Canadian sports trophy information

Sports trophies of Canada (past and present)

The Stanley Cup is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America. It was originally inscribed the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup. The trophy was donated by former Governor General of Canada, Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892.

Lord Stanley created the award for Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club.

The Grey Cup. (left)

The Stanley Cup. (right)

The Grey Cup was donated by the then Governor General of Canada, Earl Grey in 1909. It was originally meant to recognize the top amateur rugby football team in Canada.

The Canadian Football League (CFL) later took over. The last amateur teams competed for the Cup in 1954.

Have you heard of the Mann Cup??

Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men's lacrosse champions of Canada. The championship series is played between the Western Lacrosse Association (Alberta and B.C. teams) and the Major Series Lacrosse (usually Ontario based teams). The trophy is one of the most valuable trophies in all of sports, made of solid gold (valued at $25,000).

It was donated in 1910 by Sir Donald Mann. Before that, the Minto Cup (now a junior trophy) was the senior amateur championship trophy.

There’s also a female athlete of the year the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award and the Lionel Conacher Award given to Canadian male athlete of the year.