CFL Odds API
The Odds API covers CFL (Canadian Football League) odds for live and upcoming games in a simple JSON API.
Not a developer? Current CFL odds can also be accessed in Excel or Google Sheets. For website owners, the odds widget brings bookmaker odds into websites with a simple HTML tag.
Features
CFL odds are covered for live and upcoming games.
Featured markets, including moneyline, spreads, totals are covered for several bookmakers. See the full list of bookmakers.
Odds are refreshed at regular intervals. More information on update intervals can be found here.
CFL scores are covered, with final scores available for games completed up to 3 days ago.
Current odds data and scores are available on all usage plans, including the free usage plan.
Historical CFL odds data is available from Jul 2022 on paid usage plans. More information on historical odds data can be found here.
The API response includes deep links to bookmaker websites.
Querying CFL Odds
Query Featured CFL Markets
Featured markets (moneyline, spreads and totals) can be queried using the odds endpoint.
Parameters
To query current CFL odds for featured markets, the following parameters need to be provided:
- sport In this case
americanfootball_cfl - regions Regions of bookmakers to return, for example
us - markets For example,
h2hfor moneyline,spreads,totals - oddsFormat
decimaloramerican. This example usesamerican - apiKey Get a free API key
See the documentation for more options
Example API Request
https://api.the-odds-api.com/v4/sports/americanfootball_cfl/odds?regions=us&markets=h2h,spreads,totals&oddsFormat=american&apiKey=YOUR_API_KEYExample API Response
The API will return live and upcoming CFL games, including start times, home and away teams, and odds from bookmakers for the specified regions and markets.
json
[{
"id": "fc4c9d3f722f4bb54e8e4496a771a03f",
"sport_key": "americanfootball_cfl",
"sport_title": "CFL",
"commence_time": "2026-11-15T23:00:00Z",
"home_team": "Edmonton Elks",
"away_team": "Montreal Alouettes",
"bookmakers": [
{
"key": "draftkings",
"title": "DraftKings",
"last_update": "2026-11-12T06:16:50Z",
"markets": [
{
"key": "h2h",
"last_update": "2026-11-12T06:16:50Z",
"outcomes": [
{"name": "Edmonton Elks", "price": 136},
{"name": "Montreal Alouettes", "price": -162}
]
},
{
"key": "spreads",
"last_update": "2026-11-12T06:16:50Z",
"outcomes": [
{"name": "Edmonton Elks", "price": -110, "point": 3},
{"name": "Montreal Alouettes", "price": -110, "point": -3}
]
},
{
"key": "totals",
"last_update": "2026-11-12T06:16:50Z",
"outcomes": [
{"name": "Over", "price": -115, "point": 55.5},
{"name": "Under", "price": -105, "point": 55.5}
]
}
]
},
...The usage cost of the API call in this example is
usage cost = [number of markets] x [number of regions] = 3 x 1 = 3 creditsSee the API documentation for details.
Other Sports
See the full list of sports covered by The Odds API.
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