Football Canada

Football Canada is the governing body for gridiron football in Canada, headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. It focuses mainly on the Canadian form of the sport and is described as the only national governing body for Canadian football in the world. It is also Canada's representative member of the International Federation of American Football, and in that role it organizes the Canada men's national team that plays in IFAF competitions under American rules. The organization was founded on 12 June 1880 as the Canadian Rugby Football Union, was revived in 1882 and re-organized as the Canadian Rugby Union in 1891. It remained the governing body for amateur play after 1958, when the Canadian Football Council seceded to become the Canadian Football League.