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| Tournament details | |
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| Host |  Canada |
| Dates | 8 September 1996– 14 September 1996 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up |  United States |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
The 1996 Canada Cup was the second edition to take place and was hosted by Edmonton. It was a women's rugby union competition and featured New Zealand, France, the USA and the hosts, Canada. New Zealand had missed the previous World Cup in 1994 and, aside from a couple of games against an untried Australia, had played no international rugby since 1991, when they had lost to the USA in the World Cup semi-finals. Despite this they won all three games they played and won the tournament.
