues.