List of Canadian football stadiums

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The following is a partial list of Canadian football stadiums, ordered by permanent capacity. Most of Canada's football stadiums with permanent seating capacities over 3,000 are listed here. Note that not all stadiums are exclusively used for Canadian football; several are also used for association football (soccer).

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Over 10,000

StadiumCapacityRecord attendanceCityProvinceInfoImage
Olympic Stadium 66,308 69,093 Montreal Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec [1] AlouettesStadeOlympique.jpg
Commonwealth Stadium 56,400 [2] 63,317 Edmonton Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta Edmonton Elks, Edmonton Wildcats CommonwealthStadium2023.jpg
BC Place 54,500 [3] 59,621 Vancouver Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia BC Lions Grey Cup 2011.jpg
McMahon Stadium 35,650 50,035 Calgary Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta Calgary Stampeders, Calgary Dinos, Calgary Colts McMahon Stadium 1.jpg
Princess Auto Stadium 32,343 36,634 Winnipeg Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Manitoba Bisons, Winnipeg Rifles Investors Group Field 2018.jpg
Mosaic Stadium 33,350 33,356 Regina Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Roughriders, Regina Rams, Regina Thunder Mosaic Stadium.jpg
BMO Field 26,000 [4] 33,421 Toronto Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Toronto Argonauts BMO Field, 104th Grey Cup.jpeg
TD Place Stadium 24,000 [5] 51,242 Ottawa Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Ottawa Redblacks, Panda Game TD Place 2022.jpg
Tim Hortons Field 23,218 [6] 28,808 Hamilton Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Hamilton Tiger-Cats Lions at Tiger-Cats 2014.jpg
Percival Molson Stadium 20,025 [7] 25,012 Montreal Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec Montreal Alouettes, McGill Redbirds Stade Percival-Molson 02.jpg
Telus Stadium 12,817 [8] 19,381 [9] Quebec City Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec Laval Rouge et Or RougeOr football.jpg

Under 10,000

StadiumFixed
Capacity		CityProvinceInfo
Lamport Stadium 9,600 Toronto Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Toronto Argonauts (practice facility)
Alumni Stadium 8,500 Guelph Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Guelph Gryphons
Croix-Bleue Medavie Stadium 8,300 [10] Moncton Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick Touchdown Atlantic
Richardson Memorial Stadium 8,000 Kingston Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Queen's Gaels
Western Alumni Stadium 8,000 [11] London Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Western Mustangs, London Falcons
Griffiths Stadium 6,171 Saskatoon Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Huskies
Westhills Stadium 6,000 Langford Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia Westshore Rebels
University Stadium
a.k.a. Knight-Newbrough Field		6,000 Waterloo Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks
Ronald V. Joyce Stadium 6,000 Hamilton Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario McMaster Marauders
Swangard Stadium 5,288 Burnaby Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia Vancouver Trojans
Clarke Stadium 5,100 Edmonton Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta Edmonton Huskies
CEPSUM Stadium 5,100 Montreal Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec Montreal Carabins
Canada Games Stadium 5,000 Saint John Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick UNB Saint John Seawolves
University Stadium 5,000 Winnipeg Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba Former home of the Manitoba Bisons
Varsity Stadium 5,000 Toronto Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Toronto Varsity Blues
Centennial Stadium 5,000 Victoria Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia local teams
SMS Equipment Stadium 5,000 Fort McMurray Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta Fort McMurray Monarchs
Percy Perry Stadium 4,265 Coquitlam Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia Former home of the Tri-City Bulldogs.
Royal Athletic Park 4,247 Victoria Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia Victoria Rebels
Concordia Stadium 4,000 Montreal Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec Concordia Stingers
Municipal Stadium 4,000 Sherbrooke Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec local teams
Rotary Stadium 4,000 Abbotsford Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia Abbotsford Air Force
York Lions Stadium 4,000 North York Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario York Lions
Saskatoon Minor Football Field 3,954 Saskatoon Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan Saskatoon Hilltops
Centennial Park Stadium 3,500 Toronto Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Serbian White Eagles
Fort William Stadium 3,500 Thunder Bay Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Marked for Football.
Foote Field 3,500 Edmonton Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta Alberta Golden Bears
Thunderbird Stadium 3,500 Vancouver Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia UBC Thunderbirds
Berthiaume-Du-Tremblay Stadium 3,500 Laval Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec local teams
Gee-Gees Field 3,400 Ottawa Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Ottawa Gee-Gees
Université de Sherbrooke Stadium 3,359 Sherbrooke Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec Sherbrooke Vert et Or
Coulter Field 3,000 Sherbrooke Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec Bishop's Gaiters
Esther Shiner Stadium 3,000 Toronto Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Metro Toronto Wildcats, York Simcoe Storm
MNP Park 3,000 Ottawa Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Carleton Ravens, Ottawa Sooners
Raymond Field 3,000 Wolfville Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Acadia Axemen
Windsor Stadium 3,000 Windsor Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Windsor AKO Fratmen
MacAulay Field2,500 Sackville Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick Mount Allison Mounties
Exhibition Stadium 2,500 Chilliwack Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia Valley Huskers
Apple Bowl 2,254 [12] Kelowna Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia Okanagan Sun
Huskies Stadium 2,000 [13] Halifax Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Saint Mary's Huskies
York Stadium 2,000 Toronto Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Former home of the York Lions
Hellard Field 2,000 Calgary Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta
University of Windsor Stadium
a.k.a. South Campus Stadium		2,000 Windsor Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Windsor Lancers
Hillside Stadium 2,000 Kamloops Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia Kamloops Broncos
Birchmount Stadium 2,000 Toronto Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Toronto Thunder
Raider Field2,000 Essex Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Essex Ravens, Essex District High School Red Raiders
Oshawa Civic Stadium2,000 Oshawa Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Oshawa Hawkeyes
University of Lethbridge Community Stadium 2,000 Lethbridge Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta
Rocky Stone Field2,000 Moncton Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick Moncton Purple Knights, Moncton Football
Warrior Field 1,700 Waterloo Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Waterloo Warriors
Barrie Metals Stadium 1,500 Barrie Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Huronia Stallions
Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre1,500 Brantford Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Brantford Bisons
Comet Stadium1,200 Raymond, Alberta Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta
Terry Fox Field 1,200 Burnaby Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia Simon Fraser Red Leafs
Leibel Field 1,200 Regina Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan Regina Thunder
StFX Stadium 1,100 [14] Antigonish Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia St. Francis Xavier X-Men
Terry Fox Stadium (Brampton) 1,000 Brampton Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Brampton Bulldogs
Queens Athletic Field1,000 Sudbury Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Sudbury Northerners

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References

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  2. ↑ "Commonwealth Stadium | City of Edmonton".
  3. ↑ "BC Lions :: Official Site of the BC Lions". www.bclions.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-30.
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  11. ↑ "TD Stadium". westernmustangs.ca. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Apple Bowl Stadium".
  13. ↑ Huskies stadium capacity
  14. ↑ "STFX Stadium".
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