What is the origins of Canadian Football Rugby?

Question

REPHRASE MY QUESTION HOW DID CANADIAN FOOTBALL COME ABOUT? WHY DID IT BECAME MORE PREVELENT THEN RUGBY?

Answer 1

Well, go to wiki is my suggestion. See the link.

Answer 2

Here's what wiki says regarding history:

The first documented football match in Canada was a game played at University College, University of Toronto on November 9, 1861. A football club was formed at the university soon afterwards, although its rules of play at this stage are unclear.

In 1864, at Trinity College, Toronto, F. Barlow Cumberland and Frederick A. Bethune devised rules based on rugby football. However, modern Canadian football is widely regarded as having originated with a game of rugby played in Montreal, in 1865, when British Army officers played local civilians. The game gradually gained a following, and the Montreal Football Club was formed in 1868, the first recorded non-university football club in Canada.

Rugby soon became popular at McGill University. It is from this varsity play that the game now known as American football entered the United States, after McGill challenged Harvard University to a game, in 1874.

Predecessors of the Canadian Football League included the Canadian Rugby Football Union (CRFU), and the Canadian Rugby Union. The CRFU, original forerunner to the current Canadian Football League, was established in 1882.

As the rules of American football are very similar to Canadian football, the CFL has maintained a close relationship with its American counterpart, the National Football League (NFL).