1951 in Canadian football

Canadian football news in 1951
The BC Lions were formed in January at the Arctic Club in Vancouver; however, the franchise would begin play at the start of the 1954 season.

E. Kent Philips of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, was appointed WIFU Commissioner. The IRFU allowed the third-place Toronto Argonauts to be in the playoffs due to similar regular season records with the other top two teams.

On October 20, Philip Duke of Edinburgh and The Princess Elizabeth Duchess of Edinburgh attended an Edmonton Eskimos home game.

Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
 * Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
 * Saskatchewan and Ottawa both have first round byes.
 * McMaster University started ORFU play in October. It played 4 point games

Grey Cup playoffs
Note: All dates in 1951

SEMI-FINALS

 * The Edmonton Eskimos went on to play the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the WIFU Finals.


 * Hamilton won the total-point series by 31–28. The Tiger-Cats went on to play the Ottawa Rough Riders in the IRFU Finals.

FINALS

 * Saskatchewan won the best of three series 2–1. The Roughriders advanced to the Grey Cup game.


 * Sarnia won the total-point series by 56–53. The Imperials went on to play the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Eastern Finals.


 * ''Ottawa won the best of three series 2–0. The Rough Riders went on to play the Sarnia Imperials in the Eastern Finals.

Eastern Finals

 * The Ottawa Rough Riders advanced to the Grey Cup game.

Grey Cup Championship
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