In Canada, soccer is the most popular sport in terms of participation rate; according to FIFA's Big Count, almost 2.7 million people played in Canada in 2006. Professional soccer in Canada is played in the Canadian Premier League and Major League Soccer. Canada also has many semi-professional and amateur soccer leagues. Canada's men's and women's national soccer teams are ranked 33rd and 6th respectively in the FIFA World Rankings as of February 10, 2022.
BC Place in Vancouver hosted the final of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
Illustration of a Hamilton vs. Toronto "football" match by Frederic M. Bell-Smith in 1874
The 1928 Westminster Royals, winners of their first Connaught Cup
Place Soccer Canada in Downtown Ottawa is the headquarters of the Canadian Soccer Association
The Canadian Premier League is a professional men's soccer league in Canada. At the top of the Canadian soccer league system, it is the country's primary national soccer league competition. The league consists of 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.
York United players celebrate a goal by Álvaro Rivero against HFX Wanderers during a game in September 2021.
A match between HFX Wanderers FC and Cavalry FC during the CPL's inaugural season in 2019
An Atlético Ottawa match. The club was the CPL's first expansion team
Chilean player Rodrigo Gattas playing for York United FC
