U Sports football is the highest level of amateur play of Canadian football and operates under the auspices of U Sports, Canada's governing body for university sports. Twenty-seven teams from Canadian universities are divided into four athletic conferences, drawing from the four regional associations of U Sports: Canada West Universities Athletic Association, Ontario University Athletics, Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec, and Atlantic University Sport. At the end of every season, the champions of each conference advance to semifinal bowl games; the winners of these meet in the Vanier Cup national championship.
The Calgary Dinos playing against the Alberta Golden Bears in 2006.
The Laval Rouge et Or on offence against the McMaster Marauders in the second quarter of the 47th Vanier Cup.
Canadian football, or simply football, is a sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete on a field 110 yards (101 m) long and 65 yards (59 m) wide, attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's end zone.
Calgary Stampeders (in red) vs Montreal Alouettes game in 2007
A game between the Hamilton Tigers and the Ottawa Rough Riders, 1910
A game between the 4th Canadian Armoured Division Atoms and First Canadian Army Red and Blue Bombers, in Utrecht, Netherlands, October 1945
Touchdown monument outside the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in Hamilton, Ontario