List of stadiums in Canada
By capacity
Canada's largest stadiums (with a permanent seating capacity of over 10,000), ranked in descending order of permanent seating capacity:
Rank | Stadium | City | Seated Capacity |
Opened | Surface | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Olympic Stadium | Montreal | 66,308 | 1976 | FieldTurf | Kevlar roof, site of the 1976 Summer Olympics games, expandable to 66,308; former home stadium of the Montreal Expos, Montreal Impact former full-time home stadium and current part-time home stadium of the Montreal Alouettes[1]. |
2 | Commonwealth Stadium | Edmonton | 56,302 | 1978 | Shaw Sports Turf | Home of the Edmonton Eskimos, 400m Athletics track |
3 | BC Place | Vancouver | 54,500 | 1983 | FieldTurf | Retractable roof, home of the BC Lions & Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The stadium also served as the main stadium for the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Paralympics which Vancouver hosted. |
4 | Rogers Centre | Toronto | 53,506 | 1989 | AstroTurf | Retractable roof, home of the Toronto Blue Jays, former home of the Toronto Argonauts. Originally known as SkyDome. |
5 | McMahon Stadium | Calgary | 46,020 | 1960 | FieldTurf | Home of the Calgary Stampeders |
6 | Mosaic Stadium | Regina | 33,350 | 2016 | FieldTurf | Built with availability to add a retractable roof, home of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, stadium on the exposition site of Evraz Place |
7 | Investors Group Field | Winnipeg | 33,234 | 2013 | FieldTurf | Largest canopied structure in Canada, on the campus of the University of Manitoba, home of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Valour FC| style="text-align:center;" |
8 | BMO Field | Toronto | 30,991[2] | 2007 | Natural grass | Home of Toronto FC & the Toronto Argonauts |
9 | Percival Molson Memorial Stadium | Montreal | 25,012 | 1915 | FieldTurf | home of the Montreal Alouettes, 400m Athletics track, on the campus of McGill |
10= | TD Place Stadium | Ottawa | 24,000 | 1908 | FieldTurf | Home of the Ottawa Redblacks & Ottawa Fury FC |
10= | Tim Hortons Field | Hamilton | 24,000 | 2014 | Artificial | Home of the Hamilton Tiger-cats and Forge FC |
12 | Stade Saputo | Montreal | 20,801 | 2008 | Natural grass | Home of the Montreal Impact |
13 | Aviva Centre | Toronto | 12,500 | 2004 | Hard surface | Tennis |
14 | Stade Telus-Université Laval[3] | Quebec City | 12,257 | 1994 | FieldTurf | 400m Athletics track, expandable to 18,500 |
15 | IGA Stadium | Montreal | 11,437 | 1995 | DecoTurf | Tennis, formerly Parc Jarry ballpark |
16 | Ottawa Baseball Stadium | Ottawa | 10,332 | 1993 | Natural grass | |
17= | King George V Park | St. John's | 10,000 | 1925 | FieldTurf | |
17= | Stade Moncton Stadium | Moncton | 10,000 | 2010 | FieldTurf | 400m Athletics track, expandable to 20,000 |
By sport
Canadian football
The following is a partial list of Canadian Football stadiums by permanent seated capacity. Most of the country's Canadian football stadiums with permanent seating capacities over 3000 are listed here. Note that not all stadiums are exclusively used for Canadian Football.
- McLeod Athletic Park - Langley, British Columbia - Langley Big Kahuna Rams
- Caledonia Park - Nanaimo, British Columbia - Vancouver Island Raiders
- Burnaby Lake Sports Complex - Burnaby, British Columbia - Vancouver Trojans
- Millennium Sports Park - Ottawa, Ontario - Cumberland Panthers
- Howard S. Billings High School Field - Châteauguay, Quebec - Châteauguay Raiders
- Parc Cartier - Laval, Quebec - Laval Devils
- Stade Municipal de Joliette - Joliette, Quebec - Joliette Pirates
- Centre Multi-Sport du collège Français - Longueuil, Quebec - South Shore Monarx
- Westwood Junior High School Park - Saint-Lazare, Quebec - St. Lazare Stallions
- Rogers Field - Cambridge, Ontario - Cambridge Lions
- Etobicoke Collegiate Institute Field - Toronto, Ontario - Etobicoke Eagles
- Varsity Stadium, University of Guelph- Guelph, Ontario - Guelph Bears
- Nelson Stadium, Bronte Park - Oakville, Ontario - Halton Invictas
- Orilla Field - Barrie, Ontario - Huronia Stallions
- Norman Perry Park - Sarnia, Ontario - Lambton Lions, Sarnia Imperials
- Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute Field - Kingston, Ontario - Limestone District Grenadiers
- West Park High School Field - St. Catharines, Ontario - Niagara Spears
- Rocky Dipietro Field - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario - Sault Ste. Marie Sabercats
- Sackville Hill Park Field - Hamilton, Ontario - Steel City Ironmen
- Minto Sportsplex - Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Myers Riders
- Macrae Fields, Beverly Community Centre - Hamilton, Ontario - Wentworth Panthers
Soccer
The following is a partial list of Canadian soccer stadiums by permanent seating capacity. Note that not all stadiums are exclusively used for soccer. Soccer specific stadiums are listed in bold.
Baseball
Historic stadiums
- Autostade - Montreal, Quebec
- Brian Timmis Stadium - Hamilton, Ontario
- Canad Inns Stadium - Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Clarke Stadium - Edmonton, Alberta
- Con Jones Park - Vancouver, British Columbia
- Delorimier Stadium - Montreal, Quebec
- Diamond Park - Edmonton, Alberta
- Empire Field - Vancouver, British Columbia
- Empire Stadium - Vancouver, British Columbia
- Exhibition Stadium - Toronto, Ontario
- Hanlan's Point Stadium - Toronto, Ontario
- Ivor Wynne Stadium - Hamilton, Ontario
- Jarry Park Stadium - Montreal, Quebec
- Hamilton Amateur Athletic Association Grounds - Hamilton, Ontario
- John Ducey Park - Edmonton, Alberta
- Maple Leaf Stadium - Toronto, Ontario
- Mewata Stadium - Calgary, Alberta
- Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field - Regina, Saskatchewan
- Osborne Stadium - Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Rosedale Field - Toronto, Ontario
- Sunlight Park - Toronto, Ontario
- Varsity Stadium - Toronto, Ontario
- Varsity Stadium/UBC Stadium - University of British Columbia, British Columbia
- Vancouver Athletic Park - Vancouver, British Columbia
Tennis
Rugby union
- BMO Field - Toronto, Ontario
- Centennial Stadium - Victoria, British Columbia
- Thunderbird Stadium - University Endowment Lands, British Columbia
- Commonwealth Stadium - Edmonton, Alberta
- Rotary Stadium - Abbotsford, British Columbia
- Swangard Stadium - Burnaby, British Columbia
- Swilers Rugby Park - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Twin Elm Rugby Park - Ottawa, Ontario
- Fletcher's Fields - Markham, Ontario
- Keith Harris Stadium - Ottawa, Ontario
- University Stadium (Waterloo) - Waterloo, Ontario
See also
References
- ↑ cfl.ca - 2008 Grey Cup
- 1 2 "Toronto: BMO Field ready for re-opening". stadiumdb.com. May 8, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Laval's PEPS info page officially reports the seated capacity at 12,257 although the team has drawn as much as 18,500 with standing room crowds. Archived 2009-05-29 at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 Olympic Stadium stadiumdb.com. Retrieved April 28, 2015
- ↑ theglobeandmail.com - MLB commissioner says Montreal needs a firm commitment for new stadium
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