The 2026 Canadian Championship () is the 19th edition of the Canadian Championship, the premier men's domestic cup competition in Canadian soccer, and the 25th competition for the Voyageurs Cup.
The tournament features all 11 professional men's clubs in Canada—three from Major League Soccer and eight from the Canadian Premier League—along with the four 2025 semi-professional regional champions of the Premier Soccer Leagues Canada. This edition marked debut appearances of Calgary Blizzard SC, Langley United, FC Supra du Québec, and Woodbridge Strikers.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC entered the competition as four-time defending champions. The winner will qualify for the 2027 CONCACAF Champions Cup.
Format The format for the 2026 tournament largely follows previous years. Seeding was determined using an expanded Canadian Championship ranking index, which evaluated teams based on their performance in the tournament over the previous four years, with recent results weighted more heavily. New for 2026, the four highest ranked teams were assigned positions in the bracket to guarantee that they could not face each other until the semi-finals. The tournament implemented football video support (FVS) for the first time, only in use for the semi-finals and final.
The tournament consists of four rounds. The preliminary round and final are single matches while the quarter-finals and semi-finals consisted of two-legged ties. For each round, draws would settled by extra time and, if required, a penalty shoot-out.
A player or team official was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: Receiving a red card (suspensions may be extended for serious offences); Accumulation of yellow cards in the tournament (three for players, two for team officials), with the exception that yellow card accumulation suspensions do not apply to the final.
Teams
LeagueTeamLocationEntry roundPrevious best (last) 1 Major League Soccer Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver, British Columbia Quarter-finals 18th Winners (2025) 2 Canadian Premier League Forge FC Hamilton, Ontario Preliminary round 8th Runners-up (2020) 3Major League Soccer Toronto FC Toronto, Ontario 19th Winners (2020) 4 CF Montréal Montreal, Quebec 18th Winners (2021) 5Canadian Premier League Pacific FC Langford, British Columbia 7th Semi-finals (2024) 6 Atlético Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario 6th Semi-finals (2025) 7 Vancouver FC Langley, British Columbia 4th Runners-up (2025) 8 Inter Toronto FC Toronto, Ontario 7th Semi-finals (2022) 9 Cavalry FC Foothills County, Alberta 7th Semi-finals (2019) 10 HFX Wanderers FC Halifax, Nova Scotia 7th Quarter-finals (2022) 11 FC Supra du Québec Laval, Quebec 1st 12Premier Soccer Leagues Canada(regional champions) Langley United Langley, British Columbia 1st 13 CS Saint-Laurent Montreal, Quebec 2nd Quarter-finals (2024) 14 Woodbridge Strikers Vaughan, Ontario 1st 15 Calgary Blizzard SC Calgary, Alberta 1st
Schedule Round First leg Second leg Preliminary round May 5–10 Quarter-finals July 8 July 12–13 and August 11 Semi-finals September 1–2 September 15–16 Final October 21
Draw The draw was held on January 17, 2026. As defending champions, Vancouver Whitecaps FC were awarded a bye to the quarter-finals. Unlike previous years, a second draw will not be held before the semi-finals. The four highest ranked teams were newly pre-assigned positions in the bracket such that they could not face each other until at least the semi-finals. As determined by the draw, the winner of series 5 (i.e. the mostly-western half of the bracket) will host the final. Pot 1 (seeded) Pot 2 (west) Pot 3 (east)
Bracket
Preliminary round The team with the higher ranking hosted the match. Summary Bye: Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Matches
Quarter-finals Summary
Matches
Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 5–2 on aggregate.
CF Montréal won 4–2 on aggregate.
Forge FC won 3–2 on aggregate.
FC Supra won 6–4 on aggregate.
Semi-finals Summary
Matches
CF Montréal won 3–2 on aggregate.
Forge FC won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
The winner qualifies for the 2027 CONCACAF Champions Cup.
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerTeamGoalsBy round 1 Atlético Ottawa43012 FC Supra du Québec301110 CF Montréal3010024 Forge FC210100 Forge FC220000 FC Supra du Québec211000 Atlético Ottawa2002 Calvary FC2110 Vancouver FC2110 FC Supra du Québec201100 CF Montréal210100 Forge FC210100 Source: FotMob, CanPL
Notes
See also 2026–27 W Canadian Championship
References
External links Canadian Championship at Canada Soccer