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{{short description|Annual professional soccer tournament}}
{{about|the soccer championship|other uses|Canadian Championships (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox football tournament
| name                 = Canadian Championship<br /><small>''Championnat canadien''</small>
| image                = Canadian Championship 2021 logo.png
| imagesize            = 190px
| caption              =
| founded              = {{start date and age|2008}}
| region               = Canada ([[CONCACAF]])
| number of teams      = 15
| current champions    = [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]] (4th title)
| most successful club = [[Toronto FC]] (8 titles)
| broadcasters         = [[OneSoccer]]
| motto                =
| website              = {{URL|https://www.canadasoccer.com/events/canadian-championship/|canadasoccer.com}}
| current              = [[2025 Canadian Championship]]
}}

The '''Canadian Championship''' ({{langx|fr|Championnat canadien}}) is an annual [[soccer]] tournament contested by Canadian professional teams. The winner is awarded the [[Voyageurs Cup]] and a berth in the [[CONCACAF Champions Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |title = Canadian teams set to do battle |url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/canadian-teams-set-to-do-battle/article17983063/ |work = Globe and Mail |location = Canada |date = March 27, 2008 |access-date = March 28, 2008 |archive-date = March 4, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235345/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/canadian-teams-set-to-do-battle/article17983063/ |url-status = live }}</ref> It is contested by [[Major League Soccer]] sides [[Toronto FC]], [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]], and [[CF Montréal]], eight [[Canadian Premier League]] sides, and the champions of [[League1 Ontario]], [[League1 British Columbia]], [[Ligue1 Québec]], and [[League1 Alberta]]. The tournament is organized by the [[Canadian Soccer Association]]<ref name="2012 Canadian Championship">{{cite web|title=2012 Amway Canadian Championship|url=http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2012/01/2012-amway-canadian-championship|access-date=January 27, 2012|archive-date=March 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315030027/http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2012/01/2012-amway-canadian-championship|url-status=live}}</ref> and has been broadcast on [[OneSoccer]] since 2019.<ref name="OneSoccer">{{cite web|title=OneSoccer|url=http://www.onesoccer.ca/|access-date=August 8, 2019|archive-date=April 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408105002/http://www.onesoccer.ca/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== History ==

The Canadian Championship is a [[domestic cup]] competition organized by the [[Canadian Soccer Association]]. The championship determines one of Canada's entries in the annual [[CONCACAF Champions Cup]]. Until the creation of the [[Canadian Premier League]] 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 [[Challenge Trophy]] only crowned the best amateur team). Though a notable attempt was conducted by the [[Canadian Soccer League]] through the [[Open Canada Cup]], which ultimately managed to attract professional and amateur clubs from British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 3, 2007|title=Canadian Soccer League - Articles|url=http://www.cpsl.ca/content.asp?c=17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226150704/http://www.cpsl.ca/content.asp?c=17|archive-date=December 26, 2007|access-date=2020-09-17}}</ref> 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 [[USL First Division]] (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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/151864.html |title=Toronto Lynx move to PDL |work=uslsoccer.com |publisher=Demosphere International Inc. |date=October 10, 2006 |access-date=May 22, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816230532/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/151864.html |archive-date=August 16, 2012 }}</ref>

For the 2008–09 season, [[CONCACAF]] changed their eight team [[FIFA Club World Cup]] 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 [[2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League]] 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 [[1992 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1992]], and the first time a Canadian team participated since [[1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1976]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news|title=Canada to create new club championship |url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/media/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=3026 |publisher=Canadian Soccer Association |date=January 31, 2008 |access-date=February 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229013205/http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/media/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=3026 |archive-date=February 29, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 (1992–2011)|Montreal Impact]], [[Toronto FC]] and the [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010)|Vancouver Whitecaps]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/qualifying-format-unveiled-for-2008-09-concacaf-champions-league|title=Qualifying Format Unveiled for 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League|work=www.concacaf.com|date=May 14, 2008|access-date=May 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317111834/http://www.concacaf.com/article/qualifying-format-unveiled-for-2008-09-concacaf-champions-league|archive-date=March 17, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[2008 Canadian Championship]] 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.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Canadian soccer on its way to qualifying for FIFA |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=4dd88dfc-04b3-4aba-af61-0fb5dad9c113&k=99763 |work=Vancouver Sun |date=January 28, 2008 |access-date=February 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130061840/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=4dd88dfc-04b3-4aba-af61-0fb5dad9c113&k=99763 |archive-date=January 30, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Canada's soccer teams unveil details for CONCACAF Champions League |url=http://www.mlsnet.com//news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080326&content_id=145420&vkey=news_t280&fext=.jsp&team=t280 |publisher=Toronto FC Media Relations |date=March 26, 2008 |access-date=March 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109113909/http://mlsnet.com/ |archive-date=November 9, 2007}}</ref>

The [[2009 Canadian Championship]]'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 [[goal difference|goal differential]] in the tournament's [[Miracle in Montreal|final game]] against the defending champions, Montreal, giving the Toronto franchise its first ever trophy and a spot in the qualifying round of the [[2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2009 Nutrilite Canadian Championship Schedule and Results |url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/tourney/FIFA_Clubs/2009_Nutrilite_Can_Championship.asp |publisher=Canadian Soccer Association |access-date=June 19, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421060629/http://www.canadasoccer.com/tourney/FIFA_Clubs/2009_Nutrilite_Can_Championship.asp |archive-date=April 21, 2009 }}</ref> Toronto repeated as champions in the [[2010 Canadian Championship|2010 competition]], qualifying for the [[2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League]]. Toronto won it for the fourth consecutive season in the [[2012 Canadian Championship|2012 competition]].

In 2011, with the start of a fourth fully professional Canadian soccer team, [[FC Edmonton]], 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/association-confirms-2011-nutrilite-canadian-championship-schedule-p145617|title=Association confirms 2011 Nutrilite Canadian Championship schedule|work=canadasoccer.com|date=February 18, 2011|access-date=May 22, 2014|archive-date=March 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323140500/http://www.canadasoccer.com/association-confirms-2011-nutrilite-canadian-championship-schedule-p145617|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 [[The Sports Network|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wakingthered.com/2016/4/23/11495392/report-provincial-champions-to-play-in-voyageurs-cup-as-early-as-2017|title=Report: Provincial Champions to Play in Voyageurs Cup as Early as 2017|first=Mitchell|last=Tierney|date=April 23, 2016|access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-date=January 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125233636/http://www.wakingthered.com/2016/4/23/11495392/report-provincial-champions-to-play-in-voyageurs-cup-as-early-as-2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{better source|date=June 2016|reason=why is blog being used to support what was said on a new source?}} On March 9, 2017, Canada Soccer Association announced that from the 2018 edition the winners of the [[League1 Ontario]] and [[Première ligue de soccer du Québec]] would compete.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wakingthered.com/2016/4/23/11495392/report-provincial-champions-to-play-in-voyageurs-cup-as-early-as-2017|title=Report: Provincial Champions to Play in Voyageurs Cup as Early as 2018|date=March 9, 2017|access-date=March 11, 2017|archive-date=January 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125233636/http://www.wakingthered.com/2016/4/23/11495392/report-provincial-champions-to-play-in-voyageurs-cup-as-early-as-2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In January 2019, a new five-round format was announced to include the seven teams of the newly formed [[Canadian Premier League]], bringing the total number of teams competing to 13.<ref name=:2019>{{Cite web|url=https://canpl.ca/article/battle-of-the-north-canadian-premier-league-squads-learn-paths-to-2019-canadian-championship|title=Battle of the North: Canadian Premier League squads learn paths to 2019 Canadian Championship|date=January 10, 2019|website=Canadian Premier League|access-date=January 10, 2019|archive-date=January 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111055237/https://canpl.ca/article/battle-of-the-north-canadian-premier-league-squads-learn-paths-to-2019-canadian-championship|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canada Soccer announces 2020 Canadian Championship schedule |url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-announces-2020-canadian-championship-schedule-p162525 |website=Canada Soccer |access-date=December 19, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511172908/https://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-announces-2020-canadian-championship-schedule-p162525 |archive-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the 2020 edition was instead held between two teams qualified through league play, with the top Canadian MLS team meeting the CPL winners.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Canada Soccer announces format for 2020 Canadian Championship Final|url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/news/canada-soccer-announces-format-for-2020-canadian-championship-final/|access-date=2020-08-13|website=Canada Soccer|archive-date=August 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817013849/https://www.canadasoccer.com/news/canada-soccer-announces-format-for-2020-canadian-championship-final/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Atlético">{{Cite web|url=https://canpl.ca/article/weve-formally-asked-for-a-meeting-cpl-hoping-to-get-atletico-ottawa-into-2020-canchamp|title='We've formally asked for a meeting': CPL hoping to get Atlético Ottawa into 2020 CanChamp|last=O'Connor-Clarke|first=Charlie|date=February 11, 2020|website=Canadian Premier League|access-date=February 12, 2020|archive-date=February 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212195048/https://canpl.ca/article/weve-formally-asked-for-a-meeting-cpl-hoping-to-get-atletico-ottawa-into-2020-canchamp|url-status=live}}</ref>

Beginning in 2023, the league winner of [[League1 British Columbia]] joined the tournament as a competitor. They were also joined by new [[Canadian Premier League]] club, [[Vancouver FC]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://northerntribune.ca/canadian-championship-league1-bc/|title=League1 BC Announced As New Entrant In Canadian Championship|date=November 3, 2022|first=John|last=Jacques|work=Northern Tribune}}</ref>

In the 2023 preliminary round, [[TSS FC Rovers|TSS Rovers]] 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 [[Valour FC]] 3–1 to reach the quarter-finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canpl.ca/article/match-analysis-tss-rovers-upset-valour-fc-3-1-in-magical-canchamp-night-at-swangard-stadium|title=MATCH ANALYSIS: TSS Rovers upset Valour FC 3-1 in magical CanChamp night at Swangard Stadium|author=Alexandre Gangué-Ruzic|work=Canadian Premier League|date=April 20, 2023|access-date=June 18, 2023|archive-date=April 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424192345/https://canpl.ca/article/match-analysis-tss-rovers-upset-valour-fc-3-1-in-magical-canchamp-night-at-swangard-stadium|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2025, the league winner of the nascent [[League1 Alberta|League 1 Alberta]] competition became the fourth semi-pro entrant, joining the three existing [[League1 Canada|League 1]] champions from [[League1 British Columbia|British Colombia]], [[League1 Ontario|Ontario]] and (Ligue 1) [[Ligue1 Québec|Quebec]], alongside the eleven professional teams, three Canadian  [[Major League Soccer]] franchises and the eight teams of the [[Canadian Premier League]]. 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 ==
{{main|Voyageurs Cup}}
[[File:Thevoyageurscup.jpg|thumb|The champions are awarded the [[Voyageurs Cup]]]]
The winners of the Canadian Championship are awarded the [[Voyageurs Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Association announces partners for new Nutrilite Canadian Champions League |url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/media/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=3190 |publisher=CanadaSoccer.com |date=May 23, 2008 |access-date=May 25, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090621052746/http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/media/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=3190 |archive-date=June 21, 2009  }}</ref> From 1993 to 2007, there was no domestic competition open to top-tier Canadian professional clubs. From 2002 to 2006, the [[USL First Division]] was the highest level in which Canadian men's soccer teams competed. [[The Voyageurs]], a [[supporters' groups|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 [[Canadian Soccer Association]] to award to the winners. The trophy is still awarded by a Voyageurs member to the current winning club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/voyageurs-cup-announced-for-a-league-teams-p147747%26t%3Dchampionship_article|title=Voyageurs Cup Announced For A-League Teams|work=Canadian Soccer Association|access-date=February 17, 2014|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622192641/https://www.canadasoccer.com/voyageurs-cup-announced-for-a-league-teams-p147747%26t%3Dchampionship_article|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canadiansoccernews.com/content.php?3228-The-name-game&page=2 |title=The name game |publisher=Canadian Soccer News |access-date=February 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222220633/http://www.canadiansoccernews.com/content.php?3228-The-name-game&page=2 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.macleans.ca/authors/colby-cosh/it-can-be-bitter-to-drink-from-the-same-cup/ |title=A sports fan's worst nightmare |publisher=Maclean's Magazine |access-date=February 8, 2015 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212224737/http://www.macleans.ca/authors/colby-cosh/it-can-be-bitter-to-drink-from-the-same-cup/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== 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 [[Major League Soccer]] and the temporary [[USSF Division 2 Professional League]]. In 2011, the [[North American Soccer League (2011–2017)|North American Soccer League]] received sanctioning as the USSF's new second-division league.

When [[FC Edmonton]] joined the NASL in 2011, the tournament was expanded to include all four professional clubs in the country. The tournament consisted of [[two-legged]] 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;<ref name=formatchange>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/format-nutrilite-canadian-championship-may-change |title=Format of Canadian Championship may change |first=Duane |last=Rollins |work=MLSsoccer.com |date=December 12, 2010 |access-date=December 13, 2010 |archive-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215184605/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/format-nutrilite-canadian-championship-may-change |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref name="2012 Canadian Championship" />

Starting with the 2014 competition, due to the introduction of the [[Ottawa Fury FC]] 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fury FC to Face FC Edmonton in Amway Canadian Championship |url=http://www.ottawafuryfc.com/news/Fury-FC-to-Face-FC-Edmonton-in-Amway-Canadian-Championship |access-date=December 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211122044/http://www.ottawafuryfc.com/news/Fury-FC-to-Face-FC-Edmonton-in-Amway-Canadian-Championship |archive-date=December 11, 2013 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

Due to scheduling conflicts with the [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup]],<ref name="2014-03-21-announcement">{{cite press release|title=Canada Soccer announces move to new timeframe for future Amway Canadian Championships|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-announces-move-to-new-timeframe-for-future-amway-canadian-championships-p156082%26t%3Dchampionship_article|publisher=Canadian Soccer Association|date=March 21, 2014|access-date=October 18, 2014|archive-date=August 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820144946/http://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-announces-move-to-new-timeframe-for-future-amway-canadian-championships-p156082|url-status=dead}}</ref> the 2015 edition was held during April, May, and August<ref>{{cite press release|title=Schedule for 2015 Amway Canadian Championship set|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/schedule-for-2015-amway-canadian-championship-set-p157440%26t%3Dchampionship_article|publisher=Canadian Soccer Association|date=February 4, 2015|access-date=April 19, 2015|archive-date=October 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012120617/http://www.canadasoccer.com/schedule-for-2015-amway-canadian-championship-set-p157440|url-status=dead}}</ref> but did not provide a competitor for the [[2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League]]; instead the best-placed Canadian Major League Soccer team in the [[2014 Major League Soccer season#Overall table|2014 regular season]] was the country's representative.<ref name="2014-03-21-announcement"/> The Whitecaps qualified for the championship on October 19, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/ccl/news/article/2014/10/18/vancouver-whitecaps-dc-united-join-seattle-sounders-la-galaxy-2015-16-concac|title=Vancouver Whitecaps, DC United join Seattle Sounders, LA Galaxy in 2015-16 CONCACAF Champions League|work=MLSsoccer.com|access-date=October 19, 2014|archive-date=October 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020055530/http://www.mlssoccer.com/ccl/news/article/2014/10/18/vancouver-whitecaps-dc-united-join-seattle-sounders-la-galaxy-2015-16-concac|url-status=dead}}</ref> The winner of the [[2015 Canadian Championship]] qualified for the [[2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League]] instead and starting in 2016, the competition will be held in June and July.<ref name="2014-03-21-announcement"/>

Since 2017, competition regulations state that each team must field a minimum of three Canadian starters for each match.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian Championship |date=January 26, 2020 |url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/events/canadian-championship/ |publisher=[[Canadian Soccer Association]] |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707083256/https://canadasoccer.com/events/canadian-championship/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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: [[League1 Ontario]] and [[Première ligue de soccer du Québec]].<ref name="2017-12-19">{{cite web|url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/about-s15268|title=About the Canadian Championship|access-date=December 19, 2017|archive-date=December 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052739/https://www.canadasoccer.com/about-s15268|url-status=dead}}</ref> The two provincial champions meet in a first qualifying round, with the winner progressing to meet the sole Canadian [[USL Championship|USL]] team (not including [[Toronto FC II]], 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. [[A.S. Blainville]] and [[Oakville Blue Devils FC|Oakville Blue Devils]] qualified to represent the Quebec and Ontario leagues respectively in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/oakville-blue-devils-qualifies-for-canadian-championship-p161228%26t%3Dchampionship_article|title=Oakville Blue Devils qualifies for Canadian Championship - Canada Soccer|website=www.canadasoccer.com|access-date=January 12, 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027164527/https://www.canadasoccer.com/oakville-blue-devils-qualifies-for-canadian-championship-p161228%26t%3Dchampionship_article|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/as-blainville-qualifies-for-canadian-championship-p161180%26t%3Dchampionship_article|title=AS Blainville qualifies for Canadian Championship - Canada Soccer|website=www.canadasoccer.com|access-date=January 12, 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027164525/https://www.canadasoccer.com/as-blainville-qualifies-for-canadian-championship-p161180%26t%3Dchampionship_article|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The 2019 Canadian Championship was the first to feature teams from the newly created [[Canadian Premier League]]. 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.<ref name=:2019/>

Since 2021, the tournament has had four rounds consisting of single leg ties.<ref name="announcement">{{cite web |title=Canada Soccer announces 2021 Canadian Championship format and schedule |url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/news/canada-soccer-announces-2021-canadian-championship-format-and-schedule/ |website=Canada Soccer |access-date=July 19, 2021 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="2024 details">{{Cite web |url=https://canadasoccer.com/news/canada-soccer-announces-2024-telus-canadian-championship-format/ |title=Canada Soccer Announces Telus Canadian Championship Format |work=[[Canadian Soccer Association]] |date=February 22, 2024 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222161239/https://canadasoccer.com/news/canada-soccer-announces-2024-telus-canadian-championship-format/ |archive-date=February 22, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Participants ==

;Permanent Canadian Championship clubs
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
|-
! style="width:16%" | Team
! style="width:16%" | City
! style="width:21%" | League
! style="width:10%" | Years
|-
| [[Atlético Ottawa]]
| [[Ottawa]], Ontario
| [[Canadian Premier League]]
| {{nowrap|2021–present}}
|-
| [[Cavalry FC]]
| [[Calgary]], Alberta
| Canadian Premier League
| 2019<br>2021–present
|-
| [[Forge FC]]
| [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], Ontario
| Canadian Premier League
| 2019–present
|-
| [[HFX Wanderers FC|HFX Wanderers]]
| [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], Nova Scotia
| Canadian Premier League
| 2019<br>2021–present
|-
| [[CF Montréal]]
| [[Montreal]], Quebec
| [[Major League Soccer]]
| 2012–2019<br>2021–present
|-
| [[Pacific FC]]
| [[Langford, British Columbia|Langford]], British Columbia
| Canadian Premier League
| 2019<br>2021–present
|-
| [[Toronto FC]]
| [[Toronto]], Ontario
| Major League Soccer
| 2008–present
|-
| [[Valour FC]]
| [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba
| Canadian Premier League
| 2019<br>2021–present
|-
| [[Vancouver FC]]
| [[Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)|Langley]], British Columbia
| Canadian Premier League
| 2023–present
|-
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
| [[Vancouver]], British Columbia
| Major League Soccer
| 2011–2019<br>2021–present
|-
| [[York United FC]]
| [[Toronto]], Ontario
| Canadian Premier League
| 2019<br>2021–present
|}

;2025 [[League1 Canada]] qualifiers for the Canadian Championship
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
|-
! style="width:16%" | Team
! style="width:16%" | City
! style="width:21%" | League
! style="width:10%" | Years
|-
|[[Edmonton Scottish]]
|[[Edmonton]], Alberta
|[[League1 Alberta]]
|2025
|-
|[[FC Laval]]
|[[Laval, Quebec|Laval]], Quebec
|[[Ligue1 Québec]]
|2023, 2025
|-
|[[TSS Rovers FC]]
|[[Burnaby]], British Columbia
|[[League1 British Columbia]]
|2023–2025
|-
|[[Scrosoppi FC]]
|[[Milton, Ontario|Milton]], Ontario
|[[League1 Ontario]]
|2025
|}

;Clubs that have previously participated
{{dagger}} – Defunct club<br>{{double dagger}} – Defunct club replaced by [[phoenix club (sports)|phoenix club]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
|-
! style="width:16%" | Team
! style="width:16%" | City
! style="width:21%" | League
! style="width:10%" | Years
|-
|[[A.S. Blainville]]
|[[Blainville, Quebec|Blainville]], Quebec
|[[Ligue1 Québec]]
|2018, 2019, 2021
|-
|[[FC Edmonton]] {{dagger}}
|[[Edmonton]], Alberta
|[[North American Soccer League (2011–2017)|North American Soccer League]], [[Canadian Premier League]]
|2011–2017,<br>2019,<br>2021–2022
|-
|[[Guelph United F.C.]]
|[[Guelph]], Ontario
|[[League1 Ontario]]
|2022
|-
|[[Master's FA]]
|[[Toronto]], Ontario
|[[League1 Ontario]]
|2021
|-
|{{sort|Mont-Royal|[[CS Mont-Royal Outremont]]}}
|[[Mount Royal, Quebec|Mount Royal]], Quebec
|[[Ligue1 Québec]]
|2022
|-
| [[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|Montreal Impact]] {{double dagger}}
| [[Montreal]], Quebec
| [[USL First Division]], [[USSF Division 2 Professional League|USSF Division 2]], [[North American Soccer League (2011–2017)|North American Soccer League]]
| {{nowrap|2008–2011}}
|-
|[[Oakville Blue Devils FC|Oakville Blue Devils]] {{dagger}}
|[[Oakville, Ontario|Oakville]], Ontario
|[[League1 Ontario]]
|2018
|-
| [[Ottawa Fury FC]] {{dagger}}
| [[Ottawa]], Ontario
| [[North American Soccer League (2011–2017)|North American Soccer League]], [[USL Championship]]
| 2014–2019
|-
|[[CS Saint-Laurent]]
|[[Montreal]], Quebec
|[[Ligue1 Québec]]
|2024
|-
|[[Simcoe County Rovers FC]]
|[[Barrie]], Ontario
|[[League1 Ontario]]
|2024
|-
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010)|Vancouver Whitecaps]] {{double dagger}}
| [[Vancouver]], British Columbia
| [[USL First Division]], [[USSF Division 2 Professional League|USSF Division 2]]
| 2008–2010
|-
|[[Vaughan Azzurri]]
|[[Vaughan, Ontario|Vaughan]], Ontario
|[[League1 Ontario]]
|2019, 2023
|}

{{notelist|group=p}}

;Timeline

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== Results ==
=== By year ===
{{see also|List of Canadian Championship finals}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Winners
!Runners-up
!Teams
!Format
|-
| [[2008 Canadian Championship|2008]]
| [[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|Montreal Impact]]
| [[Toronto FC]]
|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="3" |3
|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="3" | [[Home (sports)|Home]] and [[Road (sports)|away]] <br> [[Round-robin tournament|round robin]]
|-
| [[2009 Canadian Championship|2009]]
| [[Toronto FC]]
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010)|Vancouver Whitecaps]]
|-
| [[2010 Canadian Championship|2010]]
| [[Toronto FC]]
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010)|Vancouver Whitecaps]]
|-
| [[2011 Canadian Championship|2011]]
| [[Toronto FC]]
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="3" |4
| rowspan="9" style="text-align: center;" | Two-legged knock-out
|-
| [[2012 Canadian Championship|2012]]
| [[Toronto FC]]
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
|-
| [[2013 Canadian Championship|2013]]
| [[Montreal Impact (MLS)|Montreal Impact]]
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
|-
| [[2014 Canadian Championship|2014]]
| [[Montreal Impact (MLS)|Montreal Impact]]
| [[Toronto FC]]
|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="4"|5
|-
| [[2015 Canadian Championship|2015]]
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
| [[Montreal Impact (MLS)|Montreal Impact]]
|-
| [[2016 Canadian Championship|2016]]
| [[Toronto FC]]
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
|-
| [[2017 Canadian Championship|2017]]
| [[Toronto FC]]
| [[Montreal Impact (MLS)|Montreal Impact]]
|-
| [[2018 Canadian Championship|2018]]
| [[Toronto FC]]
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
| style="text-align: center;"|6
|-
| [[2019 Canadian Championship|2019]]
| [[Montreal Impact (MLS)|Montreal Impact]]
| [[Toronto FC]]
| style="text-align: center;"|13
|-
| [[2020 Canadian Championship|2020]]
| [[Toronto FC]]
| [[Forge FC]]
| style="text-align: center;"|2{{efn|Originally scheduled as a 12-team, two-legged knockout tournament, the 2020 edition was reduced in scope and delayed until 2022 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].}}
| style="text-align: center;"|Single match
|-
| [[2021 Canadian Championship|2021]]
| [[CF Montréal]]
| [[Toronto FC]]
| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2"|13
| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="3"| Single-leg knock-out
|-
| [[2022 Canadian Championship|2022]]
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
| [[Toronto FC]]
|-
| [[2023 Canadian Championship|2023]]
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
| [[CF Montréal]]
| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2"|14
|-
| [[2024 Canadian Championship|2024]]
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
| [[Toronto FC]]
| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2"| Mixed knock-out{{efn|Single-leg for the preliminary round and final; two legs for the quarter-final and semi-final rounds.}}
|-
| [[2025 Canadian Championship|2025]]
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2"|TBD
| style="text-align: center;"| 15
|}
{{notelist}}

=== By club ===

{{see also|List of soccer clubs in Canada by competitive honours won}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Rank
!Club
!Winner
!Runner-up
!Seasons won
!Partici{{shy}}pations
|-
| 1
| align=left|[[Toronto FC]] || 8 || 6
| align="left" |[[2009 Canadian Championship|2009]], [[2010 Canadian Championship|2010]], [[2011 Canadian Championship|2011]], [[2012 Canadian Championship|2012]], [[2016 Canadian Championship|2016]], [[2017 Canadian Championship|2017]], [[2018 Canadian Championship|2018]], [[2020 Canadian Championship|2020]]|| 15 
|-
| 2
| align=left|[[CF Montréal]] || 5 || 3
| align="left" |[[2008 Canadian Championship|2008]], [[2013 Canadian Championship|2013]], [[2014 Canadian Championship|2014]], [[2019 Canadian Championship|2019]], [[2021 Canadian Championship|2021]]|| 14 
|-
| 3
| align=left|[[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]] || 4 || 7
| align="left" |[[2015 Canadian Championship|2015]], [[2022 Canadian Championship|2022]], [[2023 Canadian Championship|2023]], [[2024 Canadian Championship|2024]]|| 14 
|-
| 4
| align=left|[[Forge FC]] || 0 || 1 || || 4 
|-
|}

=== All-time table ===
{{Updated|September 25, 2024}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Rank
!Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
!width="20"|Pts
|-
| 1
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Toronto FC]]
| 58 || 32 || 14 || 12 || 99 || 47 || +52 || '''110'''
|-
| 2
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
| 55 || 24 || 17 || 14 || 75 || 57 || +18 || '''89'''
|-
| 3
| style="text-align:left;"|[[CF Montréal]]
| 53 || 18 || 14 || 21 || 62 || 65 || −3 || '''68'''
|-
| 4
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Cavalry FC]]
| 16 || 8 || 4 || 4 || 19 || 13 || +6 || '''28'''
|-
| 5
| style="text-align:left;"|''[[Ottawa Fury FC|Ottawa Fury]]''
| 20 || 8 || 2 || 10 || 21 || 34 || −13 || '''26'''
|-
| 6
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Forge FC]]
| 15 || 6 || 5 || 4 || 19 || 16 || +3 || '''23'''
|-
| 7
| style="text-align:left;"|''[[FC Edmonton]]''
| 22 || 6 || 2 || 14 || 25 || 39 || −14 || '''20'''
|-
| 8
| style="text-align:left;"|[[HFX Wanderers FC|HFX Wanderers]]
| 12 || 5 || 2 || 5 || 20 || 20 || 0 || '''17'''
|-
| 9
| style="text-align:left;"|[[York United FC]]
| 14 || 4 || 4 || 6 || 18 || 21 || −3 || '''16'''
|-
| 10
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Pacific FC]]
| 14 || 4 || 4 || 6 || 15 || 19 || −4 || '''16'''
|-
| 11
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Atlético Ottawa]]
| 7 || 2 || 3 || 2 || 15 || 8 || +7 || '''9'''
|-
| 12
| style="text-align:left;"|[[A.S. Blainville]]
| 7 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 6 || −2 || '''7'''
|-
| 13
| style="text-align:left;"|[[TSS Rovers FC]]
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 0 || '''4'''
|-
| 14
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Vaughan Azzurri]]
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 5 || −2 || '''3'''
|-
| 15
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Valour FC]]
| 7 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 6 || 20 || −14 || '''3'''
|-
| 16
| style="text-align:left;"|[[CS Saint-Laurent]]
| 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 13 || −10 || '''1'''
|-
| rowspan="4"|17
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Oakville Blue Devils FC|Oakville Blue Devils]]
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 3 || −2 || '''0'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Vancouver FC]]
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 || −2 || '''0'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Guelph United F.C.]]
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2 || −2 || '''0'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[CS Mont-Royal Outremont]]
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2 || −2 || '''0'''
|-
| 21
| style="text-align:left;"|[[FC Laval]]
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 3 || −3 || '''0'''
|-
| rowspan="2"|22
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Master's FA]]
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 5 || −5 || '''0'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Simcoe County Rovers FC]]
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 5 || −5 || '''0'''
|}

* Statistics for [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]] include the original [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC (1986–2010)|Vancouver Whitecaps]] 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 (MLS)|Montreal Impact]] of MLS replaced the former [[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|Montreal Impact]] of the NASL in the Canadian Championship. Statistics include data from both iterations of the Impact. They re-branded as [[CF Montreal]] in 2021.

== Awards ==
=== George Gross Memorial Trophy ===
{{main|George Gross Memorial Trophy}}

The George Gross Memorial Trophy was created by the [[Canadian Soccer Association]] in 2008 to recognize each tournament's most valuable player.<ref name="George Gross Memorial Trophy">{{cite web|title=George Gross Memorial Trophy|url=https://canadasoccer.com/index.php?t=awardWinners&id=12|publisher=[[Canadian Soccer Association]]|access-date=August 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804023314/https://www.canadasoccer.com/index.php?t=awardWinners&id=12|archive-date=August 4, 2020}}</ref> The Trophy was named after the late [[George Gross (journalist)|George Gross]], a former soccer administrator and a respected journalist.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year!!Player!!Position!!class=unsortable|Nationality!!Team
|- <!-- Please don't add award until an official announcement. -->
| [[2008 Canadian Championship|2008]]
| {{sortname|Matt|Jordan}}
| Goalkeeper
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|Montreal Impact]]
|-
| [[2009 Canadian Championship|2009]]
| {{sortname|Dwayne|De Rosario}}
| Midfielder
| {{Flagu|Canada}}
| [[Toronto FC]]
|-
| [[2010 Canadian Championship|2010]]
| {{sortname|Dwayne|De Rosario|nolink=1}}
| Midfielder
| {{Flagu|Canada}}
| Toronto FC
|-
| [[2011 Canadian Championship|2011]]
| {{sortname|Joao|Plata}}
| Forward
| {{Flagu|Ecuador}}
| Toronto FC
|-
| [[2012 Canadian Championship|2012]]
| {{sortname|Ryan|Johnson|Ryan Johnson (footballer, born 1984)}}
| Forward
| {{Flagu|Jamaica}}
| Toronto FC
|-
| [[2013 Canadian Championship|2013]]
| {{sortname|Justin|Mapp}}
| Midfielder
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Montreal Impact (MLS)|Montreal Impact]]
|-
| [[2014 Canadian Championship|2014]]
| {{sortname|Justin|Mapp|nolink=1}}
| Midfielder
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| Montreal Impact
|-
| [[2015 Canadian Championship|2015]]
| {{sortname|Russell|Teibert}}
| Midfielder
| {{Flagu|Canada}}
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
|-
| [[2016 Canadian Championship|2016]]
| {{sortname|Benoît|Cheyrou}}
| Midfielder
| {{Flagu|France}}
| Toronto FC
|-
| [[2017 Canadian Championship|2017]]
| {{sortname|Sebastian|Giovinco}}
| Forward
| {{Flagu|Italy}}
| Toronto FC
|-
| [[2018 Canadian Championship|2018]]
| {{sortname|Jonathan|Osorio}}
| Midfielder
| {{Flagu|Canada}}
| Toronto FC
|-
| [[2019 Canadian Championship|2019]]
| [[Ignacio Piatti]]
| Forward
| {{Flagu|Argentina}}
| Montreal Impact
|-
| [[2020 Canadian Championship|2020]]
| colspan="4" align="center" |''Not awarded''{{efn|name=fn1|Although the trophy wasn't awarded at the conclusion of the [[2020 Canadian Championship]], [[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada Soccer]] named [[Forge FC]]'s [[Tristan Borges]] the [[Player of the match|performer of the match]] of the [[2020 Canadian Championship#Final|final]], the only match played in that year's tournament.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1533277317744697344|user=CanadaSoccerEN|author-link=Canadian Soccer Association|title=Tristan Borges with the Performance of the Match Powered by @GatoradeCanada|date=June 4, 2022}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[2021 Canadian Championship|2021]]
| [[Sebastian Breza]]
| Goalkeeper
| {{Flagu|Canada}}
| CF Montréal
|-
| [[2022 Canadian Championship|2022]]
| [[Ryan Gauld]]
| Midfielder
| {{Flagu|Scotland}}
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC
|-
| [[2023 Canadian Championship|2023]]
| [[Julian Gressel]]
| Defender
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC
|-
| [[2024 Canadian Championship|2024]]
| [[Isaac Boehmer]]
| Goalkeeper
| {{Flagu|Canada}}
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC
|}
{{notelist}}

=== Best Young Canadian Player award ===

The Best Young Canadian Player award was created by the [[Canadian Soccer Association]] in 2019 to recognize each tournament's best Canadian under-23 player.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gressel and Ahmed win awards at 2023 Canadian Championship - Canada Soccer |url=https://canadasoccer.com/news/gressel-and-ahmed-win-awards-at-2023-canadian-championship/ |website=Canada Soccer |access-date=June 8, 2023 |date=June 8, 2023 |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721232141/https://canadasoccer.com/news/gressel-and-ahmed-win-awards-at-2023-canadian-championship/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year!!Player!!Position!!Team
|- <!-- Please don't add award until an official announcement. -->
| [[2019 Canadian Championship|2019]]
| {{sortname|Zachary|Brault-Guillard}}
| Defender
| [[CF Montréal|Montreal Impact]]
|-
| [[2020 Canadian Championship|2020]]
| colspan="4" align="center" |''Not awarded''
|-
| [[2021 Canadian Championship|2021]]
| {{sortname|Jacob|Shaffelburg}}
| Forward
| [[Toronto FC]]
|-
| [[2022 Canadian Championship|2022]]
| {{sortname|Ryan|Raposo}}
| Forward
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
|-
| [[2023 Canadian Championship|2023]]
| {{sortname|Ali|Ahmed|dab=soccer}}
| Defender
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC
|-
| [[2024 Canadian Championship|2024]]
| {{sortname|Isaac|Boehmer}}
| Goalkeeper
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC
|}

=== 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.<ref name="Top Scorer">{{cite web|title=Top Scorer|url=https://canadasoccer.com/index.php?t=awardWinners&id=368|publisher=[[Canadian Soccer Association]]|access-date=August 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816194726/https://canadasoccer.com/index.php?t=awardWinners&id=368|archive-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year!!Player!!class=unsortable|Nationality!!Team!!Total
|- <!-- Please don't add award until an official announcement. -->
| [[2008 Canadian Championship|2008]]
| {{sortname|Roberto|Brown}}
| {{Flagu|Panama}}
| [[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|Montreal Impact]]
| 2 goals (0 assists, 157 minutes)
|-
| [[2009 Canadian Championship|2009]]
| {{sortname|Dwayne|De Rosario}}
| {{Flagu|Canada}}
| [[Toronto FC]]
| 3 goals
|-
| [[2010 Canadian Championship|2010]]
| {{sortname|Dwayne|De Rosario|nolink=1}}
| {{Flagu|Canada}}
| Toronto FC
| 1 goal (1 assist)
|-
| [[2011 Canadian Championship|2011]]
| {{sortname|Maicon|Santos}}
| {{Flagu|Brazil}}
| Toronto FC
| 3 goals
|-
| [[2012 Canadian Championship|2012]]
| {{sortname|Sebastien|Le Toux}}
| {{Flagu|France}}
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
| 2 goals (0 assists, 168 minutes)
|-
| [[2013 Canadian Championship|2013]]
| {{sortname|Camilo|Sanvezzo}}
| {{Flagu|Brazil}}
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC
| 3 goals
|-
| [[2014 Canadian Championship|2014]]
| {{sortname|Jack|McInerney}}
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[CF Montréal|Montreal Impact]]
| 3 goals
|-
| [[2015 Canadian Championship|2015]]
| {{sortname|Tomi|Ameobi}}
| {{Flagu|England}}
| [[FC Edmonton]]
| 4 goals
|-
| [[2016 Canadian Championship|2016]]
| {{sortname|Jordan|Hamilton|Jordan Hamilton (soccer)}}
| {{Flagu|Canada}}
| Toronto FC
| 2 goals (1 assist)
|-
| [[2017 Canadian Championship|2017]]
| {{sortname|Sebastian|Giovinco}}
| {{Flagu|Italy}}
| Toronto FC
| 3 goals
|-
| [[2018 Canadian Championship|2018]]
| {{sortname|Jonathan|Osorio}}
| {{Flagu|Canada}}
| Toronto FC
| 3 goals (1 assist)
|-
| [[2019 Canadian Championship|2019]]
| {{sortname|Ignacio|Piatti}}
| {{Flagu|Argentina}}
| Montreal Impact
| 4 goals
|-
| [[2020 Canadian Championship|2020]]
| {{sortname|Tristan|Borges}}
| {{Flagu|Canada}}
| [[Forge FC]]
| 1 goal (0 assists, 67 minutes)
|-
| [[2021 Canadian Championship|2021]]
| {{sortname|Austin|Ricci}}
| {{Flagu|Canada}}
| [[Valour FC]]
| 3 goals
|-
| [[2022 Canadian Championship|2022]]
| {{sortname|Sunusi|Ibrahim}}
| {{Flagu|Nigeria}}
| CF Montréal
| 3 goals (0 assists, 62 minutes)
|-
| [[2023 Canadian Championship|2023]]
| Sunusi Ibrahim
| {{Flagu|Nigeria}}
| CF Montréal
| 3 goals
|-
| [[2024 Canadian Championship|2024]]
| {{sortname|Deandre|Kerr}}
| {{Flagu|Canada}}
| Toronto FC
| 5 goals
|}

== Competition records ==

=== Appearances ===
{{updated|April 30, 2025}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Club(s)
!Nationality
!Appearances
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
|'''[[Jonathan Osorio]]'''
| Toronto FC
|{{flagu|Canada}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 33
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| [[Russell Teibert]]
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC
| {{flagu|Canada}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 32
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
|[[Ashtone Morgan]]
|Toronto FC, Forge FC
|{{flagu|Canada}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 24
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
|'''[[Kyle Bekker]]'''
|Toronto FC, Montreal Impact, Forge FC
|{{flagu|Canada}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 21
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
|[[Justin Morrow]]
| Toronto FC
|{{flagu|United States}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 20
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |6
|[[Eddie Edward]]
|FC Edmonton, Ottawa Fury
|{{flagu|Canada}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |18
|-
|[[Doneil Henry]]
| Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps FC
|{{flagu|Canada}}
|-
|[[Maxim Tissot]]
|Montreal Impact, Ottawa Fury, Atlético Ottawa
|{{flagu|Canada}}
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 9
| [[Michael Bradley (soccer)|Michael Bradley]]
| Toronto FC
| {{flagu|United States}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 17
|-
|[[Mark Delgado]]
| Toronto FC
| {{flagu|United States}}
|}

=== Top goalscorers ===
{{Updated|September 25, 2024|{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Nationality
!Goals
|-
|style="text-align:center;"| 1
| '''[[Jonathan Osorio]]''' 
| [[Toronto FC]]
| {{flagu|Canada}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 8
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| 2
| [[Jozy Altidore]]
| Toronto FC
| {{flagu|United States}}
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| 6
|-
| [[Sebastian Giovinco]]
| Toronto FC
| {{flagu|Italy}}
|-
| '''[[Sunusi Ibrahim]]''' || [[CF Montréal]]
| {{flagu|Nigeria}}
|-
| [[Ignacio Piatti]]
| [[CF Montréal|Montreal Impact]]
| {{flagu|Argentina}}
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| 6
| [[Tomi Ameobi]]
| [[FC Edmonton]]
| {{flagu|England}}
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| 5
|-
| ''' [[Ryan Gauld]]''' 
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
| {{flagu|Scotland}}
|-
| [[Jordan Hamilton (soccer)|Jordan Hamilton]]
| Toronto FC / [[Forge FC]]
| {{flagu|Canada}}
|-
| '''[[Deandre Kerr]]'''|| Toronto FC
| {{flagu|Canada}}
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 10
| [[Camilo Sanvezzo|Camilo]]
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC
| {{flagu|Brazil}}
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 4
|-
| '''[[David Choinière]]'''
| Montreal Impact / Forge FC
| {{flagu|Canada}}
|-
| [[Dwayne De Rosario]] || Toronto FC
| {{flagu|Canada}}
|-
| [[Daryl Fordyce]] || FC Edmonton
| {{flagu|Northern Ireland}}
|-
| [[Jack McInerney]]|| Montreal Impact
| {{flagu|United States}}
|-
| [[Pedro Morales (footballer)|Pedro Morales]] || Vancouver Whitecaps FC
| {{flagu|Chile}}
|-
| '''[[Brian White (soccer)|Brian White]]''' || Vancouver Whitecaps FC
| {{flagu|United States}}
<!--
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"| 11
| [[Chad Barrett]]
| [[Toronto FC]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"| 3
|-
| [[Eric Hassli]]
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC
| {{flagu|France}}
|-
| '''[[Doneil Henry]]'''
| Toronto FC
| {{flagu|Canada}}
|-
| '''[[Mohamed Kourouma (soccer)|Mohamed Kourouma]]'''
| [[HFX Wanderers FC]]
| {{flagu|Guinea}}
|-
| [[Nicolás Mezquida]]
| [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010)|Vancouver Whitecaps]]
| {{flagu|Uruguay}}
|-
| [[Maicon Santos]]
| Toronto FC
| {{flagu|Brazil}}
|-
| [[Kei Kamara]]
| Vancouver Whitecaps
| {{flagu|Sierra Leone}}
|-
| '''[[Tomasz Skublak]]'''
| [[HFX Wanderers FC]]
| {{flagu|Canada}}
|-
| [[Ansu Toure]]
| Vancouver Whitecaps
| {{flagu|Liberia}}
-->
|}

'''Bolded''' players are still active players with a Canadian team.

=== Top goalscorers by season ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Season
!Player
!Club
!Nationality
!Goals
|-
| align=center rowspan=3|[[2008 Canadian Championship|2008]]
|[[Roberto Brown]]
|[[Montreal Impact (MLS)|Montreal Impact]]
|{{flagu|Panama}}
|align=center rowspan=3|2
|-
|[[Rohan Ricketts]]
|[[Toronto FC]]
|{{flagu|England}}
|-
|[[Eduardo Sebrango]]
|[[Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010)|Vancouver Whitecaps]]
|{{flagu|Cuba}}
|-
| align=center|[[2009 Canadian Championship|2009]]
| [[Dwayne De Rosario]]
| Toronto FC
| {{flagu|Canada}}
| align=center|3
|-
| align=center rowspan="7"|[[2010 Canadian Championship|2010]]
|[[Chad Barrett]]
|Toronto FC
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align=center rowspan="7"|1
|-
|[[Philippe Billy]]
|Montreal Impact
|{{flagu|France}}
|-
|[[Peter Byers (footballer)|Peter Byers]]
|Montreal Impact
|{{flagu|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|-
|[[Dwayne De Rosario]]
|Toronto FC
|{{flagu|Canada}}
|-
|[[Marcus Haber]]
|Vancouver Whitecaps
|{{flagu|Canada}}
|-
|[[Ty Harden]]
|Toronto FC
|{{flagu|United States}}
|-
|[[Ansu Toure]]
|Vancouver Whitecaps
|{{flagu|Liberia}}
|-
| align=center|[[2011 Canadian Championship|2011]]
| [[Maicon Santos]]
| Toronto FC
| {{flagu|Brazil}}
| align=center|3
|-
| align=center rowspan="4"|[[2012 Canadian Championship|2012]]
|[[Eric Hassli]]
|[[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]
|{{flagu|France}}
|align=center rowspan=4|2
|-
|[[Ryan Johnson (soccer)|Ryan Johnson]]
|Toronto FC
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|-
|[[Reggie Lambe]]
|Toronto FC
|{{flagu|Bermuda}}
|-
|[[Sébastien Le Toux]]
|Vancouver Whitecaps FC
|{{flagu|France}}
|-
| align=center|[[2013 Canadian Championship|2013]]
| [[Camilo Sanvezzo|Camilo]]
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC
| {{flagu|Brazil}}
| align=center|3
|-
| align=center|[[2014 Canadian Championship|2014]]
| [[Jack McInerney]]
| Montreal Impact
| {{flagu|United States}}
| align=center|3
|-
| align=center|[[2015 Canadian Championship|2015]]
| [[Tomi Ameobi]] 
| [[FC Edmonton]]
| {{flagu|England}}
| align=center|4
|-
| align=center rowspan="3"|[[2016 Canadian Championship|2016]]
| [[Jonathan Osorio]] || Toronto FC || {{flagu|Canada}}
| align=center rowspan="3"|2
|-
| [[Jordan Hamilton (soccer)|Jordan Hamilton]] || Toronto FC || {{flagu|Canada}}
|-
| [[Nicolás Mezquida]] || Vancouver Whitecaps FC || {{flagu|Uruguay}}
|-
| align=center|[[2017 Canadian Championship|2017]]
| [[Sebastian Giovinco]]
| Toronto FC
| {{flagu|Italy}}
| align=center|3
|-
| align=center rowspan="3"|[[2018 Canadian Championship|2018]]
| [[Jonathan Osorio]] || Toronto FC || {{flagu|Canada}}
| align=center rowspan="3"|3
|-
| [[Jozy Altidore]] || Toronto FC || {{flagu|United States}}
|-
| [[Kei Kamara]] || Vancouver Whitecaps FC || {{flagu|Sierra Leone}}
|-
| align=center|[[2019 Canadian Championship|2019]]
| [[Ignacio Piatti]]
| Montreal Impact
| {{flagu|Argentina}}
| align=center|4
|-
| align=center rowspan="2"|[[2020 Canadian Championship|2020]]
| [[Tristan Borges]]
| [[Forge FC]]
| {{flagu|Canada}}
| align=center rowspan="2"|1
|-
| [[Alejandro Pozuelo]]
| Toronto FC
| {{flagu|Spain}}
|-
| align=center|[[2021 Canadian Championship|2021]]
| [[Austin Ricci]]
| [[Valour FC]]
| {{flagu|Canada}}
| align=center|3
|-
| align=center rowspan="3"|[[2022 Canadian Championship|2022]]
| [[Myer Bevan]]
| [[Cavalry FC]]
| {{flagu|New Zealand}}
| align=center rowspan="3"|3
|-
| [[Sunusi Ibrahim]]
| CF Montréal
| {{flagu|Nigeria}}
|-
| [[Brian White (soccer)|Brian White]]
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC
| {{flagu|United States}}
|-
| align=center|[[2023 Canadian Championship|2023]]
| [[Sunusi Ibrahim]]
| CF Montréal
| {{flagu|Nigeria}}
| align=center|3
|-
| align=center|[[2024 Canadian Championship|2024]]
| [[Deandre Kerr]]
| Toronto FC
| {{flagu|Canada}}
| align=center|5
|}

== See also ==
* [[Canada soccer national championships|Canada Soccer's National Championships]]
* [[Canadian soccer clubs in international competitions]]
* [[Open Canada Cup]]
* [[Canada Cup (soccer)]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://canadasoccer.com/events/canadian-championship/ Official website]
* [https://issuu.com/canadasoccer/docs/20181231_canada_records_results Canada Soccer Records & Results]
* [https://issuu.com/canadasoccer/docs/2016_canchamp_program Canadian Championship Final Match Program]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/canchamp.html Canada - List of Champions], RSSSF.com

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