Canadian Football LeagueProfessional Canadian football leagueThe Canadian Football League (CFL; French: Ligue canadienne de football, LCF) is a professionalCanadian football league in Canada. It comprises nine teams divided into two divisions, with four teams in the East Division and five in the West Division. The CFL is the highest professional level of Canadian football and is headquartered in Toronto.
Atlético OttawaCanadian professional soccer club based in OttawaFootball clubCurrent seasonAtlético Ottawa is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League and plays its home games at TD Place. The team was founded in 2020 by Spanish club Atlético Madrid. HistoryFrom 2014 to 2019, Ottawa Fury FC competed in American-based soccer leagues, most recently the USL Championship.
Ottawa Rapid FCOttawa Rapid FC (French: CF Rapide Ottawa) is a professional women's soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. It competes in the Northern Super League, the highest level of the Canadian soccer league system. The club plays its home matches at the 24,000-capacity TD Place Stadium in Lansdowne Park. One of the last two clubs to join as charter members of the league, the Rapid played its inaugural season in 2025.
Lansdowne ParkLansdowne Park is a 40-acre (16 ha) urban park, historic sports, exhibition and entertainment facility in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, owned by the City of Ottawa. It is located on Bank Street adjacent to the Rideau Canal in The Glebe neighbourhood of central Ottawa. Lansdowne Park contains the TD Place Stadium and Arena complex (formerly Frank Clair Stadium and the Ottawa Civic Centre, respectively), the Aberdeen Pavilion, and the Horticulture Building.
Canadian Premier LeagueThe Canadian Premier League (CPL or CanPL; French: Première ligue canadienne) is a professional men's soccer league in Canada and the highest level of the Canadian soccer league system. The league comprises eight teams, from five of Canada's ten provinces. Each team plays 28 games in the regular season, which is followed by playoffs culminating in the CPL Finals.
StadiumA stadium (pl.: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event at the ancient Greek Olympic festival was the race that comprised one length of the stadion at Olympia, where the word "stadium" originated.
OttawaCapital city of CanadaCity and federal capital in Ontario, CanadaOttawa ( , ; Canadian French:) is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southeastern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR).
Ottawa RedblacksThe Ottawa Redblacks (officially stylized as REDBLACKS) (French: Rouge et Noir d'Ottawa) are a professional Canadian football team based in Ottawa. The team plays in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Starting play in 2014, the Redblacks are the third CFL team to play in the city of Ottawa. The Ottawa Rough Riders, formed in 1876, were a founding member of the CFL in 1958 and played until 1996.Bank Street (Ottawa)Bank Street (French: Rue Bank) is the major commercial north–south street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs south from Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa, south through the neighbourhoods of Centretown, The Glebe, Old Ottawa South, Alta Vista, Hunt Club, and then through the villages of Blossom Park, Leitrim, , Greely, Metcalfe, , and Vernon before ending at the city limit at Belmeade Road, becoming Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry county highway 31.
Rideau CanalOttawa RiverRideau FallsSussex DriveMinto BridgesOttawa, St. Patrick Street O-Train Line 1Mackenzie King BridgeLaurier Avenue BridgeAdàwe CrossingCorktown FootbridgeHighway 417Pretoria BridgeFootbridge (old railway) O-Train Line 1Flora FootbridgeGeorge McIlraith BridgeBronson AvenueDow's LakeO-Train Line 2Hartwells Heron BridgeHog's Back BridgeMooney's BayCN/Via BridgeHunt Club RoadBlack Rapids Vimy Memorial BridgeJock RiverLong Island Long IslandRoger Stevens Drive Highway 416Kemptville CreekMerlyn Wilson Road Burritts Rapids Burritts Rapids Lower Nicholsons Upper Nicholsons Upper Nicholsons Clowes MerrickvilleCounty Road 43Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Edmonds Old Slys Old Slys Highway 15Rideau Canal Museum Abbot St Smiths Falls Detached Poonamalie Lower Rideau LakeTay CanalLower Beveridges Upper Beveridges Big Rideau LakeColonel By Island Narrows The Narrows Upper Rideau LakeCounty Road 42Newboro Lock Newboro Lake Clear Lake Ferry (cable)Indian Lake Chaffeys Chaffeys Opinicon LakeDavis Sand Lake Jones FallsWhitefish Lake Brass Point Cranberry Lake Upper Brewers Lower Brewers Lower Brewers Kingston Mills Kingston MillsHighway 401Lake OntarioThis diagram: The Rideau Canal is a 202-kilometre long canal that links the Ottawa River at Ottawa with the Cataraqui River and Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
OntarioProvince of CanadaProvince in CanadaOntario is the southernmost province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it is home to over 14 million people, which is approximately 38.5% of the country's population. Ontario is the second-largest province by total area, after Quebec, and the fourth-largest jurisdiction of all the Canadian provinces and territories.
The GlebeThe Glebe is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located just south of Downtown Ottawa in the Capital Ward. As of 2016, the neighbourhood had a population of 13,055. The Glebe is bounded on the north by the Queensway, on the east and south by the Rideau Canal and on the west by LeBreton Street South, Carling Avenue and Dow's Lake.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.