The 2016 CFL season was the 63rd season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 59th season of the league. Toronto hosted the 104th Grey Cup on November 27. The regular season began on June 23 and ended on November 5.

According to the new collective bargaining agreement, the 2016 salary cap was set at $5,100,000. As per the agreement, the cap was fixed and did not vary with league revenue performance. The minimum team salary was set at $4,500,000 with individual minimum salaries set at $52,000.

On February 18, 2016, the 2016 season schedule was released, with the regular season opener taking place at BMO Field hosted by the Toronto Argonauts on June 23. This was the first time that the Argonauts hosted a season opener since the 2008 CFL season and the first time a new stadium opened the season since Winnipeg's Investors Group Field opened the 2013 season. For the third consecutive season, week 1 featured a Grey Cup rematch, with the defending champion Edmonton Eskimos hosting the Ottawa Redblacks. This was also be the first time since 2012 that all member clubs played all pre-season and regular season games at their regular home stadiums.

The 2015 featured eight home-and-home series; three of those featured Saskatchewan and/or Winnipeg, while the Montreal Alouettes played none. There were 21 double headers this year, with three on Thursdays, eight on Fridays, eight on Saturdays, and two (the traditional Labour Day and Thanksgiving contests, with the Ontario Labour Day game being played in prime time for the first time ever) on Mondays. There also was a triple header for the first time since 2007, with three games on the final day of the regular season on Saturday, November 5. For the second consecutive season, the last week of the regular season featured inter-divisional games. This was the second straight season to showcase Thursday Night Football with 10 of the first 11 weeks featuring Thursday night games, including the three aforementioned Thursday night double headers. Every CFL team hosted at least one Thursday game this season; Montreal hosted the most with three Thursday home games.

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