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{{Short description|Canadian university gridiron football championship trophy}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title           = 
| current_season  = 59th Vanier Cup
| last_season     = 58th Vanier Cup
| upcoming_season = 60th Vanier Cup
| logo            = Coupe Vanier UL 01.jpg
| logo_size       = 185px
| sport           = Canadian football
| founded         = {{start date and age|1965}}
| inaugural       = 1965
| country         = Canada
| champion        = [[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval Rouge et Or]] (12th title)
| champ_season    = 
| most_champs     = [[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval Rouge et Or]] (12 titles)
| qualification   = 
| streaming       = 
| sponsor         = 
| level           = 
| pyramid         = 
| promotion       = 
| relegation      = 
| website         = {{URL|usports.ca/en/championships/vanier-cup/m}}
| organizer       = [[U Sports]]
}}

The '''Vanier Cup''' ({{langx|fr|Coupe Vanier}}) is the trophy awarded annually to the champion [[Canadian football]] team in [[U Sports]], the governing body for university sports in Canada. The [[U Sports football]] champion is determined in a one-game playoff (the Vanier Cup game), played by the winners of the [[Uteck Bowl]] and the [[Mitchell Bowl]]. In turn, the participating teams are determined by the winners of four bowl games: the [[Jewett Trophy|Loney Bowl]] ([[Atlantic University Sport|AUS]]), [[Hardy Trophy|Hardy Cup]] ([[Canada West Universities Athletic Association|Canada West]]), [[Dunsmore Cup]] ([[Quebec Student Sport Federation|RSEQ]]), and [[Yates Cup]] ([[Ontario University Athletics|OUA]]).<ref>{{Cite web |year=2007 |title=Uteck Bowl |url=http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=page&id=14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115091712/http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=page&id=14 |archive-date=2008-01-15 |access-date=2007-11-28 |publisher=vaniercup.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |year=2007 |title=Mitchell Bowl |url=http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=page&id=13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914075033/http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=page&id=13 |archive-date=2012-09-14 |access-date=2007-11-28 |publisher=vaniercup.ca}}</ref> The Vanier Cup game is played at a neutral site that changes every year; the hosting university is determined months or years in advance.

The [[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval Rouge et Or]] have won the most Vanier Cups (12), while the [[Western Mustangs football|Western Mustangs]] have the most appearances (15). Eighteen teams have won the Vanier Cup, while three others have played for the championship but never won. There are six active teams that have never appeared in the championship game. The most recent game, the [[59th Vanier Cup]], was played on November 23, 2024, at [[Kingston, Ontario]]. In this game, the Laval Rouge et Or defeated the [[Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football|Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks]] 22–17 to win their twelfth championship.

==History==
The Vanier Cup was created in 1965 as the championship trophy of the Canadian College Bowl. For the first two years of competition, the Canadian College Bowl was an invitational event, with a national panel selecting two teams to play, similar to other U.S. collegiate bowl games. In 1967, the Canadian College Bowl was declared the national football championship of the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union, later Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) and now [[U Sports]], with a playoff system determining the two participants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=page&id=15|title=Past Vanier Cups|access-date=2007-11-24|publisher=vaniercup.ca|year=2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101082348/http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=page&id=15|archive-date=2013-01-01}}</ref>

The Vanier Cup was played in [[Toronto]], Ontario, from its inception in 1965 through 2003. However, after the CIS opened the game to host conference bids in 2001, the possibility arose to have games held outside Toronto. As of 2025, 41 of the 61 Vanier Cups have been played in Toronto, eight in Quebec City, five in Hamilton, two in Kingston, one in Regina (November 22, 2025), one in Saskatoon, one in Vancouver, one in London, Ontario, and one in Montreal. No games have been staged in the Atlantic region.  Four times, the game has been played in the same city and during the same weekend as the [[Grey Cup]]: 1973, 2007 and 2012 in Toronto and in 2011 in Vancouver at BC Place Stadium.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://3downnation.com/2019/02/27/cfl-usports-working-to-realign-grey-cup-and-vanier-cup/ |title=CFL, USports working to realign Grey Cup and Vanier Cup |publisher=3DownNation |date=February 27, 2019}}</ref>

The winners' trophy is named after [[Georges Vanier]] ([[governor general of Canada]] 1959–1967) and was first awarded in 1965 to the winner of an invitational event contested between two teams that were selected by a panel. In 1967, the trophy was declared the official "CIAU National Football Championship" and a playoff system was instituted. From its creation until 1982, it was known as the Canadian College Bowl. The game typically occurs in late November, although it is occasionally played in December.

On June 8, 2020, U Sports announced that all fall athletics championships for the 2020–21 season had been cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="2020 cancelled">{{Cite web|date=2020-06-08|title=Vanier Cup among national U Sports championships cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/usports-cancel-fall-season-1.5602556|access-date=2020-06-08|website=CBC Sports}}</ref>

== Results ==
<gallery>
File:SaskVanier1990.jpg|alt=The Vanier Cup.|The Vanier Cup raised in [[26th Vanier Cup|1990]] by the [[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan Huskies]] following their win over [[Saint Mary's Huskies football|Saint Mary's]].
File:Laurier Golden Hawks - 2005 Vanier Cup champions.jpg|The [[Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football|Laurier Golden Hawks]] won the [[41st Vanier Cup|2005 Vanier Cup]], defeating [[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan]] 24–23.
File:47th Vanier Cup.jpg|The [[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval Rouge et Or]] vs. the [[McMaster Marauders football|McMaster Marauders]] in the [[47th Vanier Cup]].
File:52nd Vanier Cup.jpg|The [[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval Rouge et Or]] vs. the [[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary Dinos]] in the [[52nd Vanier Cup]].
File:55th Vanier Cup ULaval 19.jpg|The [[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary Dinos]] hoist the Vanier Cup trophy following their win over the [[Montreal Carabins football|Montreal Carabins]] in [[55th Vanier Cup|2019]].
</gallery>

;Key
* '''{{small|(#)}}''' Number of times that team has won the Vanier Cup.
'''Note''': All Ted Morris Trophy and Bruce Coulter Award winners played for the winning team, unless otherwise noted.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
!Game
!Date
!Champion
!Score
!Runner up
!Stadium
!City
!Ted Morris Memorial Trophy<br />(Game MVP)
!Bruce Coulter Award<br /><small>(starts in 1992)</small>
!Attendance
|-
|[[1st Vanier Cup|1st]]
|November 20, 1965
|[[Toronto Varsity Blues football|Toronto]]
|14–7
|[[Alberta Golden Bears football|Alberta]]
|[[Varsity Stadium]]
|Toronto
|[[Gerry Sternberg]]
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|3,488
|-
|[[2nd Vanier Cup|2nd]]
|November 19, 1966
|[[St. Francis Xavier X-Men football|St. F.X.]]
|40–14
|[[Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football|Waterloo Lutheran]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Terry Gorman
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|13,678
|-
|[[3rd Vanier Cup|3rd]]
|November 25, 1967
|[[Alberta Golden Bears football|Alberta]]
|10–9
|[[McMaster Marauders football|McMaster]]
|Varsity Stadium
|Toronto
|Val Schneider
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|16,167
|-
|[[4th Vanier Cup|4th]]
|November 22, 1968
|[[Queen's Golden Gaels football|Queen's]]
|42–14
|[[Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football|Waterloo Lutheran]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Don Bayne
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|16,051
|-
|[[5th Vanier Cup|5th]]
|November 21, 1969
|[[Manitoba Bisons football|Manitoba]]
|24–15
|[[McGill Redmen football|McGill]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|[[Bob Kraemer]]
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|9,347
|-
|[[6th Vanier Cup|6th]]
|November 21, 1970
|[[Manitoba Bisons football|Manitoba]] {{small|(2)}}
|38–11
|[[Ottawa Gee-Gees football|Ottawa]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Mike Shylo
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|10,550
|-
|[[7th Vanier Cup|7th]]
|November 20, 1971
|[[Western Ontario Mustangs football|Western]]
|15–14
|[[Alberta Golden Bears football|Alberta]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Bob McGregor{{Ref|1|[A]}}
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|13,041
|-
|[[8th Vanier Cup|8th]]
|November 25, 1972
|[[Alberta Golden Bears football|Alberta]] {{small|(2)}}
|20–7
|[[Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football|Waterloo Lutheran]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Roger Comartin<br />Andy MacLeod{{Ref|2|[B]}}
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|10,192
|-
|[[9th Vanier Cup|9th]]
|November 24, 1973
|[[Saint Mary's Huskies football|Saint Mary's]]
|14–6
|[[McGill Redmen football|McGill]]
|[[Exhibition Stadium]]
| Toronto
| [[Ken Clark (punter)|Ken Clark]]
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|17,000
|-
|[[10th Vanier Cup|10th]]
|November 22, 1974
|[[Western Ontario Mustangs football|Western]] {{small|(2)}}
|19–15
|[[Toronto Varsity Blues football|Toronto]]
|Exhibition Stadium
| Toronto
|Ian Bryans
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|24,777
|-
|[[11th Vanier Cup|11th]]
|November 21, 1975
|[[Ottawa Gee-Gees football|Ottawa]]
|14–9
|[[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary]]
|Exhibition Stadium
| Toronto
|[[Neil Lumsden]]
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|17,841
|-
|[[12th Vanier Cup|12th]]
|November 19, 1976
|[[Western Ontario Mustangs football|Western]] {{small|(3)}}
|29–13
|[[Acadia Axemen football|Acadia]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Bill Rozalowsky
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|20,300
|-
|[[13th Vanier Cup|13th]]
|November 19, 1977
|[[Western Ontario Mustangs football|Western]] {{small|(4)}}
|48–15
|[[Acadia Axemen football|Acadia]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Bill Rozalowsky
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|19,514
|-
|[[14th Vanier Cup|14th]]
|November 18, 1978
|[[Queen's Golden Gaels football|Queen's]] {{small|(2)}}
|16–3
|[[UBC Thunderbirds football|British Columbia]]
|Varsity Stadium
|Toronto
|Ed Andrew
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|19,124
|-
|[[15th Vanier Cup|15th]]
|November 17, 1979
|[[Acadia Axemen football|Acadia]]
|34–12
|[[Western Ontario Mustangs football|Western]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Don Ross
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|19,397
|-
|[[16th Vanier Cup|16th]]
|November 29, 1980
|[[Alberta Golden Bears football|Alberta]] {{small|(3)}}
|40–21
|[[Ottawa Gee-Gees football|Ottawa]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Forrest Kennerd
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|11,000
|-
|[[17th Vanier Cup|17th]]
|November 28, 1981
|[[Acadia Axemen football|Acadia]] {{small|(2)}}
|18–12
|[[Alberta Golden Bears football|Alberta]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Steve Repic
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|11,875
|-
|[[18th Vanier Cup|18th]]
|November 20, 1982
|[[UBC Thunderbirds football|British Columbia]]
|39–14
|[[Western Ontario Mustangs football|Western]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Glenn Steele
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|14,759
|-
|[[19th Vanier Cup|19th]]
|November 19, 1983
|[[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary]]
|31–21
|[[Queen's Golden Gaels football|Queen's]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Tim Petros
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|18,324
|-
|[[20th Vanier Cup|20th]]
|November 24, 1984
|[[Guelph Gryphons football|Guelph]]
|22–13
|[[Mount Allison Mounties football|Mount Allison]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Parri Ceci
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|16,321
|-
|[[21st Vanier Cup|21st]]
|November 30, 1985
|[[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary]] {{small|(2)}}
|25–6
|[[Western Ontario Mustangs football|Western]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Lew Lawrick
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|16,321
|-
|[[22nd Vanier Cup|22nd]]
|November 22, 1986
|[[UBC Thunderbirds football|British Columbia]] {{small|(2)}}
|25–23
|[[Western Ontario Mustangs football|Western]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Eric Putoto
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|17,847
|-
|[[23rd Vanier Cup|23rd]]
|November 21, 1987
|[[McGill Redmen football|McGill]]
|47–11
|[[UBC Thunderbirds football|British Columbia]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|[[Michael Soles]]
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|14,326
|-
|[[24th Vanier Cup|24th]]
|November 19, 1988
|[[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary]] {{small|(3)}}
|52–23
|[[Saint Mary's Huskies football|Saint Mary's]]
|Varsity Stadium
| Toronto
|Sean Furlong
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|13,127
|-
|[[25th Vanier Cup|25th]]
|November 18, 1989
|[[Western Ontario Mustangs football|Western]] {{small|(5)}}
|35–10
|[[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan]]
|[[Rogers Centre|SkyDome]]
| Toronto
|[[Tyrone Williams (wide receiver)|Tyrone Williams]]
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|32,847
|-
|[[26th Vanier Cup|26th]]
|November 24, 1990
|[[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan]]
|24–21
|[[Saint Mary's Huskies football|Saint Mary's]]
|SkyDome
| Toronto
|David Earl
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|26,846
|-
|[[27th Vanier Cup|27th]]
|November 30, 1991
|[[Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football|Wilfrid Laurier]]
|25–18
|[[Mount Allison Mounties football|Mount Allison]]
|SkyDome
| Toronto
|Andy Cecchini
| style="text-align: center;" | —
|28,645
|-
|[[28th Vanier Cup|28th]]
|November 21, 1992
|[[Queen's Golden Gaels football|Queen's]] {{small|(3)}}
|31–0
|[[Saint Mary's Huskies football|Saint Mary's]]
|SkyDome
| Toronto
|Brad Elberg
|Eric Dell
|28,645
|-
|[[29th Vanier Cup|29th]]
|November 20, 1993
|[[Toronto Varsity Blues football|Toronto]] {{small|(2)}}
|37–34
|[[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary]]
|SkyDome
| Toronto
|Glenn McCausland
|Rob Schrauth{{Ref|3|[C]}}
|20,211
|-
|[[30th Vanier Cup|30th]]
|November 19, 1994
|[[Western Ontario Mustangs football|Western]] {{small|(6)}}
|50–40 <small>(OT)</small>
|[[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan]]
|SkyDome
| Toronto
|Brent Schneider{{Ref|4|[D]}}
|Xavier Lafont
|28,652
|-
|[[31st Vanier Cup|31st]]
|November 25, 1995
|[[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary]] {{small|(4)}}
|54–24
|[[Western Ontario Mustangs football|Western]]
|SkyDome
| Toronto
|[[Don Blair]]
|Rob Richards
|29,178
|-
|[[32nd Vanier Cup|32nd]]
|November 30, 1996
|[[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan]] {{small|(2)}}
|31–12
|[[St. Francis Xavier X-Men football|St. F.X.]]
|SkyDome
| Toronto
|Brent Schneider
|Warren Muzika
|14,577
|-
|[[33rd Vanier Cup|33rd]]
|November 22, 1997
|[[UBC Thunderbirds football|British Columbia]] {{small|(3)}}
|39–23
|[[Ottawa Gee-Gees football|Ottawa]]
|SkyDome
| Toronto
|Stewart Scherck
|[[Mark Nohra]]
|8,184
|-
|[[34th Vanier Cup|34th]]
|November 28, 1998
|[[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan]] {{small|(3)}}
|24–17
|[[Concordia Stingers football|Concordia]]
|SkyDome
| Toronto
|Trevor Ludtke
|Doug Rozon
|15,157
|-
|[[35th Vanier Cup|35th]]
|November 27, 1999
|[[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]]
|14–10
|[[Saint Mary's Huskies football|Saint Mary's]]
|SkyDome
| Toronto
|Stéphane Lefebvre
|Francesco Pepe Esposito
|12,595
|-
|[[36th Vanier Cup|36th]]
| December 2, 2000
|[[Ottawa Gee-Gees football|Ottawa]] {{small|(2)}}
|42–39
|[[Regina Rams|Regina]]
|SkyDome
|Toronto
|Phill Côté
|[[Scott Gordon (Canadian football)|Scott Gordon]] 
|18,209
|-
|[[37th Vanier Cup|37th]]
| December 1, 2001
|[[Saint Mary's Huskies football|Saint Mary's]] {{small|(2)}}
|42–16
|[[Manitoba Bisons football|Manitoba]]
|SkyDome
| Toronto
|Ryan Jones
|Kyl Morrison
|19,138
|-
|[[38th Vanier Cup|38th]]
|November 23, 2002
|[[Saint Mary's Huskies football|Saint Mary's]] {{small|(3)}}
|33–21
|[[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan]]
|SkyDome
| Toronto
|Steve Panella
|Joe Bonaventura
|17,179
|-
|[[39th Vanier Cup|39th]]
|November 22, 2003
|[[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]] {{small|(2)}}
|14–7
|[[Saint Mary's Huskies football|Saint Mary's]]
|SkyDome
| Toronto
|Jeronimo Huerta-Flores
|Philippe Audet
|17,828
|-
|[[40th Vanier Cup|40th]]
|November 27, 2004
|[[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]] {{small|(3)}}
|{{sort|07|7–1}}
|[[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan]]
|[[Ivor Wynne Stadium]]
|[[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]
|Matthew Leblanc
|[[Matthieu Proulx]]
|14,227
|-
|[[41st Vanier Cup|41st]]
| December 3, 2005
|[[Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football|Wilfrid Laurier]] {{small|(2)}}
|24–23
|[[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan]]
|Ivor Wynne Stadium
|Hamilton
|Ryan Pyear
|David Montoya
|16,827
|-
|[[42nd Vanier Cup|42nd]]
|November 25, 2006
|[[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]] {{small|(4)}}
|13–8
|[[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan]]
|[[Griffiths Stadium]]
|[[Saskatoon]]
|Éric Maranda
|Samuel Grégoire-Champagne
|12,567
|-
|[[43rd Vanier Cup|43rd]]
|November 23, 2007
|[[Manitoba Bisons football|Manitoba]] {{small|(3)}}
|28–14
|[[Saint Mary's Huskies football|Saint Mary's]]
|[[Rogers Centre]]
|Toronto
| Mike Howard
| John Makie
|26,787
|-
|[[44th Vanier Cup|44th]]
|November 22, 2008
|[[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]] {{small|(5)}}
|44–21
|[[Western Ontario Mustangs football|Western]]
|Ivor Wynne Stadium
|Hamilton
|[[Julian Féoli-Gudino]]
|[[Marc-Antoine L. Fortin]]
|13,873
|-
| [[45th Vanier Cup|45th]]
| November 28, 2009
|[[Queen's Golden Gaels football|Queen's]] {{small|(4)}}
|33–31
|[[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary]]
| [[Telus Stadium|Stade du PEPS]]
|[[Quebec City]]
|[[Danny Brannagan]]
|[[Christopher Smith (linebacker)|Chris Smith]]
|18,628
|-
| [[46th Vanier Cup|46th]]
| November 27, 2010
|[[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]] {{small|(6)}}
|29–2
|[[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary]]
|Stade du PEPS
|Quebec City
|Sébastien Levesque
|Marc-Antoine Beaudoin-Cloutier
|16,237
|-
| [[47th Vanier Cup|47th]]
| November 25, 2011
|[[McMaster Marauders football|McMaster]]
|41–38 {{small|(2OT)}}
|[[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]] 
|[[BC Place]]
|[[Vancouver]]<ref name="Vancouver">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/football/cfl/argos/article/894930--2011-vanier-and-grey-cup-games-to-be-on-same-weekend|work=[[Toronto Star]]|title=2011 Vanier and Grey Cup games to be on same weekend|date=2010-11-22|access-date=2010-11-25}}</ref>
|[[Kyle Quinlan]]
| Aram Eisho
|24,935
|-
| [[48th Vanier Cup|48th]]
| November 23, 2012
|[[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]]  {{small|(7)}}
|37–14
|[[McMaster Marauders football|McMaster]]
|Rogers Centre
|Toronto<ref name="Toronto">{{Cite web|url=https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20120418-cw|work=[[Canadian Interuniversity Sport]]|title=Schedule released: 2012 Canada West football gets underway Labour Day weekend|date=2012-04-18|access-date=2012-04-18}}</ref>
| Maxime Boutin
|[[Arnaud Gascon-Nadon]]
|37,098
|-
| [[49th Vanier Cup|49th]]
| November 23, 2013
|[[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]]  {{small|(8)}}
|25–14
|[[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary]]
|[[Telus Stadium|Stade Telus]]
|Quebec City<ref name="Quebec City">{{Cite web|url=https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2012-13/releases/20130207-vc|work=[[Canadian Interuniversity Sport]]|title=Laval University to host 2013 Vanier Cup|date=2013-02-07|access-date=2013-02-07}}</ref>
|[[Pascal Lochard]]
|Vincent Desloges
|18,543
|-
| [[50th Vanier Cup|50th]]
| November 29, 2014
|[[Montreal Carabins football|Montréal]]
|20–19
|[[McMaster Marauders football|McMaster]]
|[[Percival Molson Memorial Stadium|Molson Stadium]]
|Montreal
|[[Regis Cibasu]]
|Anthony Coady<ref>[https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2014/releases/final 50th Telus Vanier Cup: Hometown Carabins capture first national title] from [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport]], 29 November 2014, retrieved 29 November 2014</ref>
|22,649
|-
| [[51st Vanier Cup|51st]]
| November 28, 2015
|[[UBC Thunderbirds football|British Columbia]] {{small|(4)}}
|26–23
|[[Montreal Carabins football|Montréal]]
|Stade Telus
|Quebec City<ref>[https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2015/releases/host Laval to host 2015 Vanier Cup in Quebec City] from [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport]], 8 December 2014, retrieved 9 December 2014</ref>
|[[Michael O'Connor (Canadian football)|Michael O'Connor]]
|[[Stavros Katsantonis]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2015/11/28/ubc-thunderbirds-beat-montreal-carabins-for-vanier-cup/|title=UBC Thunderbirds beat Montreal Carabins for Vanier Cup|date=November 28, 2015|publisher=cfl.ca|access-date=January 16, 2021}}</ref>
|12,557
|-
| [[52nd Vanier Cup|52nd]]
| November 26, 2016
|[[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]]  {{small|(9)}}
|31–26
|[[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary]]
|[[Tim Hortons Field]]
|Hamilton<ref name="Hamilton1617">[https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/vc16 Hamilton to host Vanier Cup in 2016 and 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012014541/http://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/vc16 |date=2018-10-12 }} from [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport]], January 18, 2016, retrieved July 11, 2016</ref>
|[[Hugo Richard]]
|Cédric Lussier-Roy
|7,115
|-
| [[53rd Vanier Cup|53rd]]
| November 25, 2017
|[[Western Mustangs football|Western]] {{small|(7)}}
|39–17   
|[[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]]
|Tim Hortons Field
|Hamilton
|[[Chris Merchant]]
|[[Fraser Sopik]]
|10,754
|-
| [[54th Vanier Cup|54th]]
| November 24, 2018
|[[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]] {{small|(10)}}
|34–20
|[[Western Mustangs football|Western]]
|Stade Telus
|Quebec City
|[[Hugo Richard]]
|[[Adam Auclair]]
|12,380
|-
| [[55th Vanier Cup|55th]]
| November 23, 2019
| [[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary]] {{small|(5)}}
|27–13
|[[Montreal Carabins football|Montréal]]  
|Stade Telus
|Quebec City
|[[Adam Sinagra]]
|[[Redha Kramdi]]
|8,376
|-
| colspan="9" align="center" | ''2020 game cancelled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada|2019 coronavirus pandemic]]''<ref name="2020 cancelled" />
|
|-
| [[56th Vanier Cup|56th]]
| December 4, 2021
|[[Western Mustangs football|Western]] {{small|(8)}}
|27–21
|[[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan]]
|Stade Telus
|Quebec City
|Evan Hillock
|Daniel Valente Jr
|5,840
|-
| [[57th Vanier Cup|57th]]
| November 26, 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usports.ca/en/sports/football/m/news/2022/06/2744483888/u-sports-awards-2022-vanier-cup-to-western-city-of-london |title=U Sports awards 2022 Vanier Cup to Western, City of London |publisher=[[U Sports]] |date=June 23, 2022}}</ref>
|[[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]] {{small|(11)}}
|30–24
|[[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan]]
|[[Western Alumni Stadium]]
|[[London, Ontario|London]]
|[[Kevin Mital]]
|Charles-Alexandre Jacques
|8,420
|-
| [[58th Vanier Cup|58th]]
| November 25, 2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usports.ca/en/sports/football/m/news/2023/03/477471313/queen-s-university-to-host-the-2023-and-2024-u-sports-vanier-cup |title=Queen's University to host the 2023 and 2024 Vanier Cup |publisher=[[U Sports]] |date=March 30, 2023}}</ref>
|[[Montreal Carabins football|Montréal]] {{small|(2)}}
|16–9
|[[UBC Thunderbirds football|British Columbia]]
|[[Richardson Stadium (Kingston)|Richardson Memorial Stadium]]
|[[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]]
|Jonathan Sénécal
|Nicky Farinaccio
|7,109
|-
| [[59th Vanier Cup|59th]]
| November 23, 2024<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usports.ca/en/sports/football/m/news/2023/03/477471313/queen-s-university-to-host-the-2023-and-2024-u-sports-vanier-cup |title=Queen's University to host the 2023 and 2024 Vanier Cup |publisher=[[U Sports]] |date=March 30, 2023}}</ref>
|[[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]] {{small|(12)}}
|22-17
|[[Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football|Wilfrid Laurier]]
|Richardson Memorial Stadium
|Kingston
|Felipe Forteza
|Arnaud Desjardins
|9,500
|-
| [[60th Vanier Cup|60th]]
| November 2025<ref name=25and26>{{cite web|url=https://usports.ca/en/sports/football/m/news/2023/11/25788674/regina-laval-to-host-2025-and-2026-vanier-cups |title=Regina, Laval to host 2025 and 2026 Vanier Cups |publisher=[[U Sports]] |date=November 25, 2023}}</ref>
| colspan="3" |
|[[Mosaic Stadium]]
|[[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]
| colspan="2" |
|
|-
| [[61st Vanier Cup|61st]]
| November 2026<ref name=25and26/>
| colspan="3" |
|Stade Telus
|Quebec City
| colspan="2" |
|
|}

{{note|1}}A. Bob McGregor, Ted Morris Trophy winner in 1971, played for the [[runner-up]] team.<br />
{{note|2}}B. In the 1972 game, the Vanier Cup Committee and Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union officials decided to crown co-winners from the same school.<br />
{{note|3}}C. Rob Schrauth, Bruce Coulter Award winner in 1993, played for the runner-up team.<br />
{{note|4}}D. Brent Schneider, Ted Morris Trophy winner in 1994, played for the runner-up team.

==Appearances by team==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"
|+Key
| OUA || [[Ontario University Athletics]]
|-
| RSEQ || [[Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec]]
|-
| CanWest || [[Canada West Universities Athletic Association]]
|-
| AUS || [[Atlantic University Sport]]
|-
| OQIFC  || [[Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference]] 1980–2000
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
|-
! Appearances
! Team
! Hometown
! Conference
! Wins
! Losses
! Win %
! Most Recent Appearance
|-
! align="center" | 15
|[[Western Mustangs football|Western Mustangs]]
| [[London, Ontario]]
| OUA || 8 || 7 || .533 || 2021
|-
! align="center" | 14
| [[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval Rouge et Or]]
| [[Quebec City]], Quebec
| RSEQ/OQIFC || 12 || 2 ||.857 ||2024
|-
! rowspan="2" align="center" | 11
| [[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary Dinos]]
| [[Calgary]], Alberta
| CanWest || 5 || 6 || .455 || 2019
|-
| [[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan Huskies]]
| [[Saskatoon]], Saskatchewan
| CanWest || 3 || 8 || .273 || 2022
|-
! align="center" | 9
| [[Saint Mary's Huskies football|Saint Mary's Huskies]]
| [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]]
| AUS || 3 || 6 || .333 || 2007
|-
! align="center" | 7
| [[UBC Thunderbirds football|UBC Thunderbirds]]
| [[Vancouver]], British Columbia
| CanWest || 4 || 3 || .571 || 2023
|-
! rowspan="2" align="center" | 6
| [[Alberta Golden Bears football|Alberta Golden Bears]]
| [[Edmonton]], Alberta
| CanWest || 3 || 3 || .500 || 1981
|-
| [[Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football|Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks]]{{Ref|6|[E]}}
| [[Waterloo, Ontario]]
| OUA || 2 || 4 || .333 || 2024
|-
! rowspan="2" align="center" | 5
| [[Queen's Gaels football|Queen's Gaels]]
| [[Kingston, Ontario]]
| OUA/OQIFC || 4 || 1 || .800 || 2009
|-
| [[Ottawa Gee-Gees football|Ottawa Gee-Gees]]
| [[Ottawa]], Ontario
| OUA/OQIFC || 2 || 3 || .400 || 2000
|-
! rowspan="4" align="center" | 4
| [[Manitoba Bisons football|Manitoba Bisons]]
| [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba
| CanWest || 3 || 1 || .750 || 2007
|-
| [[Acadia Axemen football|Acadia Axemen]]
| [[Wolfville]], Nova Scotia
| AUS || 2 || 2 || .500 || 1981
|-
| [[Montreal Carabins football|Montréal Carabins]]
| [[Montreal]], Quebec
| RSEQ || 2 || 2 || .500 || 2023
|-
| [[McMaster Marauders football|McMaster Marauders]]
| [[Hamilton, Ontario]]
| OUA || 1 || 3 || .250 || 2014
|-
! rowspan="2" align="center" | 3
| [[Toronto Varsity Blues football|Toronto Varsity Blues]]
| [[Toronto]], Ontario
| OUA || 2 || 1 || .667 || 1993
|-
| [[McGill Redbirds football|McGill Redbirds]]
| [[Montreal]], Quebec
| RSEQ/OQIFC || 1 || 2 || .333 || 1987
|-
! rowspan="2" align="center" | 2
| [[St. Francis Xavier X-Men football|St. Francis Xavier X-Men]]
| [[Antigonish, Nova Scotia]]
| AUS || 1 || 1 || .500 || 1996
|-
| [[Mount Allison Mounties football|Mount Allison Mounties]]
| [[Sackville, New Brunswick]]
| AUS || 0 || 2 || .000 || 1991
|-
! rowspan="3" align="center" | 1
| [[Guelph Gryphons football|Guelph Gryphons]]
| [[Guelph]], Ontario
| OUA || 1 || 0 || 1.000 || 1984
|-
| [[Concordia Stingers football|Concordia Stingers]]
| [[Montreal]], Quebec
| RSEQ/OQIFC || 0 || 1 || .000 || 1998
|-
| [[Regina Rams]]
| [[Regina, Saskatchewan]]
| CanWest || 0 || 1 || .000 || 2000
|-
|}
{{note|5}}E. The Wilfrid Laurier record includes three games played as Waterloo Lutheran.

Six active teams have never played for the Vanier Cup: [[Bishop's Gaiters football|Bishop's Gaiters]] (AUS/RSEQ/OQIFC), [[Carleton Ravens football|Carleton Ravens]] (OUA), [[Sherbrooke Vert et Or football|Sherbrooke Vert-et-Or]] (RSEQ), [[Waterloo Warriors football|Waterloo Warriors]] (OUA), [[Windsor Lancers football|Windsor Lancers]] (OUA), and [[York Lions football|York Lions/Yeomen]] (OUA).

== Awards ==
[[File:CIS Championship trophies.jpg|thumb|From left to right, The Ted Morris Trophy, Vanier Cup and Bruce Coulter Trophy at the 2009 Vanier Cup at [[PEPS Stadium]] in [[Quebec City]].]]The Vanier Cup's [[most valuable player]] is awarded the Ted Morris Memorial Trophy. It was first awarded at the first championship in 1965 and named in honour of [[Teddy Morris]], who died the same year. Morris, a [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] former [[Toronto Argonauts]] player and coach, was an organizer of the first bowl and champion for developing Canadian players.

The Bruce Coulter Award was first awarded in 1992 and is dependent on what position the winner of the Ted Morris Trophy played. If the winner is from the offence, then the Bruce Coulter Award winner will be the most outstanding defensive player or vice versa. It was named after [[Bruce Coulter]], long-time Head Coach of the [[Bishop's Gaiters football|Bishop's Gaiters]] and former offensive and defensive player with the [[Montreal Alouettes]] in the 1950s. Coulter was inducted as a builder in the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=Championship All-Stars |url=http://www.vaniercup.ca/page/championship-all-stars |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916101527/http://www.vaniercup.ca/page/championship-all-stars <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=2008-09-16 |access-date=2008-11-21 |publisher=Canadian Interuniversity Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Teddy Morris |url=http://www.cfhof.ca/members/allan-teddy-morris/ |access-date=2018-04-26 |work=Hall of Famers |publisher=Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Coulter |url=http://www.cfhof.ca/members/bruce-coulter/ |access-date=2018-04-26 |work=Hall of Famers |publisher=Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum}}</ref>

== Broadcasting ==
[[File:2012 Vanier Cup game.jpg|thumb|right|The [[48th Vanier Cup]] was the most watched and highest attended Vanier Cup game.]]
The Vanier Cup final game is regularly broadcast nationally. From 1965 though 1976 it was broadcast on [[CBC Television]], from 1977 through 1988 it was broadcast on the [[CTV Television Network]]. In 1989, [[The Sports Network|TSN]] acquired rights to the game, lasting through to 2012 (besides a one-year stint on [[Sportsnet 360|The Score]] in 2008).

In November 2010, the rights to the Vanier Cup were purchased by sports marketing company MRX.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Naylor, Dave |date=2010-11-21 |title='11 Vanier Cup to join Grey Cup week in Vancouver |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=342308 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124060235/http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=342308 |archive-date=2010-11-24 |access-date=2010-11-25 |publisher=The Sports Network}}</ref> The 2011 game was held in [[Vancouver]], on the same weekend as the [[99th Grey Cup]] and for the first time it was fully integrated into the Grey Cup Festival as a festival event.<ref name="Vancouver" />

In 2012, the [[48th Vanier Cup]], played between [[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]] and [[McMaster Marauders football|McMaster]] at Rogers Centre in Toronto became both the most attended and most watched Vanier Cup ever. Held the same weekend and in the same city as the [[100th Grey Cup]], the game was attended by 37,098. The previous record was set in 1989 at the [[25th Vanier Cup]], when 32,847 watched the game between [[Western Ontario Mustangs football|Western]] and [[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan]] that was also played at SkyDome (now Rogers Centre).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-24 |title=Laval defeats McMaster to win the 48th Vanier Cup |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cis/story/?id=410147 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128033820/http://www.tsn.ca/cis/story/?id=410147 |archive-date=2012-11-28 |access-date=2012-11-28 |publisher=The Sports Network}}</ref> The game, broadcast on [[The Sports Network|TSN]] and RDS was watched by 910,000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-26 |title=Record audience watches Vanier Cup on TSN, RDS |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cis/story/?id=410323 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129070310/http://www.tsn.ca/cis/story/?id=410323 |archive-date=2012-11-29 |access-date=2012-11-28 |publisher=The Sports Network}}</ref>

In February 2013, the CIS terminated the option years on their agreement with MRX opting for an open bid process for the hosting of the game. Laval University, in Quebec City, was the only bidder for the game and won the right to host the [[49th Vanier Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-02-07 |title=Laval to host 2013 Vanier Cup |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cis/story/?id=415453 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012033839/http://www.tsn.ca/cis/story/?id=415453 |archive-date=2013-10-12 |access-date=2013-12-07 |work=TSN.ca |publisher=Bell Media}}</ref> In May, CIS terminated its agreement with TSN, and entered into a six-year deal with [[Sportsnet]] to broadcast its championships, including the Vanier Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-05-08 |title=CIS and Sportsnet agree to six-year deal |url=https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/cis_news/2013-14/releases/20130508-sportsnet |access-date=2013-12-07 |publisher=CIS}}</ref>

The switch in venues, the decoupling of the Vanier Cup from Grey Cup week, and the change in broadcaster, led to a precipitous drop in attendance and viewership. A total of 301,000 viewers watched Laval defeat the [[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary Dinos]] 25–14 Saturday, November 23, 2013, which was a decline of 64 per cent from the previous year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-11-26 |title=The Great Canadian Ratinggs Report |url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/great-canadian-ratings-report-star-power-draws-big-232432659.html |access-date=2013-12-07 |publisher=Yahoo!Canada,Zelkovich,Chris}}</ref> A standing room crowd of 18,543 were on hand at the [[Telus Stadium]] which was a decline of 50 per cent from the previous year in Toronto (although a sellout in that venue). In 2019, after several more years of declines, the Vanier Cup returned to CBC.<ref>{{cite press release |title=CBC to broadcast 2019 Vanier Cup |publisher=3downnation.com |date=2019-11-02 |access-date=2019-11-02 |url=https://3downnation.com/2019/11/02/cbc-to-broadcast-2019-vanier-cup/}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Sports|Canada}}
* [[College Football Playoff National Championship]]
* [[NCAA Division I FCS Football Championship]]
* [[College football]]

==References==
{{Refbegin}}
;General
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=page&id=15|title=Past Vanier Cups|access-date=2007-11-24|publisher=vaniercup.ca|year=2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101082348/http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=page&id=15|archive-date=2013-01-01}}
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=page&id=17|title=Championship All-Stars|access-date=2007-11-24|publisher=vaniercup.ca|year=2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115091727/http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=page&id=17|archive-date=2008-01-15}}
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=107&writer=0|title=Desjardins Vanier Cup: Head-to-head Look|date=November 21, 2007|access-date=2007-11-24|publisher=vaniercup.ca|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115142439/http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=107&writer=0|archive-date=January 15, 2013}}
;Specific
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== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171005231228/https://vaniercup.com/ Official Vanier Cup website]
* [https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2009-10/files/2009_Vanier_Cup_media_kit_FINAL.pdf 2009 Vanier Cup Media Kit]

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