How is 5v5 flag football scored?

• Touchdown: 6 points.
• Extra point: 1 point, played from the midpoint of the 5-yard line only.
• Extra point: 2 points, played from the midpoint of the 10-yard line only.
• Safety: 2 points plus ball possession. A team scores a safety when its opponent is flagged, loses possession of the ball or goes out of bounds while in the end zone.
• An interception returned to the opponent's end zone on an extra point attempt: 2 points plus ball possession.

A touchdown is scored when a player has legal possession of the ball in the opponent's end zone. The ball is in the end zone when any part of it touches the plane of the goal line. Kick offs do not occur in 5v5.

Source: Canadian Amateur Rule Book for Flag Football 2026, 5v5 Rule 2 and Rule 5 (Articles 2.13 and 3).