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.
List of professional gridiron football teams in North America by metropolitan area
This is a list of professional gridiron football teams in the United States and Canada by metropolitan areas. This list is based on census populations and not TV market size. The table below is up-to-date through the end of 2018. All metropolitan areas with at least 800,000 residents are shown in the table below, as well as any area with a professional team.