Canadian Junior Football League

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The Canadian Junior Football League is a national amateur Canadian football league consisting of 18 teams playing in six provinces across Canada. The teams compete annually for the Canadian Bowl. Many CJFL players have gone on to professional football careers in the CFL and elsewhere.

The CJFL's formal mission statement is: "The Canadian Junior Football League provides the opportunity for young men aged 17 to 22 to participated in highly competitive post-high school football that is unique in Canada. The goal of the league is to foster community involvement and yield a positive environment by teaching discipline, perseverance and cooperation. The benefits of the league are strong camaraderie, national competition and life-long friends."

A handful of standout players are typically signed directly to CFL rosters each season, while Canadian Interuniversity Sport permits up to two years of play in leagues such as the CJFL before a player begins to lose eligibility.

The 9-team Quebec Junior Football League was formerly part of the CJFL, but eventually withdrew and now operates independently.

List of teams

B.C. Football Conference

Prairie Football Conference

Ontario Football Conference

On July 9, 2007 it was announced by the OFC that with the opening of the Ontario Football Conference 2007 season only 3 weeks away, the Tri City Vipers of the Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge region have decided to suspend football operations for this season.

Defunct Teams

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Canadian football is a form of football played chiefly in Canada in which two teams of twelve players each compete for territorial control of a field of play 110 yards (100.6 m) long and 65 yards (59.
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The Canadian Bowl is the championship of the Canadian Junior Football League.

2006 Vancouver Island Raiders - 27 Edmonton Wildcats - 26
2005 Edmonton Huskies - 34 St Leonard Cougars - 15
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Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprised of the majority of degree granting universities in the country.
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The Quebec Junior Football League operated from 1970 to the present, as a successor to the Quebec Juvenile Football League. It eventually withdrew from the Canadian Junior Football League and incorporated teams from eastern Ontario, primarily the Ottawa region.
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The Abbotsford Air Force was a Canadian Junior Football team based in Abbotsford, British Columbia. The Air Force played in the eight-team B.C. Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national
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The Big Kahuna Rams (formerly the South Surrey Rams) are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Surrey, British Columbia. The Rams play in the eight-team B.C.
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The Chilliwack Huskers are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The Huskers play in the eight-team B.C. Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title
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The Kamloops Broncos are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Kamloops, British Columbia. The Broncos play in the eight-team B.C. Football Conference (BCFC), which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title
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The Okanagan Sun are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Kelowna, British Columbia. The Sun play in the eight-team B.C. Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as the
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The Vancouver Island Raiders are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The Raiders play in the eight-team B.C. Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title
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The Vancouver Trojans are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Trojans play in the eight-team B.C. Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known
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The Victoria Rebels are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Victoria, British Columbia. The Rebels play in the eight-team B.C. Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as
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The Calgary Colts are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Colts play in the six-team Prairie Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as the Canadian
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The Edmonton Huskies are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The Huskies play in the six-team Prairie Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as the
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The Saskatoon Hilltops are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Hilltops play in the six-team Prairie Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known
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The Burlington Braves are a Canadian junior football league team. Founded in 1958 in Burlington, Ontario, they presently play in theOntario Football Conference of the Canadian Junior Football League.
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The St. Leonard Cougars are a CJFL football team located in St. Leonard, Quebec. They play in the Ontario division.
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Windsor AKO Fratmen Football Team is a Canadian Football team out of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The team has played out of the Canadian Junior Football League since the 1940s and has won 3 national titles: 1952, 1954, and 1999. The team is sponsored by the AKO Fraternity.
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North Vancouver. These are:
  • The City of North Vancouver (44,303 residents - 2001 Census)
  • The District of North Vancouver (82,310 residents - 2001 Census)
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Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond City Hall

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The Tri-City Bulldogs were a Canadian Junior Football team based in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The Bulldogs played in the B.C. Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as the
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Coquitlam, British Columbia
Coquitlam City Hall

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Location of Coquitlam within Metro Vancouver
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Vancouver
Downtown Vancouver as seen from Fairview Slopes north across False Creek

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Nickname: Van City
Motto: "By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper"
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Victoria, British Columbia
British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria

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The Regina Rams are the Canadian football team that represents the University of Regina in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Rams is used by the university's football team only. All other teams at the school are named Regina Cougars.
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City of Regina, Saskatchewan

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Nickname: The Queen City
Motto: Floreat Regina
("Let Regina Flourish")
Location of Regina in the SE quadrant of Saskatchewan
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City of Winnipeg

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Nickname: The Peg, Peg City, The 204, Gateway to the west, Winterpeg, Happy Town
Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum
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City of Brantford

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Nickname: The Telephone City

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Country Canada
Province Ontario
Established May 31, 1877

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Thunder Bay, Ontario
Downtown Port Arthur in Thunder Bay

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Nickname: Lakehead; The Lakehead; Head of the Lakes
Motto: Superior by nature
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City of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

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Nickname: The Soo, The Sault
Motto: Naturally Gifted

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