[2][3] The Canada West teams began play during the following weekend, on August 30, 2019.
[4] All 27 U Sports football teams played eight regular season games against opponents within the same conference.
[5][6] The Calgary Dinos defeated the Montreal Carabins 27–13 to win their fifth Vanier Cup, and their first since 1995.
[7] Levondre Gordon (Laurier) Dale Wright (Acadia) James Tyrrell (Concordia) Will Corby (Toronto) Glodin Mulall (Acadia) Ben Kopczynski (Alberta) Mattland Riley (Saskatchewan) Pier-Olivier Lestage (Montreal) Carter O'Donnell (Alberta) Zack Fry (Western) Evan Machibroda (Saskatchewan) J-Min Pelley (Calgary) Reshaan Davis (Ottawa) Malcolm Campbell (Toronto) Alexander Campbell (Laval) Nick Cross (UBC) Ben Hladik (UBC) Bailey Feltmate (Acadia) Marc-Antoine Dequoy (Montreal) Shae Weekes (Manitoba) Deane Leonard (Calgary) Antoine Lyte-Myers (Saint Mary's) The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games.
In 2019, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team hosted the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Mitchell Bowl.