The Challenge Trophy that is awarded each year to the national champion of Canada, was originally donated by the Football Association of England in 1926. Prior to that Canada's national champion received another trophy called the Connaught Cup. The decision to have a competition to determine the national champion of Canada was made on May 24, 1912 in Toronto by the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada. The first Challenge Cup competition was held one year later, in Thunder Bay with Norwood Wanderers from Winnipeg, Lachine from Montreal, Fort William C.P.R. from Northern Ontario and Toronto Old Country from Southern Ontario competing on a league basis. The league format was replaced in 1915 with a best of three final between the winners of the west and the winners of the east. In 1955 the competition adopted its current format in which each province sends the winners of its own provincial cup to compete in a short playoff tournament held in early Fall in a city in a different province every year. The Carling Brewery briefly sponsored the tournament in the late 50's which was known during this period as the Carling Trophy. Due to financial problems, competition was suspended completely in 1963 and in 1966 and in 1970 the competition was based on provincial select teams rather than senior clubs. Except for these brief interruptions the format adopted in 1955 has remained unchanged up to the present day.
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1913 Norwood Wanderers 1914 Norwood Wanderers 1915 Winnipeg Scottish 1916/18 No Competition 1919 Montreal Grand Trunk 1920 Hamilton Westinghouse 1921 Toronto Scottish 1922 Calgary Hillhurst 1923 Nanaimo 1924 Winnipeg United Western 1925 Toronto Ulster United 1926 Winnipeg United Western 1927 Nanaimo 1928 New Westminster Royals 1929 Montreal Canadian National 1930 New Westminster Royals 1931 New Westminster Royals 1932 Toronto Scottish 1933 Toronto Scottish 1934 Montreal Verdun Park 1935 Montreal Aldred Building 1936 New Westminster Royals 1937 Vancouver Johnston Nationals 1938 Vancouver North Shore United 1939 Vancouver Radials 1940- 1945 No Competition 1946 Toronto Ulster United 1947 Vancouver St. Andrew's 1948 Montreal Carsteel 1949 Vancouver North Shore 1950 Vancouver City 1951 Toronto Ulster United 1952 Montreal Stelco 1953 New Westminster Royals 1954 Winnipeg A.N.&A.F. Scottish 1955 New Westminster Royals 1956 Vancouver Halecos 1957 Montreal Ukrainis 1958 New Westminster Royals 1959 Montreal Alouettes 1960 New Westminster Royals |
1961 Montreal Concordia 1962 Winnipeg Scottish 1963 No Competition 1964 Vancouver Columbus 1965 Vancouver Firefighters F.C. 1966 Vancouver Under 23 Allstars 1967 Toronto Ballymena 1968 Toronto Royals 1969 Vancouver Columbus 1970 Manitoba Selects 1971 Eintracht Vancouver 1972 New Westminster Blues 1973 Vancouver Firefighters F.C. 1974 Calgary Springer Kickers 1975 Victoria Boxing Club F.C. 1976 Vic West F.C. 1977 Vancouver Columbus 1978 Vancouver Columbus 1979 Vic West F.C. 1980 St. John Dry Dock 1981 Toronto Ciociarco 1982 Vic West F.C. 1983 Vancouver Firefighters F.C. 1984 Vic West F.C. 1985 Vancouver Croatia 1986 Hamilton Steelers, ON 1987 Winnipeg Lucania 1988 St. Johns Holy Cross 1989 Scarborough Azzuri 1990 Vancouver Firefighters F.C. 1991 Norvan ANAF Unit #45 1992 Norvan ANAF Unit #45 1993 Vancouver Westside Rino 1994 Edmonton Ital-Canadian 1995 Halifax King of Donair 1996 Vancouver Westside CIBC 1997 Edmonton Ital-Canadian 1998 RDP Condores PQ 1999 Calgary Celtics 2000 Winnipeg Lucania 2001 Halifax King of Donair 2002 Winnipeg Sons of Italy |
In 1982, the Board of Directors of the Canadian Soccer Association recognized a game between London Concord and Edmonton Angels that was played in Toronto, on November 6th as the first ever Senior Women's National Championship game. The Ontario Soccer Association donated the Jubilee Trophy which has been awarded ever since on an annual basis to the national champion in women's soccer. The Women's National Championships is now run on a similar basis to the men's tournament with the two sets of finals usually held concurrently in the same city.
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1982 Edmonton Angels 1983 Edmonton Angels 1984 Edmonton Angels 1985 Edmonton Angels 1986 Edmonton Angels 1987 Coquitlam Soccer Club 1988 Edmonton Angels 1989 Dorval United 1990 Coquitlam Strikers 1991 Surrey Marlins |
1992 Surrey Marlins 1993 Surrey Marlins 1994 Coquitlam Strikers 1995 Edmonton Angels 1996 UBC Alumni 1997 Nepean United Spirits 1998 Nepean United Spirits 1999 Edmonton Angels 2000 Edmonton Angels 2001 Burnaby Canadians |
