Professional sports teams of Ontario

Professional sports teams of Ontario

The Province of Ontario, Canada, has professional sports teams in a wide variety of sports:

National Basketball Association
*Toronto Raptors

National Hockey League
*Toronto Maple Leafs
*Ottawa Senators

Major League Baseball
*Toronto Blue Jays

Canadian Football League
*Toronto Argonauts
*Hamilton Tiger-Cats
*Ottawa (provisional, as-yet-unnamed franchise expected to start play in 2010)

American Hockey League
*Toronto Marlies
*Hamilton Bulldogs

National Lacrosse League
*Toronto Rock

Major League Soccer
*Toronto FC

World Hockey Association
*Ottawa Civics

National Women's Hockey League
*Brampton Thunder
*Ottawa Raiders
*Oakville Ice
*Etobicoke Dolphins
*Mississauga Aeros

Can-Am League
*Ottawa Rapids

Canadian Soccer League
*Toronto Croatia
*Oakville Blue Devils
*Border Stars
*London City (soccer club)
*North York Astros
*St. Catharines Wolves
*Toronto Supra Portuguese
*Italia Shooters
*Serbian White Eagles
*Brampton Stallions (to resume in 2008)

Former teams

Minor League Baseball
*Toronto Maple Leafs

International League Baseball
*Ottawa Lynx

National Hockey League
*Ottawa Senators (original) (moved to St. Louis, Missouri and became the St. Louis Eagles for the rest of the team's existence)
*Hamilton Tigers (defunct)

Canadian Soccer League
*York Region Shooters (merged with the Italia Shooters)
*Caribbean Selects (defunct)
*Durham Flames (defunct)
*Durham Storm (defunct)
*Hamilton Thunder (defunct)
*Ottawa Wizards (defunct)
*((vancouver wild cats

USL Premier Development League
*Toronto Lynx (dropped from professional status to the PDL in 2007)

World Basketball League
*Hamilton Skyhawks (defunct)

Canadian Football League
*Ottawa Renegades (defunct)
*Ottawa Roughriders (defunct)


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