2025 Canadian Championship

2025 Canadian Championship

Championnat canadien 2025 (French)
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Date	April 29 – October 1
Teams	15 (from 6 leagues)
Defending champions	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	58 (3.41 per match)
Attendance	80,782 (4,752 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Julian Altobelli Samuel Salter (4 goals each)
←  2024 2026  → All statistics correct as of August 13, 2025.

The 2025 Canadian Championship (French : Championnat canadien 2025) is the eighteenth edition of the Canadian Championship, the premier men's domestic cup competition in Canadian soccer, and the 24th competition staged to determine the winner of the Voyageurs Cup. It features all eleven professional men's soccer teams in Canada, three from Major League Soccer and eight from the Canadian Premier League, along with the champions of the four semi-professional League1 Canada competitions: Edmonton Scottish, FC Laval, TSS FC Rovers, and Scrosoppi FC. ^{[1] [2] [3]} This tournament marked the first Voyageurs Cup campaign for Edmonton Scottish and Scrosoppi FC. Edmonton Scottish were the first ever representatives of League1 Alberta in the Canadian Championship's history.

The winner qualifies for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Format

The tournament consists of four rounds. The preliminary round consisted of single matches; ties were decided by a penalty shoot-out. The quarter-finals and semi-finals are two-legged ties; if the aggregate score is level, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out. The final will be a single leg; if tied, the champion will be decided by extra time and, if required, a penalty shoot-out.

The winner of the 2024 Canadian Championship, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, received a bye to the quarter-finals; the remaining fourteen teams began the competition in the preliminary round. Hosting privileges up to the semi-finals were determined based on the Canadian Championship ranking index; for two-legged ties, the team with the higher ranking hosts the second match. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Dates

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Preliminary round	December 12	April 29 – May 7
Quarter-finals		May 20–21 & June 11	July 8–9
Semi-finals	July 9	August 13	September 16 & 18
Final		October 1

Teams

Scrosoppi

Edmonton Scottish

Forge FC

Cavalry FC

Atlético Ottawa

Montréal

Vancouver

Pacific FC

Halifax Wanderers FC

Toronto

Valour FC

2025 Canadian Championship (Canada)

Montreal area clubs: CF Montréal; FC Laval
Toronto area clubs: Toronto FC; York United
Vancouver area clubs: Vancouver Whitecaps; Vancouver FC; TSS Rovers

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Canadian Premier League Major League Soccer League1 Canada

Rank	League	Team	Location	Entry round	App.	Previous best (last)
1	Major League Soccer	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Vancouver, BC	Quarter-finals	17th	Winners (2024)
2		Toronto FC	Toronto, Ontario	Preliminary round	18th	Winners (2020)
3		CF Montréal	Montreal, Quebec		17th	Winners (2021)
4	Canadian Premier League	Forge FC	Hamilton, Ontario		7th	Runners-up (2020)
5		Pacific FC	Langford, BC		6th	Semi-finals (2024)
6		York United FC	Toronto, Ontario		6th	Semi-finals (2022)
7		Cavalry FC	Foothills County, Alberta		6th	Semi-finals (2019)
8		Atlético Ottawa	Ottawa, Ontario		5th	Quarter-finals (2024)
9		HFX Wanderers FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia		6th	Quarter-finals (2022)
10		Valour FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba		6th	Quarter-finals (2021)
11		Vancouver FC	Langley, BC		3rd	Preliminary round (2024)
12	League1 Canada (division champions)	TSS FC Rovers (L1BC)	Burnaby, BC		3rd	Quarter-finals (2023)
13		FC Laval (L1QC)	Laval, Quebec		2nd	Preliminary round (2023)
14		Scrosoppi FC (L1ON)	Milton, Ontario		1st	—
15		Edmonton Scottish (L1AB)	Edmonton, Alberta		1st	—

Draw

There were two draws to determine the matchups of the tournament: one draw to determine the preliminary round and quarter-final matchups, and another to determine the semi-final and final rounds. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

First draw

The first draw to determine preliminary round matchups and the pathway through the quarter-finals was conducted on December 12, 2024. Teams were separated into east and west regions for the draw, and semi-pro teams could not be drawn against each other in the preliminary round. Vancouver Whitecaps FC were given a bye to the quarter-finals as 2024 champions. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

West	West semi-pro	East	East semi-pro	Bye
Cavalry FC Pacific FC Valour FC Vancouver FC	Edmonton Scottish TSS FC Rovers	Atlético Ottawa CF Montréal Forge FC HFX Wanderers FC Toronto FC York United FC	FC Laval Scrosoppi FC	Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Second draw

The second draw was held at half-time of the last quarter-final match between Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Valour FC on July 9. The draw resulted in Forge FC against Vancouver Whitecaps FC, with the winner also hosting the final. In the other semi-final, Atlético Ottawa was matched up with Vancouver FC. ^{[10] [11]}

Bracket

	Preliminary round single match						Quarter-finals two-legged tie						Semi-finals two-legged tie						Final single match
							Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2	2	4
	Winnipeg, MB
							Valour FC	2	1	3
	Valour FC			1
	TSS FC Rovers			0
													Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2	0	0
	Toronto, ON
													Forge FC	2	0	0
	Toronto FC			2 (2)
	CF Montréal (p)			2 (3)
							CF Montréal	0	2	2
	Hamilton, ON
							Forge FC	1	2	3
	Forge FC			3
	HFX Wanderers FC			1
																						0
	Ottawa, ON
																						0
	Atlético Ottawa			2
	Scrosoppi FC			0
							Atlético Ottawa	2	4	6
	Toronto, ON
							York United FC	1	3	4
	York United FC			5
	FC Laval			0
													Atlético Ottawa	1	0	0
	Langford, BC
													Vancouver FC	3	0	0
	Pacific FC			1 (2)
	Vancouver FC (p)			1 (4)
							Vancouver FC (p)	1	1	2 (5)
	Foothills County, AB
							Cavalry FC	1	1	2 (4)
	Cavalry FC			6
	Edmonton Scottish			0

Preliminary round

Summary

Home team	Score	Away team
Valour FC	1–0	TSS FC Rovers
Pacific FC	1–1 (2–4 p)	Vancouver FC
Cavalry FC	6–0	Edmonton Scottish
Atlético Ottawa	2–0	Scrosoppi FC
York United FC	5–0	FC Laval
Toronto FC	2–2 (2–3 p)	CF Montréal
Forge FC	3–1	HFX Wanderers FC

Matches

May 7

7:00 pm CDT

Valour FC	1–0	TSS FC Rovers
Ressurreição 65'	Report

Princess Auto Stadium , Winnipeg, Manitoba

Attendance: 1,438

Referee: Mario Al-Ayass

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May 6

7:00 pm PDT

Pacific FC–Vancouver FC rivalry

Pacific FC	1–1	Vancouver FC
Ndom 50'	Report	Díaz 34' (pen.)
Penalties
Bustos Ndom Keshavarz Montejano	2–4	Díaz Mezquida Fry O'Connor Norman

Starlight Stadium , Langford, British Columbia

Attendance: 2,017

Referee: Michael Venne

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April 29

7:00 pm MDT

Cavalry FC	6–0	Edmonton Scottish
Elva 9' Myroniuk 18' Wähling 61' Musse 72' Piepgrass 79' Warschewski 87'	Report

ATCO Field , Foothills County, Alberta

Attendance: 2,552

Referee: Yusri Rudolf

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April 29

7:00 pm EDT

Atlético Ottawa	2–0	Scrosoppi FC
Dos Santos 12' Salter 86'	Report

TD Place Stadium , Ottawa, Ontario

Attendance: 2,229

Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

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May 6

7:00 pm EDT

York United FC	5–0	FC Laval
Altobelli 45' Ferrari 45+3' Reid 52' Rosa 64' Ferrin 79' (pen.)	Report

York Lions Stadium , Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 1,072

Referee: Ben Hoskins

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April 30

7:00 pm EDT

Canadian Classique

Toronto FC	2–2	CF Montréal
Corbeanu 29' Spicer 74'	Report	Waterman 70' Vrioni 88'
Penalties
Spicer Franklin Coello Corbeanu Brynhildsen	2–3	Waterman Sealy Yankov Pearce

BMO Field , Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 20,265

Referee: Michael Venne

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May 7

7:00 pm EDT

Forge FC	3–1	HFX Wanderers FC
Babouli 22, 90+1' Sow 26' (o.g.)	Report	Meilleur-Giguère 41'

Hamilton Stadium , Hamilton, Ontario

Attendance: 3,098

Referee: Alain Ruch

Quarter-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valour FC	3–4	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–2	1–2
Vancouver FC	2–2 (5–4 p)	Cavalry FC	1–1	1–1
Atlético Ottawa	6–4	York United FC	2–1	4–3
Forge FC	3–2	CF Montréal	1–0	2–2

Matches

May 20

7:30 pm CDT

Valour FC	2–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Romeo 38' Figueiredo 51'	Report	Adekugbe 6' Ahmed 80'

Princess Auto Stadium , Winnipeg, Manitoba

Attendance: 3,476

Referee: Yusri Rudolf

July 9

7:00 pm PDT

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	Valour FC
Sabbi 79' Utvik 90'	Report	Layne 86'

BC Place , Vancouver, British Columbia

Attendance: 14,536

Referee: Alain Ruch

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 4–3 on aggregate.

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May 21

7:00 pm PDT

Vancouver FC	1–1	Cavalry FC
Norman 41'	Report	Warschewski 81'

Willoughby Community Park , Langley, British Columbia

Attendance: 1,434

Referee: Renzo Villanueva

July 8

7:30 pm MDT

Cavalry FC	1–1	Vancouver FC
O'Connor 66' (o.g.)	Report	Mezquida 23' (pen.)
Penalties
Warschewski Elva Gherasimencov Aird Musse Henry	4–5	Mezquida Norman O'Connor Campbell Powell Batista

ATCO Field , Foothills County, Alberta

Attendance: 2,177

Referee: Michael Venne

2–2 on aggregate. Vancouver FC won 5–4 on penalties.

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June 11

7:00 pm EDT

Atlético Ottawa	2–1	York United FC
Tabla 16' Rodríguez 18'	Report	Altobelli 5'

TD Place Stadium , Ottawa, Ontario

Attendance: 2,084

Referee: Mario Al-Ayass

July 8

7:00 pm EDT

York United FC	3–4	Atlético Ottawa
Altobelli 13', 37' Ferrin 53'	Report	Rodríguez 20' Salter 22', 84' Sissoko 90+2'

York Lions Stadium , Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 688

Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

Atlético Ottawa won 6–4 on aggregate.

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May 20

7:00 pm EDT

Forge FC	1–0	CF Montréal
Wright 78'	Report

Hamilton Stadium , Hamilton, Ontario

Attendance: 3,064

Referee: Ben Hoskins

July 9

7:00 pm EDT

CF Montréal	2–2	Forge FC
Owusu 58', 90+5'	Report	Borges 79' Bekker 82'

Saputo Stadium , Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 13,125

Referee: Renzo Villanueva

Forge FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Forge FC	Series 5	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–2	Sep 16
Vancouver FC	Series 6	Atlético Ottawa	3–1	Sep 18

Matches

August 13

7:00 pm EDT

Forge FC	2–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Ampomah 11' Wright 34'	Report	Blackmon 18' White 29'

Hamilton Stadium , Hamilton, Ontario

Attendance: 8,324

Referee: Yusri Rudolf

September 16

7:00 pm PDT

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	v	Forge FC
	Report

BC Place , Vancouver, British Columbia

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August 13

7:00 pm PDT

Vancouver FC	3–1	Atlético Ottawa
Michel 21' Mbongue 69' Mezquida 90+1'	Report	Salter 58'

Willoughby Community Park , Langley, British Columbia

Attendance: 1,380

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

September 18

7:00 EDT

Atlético Ottawa	v	Vancouver FC
	Report

TD Place Stadium , Ottawa, Ontario

Final

The winner qualifies for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup.

October 1

Winner series 5	v	Winner series 6
	Report

Top goalscorers

As of matches played August 13, 2025

Source: CanPL

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Julian Altobelli	York United FC	4
	Samuel Salter	Atlético Ottawa
3	Molham Babouli	Forge FC	2
	Massimo Ferrin	York United FC
	Nicolás Mezquida	Vancouver FC
	Prince Owusu	CF Montréal
	David Rodríguez	Atlético Ottawa
	Tobias Warschewski	Cavalry FC
	Brian Wright	Forge FC

References

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External links

• Canadian Championship at Canada Soccer