The CFL saw very little growth in attendance in 2025, with leaguewide regular season growth of 0.6 percent over last year.
The three largest increases occurred in Hamilton (3.9 per cent), Winnipeg (3.7 per cent), Calgary (3.5 per cent) and Saskatchewan (2.7 per cent), while the largest decreases occurred in Edmonton (7.1 per cent) and Ottawa (4.2 per cent). Attendance in British Columbia, Toronto and Montreal changed by less than one percent.
Those numbers experienced far less volatility than a year ago, when attendance rose 20.6 percent in Montreal, fell 17.3 percent in Edmonton and rose 15.8 percent in British Columbia.
The Blue Bombers enjoyed the first sold-out regular season in franchise history, with 32,343 spectators across all nine contests at Princess Auto Stadium. Saskatchewan ranked second in average attendance this season with 28,477, while British Columbia ranked third in average attendance with 27,124.
Toronto finished with the lowest average attendance in the CFL for the ninth year in a row at 15,109, ahead of Ottawa (18,136) and Edmonton (19,050).
Edmonton's average attendance was the team's lowest in at least 55 years. The Moose hosted season-high crowds of 28,365 and 30,053 when they visited the Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders, respectively, although the team failed to reach the 17,000 attendance mark in five of its nine regular-season home games.
It should be noted that attendance data is reported by the CFL teams themselves and cannot be independently verified. Thus, they should be taken with a grain of salt.
Overall, however, CFL attendance has officially increased for the fourth year in a row and is officially back to pre-pandemic levels.
Average CFL attendance in 2025
Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 32,343
Saskatchewan Roughriders, 28,427
BC Lions, 27 124
Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 22,858
Calgary Stampeders, 22,295
Montreal Alouette, 21 132
Edmonton Elks, 19,050
Ottawa Redblacks, 18,136
Argonauts Toronto, 15 109
