Toronto traditionally has been regarded as a five-team town, although over the last decade, the city has seen the rise of women’s pro teams like the Sceptres, Tempo, and AFC Toronto, giving Toronto sports fans eight teams to follow across hockey, basketball, soccer, baseball, and football. Before the women’s teams arrived, it was mainly the Leafs in the winter, Blue Jays in the summer, Raptors through the fall and spring, TFC on weekends, and the Argos holding it down in the CFL. Now the PWHL’s Sceptres, the WNBA’s Tempo, and the Northern Super League’s AFC Toronto have added three more schedules to keep straight — though, as it turns out, TSN carries the large majority of all three, so the newer teams slot into an existing subscription more easily than you might expect. Following one team is easy. Following all eight — actually watching the games, not just checking scores on the TTC — still takes some planning, because the city’s eight teams split across TSN, Sportsnet, CBC, and Apple TV in ways that shift from year to year.
The days when you could flip between TSN and Sportsnet on cable and catch everything are fading. Some games are on regional broadcasts. Some are national exclusives. Some have moved to streaming-only platforms. TFC remains the one true outlier, locked to Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass regardless of which other services you subscribe to. And the landscape shifts just enough each year that what worked last October might not work this October.
So here’s the honest breakdown — where every Toronto team’s games actually live this season, and every realistic way to watch them, from free options to full setups.
Where Each Team’s Games Actually Air
Before you can pick a setup, you need to know where the games are. Toronto’s eight teams are scattered across more channels and apps than any single service was designed to handle.
The Maple Leafs
The Leafs are split between TSN and Sportsnet for regional broadcasts, depending on the game. National games land on Sportsnet and no longer on CBC for the first time ever — until this NHL season, the Saturday night games on CBC are free over the air with an antenna, which was a genuine perk for Leafs fans who don’t want to pay for anything. Playoff games shift to Sportsnet nationally.
The wrinkle: you need access to both TSN and Sportsnet to catch the full regular season, because the regional rights are split. One network alone leaves gaps.
The Toronto Sceptres
The Sceptres play in the PWHL, and TSN holds the lion’s share of Canadian broadcast rights, carrying the majority of Sceptres games across its channels and TSN+. A number of Saturday games also air on CBC as part of the revamped Hockey Night in Canada, giving cord-cutters with just an antenna a way to catch select Sceptres matchups for free. Between TSN and the occasional CBC Saturday game, Sceptres coverage in Canada is more consolidated than you might expect from a newer league.
The Raptors
Raptors games air primarily on TSN, with some national windows on Sportsnet. The same TSN-Sportsnet split applies — you need both for full coverage. Select nationally televised NBA games also appear on platforms carrying the national feed.
The Toronto Tempo
The WNBA’s first team based outside the US airs exclusively on TSN in Canada — Bell Media’s multi-year deal with the WNBA has TSN broadcasting and streaming every single Tempo game, along with additional regular-season games from around the league and the WNBA All-Star Game, playoffs, and finals. A select number of Tempo games also simulcast on CTV and stream on Crave, and Prime Video carries an additional slate of Tempo and WNBA games available in Canada. For a first-year franchise, that’s an unusually clean broadcast setup: TSN alone gets you every game.
The Blue Jays
Sportsnet is the home for Blue Jays baseball. The vast majority of the 162-game season airs on Sportsnet or Sportsnet ONE, making it the most network-consolidated of any Toronto team. Some Saturday and postseason games land on other national broadcasters, but for regular-season coverage, Sportsnet is the anchor.
Toronto FC
MLS made things simpler a few years ago — every match streams through Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass. One subscription, every game, no blackouts. It’s a clean, self-contained solution that works the same whether you’re home or on the go. Some matches also air on TSN as simulcasts.
AFC Toronto
AFC Toronto plays in the Northern Super League, Canada’s new professional women’s soccer league, and NSL matches are carried through a three-way Canadian partnership: TSN, CBC/Radio-Canada, and RDS (which provides French-language coverage of select matches). A league spokesperson has said a “substantial number” of matches air on linear TV through those partners, with the rest streaming on NSL’s own digital platforms. In the US, ESPN+ carries everything that airs on TSN and TSN+.
The Argos
CFL games air on TSN, which has been the league’s broadcast partner for years. The CFL also streams through CFL+, the league’s own platform, which carries out-of-market and archived games alongside the live broadcasts.
The Options: Every Realistic Way to Watch
Now that you know where the games live, here’s how to actually get those channels and apps on your screen. Each option has trade-offs, and the right one depends on how many teams you follow and how much you want to spend.
Free Over-the-Air Antenna
Cost: one-time $30–50 for a decent indoor antenna.
A digital antenna in the GTA picks up CBC (Hockey Night in Canada on Saturdays, which now includes select Sceptres games, plus NSL matches), CTV (which simulcasts select Tempo games), Global, City, and other local channels. That gets you free Leafs games on Saturday nights, a meaningful slice of Sceptres and AFC Toronto coverage, and occasional Tempo games — all for zero monthly cost. It won’t get you TSN or Sportsnet, which is where the bulk of the women’s teams’ coverage actually lives, so an antenna alone leaves real gaps for anyone following the Sceptres, Tempo, or AFC Toronto closely.
Sportsnet+
Sportsnet’s own streaming service carries the Sportsnet channels and gives you the Blue Jays, roughly half the Leafs regional broadcasts, and the national hockey and basketball games that land on their network. It’s the strongest single-subscription option if you follow the Jays closely and want Sportsnet’s share of the Leafs and Raptors.
What it doesn’t cover: the TSN half, and that’s a bigger gap than it used to be. The Sceptres, Tempo, and AFC Toronto all live primarily on TSN, so Sportsnet+ alone won’t get you any of the three women’s teams in any meaningful way.
TSN+
TSN’s streaming platform carries TSN’s channels, which gets you their share of Leafs and Raptors games, plus CFL coverage and other live sports. It’s the complement to Sportsnet+ — if you pair the two, you’ve got both networks covered.
TSN+ has also quietly become the single best subscription for Toronto’s women’s teams. TSN broadcasts and streams every Tempo game, holds the majority of Sceptres broadcast rights, and is one of three Canadian partners carrying AFC Toronto. If you follow the Sceptres, Tempo, or AFC Toronto, TSN+ does more of the job alone than any other single service on this list.
The trade-off is cost. Stacking TSN+ and Sportsnet+ together runs roughly $30–40 a month combined, and you still need Apple TV for TFC.
Sportsnet+ and TSN+ Together
This is the “official” cord-cutter stack for Toronto sports fans who want full regional coverage. You get both halves of the Leafs and Raptors split, full Blue Jays, CFL on TSN, most nationally broadcast games, and — thanks to TSN’s hold on the women’s teams — the large majority of Sceptres, Tempo, and AFC Toronto coverage too. Add Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass for TFC, and you’ve covered all eight teams.
The total runs in the $40–50 range monthly when you add everything up. It works, it’s legitimate, and the only friction is managing multiple apps and logins — switching between TSN and Sportsnet depending on which team is playing where that night.
YouTube TV / FuboTV
Both carry TSN and Sportsnet in their Canadian channel lineups, which means one subscription covers both networks and you don’t have to stack two separate services. Because TSN carries the bulk of the women’s teams’ games, this option picks up the Sceptres, Tempo, and AFC Toronto along with everything else. They also bundle in other sports channels, news, and entertainment, making them feel more like a traditional cable replacement than the standalone options. Monthly costs are higher — typically $60–80 — but you’re getting a broader channel package.
The All-In-One Option: IPTV
For fans who’ve gone through the exercise of stacking services and found it either too expensive or too fragmented, there’s a different approach. An iptv setup delivers live channels — including TSN, Sportsnet, CBC, and international sports feeds — over your existing internet connection in a single channel guide. Because nearly all eight Toronto teams funnel through TSN, Sportsnet, or CBC in some combination, this consolidates almost the entire slate, Sceptres and Tempo included, into one guide instead of switching between three or four apps.
A reliable iptv service runs on smart TVs, streaming boxes, phones, and tablets — the devices you already own — without contracts or hardware rentals. For Toronto fans following multiple teams, it solves the fragmentation problem at its root: one lineup, every channel, every team, no app-hopping. The key is choosing a provider with stable streams, good uptime during peak sports hours, and responsive support — the same things that matter with any streaming setup, just consolidated into one.
What Setup Actually Works for You
The honest answer depends on how many teams you follow:
One team, casually: Sportsnet+ alone covers most Blue Jays fans. TSN+ alone covers most Argos fans, and also happens to cover most Sceptres, Tempo, or AFC Toronto fans on its own. An antenna plus Sportsnet+ handles a casual Leafs follower.
Two or three teams, seriously: If your teams lean toward TSN’s side of the split, which includes all three women’s teams, TSN+ alone may get you further than expected. Add Apple TV for TFC if that’s one of your teams, and Sportsnet+ only if the Jays or the Sportsnet half of the Leafs/Raptors split matter to you too.
All eight teams, everything: This is where the stacking gets expensive and the app-switching gets old. A consolidated setup — whether it’s a cable-style streaming bundle like Fubo, or an iptv service that carries every channel in one guide — pays for itself in convenience, though you’ll still want Apple TV running alongside it for TFC.
A Few Things Worth Knowing
Your internet matters more than your service. Any streaming option — Sportsnet+, TSN+, IPTV, OneSoccer, YouTube, all of it — runs on your home internet. For smooth HD during a playoff game, you want a stable connection of 15 Mbps or more. If your Wi-Fi drops in the living room, fix that first. A wired connection to your streaming device or a mesh network makes a bigger difference than which service you pick.
Test before the game you care about. Whatever setup you choose, run it during a regular-season Tuesday night game, not during Game 7 or a Sceptres playoff clincher. Make sure the channels load, the quality holds, and you know how to find the right broadcast. Every option on this list works when it works — the difference is knowing it works before the moment it matters.
The schedule is your friend, especially for the newer leagues. Check which channel or app has tonight’s game before puck drop or first pitch. The TSN/Sportsnet split means a Leafs game might be on a different network than last Tuesday’s, and with the Tempo and AFC Toronto still establishing their broadcast rhythms, it’s worth double-checking rather than assuming. Bookmark the schedules, check them that morning, and you’ll never sit down wondering where the game is.
The Bottom Line
Toronto has eight professional teams now, across men’s and women’s leagues, and a streaming landscape that changes a little every year. There’s no single perfect answer — the right setup is the one that covers the teams you actually follow, on the devices you actually use, at a price that doesn’t quietly creep past what cable used to cost. Match the option to how you watch, test it before the big game, and you’ll spend this season watching the games instead of searching for them.
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