# Canadian Press Team of the Year Award

The Canadian Press Team of the Year Award is an annual award given to Canada's team of the year. The sports writers of the Canadian Press (CP) conduct a poll to determine the nation's top team of either gender.

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Sport | Coach/Manager | Captain | League/Event |
| 1966 | Montreal Canadiens | Ice hockey | Toe Blake | Jean Beliveau | NHL |
| 1967 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Ice hockey | Punch Imlach | George Armstrong | NHL |
| 1968 | Canadian Olympic Equestrian Team | Equestrian | - | - | 1968 Summer Olympics |
| 1969 | Ottawa Rough Riders | Canadian football | Frank Clair | - | CFL |
| 1970 | Montreal Alouettes | Canadian football | Sam Etcheverry | - | CFL |
| 1971 | Montreal Canadiens | Ice hockey | Al MacNeil | Jean Beliveau | NHL |
| 1972 | 1972 Summit Series Canadian national team | Ice hockey | Harry Sinden | - | 1972 Summit Series |
| 1973 | Montreal Expos | Baseball | Gene Mauch | - | 1973 MLB |
| 1974 | Montreal Alouettes | Canadian football | Marv Levy | - | CFL |
| 1975 | Edmonton Eskimos | Canadian football | Ray Jauch | - | CFL |
| 1976 | 1976 Canada Cup Canadian national team | Ice hockey | Scotty Bowman | Bobby Clarke | 1976 Canada Cup |
| 1977 | Montreal Canadiens | Ice hockey | Scotty Bowman | Yvan Cournoyer | NHL |
| 1978 | Montreal Canadiens | Ice hockey | Scotty Bowman | Yvan Cournoyer | NHL |
| 1979 | Montreal Expos | Baseball | Dick Williams | - | 1979 MLB |
| 1980 | Montreal Expos | Baseball | Dick Williams | - | 1980 MLB |
| 1981 | Montreal Expos | Baseball | Dick Williams | - | 1981 MLB |
| 1982 | Edmonton Eskimos | Canadian football | Hugh Campbell | - | CFL |
| 1983 | Toronto Blue Jays | Baseball | Bobby Cox | - | 1983 MLB |
| 1984 | Edmonton Oilers | Ice hockey | Glen Sather | Wayne Gretzky | NHL |
| 1985 | Toronto Blue Jays | Baseball | Bobby Cox | - | 1985 MLB |
| 1986 | Montreal Canadiens | Ice Hockey | Jean Perron | Bob Gainey | NHL |
| 1987 | 1987 Canada Cup Canadian national team | Ice hockey | Mike Keenan | Wayne Gretzky | 1987 Canada Cup |
| 1989 | Calgary Flames | Ice hockey | Terry Crisp | Lanny McDonald and Jim Peplinski | NHL |
| 1990 | Edmonton Oilers | Ice hockey | John Muckler | Mark Messier | NHL |
| 1991 | 1991 Canada Cup Canadian national team | Ice hockey | Mike Keenan | Wayne Gretzky | 1991 Canada Cup |
| 1992 | Toronto Blue Jays | Baseball | Cito Gaston | - | 1992 MLB |
| 1993 | Toronto Blue Jays | Baseball | Cito Gaston | - | 1993 MLB |
| 1994 | Montreal Expos | Baseball | Felipe Alou | - | 1994 MLB |
| 1995 | 1995 Canadian men's national junior hockey team | Ice hockey | Don Hay | Todd Harvey | 1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships |
| 1996 | Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team | Athletics | - | - | 1996 Summer Olympics |
| 1997 | 1997 Canadian men's national junior hockey team | Ice hockey | Mike Babcock | Brad Larsen | 1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships |
| 1998 | Sandra Schmirler curling rink | Curling | - | Sandra Schmirler | 1998 Winter Olympics |
| 1999 | 1972 Summit Series Canadian national team Team of the Century | Ice hockey | Harry Sinden | - | 1972 Summit Series |
| 2000 | Daniel Nestor and Sébastien Lareau | Tennis | - | - | 2000 Summer Olympics |
| 2001 | Jamie Salé and David Pelletier | Figure skating | - | - | |
| 2002 | 2002 Olympic men's ice hockey team | Ice hockey | Pat Quinn | Mario Lemieux | 2002 Winter Olympics |
| 2003 | 2003 Canadian men's national hockey team | Ice hockey | Andy Murray | Ryan Smyth | 2003 World Ice Hockey Championships |
| 2004 | Calgary Flames | Ice hockey | Darryl Sutter | Jarome Iginla | NHL |
| 2005 | 2005 Canadian men's national junior hockey team | Ice hockey | Brent Sutter | Mike Richards | 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships |
| 2006 | Brad Gushue curling rink | Curling | - | Brad Gushue | 2006 Winter Olympics |
| 2007 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Canadian football | Kent Austin | - | CFL |
| 2008 | 2008 Canadian men's national junior hockey team | Ice hockey | Craig Hartsburg | Karl Alzner | 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships |
| 2009 | 2009 Canadian men's national junior hockey team | Ice hockey | Pat Quinn | Thomas Hickey | 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships |
| 2010 | 2010 Olympic men's ice hockey team | Ice hockey | Mike Babcock | Scott Niedermayer | 2010 Winter Olympics |
| 2011 | B.C. Lions | Canadian football | Wally Buono | - | CFL |
| 2012 | 2012 Canadian women's national soccer team | Soccer | John Herdman | Christine Sinclair | 2012 Summer Olympics, FIFA |
| 2013 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Canadian football | Corey Chamblin | - | CFL |
| 2014 | 2014 Olympic men's ice hockey team | Ice hockey | Mike Babcock | Sidney Crosby | 2014 Winter Olympics |
| 2015 | Toronto Blue Jays | Baseball | John Gibbons | - | 2015 MLB |
| 2016 | Women's swimming team | Swimming | - | - | 2016 Summer Olympics |
| 2017 | 2017 Canada men's national under-19 basketball team | Basketball | Roy Rana | Lindell Wigginton | 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup |
| 2018 | Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir | Figure skating | - | - | 2018 Winter Olympics |
| 2019 | Toronto Raptors | Basketball | Nick Nurse | - | 2019 NBA Finals |
| 2020 | 2020 Canadian men's national junior hockey team | Ice hockey | Dale Hunter | Barrett Hayton | 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships |
| 2021 | 2021 Canadian women's national soccer team | Soccer | Bev Priestman | Christine Sinclair | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2022 | 2022 Canadian men's national soccer team | Soccer | John Herdman | Atiba Hutchinson | FIFA World Cup Qualifiers & 2022 FIFA World Cup |
| 2023 | 2023 Canadian men's basketball team | Basketball | Jordi Fernández | - | 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 2024 | Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team | Athletics | - | - | 2024 Summer Olympics |