2025 Canadian Premier League season
The 2025 Canadian Premier League season was the seventh season of the Canadian Premier League, the top level of Canadian soccer. Cavalry FC were the defending champions, having defeated Forge FC in the 2024 final.
Rule changes
The CPL's total player compensation budget was increased by $69,500 to a total of $1,182,000. Beginning in 2025, players who had three seasons of CPL experience or have lived in Canada for at least three years were considered domestic players for roster purposes.Teams
The same eight teams that competed in the 2024 season competed in the 2025 season. This was the final season of play for Valour FC who ceased operations.Stadiums and locations
| Club | Results | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Atlético Ottawa | details | Ottawa, Ontario | TD Place Stadium | 24,000 |
| Cavalry FC | details | Foothills County, Alberta | ATCO Field | 6,000 |
| Forge FC | details | Hamilton, Ontario | Hamilton Stadium | 23,218 |
| HFX Wanderers FC | details | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Wanderers Grounds | 7,500 |
| Pacific FC | details | Langford, British Columbia | Starlight Stadium | 6,000 |
| Valour FC | details | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Princess Auto Stadium | 32,343 |
| Vancouver FC | details | Langley, British Columbia | Willoughby Community Park | 6,560 |
| York United FC | details | Toronto, Ontario | York Lions Stadium | 4,000 |
Regular season
Format
The regular season was played as a quadruple round-robin, with each team playing the other seven teams twice at home and twice away between April and October. The regular season winner Forge FC was awarded the regular season title, the CPL Shield, and qualified for Round one of the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup.The top five teams qualified for the playoffs.
Standings
Playoffs
The 2025 playoffs features a series of single-leg matches for five teams following a modified Page playoff system; the top two regular season teams got byes to the first semifinal; the third-placed team got a bye to the quarterfinal; while the fourth- and fifth-placed teams contested a play-in match to reach the quarterfinal.The winner of the quarterfinal and the loser of the first semifinal contested the second semifinal. The winner of the first semifinal hosted the winner of the second semifinal in the 2025 CPL Final to crown the league champion, who collected the North Star Cup, and qualified for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup.
In playoffs, if the scores were equal at the end of normal time, two 15 minute periods of extra time were played with each team allowed an extra substitution. If still tied, the winner would have been decided by a penalty shoot-out.
If a team completed the 'Double', that is, the regular season winner also won the 2025 CPL Final, then the second-highest seeded regular season team would have qualified for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup.
Awards
Canadian Premier League Awards
The 2025 Canadian Premier League Awards was held in Gatineau, Quebec, on November 7, 2025.| Award | Recipient | Finalists | Ref | ||||||||||
| Golden Boot |  Team of the WeekThe Gatorade Team of the Week are selected by the CPL's Kristian Jack and OneSoccer's Oliver Platt.Player transfersThere were two transfer windows, the first open from January31 to April23 and the second from July24 to August21.CPL–U Sports DraftThe 2025 CPL–U Sports Draft took place on December5, 2024.Foreign playersCanadian Premier League teams can sign a maximum of seven international players, out of which only five can be in the starting line-up for each match.The following international players were signed for the 2025 season. To be considered domestic for CPL purposes, players must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, refugees, or foreign players with at least three seasons spent in the league. Note that these players may still represent other countries in international competitions.
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