List_of_soccer_clubs_in_Canada
This is a list of current soccer clubs in Canada. The Canadian soccer system consists of several unconnected leagues and it does not have promotion and relegation. Leagues in the Canadian system are classified as either professional, pro-am, or amateur. The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) is the governing body for the sport in Canada and directly sanctions leagues that operate in more than one province.[1] Leagues operating in a single province receive sanctioning from their provincial soccer association.
The following are clubs that compete in professional and semi-professional leagues in the United States as of 2023.
2024 CPL teams
2023 League1 British Columbia teams
| Club | Home city | Stadium | Finishing position last season |
Season joined |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altitude FC | North Vancouver | Kinsmen Field | 4th | 2022 |
| Harbourside FC | Nanaimo | Nanaimo District Secondary School | Debut season | 2023 |
| Nautsa’mawt FC[lower-alpha 6] | University Endowment Lands | Thunderbird Stadium | 1st | 2022 |
| Rivers FC | Kamloops | Hillside Stadium | 5th | 2022 |
| TSS Rovers | Burnaby | Swangard Stadium | 2nd | 2022 |
| Unity FC | Langley | Chase Office Field | 6th | 2022 |
| Victoria Highlanders | Victoria | Centennial Stadium | 7th | 2022 |
| Whitecaps Academy | University Endowment Lands | Ken Wood Field | 7th | 2022 |
2023 League1 Ontario teams
2023 Ligue1 Québec teams
| Club | Home city | Stadium | Finishing position last season |
Season joined |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.S. Blainville | Blainville | Parc Blainville | 3rd | 2012 |
| Celtix du Haut-Richelieu | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Stade Alphonse-Desjardins | 10th | 2020 |
| Lanaudière-Nord | Joliette | André-Courcelles Stadium | 11th | 2022[lower-alpha 9] |
| AS Laval[lower-alpha 10] | Laval | Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne | 9th | 2019 |
| FC Laval[lower-alpha 11] | Laval | Parc Cartier | 1st | 2018 |
| CS Longueuil | Longueuil | Centre Multi-Sport | 5th | 2014 |
| CF Montréal U23 | Montreal | CF Montréal Training Grounds | 6th | 2022 |
| Mont-Royal Outremont | Mount Royal | Parc Recreatif de TMR | 4th | 2013 |
| Ottawa South United | Ottawa, Ontario | Quinn's Point | 12th | 2020 |
| Royal-Sélect de Beauport | Quebec | Centre Sportif Marc-Simoneau | 8th | 2021 |
| CS Saint-Laurent | Saint-Laurent | Vanier College | 2nd | 2022 |
| CS St-Hubert | Saint-Hubert | Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme | 7th | 2017 |
Canadian Soccer League
The Canadian Soccer League is a Non-FIFA league previously sanctioned by the Ontario Soccer Association and Canadian Soccer Association and is now a member of the Soccer Federation of Canada (SFC).
| Club | Founded | First joined | Location | Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BGH City FC | 2021 | 2021 | Brantford & Hamilton | Centennial Park Stadium |
| FC Continentals | 2008 | 2017 | Vaughan | Centennial Park Stadium |
| Scarborough SC | 2014 | 2015 | Toronto | Centennial Park Stadium |
| Serbian White Eagles | 1968 | 2006 | Toronto | Centennial Park Stadium |
| Toronto Falcons | 2022 | 2022 | Toronto | Centennial Park Stadium |
| York Region Shooters | 2003 | 2003 | Vaughan | Centennial Park Stadium |
- Played as Montreal Impact until the end of the 2020 MLS season.
- Played as WSA Winnipeg until the end of the 2019 USL2 season.
- Played as York9 FC until the end of the 2020 season.
- Played as Varsity FC until the end of the 2022 season.
- Played as Waterloo United until the end of the 2021 season.
- Played as Windsor Stars until the end of the 2016 season, then as Windsor TFC until the end of the 2022 season.
- Originally joined in the 2012 season as L'Assomption-Lanaudière until its departure at the end of the 2015 season. Rejoined the league in 2022.
- Played as CS Monteuil until the end of the 2021 season.
- Played as CS Fabrose until the end of the 2020 season.
- "Canadian Soccer Association Rules and Regulations" (PDF). Canada Soccer. May 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2021.