The Toronto Ultra are a Canadian professional

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organization based in

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. They are owned by

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. They currently have active divisions in ''

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'' and ''

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''. Their name was also used for OverActive Media's ''

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'' team, who are usually known as the

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. The Ultra began its life as a professional

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(CDL) team. Toronto was announced as one of the first five cities to host a CDL team for its inaugural 2020 season. According to

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, the publisher was looking to sell slots for approximately $25 million per team. The Ultra's CDL team has currently won 3 Majors, those being 2021 Major 2, 2023 Major 3 and 2024 Major 1. As OverActive Media are a member of the Esports World Cup Foundation Club Partner Program (funded by

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) via

Movistar KOI Movistar KOI is a Spanish professional esports organisation owned by OverActive Media. The organisation was created as a result of a merger between KOI, Movistar Riders and MAD Lions in January 2024. As part of a triple merger, during 2024 they c ...

, who they bought in 2024 from Spanish streamer

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, the Ultra name would be used at the

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for their ''Call of Duty'' team, as well as a new ''

'' squad. In addition, the

, OverActive Media's ''

'' team, would rebrand to Toronto Ultra for that game's tournament.

Current rosters

''Call of Duty''

''Teamfight Tactics''

Awards and records

''Call of Duty''

Seasons overview

Tournament wins

= Major

= Other CDL Evens

Individual accomplishments

Rookie of the year *Scrap (Thomas Ernst) – 2023 1st Team All-Star *Scrap (Thomas Ernst) – 2023, 2024 2nd Team All-Star *CleanX (Tobias Jønsson) – 2024 *JoeDeceives (Joseph Romero) – 2025

References

External links

* Venture capital-funded esports teams Call of Duty League teams Esports teams established in 2019 Esports teams based in Canada {{esports-org-stub