The Canadian Premier League is a professional men's soccer league in Canada. At the top of the Canadian soccer league system, it is the country's primary national soccer league competition. The league consists of eight teams, from five of Canada's ten provinces. Each team plays 28 games in the regular season which is followed by playoffs culminating in the CPL Finals.
York United players celebrate a goal by Álvaro Rivero against HFX Wanderers during a game in September 2021.
A match between HFX Wanderers FC and Cavalry FC during the CPL's inaugural season in 2019
An Atlético Ottawa match. The club was the CPL's first expansion team
Chilean player Rodrigo Gattas playing for York United FC
The Canadian Championship is an annual soccer tournament contested by Canadian professional teams. The winner is awarded the Voyageurs Cup and a berth in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. It is contested by Major League Soccer sides Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, and CF Montréal, eight Canadian Premier League sides, and the champions of League1 Ontario, League1 British Columbia, and Ligue1 Québec. The tournament is organized by the Canadian Soccer Association and has been broadcast on OneSoccer since 2019.
The champions are awarded the Voyageurs Cup
