The 2026 Ontario Premier League season was the eleventh season of the Ontario Premier League (and the first since rebranding from League1 Ontario), a Division 3 women's soccer league in the Canadian soccer league system and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario. The league is split into three divisions with promotion and relegation between them.
The OPL1 and the OPL2 divisions were both be composed of 10 clubs, most returning from last season, with the exception of International FC that has replaced Alliance United FC in the top division. The OPL3 was be made up by three conferences containing total of 25 teams. These were mostly reserve teams with some "A" teams, including two newly licensed clubs.
Ontario Premier League 1
Ontario Premier League 1 will be composed of 10 teams. Scrosoppi FC was promoted from the Championship division last season. Alliance United FC was relegated and subsequently left the league.
The 10 teams will face each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 18 matches. At the end of the season, the club at the top of the standings will be crowned as Ontario Premier League champions. The club that finishes in 9th will advance to the promotion playoffs against the second-place finisher in the OPL2, while the 10th placed club will be automatically relegated to the OPL2 division.
Clubs
Team City Principal stadium Head coach FC London London Tricar Field Guelph United FC Guelph Centennial Bowl AFC Toronto Academy Vaughan Ontario Soccer Centre North Mississauga SC Mississauga Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park) North Toronto Nitros North York (Toronto) Downsview Park Scrosoppi FC Milton St. Francis Xavier Simcoe County Rovers FC Barrie J.C. Massie Field Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan North Maple Field Waterloo United Waterloo RIM Park Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge (Vaughan) Vaughan Grove Field
Standings
Promotion playoffs
A playoff will be played between the 9th placed team in the OPL1 and the 2nd placed team in the OPL2 in a single game for a place in the top tier in 2027.
Statistics
Top goalscorers Does not include promotion/relegation playoffs RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Gabriela Istocki NDC Ontario 10 Olivia Brown Guelph United FC 3 Alyssa McLeod NDC Ontario 9 Ashley Campbell Simcoe County Rovers FC Stefanie Young Simcoe County Rovers FC 6 Elise Bell Guelph United FC 7 Mia Bosch FC London Yasmin Castillo Scrosoppi FC 9 Ailish Hennessy NDC Ontario 6 Joanna Abdelmalak Vaughan Azzurri Kaiden Sherwood Waterloo United Sabrina Bisante Simcoe County Rovers FC Source: OPL
Ontario Premier League 2
Ontario Premier League 2 is composed of 10 teams, eight of those returning from the 2026 season. Alliance United FC was initially relegated from the Premier division, but withdrew from the league and sold their license to International FC who replace them in the division. Cambridge United joined after being promoted from the League2 division.
The first place team in the standings will be automatically promoted to the OPL1 for 2027, while the second-place finisher will advance to the promotion playoffs against the 9th-place finisher in the OPL1. The last place team will be relegated to the OPL3 for 2027.
Clubs
Team City Principal stadium Head coach Burlington SC Burlington Corpus Christi CSS Neil Wilson Cambridge United Cambridge Fountain Street Soccer Complex Hamilton United Hamilton Ron Joyce Stadium (McMaster University) Carmine Lancia International FC Thornhill (Vaughan) Zanchin Automotive Soccer Centre Oakville SC Oakville Bronte Athletic Park Garrett Peters Pickering FC Pickering Pickering Soccer Centre/Kinsmen Park Peter Hogg Rush Canada Oakville River Oaks Park Michael Di Blasio Tecumseh United FC Tecumseh Académie Ste. Cécile International School James Lambourne Unionville Milliken SC Unionville (Markham) Ontario Soccer Centre Alex Morales Whitby FC Whitby Telus Dome Rich Hirst
Standings
Statistics
Top goalscorers Does not include playoffs RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Brianne Desa Pickering FC 10 Nassima Benmessaoud Oakville SC 3 Della Weir Rush Canada SA 9 4 Ava Mills International FC 8 Madison Mariani Rush Canada SA 6 Anna Pozzi Tecumseh United FC 7 Caitlyn Gratton Hamilton UnitedHope WindebankPickering FCInes DelhomelleUnionville Milliken SC 10 Brianna Henry Hamilton United 6 Lauren Illman Whitby FC Source: OPL
Ontario Premier League 3
Ontario Premier League 3 clubs will be divided in three regional conferences (unlike previous seasons which consisted of two conferences). Those clubs will be "A" teams that have not earned promotion to higher division, the "B" teams of OPL1 and OPL2 clubs, or newly licensed clubs. Kingston Sentinels and Richmond Hill SC join as expansion teams.
The winner of each division, as well as the best second-place finisher will advance to the OPL3 Playoffs. The winner of the playoffs will earn promotion to the OPL2 division. If the winner of the playoffs is a B team, they may decline promotion, and instead the top two A teams with the most regular-season points in the division will meet in a playoff to earn promotion.
Northeast Conference
Central Conference
Southwest Conference
Ontario Premier League 3 Finals
Statistics
Top goalscorers Does not include playoffs RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Demi Maroudas St. Catharines Roma Wolves 20 2 Aya Naamani Waterloo United B 15 3 Kimee Liu Railway City FC 12 4 Arianna Zumpano St. Catharines Roma Wolves 11 Naomi Atem Richmond Hill SC 6 Alexaudria Chasles Woodbridge Strikers B 10 Jasmine McCatty Simcoe County Rovers FC Jasmyn Clarke Pickering FC B Kiara Levac Sudbury Cyclones Mara Stanistreet Kingston Sentinels Source: OPL
OPL Cup The OPL Cup is a league cup tournament that is contested by A teams from all three tiers of Ontario Premier League.
All 26 "A" teams will participate in the five-round knockout competition, which is played concurrently with the league season. Twenty clubs will enter the first round (four clubs from OPL1, all ten clubs from OPL2, and the six A teams from OPL3), while six clubs from the OPL1 will receive a bye to the round of 16.
The league initially did a draw to determine the Round 1 and 2 matchups only. Ahead of the third round, a second draw was held to determine the remaining matchups. The bracket below combines the two draws into one.
Bracket
U20 Reserve Division The league will continue to operate a reserve division The reserve division will be split into regional conferences. It is not part of the regular pyramid and teams are not eligible for promotion.
Northeast Conference
Central Conference
Southwest Conference
Playoffs The top team in each division plus the best runner-up will qualify for the playoffs.
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