List of professional gridiron football teams in North America by metropolitan area
This is a list of professional gridiron football teams in the United States and Canada by metropolitan areas. This list is based on census populations and not TV market size. The table below is up-to-date through the end of 2018. All metropolitan areas with at least 800,000 residents are shown in the table below, as well as any area with a professional team.
United States[edit]
Rows shaded in salmon have no professional gridiron football.
Canada[edit]
Rows shaded in salmon have no professional gridiron football.
| # | Census metropolitan areas | Pop | National Football League | Canadian Football League | Alliance of American Football | Arena Football League |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toronto, ON CMA | 5,928,040 | Toronto Argonauts | |||
| 2 | Montreal, QC CMA | 4,098,927 | Montreal Alouettes | |||
| 3 | Vancouver, BC CMA | 2,463,431 | BC Lions | |||
| 4 | Calgary, ON CMA | 1,392,609 | Calgary Stampeders | |||
| 5 | Ottawa-Gatineau, ON-QC CMA | 1,323,783 | Ottawa Redblacks | |||
| 6 | Edmonton, AB CMA | 1,321,426 | Edmonton Eskimos | |||
| 7 | Quebec City, QC CMA | 800,296 | ||||
| 8 | Winnipeg, MB CMA | 778,489 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | |||
| 9 | Hamilton, ON CMA | 747,545 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | |||
| 18 | Regina, SK CMA | 236,481 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ The San Diego Chargers played in San Diego from 1961 through 2016.
- ↑ The Baltimore Stallions played in Baltimore from 1994 through 1995.
- ↑ The St. Louis Rams played in St. Louis from 1995 through 2015.
- ↑ San Antonio served as a temporary home for the New Orleans Saints during the 2005 NFL season due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina.
- ↑ The San Antonio Texans played in San Antonio in 1995.
- ↑ The Sacramento Gold Miners played in Sacramento from 1993 through 1994.
- ↑ The Oakland Raiders will move to Las Vegas in 2020.
- ↑ The Las Vegas Posse played in Las Vegas in 1994.
- ↑ The History of the Tennessee Titans#Tennessee Oilers era (1997–1998) played in Memphis for the 1997 season before moving to Nashville in 1998.
- ↑ The Memphis Mad Dogs played in Memphis from in 1995.
- ↑ The Birmingham Barracudas played in Birmingham in 1995.
- ↑ The Shreveport Pirates played in Shreveport from 1994 through 1995.
See also[edit]
- Teams of the NFL
- List of major sports teams in the United States by city
- List of professional ice hockey teams in North America by metropolitan area
- List of professional baseball teams in North America by metropolitan area
- List of U.S. and Canadian cities by number of major professional sports franchises
- American football in the United States
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