2016 in Canadian soccer


The 2016 season is the 140th season of competitive soccer in Canada.

National teams

When available, the home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.

Senior Men

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

finishes in third place; does not advance to fifth round of qualifying.

Friendlies

Senior Women

2016 Olympic Games

finishes in third place.

2016 Olympic Games Qualifiers

finishes in second place; qualifies for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

2016 Algarve Cup

finishes in first place.

Friendlies

Domestic leagues

Men

Major League Soccer

Three Canadian teams play in this league, which also contains 17 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 1 league in the Canadian soccer league system.
;Overall standings

North American Soccer League

Two Canadian teams play in this league, which also contains 12 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 2 league in the Canadian soccer league system.
;Overall standings

United Soccer League

Three Canadian teams play in this league, which also contains 25 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.
;Eastern Conference
;Western Conference

League1 Ontario

16 teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.
; Eastern Conference
; Western Conference
; League Championship
The league champion is determined by a single-match series between the top-ranked teams from the western and eastern conferences.

Première Ligue de soccer du Québec

Seven teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Premier Development League

Six Canadian teams play in this league, which also contains 57 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 4 league in the Canadian soccer league system.
;Great Lakes Division
;Heartland Division
;Northwest Division

Canadian Soccer League

Fourteen teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is a Non-FIFA league previously sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and is now a member of the Soccer Federation of Canada.
;First Division
;Second Division

Women

National Women's Soccer League

No Canadian teams play in this league, though eleven players from the Canada women's national soccer team play on its teams. It is considered a Division 1 league in the Canadian soccer league system.
;Overall standings

Women's Premier Soccer League

103 teams play in this league, one of which is based in Canada. It is considered a Division 2 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

League1 Ontario

Nine teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Domestic cups

Men

Canadian Championship

The Canadian Championship is contested by men's teams at the division 1 & 2 level.

Inter-Provincial Cup

The Inter-Provincial Cup is a two-legged home-and-away series at the division 3 level played between the season champions of League1 Ontario and the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.
CS Mont-Royal Outremont wins 3-2 on aggregate.

Challenge Trophy

The Challenge Trophy is a national cup contested by men's teams at the division 4 level and below.

Women

Jubilee Trophy

The Jubilee Trophy is a national cup contested by women's teams at the division 4 level and below.

Canadian clubs in international competition

2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League

Vancouver Whitecaps FC advances to knockout stage.