List of Canadian Championship finals

Canadian Championship finalsFirst played| 2011

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Editions| 14
Region| Canada[a]
Most recent winners| Vancouver Whitecaps FC
(2024, 4th win)
Most finals won| Toronto FC (6)[n 1]
Most appearances| Toronto FC (11)
Top scorer(s)| Jozy Altidore
Sebastian Giovinco
(4 goals each)
Television broadcasters| OneSoccer (since 2019)
2024 Canadian Championship final

The Canadian Championship final is the championship match or two match aggregate series to determine the winner of the Canadian Championship. It was first held in 2011 following Canada Soccer's decision to replace the round-robin format with a knockout competition to reduce fixture congestion for the participating teams.

From 2008 to 2010, the Canadian Championship was played as a round-robin tournament between Canada's three professional soccer clubs: the Montreal Impact, Toronto FC, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.[1] In 2011, the addition of FC Edmonton to Canadian professional soccer meant that a league format would require each participant to play six matches instead of four, something that was unpopular with the participating clubs' players and staff.[2] The round-robin format was also responsible for the controversial end of the 2009 Canadian Championship, which brought about further demand for a change in format, where a team could not suffer due to the results of a match between two other teams.[citation needed] The addition of a fourth team also meant that they could instead run the competition as an even two round tournament with no team requiring byes. It was decided in 2011 that the competition would be reformatted to have a two-legged semifinal round, of which the winners would then face each other in a single match final hosted by the higher seeded team.[citation needed] Before the beginning of the competition, this format was slightly amended once more so that the final would also be played over two legs.[3]

As more Canadian teams were created and gained access into the Canadian Championship in the late 2010s, all rounds including the final would start to be played as a single match starting in 2021, with the host team being determined by draw at the beginning of the competition.[4]

In 2024, Canada Soccer brought back the usage of two-legged ties for the quarter-final and semi-final rounds, but the final remained as a single match.

Toronto FC are the most successful team in the finals, having won it six times.[n 1] Since its inception, a non-Major League Soccer club has only reached the final once, due to a revised competition format for the shortened 2020 season where the Canadian Premier League automatically gained a berth into the final.

Despite playing in five semi-finals, FC Edmonton were never able to reach the finals during their eleven seasons of professional soccer.

## Finals

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Key  †  | Match went to extra time

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‡  | Match decided by a penalty shoot-out after extra time
§  | Match decided by a penalty shoot-out with no extra time
& | Series decided by away goals rule
^ | Attendance record
Year  | Date(s)  | Winner  | Score(s)  | Runner-up  | Venue  | City  | Attendance

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2008 | round-robin format, no final held
2009
2010
2011 | May 18, 2011 | Toronto FC | 1–1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Empire Field | Vancouver, BC  | 15,474
July 2, 2011[b] | 2–1 | BMO Field | Toronto, ON  | 18,212
2012 | May 16, 2012 | Toronto FC | 1–1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | BC Place | Vancouver, BC  | 14,878
May 23, 2012 | 1–0 | BMO Field | Toronto, ON  | 13,777
2013 | May 15, 2013 | Montreal Impact | &0–0 & | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Stade Saputo | Montreal, QC  | 12,016
May 29, 2013 | &2–2 & | BC Place | Vancouver, BC  | 18,183
2014 | May 28, 2014 | Montreal Impact | 1–1 | Toronto FC | BMO Field | Toronto, ON  | 18,269
June 4, 2014 | 1–0 | Stade Saputo | Montreal, QC  | 13,423
2015 | August 12, 2015 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–2 | Montreal Impact | Stade Saputo | Montreal, QC  | 12,395
August 26, 2015 | 2–0 | BC Place | Vancouver, BC  | 19,616
2016 | June 21, 2016 | Toronto FC | &1–0 & | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | BMO Field | Toronto, ON  | 20,011
June 29, 2016 | &1–2 & | BC Place | Vancouver, BC  | 19,376
2017 | June 21, 2017 | Toronto FC | 1–1 | Montreal Impact | Stade Saputo | Montreal, QC  | 14,329
June 27, 2017 | 2–1 | BMO Field | Toronto, ON  | 26,539 ^
2018 | August 8, 2018 | Toronto FC | 2–2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | BC Place | Vancouver, BC  | 16,833
August 15, 2018 | 5–2 | BMO Field | Toronto, ON  | 14,994
2019 | September 18, 2019 | Montreal Impact | 1–0 | Toronto FC | Stade Saputo | Montreal, QC  | 10,807
September 25, 2019 | §0–1 §
(3–1 p) | BMO Field | Toronto, ON  | 21,365
2020 | June 4, 2022[c] | Toronto FC | §1–1 §
(5–4 p) | Forge FC | Tim Hortons Field | Hamilton, ON  | 13,715
2021 | November 21, 2021 | CF Montréal | 1–0 | Toronto FC | Stade Saputo | Montreal, QC  | 12,000
2022 | July 26, 2022 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | §1–1 §
(5–3 p) | Toronto FC | BC Place | Vancouver, BC  | 24,307
2023 | June 7, 2023 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–1 | CF Montréal | BC Place | Vancouver, BC  | 20,072
2024 | September 25, 2024 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | §0–0 §
(4–2 p) | Toronto FC | BC Place | Vancouver, BC  | 12,516

## Statistics

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### Team records

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As of the 2024 season

Club  | App. | W | L | W% | Years won  | Years lost

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Toronto FC | 11  | 6  | 5  | 54.5  | 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 | 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
CF Montréal | 7  | 4  | 3  | 57.1  | 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021 | 2015, 2017, 2023
Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 9  | 4  | 5  | 44.4  | 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024 | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018
Forge FC | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0.0  | –  | 2020

### Player records

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As of the 2024 final

Top finals goalscorers  Rank  | Player  | Club  | Nationality  | Goals

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1  | Jozy Altidore | Toronto FC |  USA | 4
Sebastian Giovinco | Toronto FC |  ITA
2  | Eric Hassli | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |  FRA | 2
Kei Kamara | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |  SLE
Felipe Martins | Montreal Impact |  BRA
Tim Parker | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |  USA
Camilo Sanvezzo | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |  BRA
Brian White | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |  USA

Bold indicates that player is still active for a Canadian club.

## See also

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* Canadian Premier League Finals
* List of U.S. Open Cup finals

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Toronto FC have won the Canadian Championship final 6 times. They have won the Canadian Championship a total of 8 times, as two titles were won during the usage of the round-robin format. Similarly, CF Montréal have won the Voyageurs Cup, which predates the Canadian Championship as a whole, a total of 11 times, but have only won 4 finals.

1. ^ As of the 2024 season, the finals have only been held in the provinces of British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec.
2. ^ Match was originally played on May 25, but had to be abandoned in the 60th minute and postponed due to severe weather.
3. ^ The 2020 Canadian Championship final was played in the summer of 2022, due to scheduling difficulties in the 2020 and 2021 seasons associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

## References

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1. ^ "Canada to create new club championship". Canadian Soccer Association. January 31, 2008. Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
2. ^ Rollins, Duane (December 12, 2010). "Format of Canadian Championship may change". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on March 22, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
3. ^ "Association confirms 2011 Nutrilite Canadian Championship schedule". Canada Soccer. February 18, 2011. Archived from the original on March 23, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
4. ^ "Canada Soccer announces 2021 Canadian Championship format and schedule". Canada Soccer. Retrieved June 8, 2023.

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