Canadian Football League
The regular season is 21 weeks long, with games beginning in mid-June and finishing by early November. The CFL's nine current teams are divided into two divisions: the East Division with four teams and the West Division, with five teams. Each team plays two games against each of the other eight teams, plus two divisional games with opponents rotating each season. With 18 regular season games being played, each team gets three bye weeks.
Professional sports in Canada
Professional soccer in Canada has gone through many unsuccessful incarnations. things are much more stable with three teams playing within Major League Soccer: Toronto FC (joined 2007), Vancouver Whitecaps FC (joined 2011) and the Montreal Impact (joined 2012). As well, FC Edmonton have joined the North American Soccer League in recent years. The Ottawa Fury FC are an affiliate club to the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer playing in the United Soccer League.