Canada Soccer confirmed the schedule for the Preliminary Round of the annual “Battle of the North” on Tuesday, after the draw for the prestigious 2025 TELUS Canadian Championship took place in December 2024.

Pacific FC reached Semi Finals of this tournament three times in four years. In the 2024 TELUS Canadian Championship, the Tridents were defeated by the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Pacific knocked the ‘Caps out of the 2021 tournament with an at home victory of 4-3. 

The TELUS Canadian Championship sees the top men’s professional clubs from the Canadian Premier League (CPL) and Major League Soccer (MLS) as well as the champions of Ligue1 Québec, League1 Ontario, League1 Alberta and League1 BC compete to be named Canadian Champions, lift the Voyageurs Cup and earn a berth in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup. 

Preliminary Round 

Tuesday, April 29 – Atlético Ottawa vs. Scrosoppi FC – 7 p.m. ET — TD Place Stadium
Wednesday, April 30 – Toronto FC vs. CF Montréal – 7 p.m. ET — BMO Field
Tuesday, May 6 – York United vs. FC Laval – 7 p.m. ET — York Lions Stadium
Tuesday, May 6 – Cavalry FC vs. Edmonton Scottish United SC – 7 p.m. MT / 9 p.m. ET — ATCO Field
Tuesday. May 6 – Pacific FC vs. Vancouver FC – 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. ET — Starlight Stadium
Wednesday, May 7 – Forge FC vs. Halifax Wanderers FC – 7 p.m. ET/8 p.m. AT – Hamilton Stadium
Wednesday, May 7 – Valour FC vs. TSS Rovers FC – 7 p.m. CT / 5 p.m. PT  — Princess Auto Stadium

The 2025 TELUS Canadian Championship will for the first time include a 15-team field. The seven Preliminary Round winners will advance to the TELUS Canadian Championship Quarter-Final stage where they will be joined by last year’s champions, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, who received a bye through the Preliminary Round. The Quarter-Finals will be played as a two-match home and away series in May and July.

The winner of the single-leg Preliminary Round matchup between Pacific FC and Vancouver FC will progress to take on either Cavalry FC or Edmonton Scottish United FC of League1 Alberta in the Quarter-Final.

All TELUS Canadian Championship matches will be broadcast on OneSoccer, the dedicated home of soccer in Canada. OneSoccer is available in 35 countries as an affordable streaming service through the OneSoccer.ca website, via Roku, Chromecast and Apple TV devices and with the OneSoccer app for iOS and Android devices. It is also available as a linear channel on Optik TV (Ch. 980), the pay-TV service operated by TELUS, as well as on streaming service fuboTV Canada.

The TELUS Canadian Championship has long been one of the most anticipated events in the country’s soccer calendar, and this year promises to deliver intense and exciting matches. Fans across Canada will be treated to fierce competition as teams look to claim the coveted title.

Stay tuned to pacificfc.ca and follow the club on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for the latest news. 

Founded in 2018, Pacific Football Club brings professional football to Vancouver Island. Playing out of Starlight Stadium in Langford, the club provides an outlet for Canadian soccer players to compete at the professional level of the sport on home soil through the Canadian Premier League.   

The TELUS Canadian Championship is the premier annual professional soccer competition in Canada, featuring the Canadian teams from Major League Soccer (MLS), the Canadian Premier League (CPL), and league champions  from League1 BC, League1 Alberta, League1 Ontario and Ligue1 Québec. Teams compete for the prestigious Voyageurs Cup, a spot in the Concacaf Champions Cup, and the pride of being crowned Canadian Champions.

OneSoccer is the dedicated home of soccer in Canada, which broadcasts a suite of marquee Canadian soccer content such as: the Canadian Premier League, the country’s first-division men’s professional soccer league; the TELUS Canadian Championship, Canada Soccer’s domestic soccer cup competition involving all professional soccer clubs in Canada; and the home friendly matches of Canada Soccer’s Women’s and Men’s National Teams.