| Competition: | League1 Ontario |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Dates: | April 26 – September 2 |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
The 2024 Men's League1 Ontario season is the tenth of League1 Ontario, a Division 3 men's soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario. Starting from this season, the league will split into three divisions with promotion and relegation between them.[1] [2]
The Premier division will be composed by 12 clubs, the Championship division by 10 clubs, all returning from last season. The League2 Ontario will be made up by three conferences containing reserve teams and newly licensed clubs.
| Competition: | League1 Ontario Premier |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Dates: | April 27 – September 2 |
| Relegated: | Hamilton United |
| Prevseason: | 2023 (as League1 Ontario) |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
League1 Ontario Premier will be composed by 12 teams, all coming back from the 2023 League1 Ontario season. Those clubs have qualified to the Premier division by finishing in the top half of the combined standings of the previous two seasons, with the exception of the Electric City FC, which have folded, being then replaced by the Woodbridge Strikers SC.[3] [4]
The 12 teams will face each other twice, once at home and once away and the club at the top of the standings will be crowned as League1 Ontario champions and gain a berth for the 2025 Canadian Championship. The last placed team will be automatically relegated, while the 11th placed club will play a playoff game against the 2nd placed club of the Championship to stay in the league.
| Team | City | Principal stadium | Head coach | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance United FC | Scarborough (Toronto) | Centennial College | Ilya Orlov | ||
| Blue Devils FC | Oakville | Sheridan Trafalgar Campus | Duncan Wilde | ||
| Burlington SC | Burlington | Corpus Christi | Darren Tilley | ||
| Guelph United F.C. | Guelph | Centennial Bowl | Justin Springer | ||
| Hamilton United | Hamilton | Ron Joyce Stadium | Kamran Derayeh | ||
| North Toronto Nitros | North York (Toronto) | Downsview Park | Marko Milanovic | ||
| ProStars FC | Brampton | Victoria Park Stadium | Danny Costa | ||
| Scrosoppi FC | Milton | St. Francis Xavier | John Yacou | ||
| Sigma FC | Mississauga | Paramount Fine Foods Centre / Tim Hortons Field | John Zervos | ||
| Simcoe County Rovers FC | Barrie | J.C. Massie Field | Zico Mahrady | ||
| Vaughan Azzurri | Vaughan | North Maple Field | Carmine Isacco | ||
| Woodbridge Strikers | Woodbridge (Vaughan) | Vaughan Grove Field | Peter Pinizzotto | ||
A playoff will be played between the 11th placed team in the Premier and the 2nd placed team in the Championship in a single game for a place in the top tier in 2025.
As of August 18, 2024
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fadi Salback | North Toronto Nitros | 14 | |
| 2 |  Jevonate Layne | Simcoe County Rovers | 13 | |
| 3 | Ronaldo Marshall | Woodbridge Strikers | 11 | |
| Kevaughn Tavernier | Sigma FC | |||
| 5 | Reshaun Walkes | Vaughan Azzurri | 10 | |
| 6 | Christopher Campoli | Vaughan Azzurri | 9 | |
| 7 | Pablo Hempelmann-Perez | Alliance United | 8 | |
| Jared Agyemang | Guelph United | |||
| Mauro Lulli | Burlington SC | |||
| Jacob Carlos | Scrosoppi FC | |||
| Tomasz Skublak | Scrosoppi FC | |||
| 12 | 3 players tied | 7 | ||
| Competition: | League1 Ontario Championship |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Dates: | April 26 – August 24 |
| Winners: | Toronto FC Academy (1st title) |
| Promoted: | FC London |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
League1 Ontario Championship is composed of 10 teams, 9 of those returning from the 2023 League1 Ontario season, while the final one has yet to be confirmed. Those clubs have qualified for the Championship division by finishing in the bottom half of the combined standings of the previous two seasons of League1 Ontario.
The 10 teams will face each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 18 games. The club at the top of the standings will be crowned as Championship division winners and will be promoted to the 2025 League1 Ontario Premier. The 2nd ranked team in the standings will face the 11th placed team in the Premier division to gain promotion into the top division for the next season. The team last in the standings will face the winner of the League2 Ontario playoffs winner to stay in the league. There will not be direct relegation to League2 Ontario for the 2024 season because the Championship division will expand to 12 teams in 2025.
| Team | City | Principal stadium | Head coach | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BVB IA Waterloo | Waterloo | RIM Park | Michael Marcoccia | ||
| Darby FC | Whitby | Telus Dome | Hermann Kingue | ||
| FC London | London | Tricar Field | Yiannis Tsalatsidis | ||
| Master's FA | Scarborough (Toronto) | L'Amoreaux Sports Complex | Giuseppe Mattace Raso | ||
| North Mississauga SC | Mississauga | Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park) | Peyvand Mossavat | ||
| Pickering FC | Pickering | Pickering Soccer Centre | Adrian Field | ||
| St. Catharines Roma Wolves | St. Catharines | Club Roma – Under Armour Field | Federico Turriziani | ||
| Toronto FC Academy | Toronto | BMO Training Ground | Dino Lopez | ||
| Unionville Milliken SC | Unionville (Markham) | Ontario Soccer Centre | Patrick Guirguis | ||
| Windsor City FC | Windsor | St. Clair College | Valter Cosenza | ||
The two losing semi-finalists of League2 Ontario will face against each others, the winner will then play against the 10th placed team in the Championship to get promoted to the Championship for the 2025 season.
| Competition: | League2 Ontario |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Dates: | April 29 – August 5 |
| Winners: | Alliance United FC B (1st title) |
| Promoted: | Vaughan Azzurri B Alliance United FC B + 0 or 1 more |
| Matches: | 168 |
| Total Goals: | 687 |
| League Topscorer: | Andrew Paolucci (18 goals) |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
League2 Ontario clubs will be divided in three regional conferences. Those clubs will be either the "B" team of Premier and Championship clubs or newly licensed clubs.
All teams will face each other team in their conference twice, once at home and once away. The winners of the three conferences plus the best 2nd placed team will qualify for the League2 playoffs, made up by two semi-finals and the final. The winner of the playoffs will be crowned as League2 winner and will be automatically promoted to the 2025 League1 Ontario Championship alongside the losing finalist as the Championship division will expand to 12 teams for the next season. The losing semi-finalists will play each other in the promotion playoffs and the winner will finally face the last placed club of the Championship division for the chance to replace it in the 2nd division.[5]
| Team | City | Principal stadium | Head Coach | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance United FC B | Scarborough (Toronto) / Unionville (Markham) | Bill Crothers Turf West | Eric Nelson | ||
| Darby FC B | Whitby | Telus Dome | Ramin Mohammadi | ||
| Master's FA B | Scarborough / North York (Toronto) | Alumni Field | Fabio Roque | ||
| Pickering FC B | Pickering | Pickering Soccer Centre | Ravi Dindial | ||
| Simcoe County Rovers FC B | Barrie | J.C. Massie Field | Wais Azizi | ||
| Sudbury Cyclones | Sudbury | Cambrian College / James Jerome Sports Complex | Giuseppe Politi | ||
| Unionville Milliken SC B | Unionville (Markham) | Bill Crothers Turf West | Patrick Guirguis | ||
| Vaughan Azzurri B | Vaughan | North Maple Field | Anthony Vadori | ||
| Team | City | Principal stadium | Head Coach | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Devils FC 2 | Oakville | North Park Turf | Andrew Seuradge | ||
| Burlington SC B | Burlington | City View Park Centre | Mark Worton | ||
| North Mississauga SC B | Mississauga | Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park) | Szabi Bozsoky | ||
| North Toronto Nitros B | North York (Toronto) | Downsview Park | Marko Milanovic | ||
| ProStars FC B | Brampton / Mississauga | Terry Fox Stadium / Mattamy Sports Park | Alex Liguori | ||
| Sigma FC B | Mississauga | Paramount Fine Foods Centre | Philip Opassinis | ||
| The Borough FC | Scarborough (Toronto) | Birchmount Stadium | Andrew Ornoch | ||
| Woodbridge Strikers B | Woodbridge (Vaughan) | Vaughan Grove Field | Fabio Panetta | ||
| Team | City | Principal stadium | Head Coach | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BVB IA Waterloo B | Waterloo | RIM Park | Alejandro Plaza-Berry | ||
| FC London B | London | City Wide Sports Park | Devin Haigh | ||
| Guelph United FC B | Guelph | Eastview | Don Ferguson | ||
| Hamilton United B | Ancaster (Hamilton) | Redeemer | Charles Ivanov | ||
| Rush Canada SA | Oakville | River Oaks Park / Sheridan Trafalgar Campus | Bogdan Brasoveanu | ||
| Scrosoppi FC B | Milton | St. Francis Xavier | John Yacou | ||
| St. Catharines Roma Wolves B | St. Catharines | Brock University / Club Roma | Frank De Chellis | ||
| Windsor City FC B | Windsor | St. Clair College | Valter Cosenza | ||
The L1 Cup is a league cup tournament that will be contested by teams from all three tiers of League1 Ontario. The Cup will be returning after a five season hiatus, having last been played in 2018.
All 25 "A" teams will participate in the five-round knockout competition, which will be played concurrently with the league season. Eighteen clubs will enter the first round (five clubs from the Premier Division, all ten clubs from the Championship division, and the three A teams from League2), while seven clubs from the Premier Division will get a bye to the round of 16.[6] The first round is scheduled to begin on the week of April 15.
The league will continue to operate a reserve division (however, unlike previous years where there were both U19 and U21 divisions, there will be a single U20 division). The reserve division will be split into regional conferences. It is not part of the regular pyramid and teams are not eligible for promotion.[5]