2023 Canadian Championship draw and key dates
By Chris Smith
The draw for the 2023 Canadian Championship has been made with teams finding out their potential paths to the final.
Tuesday's draw determined the ties for the preliminary round, as well as potential home and away teams in the quarter-finals.
Holders Vancouver Whitecaps and 2022 runners-up Toronto FC advance straight through to the last eight, while the latest edition sees Canadian Premier League expansion team Vancouver FC make their tournament debut.
As always, the winner of the Canadian Championship will secure a berth in the next edition of the Concacaf Champions League.
Here is the full draw for the 2023 Canadian Championship:
2023 Canadian Championship draw
Preliminary round (April 18-20)
- Match 1: TSS Rovers FC v Valour FC
- Match 2: Pacific FC v Cavalry FC
- Match 3: York United FC v Vancouver FC
- Match 4: Forge FC Hamilton v FC Laval
- Match 5: Halifax Wanderers FC v Atlético Ottawa
- Match 6: CF Montréal v Vaughan SC
Quarter-finals (May 9-11)
- Match 7: Winner Match 2 v Winner Match 1
- Match 8: Winner Match 3 v Vancouver Whitecaps FC
- Match 9: Winner Match 5 v Winner Match 4
- Match 10: Toronto FC v Winner Match 6
Semi-finals (May 23-25)
- Match 11: Winner Match 7 v Winner Match 8
- Match 12: Winner Match 10 v Winner Match 9
Final (June 6-8)
- Match 13: Winner Match 11 v Winner Match 12
Every winner of the Canadian Championship
- 2008: Montreal Impact
- 2009: Toronto FC
- 2010: Toronto FC (2)
- 2011: Toronto FC (3)
- 2012: Toronto FC (4)
- 2013: Montreal Impact (2)
- 2014: Montreal Impact (3)
- 2015: Vancouver Whitecaps
- 2016: Toronto FC (5)
- 2017: Toronto FC (6)
- 2018: Toronto FC (7)
- 2019: Montreal Impact (4)
- 2020: Toronto FC (8)
- 2021: CF Montreal (5)
- 2022: Vancouver Whitecaps (2)