British Columbia Football League

British Columbia's professionalised association football league is the British Columbia Football League (BCFL), organised in three tiers; the top two, Divisions One and Two, are Dominion-wide; the third, Division Three, is divided into Northern and Southern groups. Beneath the League are five further tiers, collectively referred to as non-league, down to the city level; these are made up primarily of semi-professional and amateur clubs. At the end of each season of play, the champion and runner-up of the fourth tier (made up of four groups covering large areas) advance to a round-robin playout between themselves and the last-placed team in each of the Division Three groups; the top two finishers are promoted to (or remain in) League Three, the bottom two are relegated to (or remain in) the regional leagues.

= History = The BCFL was established in its current form in 1929; prior to that, there were two competitions, one on Vancouver Island (established in 1899) and one on the Mainland (established in 1903 through the merger of three regional competitions), with the champion of each playing a home-and-away series to decide the national champion. The oldest football competition in BC still taking place is the British Columbia FA Cup, established in 1891 and modelled on the British (specifically, English) competition of the same name.

Divisional champions since 1929
= League competitions, 2021 season = A gold background indicates the previous season's Division One champion or unpromoted Division Three champion; a green background indicates a club promoted after the previous season; a pink background indicates a club relegated after the previous season.

BCFL Division One
The Division One champion qualifies for the following year's CONCACAF Champions League; the bottom two finishers are relegated to Division Two.

BCFL Division Two
The Division Two champion and runner up are promoted to Division One; the bottom two finishers enter a round-robin playout with the champions of the two Division Three groups, the first- and second-place finishers in the playouts remain in or are promoted to Division Two, the third- and fourth-place finishers remain in or are relegated to Division Three.

BCFL Division Three
The champion of each Division Three group advance to a round-robin playout with the two last-placed teams of Division Two, with the first- and second-place finishers in the playouts remaining in or being promoted to Division Two, the third- and fourth-place finishers remaining in or being relegated to Division Three. Similarly, the last-placed teams in the two groups of Division Three each enter a playout with the winners of the three Regional Championships (the fourth tier of the football pyramid) in their respective Zone; the winner of the playout remains in or is promoted two Division Three, the other three remain in or are relegated to the Regional Championships.

Regional Championships
The Regional Championships - the fourth tier of the football pyramid - is the highest level of what is generally referred to as non-league football. At this level, most clubs are semi-professional, and the clubs competing at this level are fairly consistent, as promotion to the League and relegation to the lower levels is fairly difficult.

There are six Regional Championship competitions, divided into two Zones, the Northern and the Southern; these Zones correspond to the northern and southern groups of Division Three. These competitions are the Northern Zone North, Northern Zone Centre, Northern Zone South, Southern Zone Islands, Southern Zone East, and Southern Zone West. The champions of each group in a given zone join the last-placed team of the corresponding Division Three group in a round-robin playout, and the winner of the playout remains in or is promoted two Division Three, the other three remain in or are relegated to the Regional Championships. One American club from Juneau, Alaska competes in the Northern Zone North.

Below each Regional Championship competition are various subregional competitions covering smaller areas, which form the fifth, sixth, and seventh tiers of football; at the lowest tier, some competitions are entirely within a city or urban agglomeration. Most clubs at these lower levels are entirely amateur. Promotion and relegation between the fifth, sixth, and seventh tiers is on a straightforward first-place-up last-place-down basis, but movement between the Regional Championships and the fifth tier is rather difficult: the winners of each fifth tier division in a given area (three beneath Northern North, three beneath Northern Southeast, four beneath Northern Southwest, three beneath Southern Islands, four beneath Southern East, and five beneath Southern West) play a full home-and-away round-robin competition, the winner of which advances to play a home-and-away series with the last-placed finisher of the corresponding Regional Championship. Consequently, the number of teams in each group may vary from season to season.

A gold background indicates the previous season's unpromoted group champion or unpromoted; a green background indicates a club promoted after the previous season; a pink background indicates a club relegated after the previous season; a grey background indicates a last-placed club that avoided relegation.