The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. The 2006 Grey Cup game will be held in Winnipeg on November 19, 2006. The 2007 Grey Cup game will be held in Toronto.
In 1909, the Grey Cup was donated by the then Governor General of Canada, the Earl Grey, to recognize the top amateur rugby football team in Canada. By this time Canadian rugby had become markedly different from the rugby union football from which it developed. Over time, the Grey Cup became the property of the Canadian Football League (CFL), which had evolved as a professional league that plays Canadian football. University football teams now compete for the Vanier Cup.