The
Canadian Football League (
CFL; ,
LCF) is a professional
sports league in
Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in
Canadian football, a form of
gridiron football closely related to
American football. Its nine current teams, which are located in nine separate cities, are divided into two divisions: the
East Division, with four teams, and the
West Division with five teams. As of 2015, the league features a 20-week
regular season, which traditionally runs from late June to early November; each team plays 18 games with at least two
bye weeks. Following the regular season, six teams compete in the league's three-week divisional
playoffs, which culminate in the late-November
Grey Cup championship, the country's largest annual sports and television event.