The Canadian Championship final is the championship match or two-legged tie to determine the winner of the Canadian Championship. It was first held in 2011 following Canadian Soccer Association's decision to replace the round-robin format with a knockout tournament to reduce fixture congestion for the participating teams. The final was played as a two-legged series until changing to a single match in 2019.

Toronto FC are the most successful team in the finals, having won it six times. Since its inception, a non-Major League Soccer club has only reached the final twice: once due to a revised competition format for the shortened 2020 season where the Canadian Premier League automatically gained a berth into the final, and again in 2025.

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

History 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. 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. 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. 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. Before the beginning of the competition, this format was slightly amended once more so that the final would also be played over two legs.

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. 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.

Finals +Key |-§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 2008 round-robin format, no final held 2009 2010 2011 Toronto FC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Empire Field Vancouver, BC 15,474 2–1 BMO Field Toronto, ON 18,212 2012 Toronto FC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC BC Place Vancouver, BC 14,878 1–0 BMO Field Toronto, ON 13,777 2013 &0–0 & Vancouver Whitecaps FC Stade Saputo Montreal, QC 12,016 &2–2 & BC Place Vancouver, BC 18,183 2014 1–1 Toronto FC BMO Field Toronto, ON 18,269 1–0 Stade Saputo Montreal, QC 13,423 2015 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2 Stade Saputo Montreal, QC 12,395 2–0 BC Place Vancouver, BC 19,616 2016 Toronto FC &1–0 & Vancouver Whitecaps FC BMO Field Toronto, ON 20,011 &1–2 & BC Place Vancouver, BC 19,376 2017 Toronto FC 1–1 Stade Saputo Montreal, QC 14,329 2–1 BMO Field Toronto, ON 26,539 ^ 2018 Toronto FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC BC Place Vancouver, BC 16,833 5–2 BMO Field Toronto, ON 14,994 2019 1–0 Toronto FC Stade Saputo Montreal, QC 10,807 §0–1 § BMO Field Toronto, ON 21,365 2020 Toronto FC §1–1 § Forge FC Tim Hortons Field Hamilton, ON 13,715 2021 1–0 Toronto FC Stade Saputo Montreal, QC 12,000 2022 Vancouver Whitecaps FC §1–1 § Toronto FC BC Place Vancouver, BC 24,307 2023 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 BC Place Vancouver, BC 20,072 2024 Vancouver Whitecaps FC §0–0 § Toronto FC BC Place Vancouver, BC 12,516 2025 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–2 Vancouver FC BC Place Vancouver, BC 18,372 2026 CF Montréal vs Forge FC Saputo Stadium Montreal, QC

Statistics Team records Appearances

ClubYears wonYears lost Toronto FC 11 6 5 54.5 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10 5 5 50.0 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018 CF Montréal 7 4 3 57.1 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021 2015, 2017, 2023 Forge FC 1 0 1 0.0 2020 Vancouver FC 1 0 1 0.0 2025

Streaks Most consecutive final wins: 4 – Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2022–2025) Most consecutive final appearances: 7 – Toronto FC (2016–2022)

Player records

+Top finals goalscorersRankPlayerClubNationalityGoals 1 Jozy Altidore Toronto FC 4 Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 2 Ali Ahmed Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 Eric Hassli Vancouver Whitecaps FC Ryan Gauld Vancouver Whitecaps FC Kei Kamara Vancouver Whitecaps FC Felipe Martins Montreal Impact Tim Parker Vancouver Whitecaps FC Camilo Sanvezzo Vancouver Whitecaps FC Brian White Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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

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