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Canadian Premier League, League1 Canada Announce Rebrands
By Both Canada’s top flight and its pro-am provincial leagues are getting a big makeover today.
Canadian Soccer Business has just confirmed a new brand identities for both the Canadian Premier League and League1 Canada, the latter of which is transforming into Premier Soccer Leagues Canada (PSLC).
The Canadian Premier League logo is now as red-and-white as the country’s flag, marking a distinct departure from the inaugural logo launched in 2018.
That previous logo paid homage to the North Star inside a maple leaf with motifs of green and blue elements inspired by the colours of the Northern Lights themselves.
The maple leaf and North Star display still shines in the new red-and-̶w̶h̶i̶t̶e̶ gold logo, which now takes near-identical shape that of its semi-pro PSLC leagues, which will all carry their own colourway inspired from local flags and identities.
The provincial leagues within Premier Soccer Leagues Canada also drop the ‘League1’ moniker and will now be known as the Ontario Premier League, British Columbia Premier League, and Alberta Premier League.
As we reported last week, the Prairies Premier League – what we had called League1 Prairies – will also launch in 2026. More on that here.
It remains to be seen what Ligue1 Quebec will be doing with its own name. That league used to be called PLSQ, oddly enough. It also remains to be seen what the leagues below the premier division of the Ontario Premier League will be called, since League1 Championship and League2 Ontario no longer fall within the new naming structure.
“The updated identities reflect CSB’s long-term vision for a more connected and coherent domestic pathway, representing the first step in aligning a league portfolio that is increasingly connected, recognizable, and enduring,” reads a release from Canadian Soccer Business.
While Canadian Soccer Business says the new identities provide a clearer expression of how the CSB’s leagues relate to one another, reactions were mixed online – but not without fans of the change, too.
The rebrand was done to provide a clearer picture of the professional pathway, which has seen many players cut their teeth in the provincial semi-pro leagues before reaching professional heights at the national stage.
The CSB believes it is clearer to show this with a move from, for example, the Ontario Premier League to the Canadian Premier League, rather than League1 Ontario to the Canadian Premier League.
Canadian Premier league clubs will also don their own club-colour variants of the new CPL logo, with many already showcasing what that looks like online. Here’s the league logo in Forge colours, for instance.
“This evolution is about aligning our leagues with greater intention,” adds CSB Group CEO James Johnson. “The Canadian Premier League and Premier Soccer Leagues Canada play distinct but complementary roles in the Canadian game. This alignment is a meaningful expression of how we’re supporting players, clubs, and partners, guided by a clear vision for how CSB’s leagues can grow, connect, and strengthen the pathways of the Canadian game over time.”
There will be more coast-to-coast continuity coming from some of the ’26 kits in the Canadian Premier League, with somewhat uniform alternate kits inspired by the World Cup on the horizon.
The 2026 Canadian Premier League season will be the league’s seventh and is expected to kick off in April. More news about the Premier Soccer Leagues Canada soccer leagues’ seasons Canada-wide to come soon.