The 2026 BC Lions season is scheduled to be the 68th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 72nd overall. The Lions will attempt to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth straight year and win their seventh Grey Cup championship. The team will play two regular season home games outside of Vancouver due to the 2026 FIFA World Cup games being hosted by BC Place Stadium from June 13, 2026, to July 7, 2026.
The 2026 CFL season is scheduled to be the second season for Buck Pierce as the team's head coach and the second season for Ryan Rigmaiden as the team's general manager.
The Lions will host their training camp at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops for the 16th consecutive season.
The 2026 CFL draft is scheduled to take place on April 28, 2026. The Lions are scheduled to have seven selections in the eight-round draft after trading their second-round selection to the Toronto Argonauts for Dejon Allen and swapping a second-round pick for a third-round in the Vernon Adams trade. Not including traded picks or forfeitures, the team will select seventh in each round of the draft, after finishing second in the 2025 league standings.
The 2026 CFL global draft is scheduled to take place on April 29, 2026. The Lions will have two selections in the draft, holding the seventh pick in each round.
On September 26, 2025, the Lions announced that their pre-season game would be played in Langford at Starlight Stadium for the second consecutive season.
On September 26, 2025, it was announced that the Lions would play their first two regular season home games in Kelowna at the Apple Bowl with an expanded capacity of 17,500 seats. On November 24, 2025, the Lions announced that they would play the first game on June 27, 2026, against the Calgary Stampeders and the second game would take place in the following week on July 4, 2026, against the Edmonton Elks. The remainder of the schedule was released on December 9, 2025.