El ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasar Kanada wasanni ne na tuntuɓar juna wanda ke haɗa abubuwa da yawa na kwallon kafa na amurka da kuma rugby An buga shi tare da ƙungiyoyi biyu na playersan wasa 12 kowannensu, waɗanda ke yin gasa don mallakar ƙwallon mai kama da oval a filin wasa mai tsayin mita 100,6 mai tsayi da faɗi 54,9. A kowane ƙarshen kotun akwai yankuna na ƙarshe, waɗanda aka ƙayyade su ta layin ƙarshe inda suke da ginshiƙai masu siffa biyu na H.
Tsarin wasan yana kama da na wasu wasanni Mai kama. Wasan ya fara ne da farauta, kuma 'yan wasan na iya daukar kwallon, gudu a kowane bangare su mika shi ga abokan wasan su, duk da cewa za su iya yin hakan ne kawai ta gefe ko baya (kamar yadda ake yi a rugby, kuma ba za su ci gaba ba).
Manufar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Kanada ita ce ta tsere tsaran mitoci da yawa don cin maki. Da equipo wanda yafi kowa yawan kwallaye a karshen wasan shine zaiyi nasara. Tsarin zura kwallo yayi kamanceceniya da na ƙwallon ƙafa na Amurka: duk lokacin da ɗan wasa ya isa yankin ƙarshe tare da ƙwallo a hannunsa, ya sami maki shida kuma yana da bugun jini a cikin sakonnin da ke ƙara ƙarin maki idan an canza shi. Idan kayi shuɗa zuwa ga sandunansu daga ko'ina a filin, ana ƙara raka'a uku, kuma idan ƙungiyar da ke kare ba za ta iya fitar da ƙwallan daga ƙarshen yankin ba a cikin wasan kwaikwayo guda uku, ana sanya "rouge" don abokin hamayyar, wanda shine kwatankwacin kaɗan.
Ya kamata a lura cewa an yarda da saduwa ta jiki, amma akasin hakan gamer wanda ke dauke da kwallon a hannunsa, kamar yadda yake a rugby. Bugawa tsakanin 'yan wasa ba tare da sabani ba a kan kwallon to hukuncin kisa ne.
Ina so in fayyace cewa ƙwallon ƙafa ta Kanada ba ta “haɗaka” da abubuwan wasan Amurka da na rugby ba, amma ƙwallon ƙafa ta Amurka da Kanada duk sun samo asali ne daga yanayin ƙwallon ƙafa da aka buga a Ingila, musamman daga dokokin Kwalejin Rugby, amma Kanada kiyaye wasu halaye waɗanda suka kasance iri ɗaya a wasan rugby a yau.