How many timeouts does each team get?
Rule- Canada
- CFL
- Professional football
- Canadian rules
- 2026
- Fans
In regulation time each team is granted two timeouts, which can be used at any point, subject to these rules:
- Any player on the field or the head coach can request a timeout, directed to any official on the field.
- A timeout lasts 30 seconds.
- A team cannot request or use a second timeout in the same dead-ball period.
- A team may use only one timeout in the last three minutes of the fourth quarter.
- The game clock resumes on the snap.
In overtime each team is granted one 15-second timeout.
A coach challenge requires a timeout in regulation time (an unsuccessful challenge costs the team a timeout), but not in overtime.
Updated 25 Oct 2026