OTTAWA, ON – Atlético Ottawa will kick off the 2024 TELUS Canadian Championship at home to Canadian Premier League (CPL) rivals Valour FC. Ottawa’s path to lifting the Voyageurs Cup begins on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 (KO 7pm ET, live on OneSoccer) at TD Place.

Atlético fans can secure their seats using a special promotional offer, The Can Champ 2 Pack, which includes the next match against the winner of Pacific FC v Victoria Highlanders FC if Atlético progresses. Single-game tickets, including the preliminary round of the TELUS Canadian Championship, will be available for purchase in the coming days.

The 2024 TELUS Canadian Championship starts on Tuesday, 23 April, in Calgary, Alberta, as Cavalry FC and Vancouver FC face off to open the Preliminary Round and the annual Battle of the North for the Voyageurs Cup. The action continues the following day as Toronto FC will host Simcoe County Rovers FC, who are making their debut in the competition, in Toronto, Ontario on Wednesday, 24 April.

The Preliminary Round heats up with three matches played on Wednesday, 1 May. In Ontario, Forge FC will host York United FC in Hamilton, while Atlético Ottawa faces off with Valour FC in Ottawa. On the West Coast, Pacific FC and Victoria Highlanders FC will go head-to-head in an all-Vancouver Island clash in Langford, British Columbia, to finish the day.

On Thursday, 2 May, action will shift to the East Coast with HFX Wanderers FC hosting Ligue1 Québec’s CS St-Laurent in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to conclude the Preliminary Round.

Fans can find the TELUS Canadian Championship coverage on Canada Soccer’s digital channels, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, using the hashtag #CanChamp.

The six Preliminary Round winners will advance to the TELUS Canadian Championship Quarter-Final stage, where they will be joined by last year’s finalists, champions Vancouver Whitecaps FC and runners-up CF Montréal, who both received byes from the Preliminary Round. The Quarter-Finals will be played as a two-match home and away series across the month of May.

About the TELUS Canadian Championship Canada Soccer’s

TELUS Canadian Championship, also known as the Battle of the North, is the nation’s highest men’s domestic competition featuring clubs from coast to coast across the country, notably professional teams in Major League Soccer and the Canadian Premier League as well as league winners in League1 BC, League1 Ontario and Ligue1 Québec. Winners of the 2024 TELUS Canadian Championship lift the Voyageurs Cup and qualify for the annual international competition, the Concacaf Champions Cup. Winners of the Concacaf Champions Cup qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup.