Women's football has grown enormously in the last decade in Western Canada and is well established in the Maritimes (see post #19), raising the question about whether it's time to start such a league in Central Canada.

Just 10 years ago, all of this – seven different tackle football games in both the Manitoba Girls Football Association and the Western Women’s Canadian Football League – would have seemed like a far-fetched fantasy.
And now?
Well, there are days when even MGFA Commissioner Tannis Wilson can’t wrap her head around the rapid growth of women’s football in this province.
“And yet as much as we’re growing,” began Wilson in an interview with bluebombers.com, “our biggest issue right now is just getting people to know that we exist.” ...

Here’s a start:
  • The MGFA, founded six years ago, was the first program in the world to offer girls aged nine to 16 the chance to play against girls. It is a spring league that allows girls to compete against each other and not conflict from playing against boys in the Manitoba Minor Football Association in the fall.
    The MGFA began play in 2011 with three teams – the East Side Eagles, St. Vital Mustangs and Charleswood Broncos – and now has eight teams at the Senior level (aged 13-16), including the Eagles, Mustangs Red and Mustangs Black, Broncos and also the North Winnipeg Nomads, St, James Rods, Interlake Thunder and Sunrise Coyotes. The Nomads, Eagles, Thunder and Mustangs also run teams at the Junior level (9-12). All games feature six women on the field per team and as registration grows, the plan is convert to games with nine players per side.
  • The WWCFL, meanwhile, is the largest full-tackle women’s football league in Canada with seven teams in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba: the Calgary Rage, Edmonton Storm and Lethbridge Steel comprise the Western Conference while the Saskatoon Valkyries, Regina Riot, Manitoba Fearless and Winnipeg Wolfpack make up the Prairie Conference.
http://www.bluebombers.com/2017/05/1...-growing-game/