Labour Day Classic

This article is about the Canadian Football League tradition. For the college football rivalry in the Houston area, see Labor Day Classic.

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 three times on Labour Day Weekend (2015, 2023 and 2024) since the return to nine teams in 2014. The Lions most recently played in 2024 against the Redblacks, in Victoria, British Columbia, which was the first Labour Day matchup between the Lions and an Ottawa team since 2002 and the first neutral site Labour Day Weekend game to be played.^[3]

History

The Labour Day Classic Logo from 2016. Mark's was the presenting sponsor of the event from 2014 to 2021.

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 Eskimos/Elks vs Calgary Stampeders

Eskimos victories

Stampeders victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 1949 Edmonton Stampeders 20–6 2 1950 Calgary Eskimos 19–13 3 1951 Calgary Eskimos 18–17 4 1952 Edmonton Eskimos 17–10 5 1953 Edmonton Eskimos 19–5 6 1959 Calgary Eskimos 16–10 7 1960 Calgary Eskimos 29–28 8 1961 Calgary Eskimos 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 Eskimos 31–19 15 1974 Calgary Eskimos 20–16 16 1975 Calgary Eskimos 35–31 17 1976 Calgary Eskimos 19–17 18 1977 Calgary Eskimos 22–8 19 1978 Calgary Tie 28–28 20 1979 Calgary Eskimos 27–1 21 1980 Calgary Eskimos 38–23 22 1982 Calgary Stampeders 32–20 23 1983 Calgary Stampeders 18–15 24 1984 Calgary Eskimos 30–28 25 1985 Calgary Eskimos 34–28 26 1986 Calgary Eskimos 42–19 27 1987 Calgary Stampeders 29–20 28 1988 Calgary Eskimos 27–11 29 1989 Calgary Eskimos 31–14 30 1990 Calgary Eskimos 38–4 No. Date Location Winner Score 31 1991 Calgary Stampeders 48–36 32 1992 Calgary Eskimos 34–21 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 Eskimos 33–30 40 2000 Calgary Eskimos 30–18 41 2001 Calgary Eskimos 33–32 42 2002 Calgary Eskimos 28–20 43 2003 Calgary Stampeders 28–22 44 2004 Calgary Eskimos 25–7 45 2005 Calgary Eskimos 25–23 46 2006 Calgary Stampeders 44–23 47 2007 Calgary Stampeders 35–24 48 2008 Calgary Eskimos 37–16 49 2009 Calgary Stampeders 32–8 50 2010 Calgary Stampeders 52–5 51 2011 Calgary Eskimos 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

Elks victories

Stampeders victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	2021	Calgary	Elks	32–20
2	2022	Calgary	Stampeders	26–18
3	2023	Calgary	Stampeders	35–31
4	2024	Calgary	Elks	35–20
Series: Tied 31–31–1

Longest Winning Streak (Edmonton): 7 (1950–1961)
Longest Winning Streak (Calgary): 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, 2021–2024)

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.

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		26,946	TSN
2023	Saturday, September 9	Edmonton	25	Calgary	23		32,422	TSN
2024	Saturday, September 7	Edmonton	37	Calgary	16		32,144	TSN

*Game held the week before the Labour Day Classic

**CFL's Top Regular Season Attendance

Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs Saskatchewan Roughriders

In the week following the Winnipeg vs Saskatchewan Labour Day Classic matchup, the two teams rematch annually in the Banjo Bowl.

Blue Bombers victories

Roughriders victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 1949 Regina Roughriders 20–9 2 1950 Regina Roughriders 17–2 3 1951 Regina Blue Bombers 24–22 4 1952 Regina Blue Bombers 16–8 5 1953 Regina Roughriders 23–19 6 1954 Regina Roughriders 18–14 7 1961 Regina Blue Bombers 17–11 8 1962 Regina Blue Bombers 30–7 9 1963 Regina Roughriders 15–9 10 1970 Regina Roughriders 30–11 11 1972 Regina Roughriders 32–21 12 1974 Regina Blue Bombers 20–18 13 1975 Regina Roughriders 27–23 14 1977 Regina Roughriders 26–18 15 1978 Regina Blue Bombers 31–29 16 1979 Regina Blue Bombers 28–11 17 1980 Regina Blue Bombers 32–29 18 1982 Regina Blue Bombers 36–35 19 1983 Regina Roughriders 32–30 20 1984 Regina Roughriders 30–25 21 1985 Regina Blue Bombers 18–10 22 1986 Regina Roughriders 34–30 23 1987 Regina Blue Bombers 29–25 24 1988 Regina Roughriders 29–19 25 1989 Regina Blue Bombers 28–20 26 1990 Regina Roughriders 55–11 27 1991 Regina Roughriders 56–23 28 1992 Regina Roughriders 32–20 29 1993 Regina Blue Bombers 25–24 30 1994 Regina Roughriders 42–31 No. Date Location Winner Score 31 1995 Regina Roughriders 56–4 32 1996 Regina Roughriders 41–23 33 1997 Regina Blue Bombers 43–12 34 1998 Regina Roughriders 32–18 35 1999 Regina Roughriders 42–17 36 2000 Regina Roughriders 38–29 37 2001 Regina Blue Bombers 20–18 38 2002 Regina Roughriders 33–19 39 2003 Regina Blue Bombers 36–18 40 2004 Regina Blue Bombers 17–4 41 2005 Regina Roughriders 45–26 42 2006 Regina Roughriders 39–12 43 2007 Regina Roughriders 31–26 44 2008 Regina Roughriders 19–6 45 2009 Regina Roughriders 29–14 46 2010 Regina Roughriders 27–23 47 2011 Regina Roughriders 27–7 48 2012 Regina Roughriders 52–0 49 2013 Regina Roughriders 48–25 50 2014 Regina Roughriders 35–30 51 2015 Regina Roughriders 37–19 52 2016 Regina Blue Bombers 28–25 53 2017 Regina Roughriders 38–24 54 2018 Regina Roughriders 31–23 55 2019 Regina Roughriders 19–17 56 2021 Regina Blue Bombers 23–8 57 2022 Regina Blue Bombers 20–18 58 2023 Regina Roughriders 32–30 59 2024 Regina Blue Bombers 35–33 Series: Roughriders leads 38–21

Longest winning streak (Saskatchewan): 11 (2005–2015)
Longest winning streak (Winnipeg): 4 (1978–1982)

Did not play the following years: 1955–1960, 1964–1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1981, 2020

Television (since 1982): CTV (1983–1985); CBC (1982, 1986, 1989, 1993); CFN (1987–1988); TSN (1990–1991, 1994, 1997–2000, 2002–2019, 2021–2024); No TV (1992, 1995–1996, 2001)

Toronto Argonauts vs Hamilton Tiger-Cats

The Toronto—Hamilton Classic is one of the components of the Harold Ballard Trophy, an award given to the winner of the season series between the Tiger-Cats and Argonauts. The trophy is named after Harold Ballard, who owned the Tiger-Cats for much of the 1980s and owned Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for most of that time. A trophy has been awarded to the winner of the series since 1979.^[12]

The Toronto—Hamilton contest is officially known as Football Day in Hamilton and has its own presenting sponsor, WeatherTech Canada. For the first several years after Tim Hortons Field opened, Football Day in Hamilton consisted of a Tiger-Cats game as well as a concert and either a McMaster Marauders football or a Hamilton Hurricanes (CJFL) matinée (this tradition has since been abandoned as of the 2020s).^[13]

Argonauts victories

Tiger-Cats victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 1950 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 13–6 2 1951 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27–6 3 1952 Hamilton Argonauts 33–13 4 1953 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14–10 5 1954 Hamilton Argonauts 21–7 6 1955 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37–12 7 1956 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 31–21 8 1957 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 35–8 9 1958 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 31–24 10 1959 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37–3 11 1960 Hamilton Argonauts 32–21 12 1961 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21–19 13 1963 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 7–1 14 1964 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24–8 15 1967 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 12–9 16 1968 Hamilton Argonauts 18–15 17 1971 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 30–17 18 1975 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 20–11 19 1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 19–16 20 1980 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 23–2 21 1987 Hamilton Argonauts 25–19 22 1988 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 56–28 23 1989 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 23–18 24 1991 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 48–24 25 1992 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27–24 26 1993 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 23–21 27 1994 Hamilton Argonauts 31–19 No. Date Location Winner Score 28 1996 Hamilton Argonauts 38–7 29 1997 Hamilton Argonauts 46–3 30 1998 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 26–7 31 1999 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 35–28 32 2000 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 42–12 33 2001 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 26–13 34 2002 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 22–14 35 2003 Hamilton Argonauts 19–11 36 2004 Hamilton Tie 30–30 37 2005 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33–30 38 2006 Hamilton Argonauts 40–6 39 2007 Hamilton Argonauts 32–14 40 2008 Hamilton Argonauts 34–31 41 2009 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 34–15 42 2010 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 28–13 43 2012 Hamilton Argonauts 33–30 44 2014 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 13–12 45 2015 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 42–12 46 2016 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 49–36 47 2017 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24–22 48 2018 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 42–28 49 2019 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 38–27 50 2021 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 32–19 51 2022 Hamilton Argonauts 28–8 52 2023 Hamilton Argonauts 41–28 53 2024 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 31–28 Series: Tiger-Cats leads 37–15–1

Longest Winning Streak (Hamilton): 7 (2014–2021)
Longest Winning Streak (Toronto): 3 (1994–1997, 2006–2008)

Did not play the following years: 1962, 1965–1966, 1969–1970, 1972–1974, 1976–1977, 1979, 1981–1986, 1990, 1995, 2011, 2013, 2020

Ottawa Rough Riders/Renegades/Redblacks vs Montreal Alouettes

Rough Riders victories

Alouettes victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	1949	Ottawa	Rough Riders	22–21
2	1953	Ottawa	Rough Riders	26–6
3	1954	Ottawa	Alouettes	20–11
4	1955	Montreal	Alouettes	34–22
5	1956	Montreal	Alouettes	42–10
6	1957	Montreal	Alouettes	22–21
7	1958	Montreal	Alouettes	11–9
8	1959	Ottawa	Alouettes	22–7
9	1960	Ottawa	Rough Riders	40–16
10	1960	Montreal	Alouettes	39–22
11	1961	Ottawa	Rough Riders	25–24
12	1963	Montreal	Rough Riders	37–15
13	1967	Ottawa	Rough Riders	17–5
14	1971	Ottawa	Rough Riders	40–17
15	1978	Montreal	Rough Riders	23–18
16	1996	Ottawa	Rough Riders	17–6

Renegades victories

Alouettes victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	2003	Ottawa	Renegades	43–38
2	2004	Ottawa	Alouettes	23–16
3	2005	Montreal	Alouettes	41–18

Redblacks victories

Alouettes victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	2014	Montreal	Alouettes	20–10
2	2016	Montreal	Redblacks	19–14
3	2017	Montreal	Redblacks	32–4
4	2018	Ottawa	Alouettes	21–11
5	2021	Ottawa	Alouettes	51–29
6	2022	Montreal	Redblacks	38–24
Series: Redblacks leads 13–12
Includes games from all Ottawa franchises

Longest Winning Streak (Ottawa): 7 (1961–2003)
Longest Winning Streak (Montreal): 6 (1954–1959)

Did not play in following years: 1950–1952, 1962, 1964–1966, 1968–1970, 1972–1977, 1979–1986, 2002, 2015, 2019–2020, 2023–2024

Notes

No Montreal team 1987–1995

No Ottawa team 1997–2001, 2006–2013

Other matchups

BC Lions vs Montreal Alouettes

Lions victories

Alouettes victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	1980	Montreal	Lions	14–6
2	1997	Montreal	Alouettes	26–15
3	1998	Vancouver	Alouettes	26–15
4	1999	Vancouver	Lions	44–23
5	2000	Vancouver	Alouettes	35–25
6	2001	Montreal	Alouettes	23–19
7	2006	Montreal	Lions	48–13
8	2007	Vancouver	Lions	46–14
9	2008	Montreal	Alouettes	30–25
10	2009	Vancouver	Lions	19–12
11	2010	Montreal	Lions	38–17
12	2012	Montreal	Alouettes	30–25
13	2015	Montreal	Lions	25–16
14	2023	Montreal	Lions	34–25
Series: Lions leads 8–6

BC Lions vs Ottawa Rough Riders/Renegades/Redblacks

Lions victories

Rough Riders victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	1981	Ottawa	Rough Riders	17–7
2	1982	Ottawa	Lions	45–13
3	1983	Ottawa	Rough Riders	49–19
4	1985	Ottawa	Lions	18–13
5	1986	Vancouver	Lions	40–10
6	1987	Ottawa	Lions	55–16
7	1988	Vancouver	Lions	24–11
8	1989	Vancouver	Lions	49–32
9	1991	Vancouver	Lions	24–20
10	1992	Vancouver	Lions	33–27
11	1993	Ottawa	Lions	25–24
12	2002	Ottawa	Lions	28–4
13	2024	Victoria	Lions	38–12
Series: Lions leads 11–2
Ottawa known as Renegades in 2002 and as Redblacks in 2024

Montreal Alouettes vs Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Hamilton has played and hosted the Labour Day Classic against Montreal (aka Labour Day Classique) nine times in CFL history. According to a Hamilton Spectator article, 2011 marked 25 years since Montreal had battled Hamilton in this Classic at home. In previous years, Montreal has played as either the Alouettes or Concordes. The Classique has been a notoriously one-sided rivalry; Hamilton is undefeated in the Labour Day series, and Montreal is winless, with their best result being a tie in the first Classique in 1962.

Alouettes victories

Tiger-Cats victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	1962	Hamilton	Tie	25–25
2	1965	Hamilton	Tiger-Cats	17–2
3	1970	Hamilton	Tiger-Cats	17–12
4	1982	Hamilton	Tiger-Cats	28–9
5	1983	Hamilton	Tiger-Cats	35–30
6	1984	Hamilton	Tiger-Cats	30–11
7	1985	Hamilton	Tiger-Cats	19–16
8	1986	Hamilton	Tiger-Cats	42–7
9	2011	Hamilton	Tiger-Cats	44–21
Series: Tiger-Cats leads 8–0–1
Montreal known as Concordes 1982–1985

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