The Canadian Championship () is an annual

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tournament contested by Canadian professional teams. The winner is awarded the

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and a berth in the

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. It is contested by

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sides

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, and

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, eight

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sides, and the champions of

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, and

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. The tournament is organized by the

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and has been broadcast on

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since 2019.

History

The Canadian Championship is a

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competition organized by the

. The championship determines one of Canada's entries in the annual

. Until the creation of the

in 2019, all fully professional Canadian soccer teams played in United States–based leagues. Prior to the creation of the official competition in 2008, there was no domestic competition to determine the best Canadian professional team (as Canada Soccer's

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only crowned the best amateur team). Though a notable attempt was conducted by the

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through the

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, which ultimately managed to attract professional and amateur clubs from British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec. The tournament was dissolved in 2008 after the creation of the Canadian Championship. An unofficial Canadian Champion determined in the same manner as 2008–2010, a home-and-away series with the games taken from

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(USL-1) regular season league games, was awarded by the Canadian national teams' supporters group, The Voyageurs. This unofficial Canadian Championship became less legitimate when Toronto was awarded a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise to start play in 2007 in the USSF Division 1 MLS league above the USSF Division 2 USL-1 league. Toronto's USL-1 team self relegated, while the other two Canadian professional soccer teams did not play meaningful games against the new MLS team in 2007. For the 2008–09 season,

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changed their eight team

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qualification tournament from a two-legged aggregate goals knockout elimination format, named the CONCACAF Champions Cup, to a format mirroring the UEFA Champions League with a play-in round, a group stage, and lastly a two-leg aggregate score knockout format for the final rounds. The format change for the

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provided the opportunity to expand the number of qualifying teams from different countries, and Canada was awarded a single entry in the play-in round preceding the group stage. The year 2008 was the first time a Canadian entry had been awarded by CONCACAF since

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, and the first time a Canadian team participated since

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. To award the new Canadian entry, the CSA created a new competition consisting of a home-and-away round-robin series between the three fully professional Canadian teams: Montreal Impact,

and the

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. The

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was contested between May and July 2008 and won by the Montreal Impact. As the Canadian champions, Montreal qualified for the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League. The

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's format and participants were the same, contested by the three clubs in May and June 2009. It was closely contended by Toronto and Vancouver and won by the former via

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in the tournament's final game against the defending champions, Montreal, giving the Toronto franchise its first ever trophy and a spot in the qualifying round of the

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. Toronto repeated as champions in the 2010 competition, qualifying for the

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. Toronto won it for the fourth consecutive season in the 2012 competition. In 2011, with the start of a fourth fully professional Canadian soccer team,

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, the competition was changed from the home-and-away round robin series to a double-leg aggregate score knockout cup format with the two MLS teams seeded first and second, and NASL teams seeded third and fourth based on league standings of the previous year and the USSF tiering of Division 1 and Division 2. This format mitigated competitive concerns regarding already eliminated teams and the number of additional (extra to their regular league) games each team would be required to play during a season. On June 6, 2016, Canadian Soccer Association general secretary Peter Montopoli told TSN that plans were well under way to expand the tournament to include an access point for any team in Canada. He said that he expected the expansion to take place for 2017. His statement seemed to confirm other reports saying similar. On March 9, 2017, Canada Soccer Association announced that from the 2018 edition the winners of the

and

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would compete. In January 2019, a new five-round format was announced to include the seven teams of the newly formed

, bringing the total number of teams competing to 13. In 2020, with the dissolution of Ottawa Fury FC, a modified four-round tournament was announced featuring 12 teams, the first contraction in the competition's history. Due to the

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, the 2020 edition was instead held between two teams qualified through league play, with the top Canadian MLS team meeting the CPL winners. Beginning in 2023, the league winner of

joined the tournament as a competitor. They were also joined by new

club,

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. In the 2023 preliminary round,

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of League1 British Columbia became the first semi-pro team to advance in the tournament against a professional team. They defeated Canadian Premier League side

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3–1 to reach the quarter-finals. In 2025, the league winner of the nascent League 1 Alberta competition became the fourth semi-pro entrant, joining the three existing League 1 champions from British Colombia,

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and (Ligue 1)

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, alongside the eleven professional teams, three Canadian

franchises and the eight teams of the

. The cup format now included a regional element, with and East and West bracket to meet geographical considerations in the early rounds to reduce travel for the semi-pro teams.

Trophy

The winners of the Canadian Championship are awarded the

. From 1993 to 2007, there was no domestic competition open to top-tier Canadian professional clubs. From 2002 to 2006, the

was the highest level in which Canadian men's soccer teams competed.

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, a supporters' group, developed a method of tracking league results between Canadian clubs to determine a professional Canadian champion. With the introduction of the Canadian Championship as a separate competition, the Voyageurs donated the cup to the

to award to the winners. The trophy is still awarded by a Voyageurs member to the current winning club.

Format

From 2008 to 2010, the tournament consisted of the three professional teams in Canada in a home-and-away series with the top team winning entry into the qualifying stage of the CONCACAF Champions League. These teams competed in the two top US-based professional soccer leagues, which in 2010 was

and the temporary

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. In 2011, the

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received sanctioning as the USSF's new second-division league. When

joined the NASL in 2011, the tournament was expanded to include all four professional clubs in the country. The tournament consisted of

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semifinals and a two-legged final. In the first semifinal of 2011, Toronto, as reigning champions, was assigned the first-place seed and played Edmonton, which was assigned the fourth seed as newcomers to the tournament. The two remaining teams, Montreal and Vancouver, faced off in the other semifinal. This was to be followed by a one-game final to be hosted by the highest remaining seed; but the Canadian Soccer Association decided to go with a two-legged final instead. The format was repeated in subsequent years with the previous year's league placement being used to seed the teams. Starting with the 2014 competition, due to the introduction of the

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to the NASL, the two Canadian NASL teams played in a play-off quarter-final to determine which team made it to the semi-finals, in which the MLS teams were introduced. Due to scheduling conflicts with the

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, the 2015 edition was held during April, May, and August but did not provide a competitor for the

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; instead the best-placed Canadian Major League Soccer team in the 2014 regular season was the country's representative. The Whitecaps qualified for the championship on October 19, 2014. The winner of the

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qualified for the

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instead and starting in 2016, the competition will be held in June and July. Since 2017, competition regulations state that each team must field a minimum of three Canadian starters for each match. In 2018, following the suspension of operations at FC Edmonton, the format of the Championship was amended once more to allow for the admission of two clubs from the Division 3 provincial leagues:

and

. The two provincial champions meet in a first qualifying round, with the winner progressing to meet the sole Canadian

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team (not including

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, which is a department of the MLS side Toronto FC), Ottawa Fury FC in a second qualifying round. The winner of this match joins the three Canadian MLS teams in the semifinals.

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and Oakville Blue Devils qualified to represent the Quebec and Ontario leagues respectively in 2018. The 2019 Canadian Championship was the first to feature teams from the newly created

. With 13 teams competing, the competition was expanded to include three qualifying rounds along with the semi-finals and final. The first qualifying round began with six teams, with three new teams entering each round until the semi-finals where the previous year's champion entered. All rounds were two-legged match ups. Since 2021, the tournament has had four rounds consisting of single leg ties. First round matchups have been determined geographically (i.e. east and west) and byes have been awarded to the previous year's tournament finalists. In 2024 the format was altered slightly and now featured two-legged matchups for the quarter-final and semi-final rounds.

Participants

;Permanent Canadian Championship clubs ;2025

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qualifiers for the Canadian Championship ;Clubs that have previously participated – Defunct club
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Results

By year

By club

All-time table

* Statistics for

include the original

who took part in the tournament in the first three editions from 2008 through 2010. This team ceased operations in 2011 and was replaced by a new MLS franchise of the same name and ownership. * In 2012 the Montreal Impact of MLS replaced the former Montreal Impact of the NASL in the Canadian Championship. Statistics include data from both iterations of the Impact. They re-branded as

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in 2021.

Awards

George Gross Memorial Trophy

The George Gross Memorial Trophy was created by the

in 2008 to recognize each tournament's most valuable player. The Trophy was named after the late George Gross, a former soccer administrator and a respected journalist.

Best Young Canadian Player award

The Best Young Canadian Player award was created by the

in 2019 to recognize each tournament's best Canadian under-23 player.

Top Scorer of the Canadian Championship

The Top Scorer of the Canadian Championship is the player who scores the most goals during the competition. In case two or more players are tied, the first tiebreaker is most assists and the second tiebreaker is fewest minutes played.

Competition records

Appearances

Top goalscorers

Bolded players are still active players with a Canadian team.

Top goalscorers by season

References

External links

Official website

Canada Soccer Records & Results

Canadian Championship Final Match Program

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