WNBA franchise reportedly awarded to Toronto for 2026 season

The WNBA is adding an expansion team in Toronto, according to a report by the CBC. Toronto would be the league's 14th team and first in Canada.

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team start playing in May 2026. The and NBA Board of Governors,' the league said. Larry Tanenbaum is the chairman and CEO of Kilmer Group and the chairman of the board for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, which owns the NBA’s Toronto Raptors and NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs. He also owns 25% of MLSE through Kilmer’s holdings. Adding a team in Toronto would be the first outside of the U.S. for the

Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said at the league's draft last month that she hopes to expand to 16 teams by the 2028 season. Toronto was one of the cities she mentioned when talking about it expansion. Other cities mentioned by Engelbert for possible expansion were Philadelphia, Portland, Denver and Nashville, as well as the South Florida region.

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