The 2019–20 NBL Canada season was the ninth season of the National Basketball League of Canada.
The regular season was supposed to run from December 26, 2019, to April 23, 2020.
However, on March 12, the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
[3] Because of financial difficulties, two of the league's teams, Saint John Riptide and Cape Breton Highlanders, were granted a one-year sabbatical, with the goal of finding new sponsors in order to rejoin the league next season, reducing the league to eight teams.
[4] The decrease in the number of teams also caused a change in the playoff format with the top two teams in each division qualifying for the postseason.