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) do a poll to find out the nation's top team of either gender.

## Winners

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Winner|scope="col"|Sport|scope="col"|Coach/Manager|scope="col"|Captain|scope="col"|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 <small>Team of the Century</small>|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||||||