Despite over 100 years of soccer history, Canada has been without a national soccer league for the majority of its history. The current national league in Canada was founded in 2019 following 26 seasons without one. Throughout history, Canadian clubs have also competed in regional leagues, national championships, and in American professional leagues.

This list focuses on Canadian-run competitions. For modern leagues, only those that are sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association as professional or pro–am (division 3 or higher) are included. For historical leagues, only those considered to be "major" by the CSA are included. Individual seasons where a Canadian team was champion of an American-run league also appear here.

Since the 1960s, four men's professional leagues have been sanctioned as division 1 by the Canadian Soccer Association: the Eastern Canada Professional League, the Canadian Professional Soccer League, the Canadian Soccer League, and the Canadian Premier League.^[1]: 98

Canadian Professional Soccer League (1983)

Main article: Canadian Professional Soccer League (1983)

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Year	Champions	Runners-up	Regular season	Runners-up	Leading goalscorer(s)	Goals
1983	Edmonton Eagles	Hamilton Steelers	Edmonton Eagles	Hamilton Steelers	Hans Kraay Jr. (Edmonton) Ross Ongaro (Edmonton)	6

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Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992)

Main article: Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992)

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Year	Champions (tot)	Runners-up	Regular season (tot)	Runners-up	Leading goalscorer(s)	Goals
1987	Calgary Kickers	Hamilton Steelers	Calgary Kickers	Hamilton Steelers	Nick Gilbert (Calgary)	10
1988	Vancouver 86ers	Hamilton Steelers	Vancouver 86ers	Hamilton Steelers	John Catliff (Vancouver)	22
1989	Vancouver 86ers (2)	Hamilton Steelers	Vancouver 86ers (2)	Toronto Blizzard	Ted Eck (Ottawa)	21
1990	Vancouver 86ers (3)	Hamilton Steelers	Vancouver 86ers (3)	Toronto Blizzard	John Catliff (Vancouver)	19
1991	Vancouver 86ers (4)	Toronto Blizzard	Vancouver 86ers (4)	Toronto Blizzard	Domenic Mobilio (Vancouver)	25
1992	Winnipeg Fury	Vancouver 86ers	Vancouver 86ers (5)	North York Rockets	Eddy Berdusco (North York)	14

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Canadian Premier League (2019–present)

Main articles: Canadian Premier League, Canadian Premier League Finals, and CPL Shield

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Year	Champions (tot)	Runners-up	Regular season (tot)	Runners-up	Leading goalscorer(s)	Goals
2019	Forge FC	Cavalry FC	Cavalry FC	Forge FC	Tristan Borges (Forge)	13
2020	Forge FC (2)	HFX Wanderers FC	—	—	Akeem Garcia (HFX Wanderers)	6
2021	Pacific FC	Forge FC	Forge FC	Cavalry FC	João Morelli (HFX Wanderers)	14
2022	Forge FC (3)	Atlético Ottawa	Atlético Ottawa	Forge FC	Alejandro Díaz (Pacific)	13
2023	Forge FC (4)	Cavalry FC	Cavalry FC (2)	Forge FC	Ollie Bassett (Ottawa) Myer Bevan (Cavalry)	11

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In the middle of the 20th century, four leagues were considered to be the highest level of Canadian soccer at the time: National Soccer League (NL), Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League (EC), Pacific Coast Soccer League (PC), and the Western Canada Soccer League (WC). These regional leagues have been designated by Canada Soccer as "major leagues".^[1]: 101

For leagues that used a fall-spring format, the year in this table indicates the year in which the season ended, e.g. the 1960–61 champion would appear in the 1961 row. Only league seasons designated by Canada Soccer are included in this list.

There are two official domestic cups in Canada and both are ongoing. The Challenge Trophy was first contested in 1913 and it is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in Canada. Played under a variety of names and formats over the years, it is currently contested annually by the amateur champion of each province and played in a centralized location. The Canadian Championship was created in 2008 to be contested by professional clubs from various American leagues to determine a champion of Canada and an entrant to the CONCACAF Champions League.

Prior to 2008 there were some notable attempts to declare a national champion of Canada. The Open Canada Cup existed from 2003 to 2007, but excluded the premier professional clubs and was largely limited to the Ontario area. The Voyageurs Cup was a fan-run competition from 2002 to 2007 which awarded a trophy to the best Canadian team in the USL First Division based on regular season results. The Voyageurs Cup trophy is now awarded to the Canadian Championship winner.

• List of American soccer champions