List of Canadian Football stadiums by capacity

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The following is a partial list of Canadian Football stadiums, ordered by permanent capacity. Most of the country's Canadian 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).

Current

Over 10,000

Stadium Fixed Capacity
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City Province Info
Stade Olympique 66,308 Montreal  Quebec Montreal Alouettes[1]
Commonwealth Stadium 56,302 Edmonton  Alberta Edmonton Eskimos, Edmonton Wildcats
BC Place 54,500[2] Vancouver  British Columbia BC Lions
Rogers Centre 52,230 Toronto  Ontario Toronto Argonauts
McMahon Stadium 35,650 Calgary  Alberta Calgary Stampeders, Calgary Dinos, Calgary Colts
Investors Group Field 33,422 Winnipeg  Manitoba Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Manitoba Bisons, Winnipeg Rifles
Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field 32,848 Regina  Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Roughriders, Regina Rams, Regina Thunder
Stade Percival Molson Stadium 25,012 Montreal  Quebec Montreal Alouettes, McGill Redmen
TD Place Stadium 24,000 Ottawa  Ontario Current home of the Ottawa Redblacks. Past home of Ottawa Rough Riders, Ottawa Renegades and OUA Ottawa Gee Gees.
Tim Hortons Field 24,000 Hamilton  Ontario Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Stade PEPS Stadium 12,257 Quebec City  Quebec Laval Rouge-et-Or
Richardson Memorial Stadium 10,258 Kingston  Ontario Queen's Golden Gaels
Stade Moncton Stadium 10,000 Moncton  New Brunswick Touchdown Atlantic

Under 10,000

Stadium Fixed
Capacity
City Province Info
Lamport Stadium 9,600 Toronto  Ontario Portugal FC (CSL).
Stade Claude Robillard 9,500 Montreal  Quebec local teams
Alumni Stadium 8,500 Guelph  Ontario Guelph Gryphons
Université de Sherbrooke Stadium 8,000 Sherbrooke  Quebec Sherbrooke Vert-et-Or
TD Waterhouse Stadium 8,000 London  Ontario Western Ontario Mustangs, London Falcons
Griffiths Stadium 6,171 Saskatoon  Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Huskies
Birchmount Stadium 6,000 Toronto  Ontario Toronto Thunder
University Stadium (Waterloo)
a.k.a. Knight-Newbrough Field
6,000 Waterloo  Ontario Wilfrid Laurier University
Ronald V. Joyce Stadium 5,700 Hamilton  Ontario McMaster Marauders
Apple Bowl 5,700 Kelowna  British Columbia Okanagan Sun
Swangard Stadium 5,288 Burnaby  British Columbia Vancouver Trojans
CEPSUM Stadium 5,100 Montreal  Quebec Montreal Carabins
Canada Games Stadium 5,000 Saint John  New Brunswick local teams
University Stadium 5,000 Winnipeg  Manitoba Former home of the Manitoba Bisons
Varsity Centre 5,000 Toronto  Ontario Toronto Varsity Blues
Centennial Stadium 5,000 Victoria  British Columbia local teams
Percy Perry Stadium 4,265 Coquitlam  British Columbia Former home of the Tri-City Bulldogs.
Royal Athletic Park 4,247 Victoria  British Columbia Victoria Rebels
Huskies Stadium 4,000[3] Halifax  Nova Scotia Saint Mary's Huskies
Concordia Stadium 4,000 Montreal  Quebec Concordia Stingers
Municipal Stadium 4,000 Sherbrooke  Quebec local teams
Rotary Stadium 4,000 Abbotsford  British Columbia Abbotsford Air Force
Oland Centre 4,000 Antigonish  Nova Scotia St. Francis Xavier X-Men
Gordie Howe Bowl 3,954 Saskatoon  Saskatchewan Saskatoon Hilltops
Centennial Park Stadium 3,500 Etobicoke  Ontario Serbian White Eagles
Fort William Stadium 3,500 Thunder Bay  Ontario Marked for Football.
Foote Field 3,500 Edmonton  Alberta Alberta Golden Bears
Thunderbird Stadium 3,500 Vancouver  British Columbia UBC Thunderbirds
Berthiaume-Du-Tremblay Stadium 3,500 Laval  Quebec local teams
Centennial Stadium at The Aud 3,200 Kitchener  Ontario local teams
Coulter Field 3,000 Sherbrooke  Quebec Bishop's Gaiters
Esther Shiner Stadium 3,000 Toronto  Ontario Metro Toronto Wildcats, York Simcoe Storm
Keith Harris Stadium 3,000 Ottawa  Ontario Carleton Ravens, Ottawa Sooners
Raymond Field 3,000 Wolfville  Nova Scotia Acadia Axemen
Windsor Stadium 3,000 Windsor  Ontario Windsor AKO Fratmen
MacAulay Field 2,500 Sackville  New Brunswick Mount Allison Mounties
Exhibition Stadium (Chilliwack, British Columbia) 2,500 Chilliwack  British Columbia Chilliwack Huskers
York Stadium 2,000 Toronto  Ontario York Lions
University of Windsor Stadium
a.k.a. South Campus Stadium
2,000 Windsor  Ontario Windsor Lancers
Hillside Stadium 2,000 Kamloops  British Columbia Kamloops Broncos
Raider Field 2,000 Essex  Ontario Essex Ravens, Essex District High School Red Raiders
Oshawa Civic Stadium 2,000 Oshawa  Ontario Oshawa Hawkeyes
Rocky Stone Field 2,000 Moncton  New Brunswick Moncton Purple Knights, Moncton Football, Codiac Soccer
Barrie Metals Stadium 1,500 Barrie  Ontario Huronia Stallions
Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre 1,500 Brantford  Ontario Brantford Bisons
Terry Fox Field 1,200 Burnaby  British Columbia Simon Fraser Clan (American football)
Clarke Stadium 1,200 Edmonton  Alberta Edmonton Huskies
Warrior Field 1,100 Waterloo  Ontario Waterloo Warriors
Chincousy Park 1,000 Brampton  Ontario Brampton Bulldogs
Queens Athletic Field 1,000 Sudbury  Ontario Sudbury Northerners
Mississauga Valleys Field 500 Mississauga  Ontario Mississagua Warriors
Nepean Sportsplex ? Ottawa  Ontario Ottawa Junior Riders

See also

References

  1. Playoff Games and usually last regular season home game played.
  2. http://www.bclions.com/article/facts-and-figures-about-the-new-bc-place
  3. Huskies stadium capacity

Notes

Some of the stadiums on this list have been temporarily expanded to larger capacities in the past via temporary seating. SMU's Huskies stadium was expanded to what is believed to be its seating maximum 11,000 for a CFL game and Victoria's Royal Athletic Park had plans to seat just under 15,000 for a soccer tournament a few years back (some of the temporary seating was not installed however, so the largest seated capacity at that field for that event was just over 10,000).

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will play at an expanded Varsity Stadium in Guelph in 2013. Temporary capacity will be between 15,000 and 16,000.