For the first time, the league expanded to include teams in the nation's capital, Ottawa, allowing it to span from the western to eastern borders of southern Ontario.
The men's division remained at 16 teams for this season, with the addition of Ottawa South United and the departure of the Kingston Clippers.
The league champion is determined by a single-match series between the top-ranked teams from the western and eastern conferences.
The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all sixteen teams from the men's division take part.
It is not a form of playoffs at the end of the season (as is typically seen in North American sports), but is more like the Canadian Championship or the FA Cup, albeit only for League1 Ontario teams.