A Brief Introduction

Origins of the Game

Central Canada
- CIRFU 1898-1914
- Post WWI 1919-39
- Post WWII 1946-54
- A New Era 1955-66
- Ontario & Quebec 1967-79
- Ontario & Quebec 1980-
     Present

Western Canada
- WIRFU 1927-58
- WIFL 1959-1971
- CWUAA 1972-1998
- CW 1999-Present

Atlantic Canada
- Nova Scotia 1940-57
- NB and PEI 1948-57
- Atlantic Canada 1958-73
- AUFC 1974-Present

National and Regional Championships
- Introduction
- Churchill Bowl 1953-1964
- Churchill Bowl 1965-2002
- Atlantic Bowl 1959-2001
- Mitchell Bowl 2002-Present
- Uteck Bowl 2003-Present
- Vanier Cup 1965-Present

Conference Membership
- Atlantic
- Ontario
- Quebec
- West

Bibliography

A History of Canadian University Football
By Robert E. Watkins, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. - revised May 2006

The Canada West Football Conference (CW) 1999 to the Present

• 1999 - the CWUAA and the GPAC regrouped into one athletic association named the CWUAA or CW for short

• The league had remained a stable five-team organization from 1970 until the 1999 season at which time it was joined by the University of Regina Rams (enabling the playing of a balanced schedule for the first time in its modern history)

• 2002 - the balanced schedule was somewhat short-lived in that the league expanded to seven teams with the addition of the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Clan; the Clan had previously (1965 to 2001) played American four-down football in a college football conference south of the border
  • CW: Alberta, UBC, Calgary, Manitoba, Regina, Saskatchewan and SFU