| Most recent season or competition: 2018–19 CWHL season | |
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| Sport | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 |
| Ceased | 2019 |
| Commissioner | Brenda Andress (2007–2018) Jayna Hefford (2018–19)interim |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Countries | Canada China United States |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1] |
| Last champion(s) | Calgary Inferno |
| Most titles | Montreal Stars/Les Canadiennes de Montréal (4 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | Rogers Sportsnet |
The Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL; French: Ligue canadienne de hockey féminin ‒ LCHF) was a women's ice hockey league. Established in 2007 as a Canadian women's senior league in the Greater Toronto Area, Montreal, and Ottawa, the league expanded into Alberta (2011) and internationally in the United States (2010) and China (2017) throughout its tenure. The league discontinued operations on May 1, 2019, after 12 seasons.
For most of its existence, the CWHL was registered as an amateur association but was considered the top women's hockey league in North America. The National Women's Hockey League, later re-branded the Premier Hockey Federation, launched in the US in 2015 and was the first women's league to pay salaries. The CWHL began paying players a stipend during its last two seasons before it folded, citing financial difficulties. The collapse of the league resulted in the establishment of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA), a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to the professionalization of women's hockey.
- ^ "Contact – Canadian Women's Hockey League". thecwhl.com. Canadian Women's Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2018-01-13.