The Labour Day Classic (French: Classique de la fête du travail, branded as OK Tire Labour Day Weekend for sponsorship reasons) is a week of the Canadian Football League (CFL) schedule played over the Labour Day weekend (which includes the first Monday in September). Labour Day weekend, roughly 12 or 13 weeks into the CFL season, is known for its matchups that do not change from year to year, unlike other "rivalry" weeks of the CFL schedule. Labour Day weekend is also one of typically two weeks (the Thanksgiving Day Classic being the other) in the CFL schedule that the league plays on a Monday. Multinational Balkrishna Industries' OK Tire brand is the presenting sponsor of the event as of 2022.

The usual weekend matchups involves the Montreal Alouettes playing against the Ottawa Redblacks on the Friday before Labour Day, with host duties alternating between the two teams. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers then visit the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday and on Labour Day itself, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats play at home against the Toronto Argonauts, while the Edmonton Elks visit the Calgary Stampeders.^[1][2] The BC Lions have no geographic rival and typically have a bye, having played just twice on Labour Day Weekend (2015 and 2023) since the return to nine teams in 2014. However, the Lions are scheduled to play in 2024 against the Redblacks, in Victoria, British Columbia, which will be their first Labour Day matchup since 2002 and the first neutral site Labour Day Weekend game to be played.^[3]

History

The Labour Day Classic began in 1949 and pre-dates the founding of the CFL by nine years.^{[citation needed]} The matchups have remained mostly the same throughout history, except during Montreal and Ottawa's periods of hiatus or due to scheduling conflicts.

During the early 1980s, the Montreal Concordes played the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the remaining three teams (Toronto, Ottawa and BC) rotated each year. Ottawa and BC faced each other during the late 1980s and early 1990s while the league had no team in Montreal.

Because Ottawa had no active team from 1997 to 2001 and 2006–2013, the Alouettes usually played the Lions during those seasons, creating a "coast-to-coast" rivalry.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the entire 2020 CFL season was cancelled and therefore no Labour Day weekend games were played for the first time in CFL history.^[4]

Hamilton

Due to scheduling conflicts, the Tiger-Cats temporarily revived its rivalry with the current incarnation of the Alouettes in the Labour Day game for the 2011 season; the change in opponents led Hamilton to dub the game the Labour Day Classique in reference to Montreal's francophone community.^[5][6] Therefore, in 2011, this automatically resulted in Toronto and BC facing each other.

In 2013, the Tiger-Cats' did not host a game on Labour Day for only the second time in franchise history (the first being 1995).^[7] It was also the first time that they did not host a game on that weekend. Because Ivor Wynne Stadium was demolished to make way for the new Tim Hortons Field, the team played out of Alumni Stadium in Guelph. The University of Guelph Gryphons (along with most Ontario University Athletics teams) were playing that same day, so the Tiger-Cats could not host the game. To make up for it, the Toronto at Hamilton matchup was played in the Thanksgiving Day Classic.

For the 2016 contest, to avoid any further conflicts with OUA games, the CFL moved the Toronto/Hamilton matchup to prime time Labour Day evening.^[8] That year, the OUA's McMaster Marauders football team moved its Labour Day matchup with the Toronto Varsity Blues football squad to Tim Hortons Field, creating a doubleheader with a series of concerts in-between games.^[9] This was moved back to a 1:00 pm Eastern start in 2019.^[10]

Related events

Although not directly associated with the Labour Day Classic, the week after Labour Day often has a repeat match-up of the Bombers vs Roughriders (see Banjo Bowl), Stampeders vs Elks (see Battle of Alberta), and Tiger-Cats vs Argonauts (a rivalry which began in 1873),^[11] with home field advantage now to the team that did not have it during the Labour Day weekend.

As the league has been increasing in popularity in recent years, print ads for the Labour Day Classic try to evoke the tradition of watching Canadian football on the last weekend of summer. Slogans include "Long Live the Rivalries" and "Watch the Team You Love Play the Team You Love to Hate". Some of the teams wear special third jerseys or throwback uniforms if they play at home.

Current matchups

Edmonton vs Calgary

Edmonton victories

Stampeders victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 1949 Edmonton Stampeders 20–6 2 1950 Calgary Edmonton 19–13 3 1951 Calgary Edmonton 18–17 4 1952 Edmonton Edmonton 17–10 5 1953 Edmonton Edmonton 19–5 6 1959 Calgary Edmonton 16–10 7 1960 Calgary Edmonton 29–28 8 1961 Calgary Edmonton 10–9 9 1962 Calgary Stampeders 49–17 10 1963 Calgary Stampeders 16–14 11 1969 Calgary Stampeders 16–14 12 1970 Calgary Stampeders 28–13 13 1971 Calgary Stampeders 23–7 14 1972 Calgary Edmonton 31–19 15 1974 Calgary Edmonton 20–16 16 1975 Calgary Edmonton 35–31 17 1976 Calgary Edmonton 19–17 18 1977 Calgary Edmonton 22–8 19 1978 Calgary Tie 28–28 20 1979 Calgary Edmonton 27–1 21 1980 Calgary Edmonton 38–23 22 1982 Calgary Stampeders 32–20 23 1983 Calgary Stampeders 18–15 24 1984 Calgary Edmonton 30–28 25 1985 Calgary Edmonton 34–28 26 1986 Calgary Edmonton 42–19 27 1987 Calgary Stampeders 29–20 28 1988 Calgary Edmonton 27–11 29 1989 Calgary Edmonton 31–14 30 1990 Calgary Edmonton 38–4 31 1991 Calgary Stampeders 48–36 32 1992 Calgary Edmonton 34–21 No. Date Location Winner Score 33 1993 Calgary Stampeders 33–13 34 1994 Calgary Stampeders 48–13 35 1995 Calgary Stampeders 51–26 36 1996 Calgary Stampeders 31–13 37 1997 Calgary Stampeders 27–14 38 1998 Calgary Stampeders 26–8 39 1999 Calgary Edmonton 33–30 40 2000 Calgary Edmonton 30–18 41 2001 Calgary Edmonton 33–32 42 2002 Calgary Edmonton 28–20 43 2003 Calgary Stampeders 28–22 44 2004 Calgary Edmonton 25–7 45 2005 Calgary Edmonton 25–23 46 2006 Calgary Stampeders 44–23 47 2007 Calgary Stampeders 35–24 48 2008 Calgary Edmonton 37–16 49 2009 Calgary Stampeders 32–8 50 2010 Calgary Stampeders 52–5 51 2011 Calgary Edmonton 35–7 52 2012 Calgary Stampeders 31–30 53 2013 Calgary Stampeders 37–34 54 2014 Calgary Stampeders 28–13 55 2015 Calgary Stampeders 16–7 56 2016 Calgary Stampeders 45–24 57 2017 Calgary Stampeders 39–18 58 2018 Calgary Stampeders 23–20 59 2019 Calgary Stampeders 25–9 60 2021 Calgary Edmonton 32–20 61 2022 Calgary Stampeders 26–18 62 2023 Calgary Stampeders 35–31 Series: Stampeders leads 31–30–1

Longest Winning Streak (Edmonton): 7 (1950–1961)
Longest Winning Streak (Stampeders): 8 (2012–2019)

Did not play in the following years: 1954–1958, 1964–1968, 1973, 1981, 2020

Television (since 1985): CTV (1985–1986); CFN (1987, 1990); CBC (1988, 1991–2007); TSN (1989, 2008–2019, 2021–2023)

Labour Day Rematch

Starting in 1989, Calgary and Edmonton have played a Labour Day home-and-home series. The Labour Day Classic game has been held in Calgary on Labour Day Monday, and the Rematch has been held in Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium the following Friday or Saturday. In 1992, the game in Edmonton was held the week before the Labour Day Classic instead of the week after.

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Year	Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score	OT	Attendance	TV
1989	Friday, September 8	Edmonton	38	Calgary	27		41,327	CFN
1990	Friday, September 7	Edmonton	34	Calgary	17		57,444**	CFN
1991	Friday, September 6	Edmonton	51	Calgary	37		57,843**	TSN
1992	*Friday, August 28	Calgary	45	Edmonton	38	OT	31,812	TSN
1993	Friday, September 10	Edmonton	29	Calgary	16		54,324**	TSN
1994	Friday, September 9	Edmonton	38	Calgary	12		51,180**	TSN
1995	Friday, September 8	Calgary	33	Edmonton	17		49,434	TSN
1996	Friday, September 6	Edmonton	20	Calgary	19		40,727**	TSN
1997	Friday, September 5	Edmonton	24	Calgary	20		43,913**	TSN
1998	Friday, September 11	Calgary	30	Edmonton	23		50,856**	TSN
1999	Friday, September 10	Calgary	38	Edmonton	13		52,458**	TSN
2000	Friday, September 8	Edmonton	31	Calgary	10		53,248**	TSN
2001	Friday, September 7	Calgary	34	Edmonton	33		48,279**	TSN
2002	Friday, September 6	Edmonton	45	Calgary	11		61,481**	TSN
2003	Friday, September 5	Edmonton	38	Calgary	0		62,444**	TSN
2004	Friday, September 10	Edmonton	44	Calgary	12		50,366	TSN
2005	Friday, September 9	Calgary	16	Edmonton	11		42,654	TSN
2006	Friday, September 8	Edmonton	35	Calgary	26		47,965**	TSN
2007	Friday, September 7	Calgary	20	Edmonton	17		42,329	TSN
2008	Friday, September 5	Calgary	38	Edmonton	33		46,014	TSN
2009	Friday, September 11	Calgary	35	Edmonton	34		46,212	TSN
2010	Friday, September 10	Calgary	36	Edmonton	20		35,349	TSN
2011	Friday, September 9	Calgary	30	Edmonton	20		45,672	TSN
2012	Friday, September 7	Calgary	20	Edmonton	18		39,363	TSN
2013	Friday, September 6	Calgary	22	Edmonton	12		33,654	TSN
2014	Saturday, September 6	Calgary	41	Edmonton	34		40,852	TSN
2015	Saturday, September 12	Edmonton	27	Calgary	16		38,906**	TSN
2016	Saturday, September 10	Calgary	34	Edmonton	28	OT	35,278	TSN
2017	Saturday, September 9	Calgary	25	Edmonton	22		34,312	TSN
2018	Saturday, September 8	Edmonton	48	Calgary	42		38,611**	TSN
2019	Saturday, September 7	Calgary	33	Edmonton	17		40,113**	TSN
2020	Not played due to COVID-19
2021	Saturday, September 11	Calgary	32	Edmonton	16		33,493**	TSN
2022	Saturday, September 10	Calgary	56	Edmonton	28