Canale was named a first-team all-star coach with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens by the QMJHL in the 1990–91 season, equivalent to the modern Ron Lapointe Trophy as the QMJHL Coach of the Year. In the same season, he was honoured with the CHL Coach of the Year Award, as the best overall junior ice hockey coach from the QMJHL, OHL or WHL. In 2013, Canale was inducted into the Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League Hall of Fame, and inducted into the Hockey Québec Hall of Fame. Canale and other members from the 1993 and 1994 World Junior championship Canadian teams, were recognized during the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Toronto. In 2018, Canale received the Denis-Baillairgé Award from the Quebec Junior Hockey League in recognition of his contributions to Quebec hockey.