CTFL
What Is The Canadian Track and Field League?
The Canadian Track and Field League is the world's first track and field league of its kind. Founded in 2022, the CTFL has garnered international attention for its league structure. Heading into its sixth season, the league will be composed of 204 athletes separated equally onto 4 teams and competing across 8 disciplines.
Keep track of your favorite teams and athletes as they progress through the 6 meet season. Both teams and individual athletes will accumulate points during their season to win individual and team accolades & prize money.
Mission & Overview
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It’s really cool now that we have the CTFL. It’s really creating that new team aspect. It’s building a new culture.
We've built something special at the CTFL. From small beginnings to now something that countries around the world look at to adopt. We look forward to continuing our work for years to come.
196
Athletes
CTFL had 196 athletes competing in the league for the 2026 season
6
Meets
6 meets across Canada including 5 prelim meets and a final championship meet
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Making History One Season At A Time
The beginning
Our journey starts with a simple idea
The CTFL was created post-pandemic with the goal of growing the sport. Born from elements of various sports, the league implemented its unique team-based structure. Starting with a budget of $13,000, athletes bought into the mission early and enabled its growth with the belief it could have a massive impact on track and field.
Starting with 8 events and 128 athletes, the CTFL created a core and utility athlete system to attract top level talent while still needing to create media for its fans. The inaugural season concluded with the Bears taking home the initial title in a comeback performance during the finals.
Major Steps
Building on Success
The initial success of the 2022 season came with its benefits and challenges. During the 2023 season the league faced high expectations to grow from its humble beginnings. Unfortunately the league lost some of its biggest names but with it, we added many athletes from both western and eastern Canada as athletes began to see the opportunities the league provided.
In it's second year, the prize money for athletes grew from $7,000 to $14,000, the league continued to grow its media arm introducing long form content and it added athletes bringing its rosters to 232 while adding the 5000m and sprint hurdles.
Early growth
Focusing On Depth & Content
In 2024 the league added to its first full-time staff member focused on creating content and marketing for the CTFL. As it elevated its content, with it came new opportunities, the introduction of the CTFL x NB Boston Series and an increase of active participation from athletes.
What turned out to be one of the best seasons to date, the 2024 season had numerous lead changes for the team championship resulting in the Arctics first title. It was this season that brought numerous Olympians and future national team athletes into the league that will be seen an inflection point for what was to come.
Reaching New Audiences
Establishing Community
2025 brought new challenges and frontiers the league looked to pursue. On the track the Bears went on to dominate the 2025 season marking the first of two back-to-back championships.
Once again building on its success from 2024 the league reached 82 million views, had 12 Olympians competing amongst its 264 athletes and established a long term deal with New Balance. As the league expanded, its mission to grow the sport took on a new chapter as the CTFL introduced its first national high school meet called the CTFL x NB Trials. Continuing its work with high school athletes, we began working with New Balance to provide affordable singlets to schools through its NextGen initiative with the goal of increasing participation in the sport. Both initiates became hits with over 4,000 high school impacted to date.
Milestone achieved
Celebrating 5 years of CTFL
During the leagues fifth season its goal was to deepen our relationship with fans and athletes. With this goal in mind, the league developed and launched its first fantasy league platform, established team social media pages, added new on-track gear for athletes and improved The CTFL x NB Trials. The league grew its prize money to over $40,000, adding new sponsors and bonuses for both league records and league MVP's. The changes resulted in top athletes generating over $2,000 as now the highest paying system in Canada.
On the track, the Bears went back-to-back in the most dominating season to date with 10 Bears winning their respective events. Two league record fell with Leroy Russell III and Frederique Chiasson breaking the men's 800m and women's 200m records respectively.
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Who is eligible to compete in the CTFL and The CTFL x NB Trials?
Athletes looking to join the CTFL must first be registered with a Canadian Provincial Association as an athlete in addition to meeting the league's minimum requirements.
High school athletes looking to compete in the CTFL x NB Trials must be born either during or prior to 2009. Athletes must also meet that season's entry standards. Those standards will come out sometime in January - February
What is the process to becoming a CTFL Athlete?
The process to becoming a CTFL athlete is as follows:
- January 1st: Athlete registration opens, all eligible athletes may register.
- February: Registration closes. Current athletes will begin formulating their teams draft strategy.
- March: The CTFL Draft takes place, new athletes will join their new teams
- May: CTFL Season begins with its prelims across Canada
As a fan how do I get involved?
As a league we try our best to improve not only the league experience but also the sport for all fans. The best ways to get involved with the CTFL are as follows:
- Pick your favourite team, cheer them on and follow them on social media
- Participate in a CTFL Fantasy league
- Read blog posts or external articles on the league
- Show your support for your favourite team or the league by shopping on our store and wearing our gear
- Discuss what is happening in the league with friends/family
We appreciate any assistance you may be able to provide as we aim to grow the sport of track and field!
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