2019 Campeonato Catarinense, Format
The tournament was contested between 10 teams, who first played in a double round-robin in which the bottom two teams were relegated to next year's Série B. The final stage was a single-legged bracket contested by the top four teams. Only two places were available in the 2020 Copa do Brasil, while three places were available in the 2020 Série D.


2019 Campeonato Gaúcho
The 2019 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF (2019 FGF First Division Professional Football Championship), better known as the 2019 Campeonato Gaúcho or  Gaúcho, was the 99th edition of the top flight football league of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The season began on 20 January and ended on 21 April.


2019 Campeonato Gaúcho
The 12 clubs contested in the Campeonato Gaúcho (Championship A1 Series) in a first phase single round-robin and two-legged knockout bracket in the final. Grêmio successfully defended in the final its 36th championship title to add the 2019 championship to its cache over Taça Centenário champions Brasil de Pelotas. VAR use would debut in the tournament's history for both legs of the final and any Grenal matches that take place.


2019 Campeonato Gaúcho, Format
The Gauchão was contested between 12 teams in the first phase a single round-robin, who first played in a single round-robin. The 8 top ranked teams qualified for the final stage, a two-legged knockout bracket, and the 2 bottom ranked teams were relegated to the Série A2. Three places were available in the 2020 Copa do Brasil, while either one or two places would be available in the 2020 Série D, depending on thedecision of the CBF to reduce the number of participant clubs from 68 to 40. A new disitinction called the Campeonato do Interior Gaúcho, was awarded to the best-placing team outside the final. Grêmio and Internacional are automatically eliminated from being eligible for the award.


2019 Campeonato Goiano
The 2019 Campeonato Goiano  (officially the Campeonato Goiano de Profissionais da 1ª Divisão – Edição 2019) is the 77th edition of Goiás's top professional football league. The competition began on 19 January 2019 and will end on 21 de abril 2019.


2019 Campeonato Goiano, Format
In the first stage, the 12 teams were drawn into two groups of six teams each.


2019 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas
The 2019 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Campinas, Brazil between 30 September and 6 October 2019.


2019 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas – Doubles
Hugo Dellien and Guillermo Durán were the defending champions but only Dellien chose to defend his title, partnering Federico Zeballos. Dellien and Zeballos withdrew before their quarterfinal match.


2019 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas – Doubles
Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos won the title after defeating Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela and Fernando Romboli 6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–8] in the final.


2019 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas – Singles
Cristian Garín was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas – Singles
Juan Pablo Varillas won the title after defeating Juan Pablo Ficovich 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2 in the final.


2019 Campeonato Mineiro
The 2019 Campeonato Mineiro was the 105th season of Mineiro's top professional football league. The competition began on January 19 and ended on April 3. Cruzeiro are the defending champions, having won their 37th title by defeating Atlético Mineiro.


2019 Campeonato Mineiro, Format, First stage
The 2019 Módulo I first stage was played by 12 clubs in a single round-robin, with all teams playing each other once. The eight best-placed teams qualified for the final stage and the bottom two teams were relegated to the 2020 Módulo II.


2019 Campeonato Mineiro, Format, First stage
The league also selects Minas Gerais's representatives in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D and the Copa do Brasil. The three best-placed teams not already qualified for the 2019 seasons of the Série A, Série B or Série C, earn places in the 2020 Série D. The four best-placed teams qualify for the 2020 Copa do Brasil. Should a team qualify for the cup by other means, their entry is passed down to the next best-placed team.


2019 Campeonato Mineiro, Format, Knockout stage
The knockout stage was played between the 8 best-placed teams from the previous stage, with the quarterfinals played in a one-legged tie and the semifinals and finals played in a two-legged tie. The quarterfinals were hosted by the better placing team in the first stage. In the semifinals, the best-placed team in the first stage of each contest has the right to choose whether to play its home game in the first or second leg. The away goals rule is not in effect, and should two teams be level on aggregate after both legs, the team who placed better in the first stage advances.


2019 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba
The 2019 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba is the 108th season of the Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba, the top division football competition in Cuba. The season began on 19 January 2019.


2019 Campeonato Paraense
The 2019 Campeonato Paraense was the 107th edition of Pará's top professional football league. The competition started on 19 January and ended on 21 April. Remo won the championship for the 46th time.


2019 Campeonato Paraense, Format
The competition will consist of two groups of five teams each, who will face off in round games and back against the other key times in a single turn. The top two will contest the semi-finals in their respective groups, thereby defining the two championship finalists. The losers of the semifinals will make two matches to decide the third place. Semifinal and final matches will round trip.


2019 Campeonato Paraense, Format
The worst placed of each group will be relegated to the Second Division.


2019 Campeonato Paraense, Format
The champion qualify to the 2020 Copa Verde. The champion, the runner-up and the 3rd-placed team qualify to the 2020 Copa do Brasil. The best two teams who isn't on Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualifies to 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.


2019 Campeonato Paraense, Final stage, Semi-finals, Semi-final 1
Remo won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.


2019 Campeonato Paraense, Final stage, Semi-finals, Semi-final 2
Independente won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.


2019 Campeonato Paraense Finals
The 2019 Campeonato Paraense Finals was the final that decided the 2019 Campeonato Paraense, the 107th season of the Campeonato Paraense. The final were contested between Independente and Remo.


2019 Campeonato Paraense Finals
Remo defeated Independente 2–1 on aggregate to win their 46th Campeonato Paraense title.


2019 Campeonato Paraense Finals, Road to the final
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.


2019 Campeonato Paraense Finals, Format
The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.


2019 Campeonato Paraense Finals, Matches, First leg
Assistant referees:Hélcio Araújo Neves (Pará)Rafael Ferreira Vieira (Pará)Fourth official:Melck Müller Soares de Almeida (Pará)Fifth official:Ignácio José de Almeida Pedro (Pará)


2019 Campeonato Paraense Finals, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Márcio Gleidson Correia Dias (Pará)José Ricardo Guimarães Coimbra (Pará)


2019 Campeonato Paraibano
The 2019 Campeonato Paraibano de Futebol was the 109th edition of Paraíba's top professional football league. The competition began on 12 January and ended on 20 April. Botafogo-PB were defending champions, after defeating Campinense in the 2018 final.


2019 Campeonato Paraibano
Botafogo-PB were crowned champions, after a repeat of the 2018 final against Campinense.


2019 Campeonato Paraibano, Format
In the first (group) stage, the ten teams were divided into two groups of five. Each team played the five teams in the other group, home and away, for a total of ten games. The teams that finished first and second in each group qualified directly for the second (semi-final) stage. The teams that finished last in each group were relegated to the second division.


2019 Campeonato Paraibano, Format
In the second (semi-final) stage, the winner of each group played the runner up of their group over two games, home and away. The group winner had home advantage in the second leg.


2019 Campeonato Paraibano, Format
In the third (final) stage, the two winning teams from the second (semi-final) stage played over two legs, with the team with the best record in the competition so far playing the second leg at home.


2019 Campeonato Paraibano, Format, Qualification
The two finalists qualified to participate in the 2020 Copa do Brasil and 2020 Copa do Nordeste. The two best placed teams (other than those already participating in a national league) qualified to participate in the 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.


2019 Campeonato Paraibano, Semi-finals
In the semi-final stage, the winner of each group played the runner up of their group over two games, home and away. The group winner had home advantage in the second leg.


2019 Campeonato Paraibano, Semi-finals
Semi-finals were played between 31 March and 14 April 2019.


2019 Campeonato Paraibano, Final
The final took place over two games, home and away, and the team with the best record in the competition had home advantage in the second leg.


2019 Campeonato Paraibano, Final
The final took place on 17 and 20 April 2019.


2019 Campeonato Paranaense
The 2019 Campeonato Paranaense de Futebol was the 105th edition of the top division of football in the state of Paraná. The competition started on 19 January and ended on 21 April, and was organized by FPF.


2019 Campeonato Paranaense
The defending champions, Athletico Paranaense, won on penalties their 25th title after beating Toledo in the final.


2019 Campeonato Paranaense, Format
The 12 participants were split into two groups of six, Group A and Group B, and competed in two separate tournaments.


2019 Campeonato Paranaense, Format
In the first tournament, each team in Group A played the six teams in Group B once, and vice versa. The best two in each group advanced to a knockout bracket, where the best team in each group played the second-best team in each group in a single leg in the semifinals.


2019 Campeonato Paranaense, Format
In the second tournament, each team played every other team in their group once, and the best two in each group advanced to a knockout bracket. The best team in each group played the second-best team in the opposite group in a single leg in the semifinals.


2019 Campeonato Paranaense, Format
The winners of each tournament played in a two-legged final to determine the champion. If the same team won both tournaments, the final would not be contested. After both tournaments have been played, the points totals from each tournament were added up, and the bottom two teams were relegated to the second division. Four places were available in the 2020 Copa do Brasil, while two places (via Campeonato Paranaense) were available in the 2020 Série D.


2019 Campeonato Paulista
The 2019 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 118th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.


2019 Campeonato Paulista, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:


2019 Campeonato Paulista, Awards, Team of the Year
The Player of the Year was awarded to Jean Mota of Santos.


2019 Campeonato Paulista, Awards, Team of the Year
The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Gabriel Martinelli of Ituano.


2019 Campeonato Paulista, Awards, Team of the Year
The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Gabriel Martinelli of Ituano.


2019 Campeonato Paulista, Awards, Team of the Year
The top scorer of the season was Jean Mota, who scored seven goals for Santos.


2019 Campeonato Paulista Série A3
The 2019 Campeonato Paulista Série A3 was the 27th season of the third level of the São Paulo state league under its current title and the 66th season overall.


2019 Campeonato Paulista Série A3, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2018 season.


2019 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 2019 Campeonato Paulista began on 23 March with the quarter-finals concluded on 21 April 2019 with the final. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage.


2019 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage, Round and draw dates
All draws were held at Federação Paulista de Futebol headquarters in São Paulo, Brazil.


2019 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage, Format
Each tie was played over two legs, with the team with the better ranking in the general table playing the second leg at home. The quarter-finals were played between the winners and runners-up of each group. In the semi-finals, the best ranked team faced the team with the worst remaining ranking, while the second-placed team face the team with the third- best ranking.


2019 Campeonato Pernambucano
The 2019 Campeonato Pernambucano (officially the Pernambucano da Série A1 de 2019) was the 105th edition of the state championship of Pernambuco organized by FPF. The championship began on 19 January and ended on 21 April.


2019 Campeonato Pernambucano
In the Finals, Sport and the defending champions Náutico tied 2–2 on aggregate. Sport won on penalties to win their 42nd Campeonato Pernambucano title. As champions, Sport qualified for the 2020 Copa do Brasil and 2020 Copa do Nordeste.


2019 Campeonato Pernambucano
Náutico and Afogados qualified for 2020 Copa do Brasil as runners-up and third placed team, respectively.


2019 Campeonato Pernambucano
Santa Cruz (best second-team in the 2019 RNC) qualified for the 2020 Copa do Nordeste. Náutico qualified for the 2020 Pré-Copa do Nordeste via RNC.


2019 Campeonato Pernambucano, Teams
Ten teams were competing, nine returning from the 2018 and Petrolina, promoted as champions of 2018 Pernambucano A2 Championship.


2019 Campeonato Pernambucano, First stage
In the first stage, each team played the other nine teams in a single round-robin tournament. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head; 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.


2019 Campeonato Pernambucano, First stage
Top eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals of the final stages. The two teams with the lowest number of points were relegated to the 2020 Campeonato Pernambucano A2. Top three teams not already qualified for 2020 Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for 2020 Série D.


2019 Campeonato Pernambucano, Final stages
Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:


2019 Campeonato Pernambucano, 2019 Campeonato Pernambucano team
The 2019 Campeonato Pernambucano team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.


2019 Campeones Cup
The 2019 Campeones Cup was the second edition of the Campeones Cup, an annual North American football match contested between the champions of the previous Major League Soccer season and the winner of the Campeón de Campeones from Liga MX.


2019 Campeones Cup
The match featured Atlanta United FC, winners of the 2018 MLS Cup, and América, winners of the 2019 Campeón de Campeones. Atlanta United hosted the match at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, on 14 August 2019.


2019 Campeones Cup, Venue
Atlanta United FC hosted the match at their home stadium, Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The announced attendance was 40,128 (a Campeones Cup Record). Although the stadium can hold 71,000, the upper deck was curtained off, limiting the capacity to 42,000.


2019 Campeón de Campeones
The 2019 Campeón de Campeones was a Mexican football match that took place on July 14, 2019. The match is the fifth edition of the modern Campeón de Campeones, contested by the Liga MX season's Apertura and Clausura champions. The 2019 edition featured Club América, the Apertura champion, and Tigres UANL, the Clausura champion, at the Dignity Health Sports Park (formerly known as the StubHub Center) in Carson, California, hosting for the fourth consecutive year. Like previous editions, the Campeón de Campeones was contested at a neutral venue in the United States and paired with the 2019 Supercopa MX.


2019 Campeón de Campeones
The winner of this match qualified for the 2019 Campeones Cup and take on the 2018 Major League Soccer champions Atlanta United on August 14, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.


2019 Campeón de Campeones, Match details
Assistant referees:Pablo Israel Hernández (Mexico City)Michel Alejandro Morales (Mexico City)Fourth official:Diego Montaño Robles (Jalisco)


2019 Camping World 225
The 2019 Camping World 300 is a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on June 28, 2019, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. Contested over 150 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate speedway, it was the 12th race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season.


2019 Camping World 225, Background, Track
Chicagoland Speedway is a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. The speedway opened in 2001 and currently hosts NASCAR races. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the IndyCar Series, recording numerous close finishes, including the closest finish in IndyCar history. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and is located adjacent to Route 66 Raceway.


2019 Camping World 225, Practice, First practice
Brandon Jones was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.738 seconds and a speed of 175.678 mph (282.726 km/h).


2019 Camping World 225, Practice, Second practice
Anthony Alfredo was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 30.635 seconds and a speed of 176.269 mph (283.677 km/h).


2019 Camping World 225, Practice, Final practice
Anthony Alfredo was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.596 seconds and a speed of 176.494 mph (284.040 km/h).


2019 Camping World 225, Qualifying
Austin Hill scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.572 seconds and a speed of 176.632 mph (284.262 km/h).


2019 Camping World 225, Race, Summary
Austin Hill started on pole. Grant Enfinger took the lead from him on lap 13, holding it for the majority of the stage. On the final lap of Stage 1, Brandon Jones inched past Enfinger and took the stage win.


2019 Camping World 225, Race, Summary
Enfinger retook the lead afterwards, but managed to win Stage 2 himself after holding off a charging Jones. As the final stage began, Enfinger's run worsened as he got caught in a four-wide pack and fell to the back of the top 10. He was then pushed into the wall when Spencer Davis got loose underneath him, triggering a wreck that also collected Austin Wayne Self. Issues on pit road caused Enfinger to confront Hill after the race.


2019 Camping World 225, Race, Summary
Brett Moffitt took the lead with 75 laps to go, and remained the fastest driver of the night. He briefly lost the lead during a series of green-flag pit stops. Moffitt's lead over runner-up Jones grew to around two seconds, with Moffitt eventually earning his second win of the season.


2019 Camping World 300
The 2019 Camping World 300 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on June 29, 2019, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. Contested over 200 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate speedway, it was the 15th race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.


2019 Camping World 300, Background, Track
Chicagoland Speedway is a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. The speedway opened in 2001 and currently hosts NASCAR races. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the IndyCar Series, recording numerous close finishes, including the closest finish in IndyCar history. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and is located adjacent to Route 66 Raceway.


2019 Camping World 300, Practice, First practice
Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.872 seconds and a speed of 174.916 mph (281.500 km/h).


2019 Camping World 300, Practice, Final practice
Joey Logano was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.936 seconds and a speed of 174.554 mph (280.917 km/h).


2019 Camping World 300, Qualifying
Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.413 seconds and a speed of 177.556 mph (285.749 km/h).


2019 Camping World 300, Race, Summary
Joey Logano began on pole. Cole Custer passed him after 3 laps. The first caution was thrown for Justin Allgaier spinning out on lap 13. Allgaier would later crash into the wall in the second half of the race, ending his day early. Custer and Logano continued to battle for the lead, with Custer winning the first stage. He would maintain the lead until Logano regained it on lap 80. A caution was thrown after Ryan Sieg spun out due to a flat tire, and Custer opted to pit, while Logano did not get tires and won the second stage.


2019 Camping World 300, Race, Summary
Custer retook the lead on lap 116, dominating for the next run. He gave up the lead on lap 154 after taking a green-flag pit stop. Michael Annett and Noah Gragson decided to stay out and stretch their fuel run. B. J. McLeod made contact with the wall later, bringing out the final caution. Ross Chastain was able to return to the lead lap. The final green flag run lasted 21 laps. Custer jumped out to the lead and won the race with a 3-second lead over Logano.


2019 Camping World 300, After the race
Christopher Bell's car failed post-race inspection, disqualifying him from his third-place finish. He was credited as finishing last, also losing his 17-stage points. For the inspection, NASCAR had the team take the shocks off the car so it can be compared to pre-race inspection. The front of Bell's car was "extremely low" and the rear was slightly higher. Bell's disqualification is the second one to occur under 2019's inspection format, following Chastain's disqualification in the truck series at Iowa in mid-June and is the first Xfinity disqualification since 1995.


2019 Camping World 400
The 2019 Camping World 400, is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on June 30, 2019 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate speedway, it was the 17th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. Alex Bowman won the race, recording his first career Cup Series victory, while Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski rounded out the top 5.


2019 Camping World 400
This was the last NASCAR race at Chicagoland, as the track lost all three of its 2020 race dates due to scheduling conflicts because of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019 Camping World 400, Report, Background
Chicagoland Speedway is a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. The speedway opened in 2001 and currently hosts NASCAR racing. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the IndyCar Series, recording numerous close finishes including the closest finish in IndyCar history. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and located adjacent to Route 66 Raceway.


2019 Camping World 400, Practice, First practice
Alex Bowman was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.692 seconds and a speed of 175.942 mph (283.151 km/h).


2019 Camping World 400, Practice, Final practice
Joey Logano was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.954 seconds and a speed of 174.452 mph (280.753 km/h).


2019 Camping World 400, Qualifying
Austin Dillon scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.636 and a speed of 176.263 mph (283.668 km/h).


2019 Camping World 400, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and 2005 race winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2019 Camping World 400, Media, Radio
The Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2019 Camping World Bowl
The 2019 Camping World Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2019, with kickoff at 12:00 p.m. EST on ABC. It was the 30th edition of the Camping World Bowl, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by recreational vehicle company Camping World.


2019 Camping World Bowl, Teams
The game matched the Iowa State Cyclones from the Big 12 Conference and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, an FBS independent. This was the first meeting between the two programs.


2019 Camping World Bowl, Teams, Iowa State Cyclones
Iowa State entered the game with a 7–5 record (5–4 in conference). The Cyclones finished in a four-way tie for third place in the Big 12. They played three ranked FBS teams during the regular season, defeating Texas while losing to Iowa and Oklahoma.


2019 Camping World Bowl, Teams, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Notre Dame entered the game with a 10–2 record, ranked 14th in the AP Poll. The Fighting Irish split their four games against ranked teams, defeating Virginia and Navy while losing to Georgia and Michigan. This was Notre Dame's second Camping World Bowl; their 2011 team appeared in the then-Champs Sports Bowl, losing to Florida State, 18–14.


2019 Can-Am League season
The 2019 Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball season began May 16 and ended September 2. It was the 15th season of operations for the league. Following the regular season, the playoffs were held. The New Jersey Jackals defeated the previous defending champions Sussex County Miners in the fourth game of the championship round on September 14, 2019. It was the Jackals’ fifth championship overall as a team for the first time in fifteen years, but it was their first championship title as a member of the Can-Am League.


2019 Can-Am League season
This would be the last season in Can-Am League history, as the league announced on October 16, 2019 that they would merge with the Frontier League and operate as a 14-team league under the Frontier League banner. All teams except the Ottawa Champions were absorbed by the Frontier League.


2019 Can-Am League season, Season summary
Once again, the Cuban National Baseball Team and Shikoku Island team both toured during the regular season, facing all six of the Can-Am League teams. This season also saw the Empire League playing four games. Shortly after this season, the Can-Am League merged with the Frontier League, absorbing five of its teams to make a total of 14 teams.


2019 Can-Am League season, Season summary, All-star game and home run derby
In the 2019 season, the league held a home run derby and all-star game. The events took place on July 9–10, 2019 at Palisades Credit Union Park, home of the Rockland Boulders. In both events, the Can-Am League All-Stars faced the Frontier League All-Stars. The home run derby was played on July 9, 2019, where Boulders star Grant Heyman won the home run derby for the Can-Am League. The all-star game was played the following day, July 10, where the Frontier League defeated the Can-Am League, 7–0. J.J. Hernandez was named the all-star game MVP for the Frontier League.


2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic
The 2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic was held from October 17 to 20 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple-knockout format with a purse of $60,000.


2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic
In the final, Elena Stern of Switzerland defeated Rachel Homan of Ottawa, Ontario by stealing one in an extra end to claim the title.


2019 Canada Cup
The 2019 Home Hardware Canada Cup was held from November 27 – December 1 at Sobeys Arena in Leduc, Alberta. The tournament winners were the first qualifiers for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.


2019 Canada Cup
In the men's final, John Epping beat Kevin Koe to win his first Canada Cup. Koe was looking for his third title, having won the event in 2008 and 2015.


2019 Canada Cup
In the women's final, Rachel Homan defeated Tracy Fleury to win her second Canada Cup event, her first in 2015. It was Fleury's first Canada Cup playoff appearance with her previous best finish a 2-4 round robin record.


2019 Canada Cup
The total purse for the event was $265,000 with the winning teams to receive $40,000.


2019 Canada Cup, Men, Teams
Six teams qualified for the event on September 17. The top-ranked team on the CTRS standings as of November 11 that hasn't previously qualified will also qualify for the event.


2019 Canada Cup, Women, Teams
Six teams qualified for the event on September 17. The top-ranked team on the CTRS standings as of November 11 that hasn't previously qualified will also qualify for the event.


2019 Canada Open (badminton)
The 2019 Canada Open (officially known as the Yonex Canada Open 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Markin-MacPhail Centre in Canada from 2 to 7 July 2019 and had a total purse of $75,000.


2019 Canada Open (badminton), Tournament
The 2019 Canada Open was the third Super 100 tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the Canada Open championships, which has been held since 1957. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Alberta and sanctioned by the BWF and Badminton Canada.


2019 Canada Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Markin-MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


2019 Canada Open (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Tour Super 100 event.


2019 Canada Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2019 Canada Sevens
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2019 Canada Sevens
The 2019 Canada Sevens was the fourth edition of the Canada Sevens tournament, and the sixth tournament of the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 9–10 March at BC Place in Vancouver.


2019 Canada Sevens, Format
The teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup bracket where teams compete for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy bracket.


2019 Canada Sevens, Teams
Fifteen core teams played in the tournament along with one invitational team, the winner of the 2019 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, Chile:


2019 Canada Sevens, Players, Dream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:


2019 Canada Winter Games
The 2019 Canada Winter Games, officially known as the XXVII Canada Games, is a Canadian multi-sport event that was held in Red Deer, Alberta, from February 15, 2019, to March 3, 2019. These were the third Canada Winter Games held in the province of Alberta, after the 1975 Canada Winter Games in Lethbridge and the 1995 Canada Winter Games in Grande Prairie.


2019 Canada Winter Games, Host selection
On September 4, 2014, it was announced that Red Deer had won its bid to host the games by beating Lethbridge.


2019 Canada Winter Games, Venues
13 competition venues located in Red Deer, Calgary and Kananaskis were used.


2019 Canada Winter Games, Sports
164 medals events in 19 sports were contested. Note, ski cross is included in the alpine ski program.


2019 Canada Winter Games, Participating Provinces/Territories
All 13 of Canada's provinces and territories competed. The number of competitors each province or territory entered is in brackets.


2019 Canada Winter Games, Schedule
The competition was held over 16 days, with Saturday the 23rd being the transition day (no events held).


2019 Canada Women's Sevens
The 2019 Canada Women's Sevens was the fifth tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fifth edition of the Canada Women's Sevens to be played in the series. It was held over the weekend of 11–12 May 2019 at Westhills Stadium in Langford, British Columbia.


2019 Canada Women's Sevens, Format
The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.


2019 Canada Women's Sevens, Teams
Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, Brazil:


2019 Canadian Championship
The 2019 Canadian Championship was the twelfth edition of the Canadian Championship, contested from May 15 to September 25, 2019. Montreal Impact won their fourth Canadian Championship title (their tenth Voyageurs Cup) and earned a berth in the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.


2019 Canadian Championship
The competition expanded to thirteen teams with the introduction of the seven Canadian Premier League (CPL) clubs, the most in the competition's history. The 2019 tournament also marked the first time that clubs from Manitoba and Nova Scotia were represented in the Canadian Championship, and the return of clubs from Alberta after none participated in 2018.


2019 Canadian Championship
Cavalry FC's 2–1 aggregate defeat of Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the tournament's third qualifying round marked the first time in the history of the Canadian Championship that an MLS team was defeated by a non-MLS team in a home-and-away series.


2019 Canadian Championship
Ignacio Piatti was the tournament's top scorer with four goals and won the George Gross Memorial Trophy, while Zachary Brault-Guillard received the inaugural Best Young Canadian Player award for the best Canadian player of the tournament aged 21 or younger.


2019 Canadian Championship, Format
The format of the competition was changed to include the seven CPL clubs, and consisted of three qualifying rounds before semi-finals and a final. All rounds were played in a two-legged tie format. In the first qualifying round, the League1 Ontario champion Vaughan Azzurri, Première Ligue de soccer du Québec champion A.S. Blainville, and four CPL clubs entered the competition. They were joined by the remaining three CPL clubs (given byes due to previously competing or being sanctioned earlier than the other clubs) in the second qualifying round. In the third qualifying round, Ottawa Fury FC and two Major League Soccer teams entered. The previous year's champion, Toronto FC, received a bye to the semi-final.


2019 Canadian Championship, First qualifying round, Summary
The first legs were held on May 15, and the second legs on May 22, 2019.


2019 Canadian Championship, Second qualifying round, Summary
The first legs were held on June 4 and 5, and the second legs were held on June 11 and 12, 2019.


2019 Canadian Championship, Third qualifying round, Summary
The first legs were held on July 10, and the second legs were held on July 24, 2019.


2019 Canadian Championship, Semi-finals, Summary
The first legs were held on August 7, and the second legs were held on August 14, 2019.


2019 Canadian Championship, Final, Summary
The first leg was held on September 18, and the second leg was held on September 25, 2019.The higher-seeded team in the final, Toronto FC, chose to play the first leg away.


2019 Canadian Championship Final
The 2019 Canadian Championship Final was a two-legged series to determine the winner of the 2019 Canadian Championship, Canada's primary domestic cup competition in men's soccer. The series was played between Canadian Classique rivals Montreal Impact and three-time defending champions Toronto FC, both members of Major League Soccer. It was the third time Montreal and Toronto have met in the finals since the cup format was adopted in 2011; with the Impact winning in 2014, and Toronto winning in 2017.


2019 Canadian Championship Final
The first leg was hosted by the Impact at Saputo Stadium in Montreal on September 18, while the second leg was played at BMO Field in Toronto on September 25.


2019 Canadian Championship Final
Montreal Impact won their fourth title and first since 2014, following a 3–1 victory on penalties after both legs finished 1–0 to the home side.


2019 Canadian Championship Final
As winners, Montreal qualified for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League as Canada's sole direct entrant.


2019 Canadian Championship Final, Background
This was the third time Montreal Impact and Toronto FC faced one another in the Canadian Championship final. The first time, in 2014, Montreal Impact won 2–1 over two legs to win the Voyageurs Cup and advance to the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League. Montreal subsequently made it to the Champions League final, where they were ultimately defeated by Mexican club América.


2019 Canadian Championship Final, Background
The more recent finals meeting took place in 2017, where Toronto FC won 3–2 on aggregate. Toronto also advanced to the CONCACAF Champions League final after having qualified through the Canadian Championship, losing to Guadalajara on penalties.


2019 Canadian Championship Final, Background, Montreal Impact
Montreal Impact were drawn into the third qualifying round where they played Canadian Premier League side York9 FC from Toronto. Over two legs, they defeated York9 3–2 on aggregate to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals they went on to play another CPL side, Cavalry FC from Calgary, who had just defeated fellow MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps FC to advance to play the Impact. Montreal defeated Cavalry 2–1 in Montreal, and 1–0 in Calgary for a 3–1 aggregate victory to advance to the finals.


2019 Canadian Championship Final, Background, Toronto FC
As the defending champions, Toronto FC qualified directly to the semi-finals where they played the Ottawa Fury of the USL Championship. Toronto won the first leg 2–0 in Ottawa at TD Place Stadium, followed by a 3–0 victory at home one week later August 14 to win the series 5–0 on aggregate and advance to the finals.


2019 Canadian Curling Club Championships
The 2019 Canadian Curling Club Championships was held from November 25 to 30 at the Leduc Curling Club in Leduc, Alberta.


2019 Canadian Curling Club Championships
In the Men's final, Paul Moffatt's rink from the Kitchener-Waterloo Granite Club in Ontario defeated the Jasmin Gibeau rink from the Club de Curling Thurso in Quebec 10-5 to claim the title. It was the KW Granite Club's first victory at the Club Championships. In the bronze medal game, Northern Ontario's Ben Mikkelsen rink from the Port Arthur Curling Club shut out the Tyler Williams rink from the Whitehorse Curling Club in Yukon 12–0.


2019 Canadian Curling Club Championships
In the Women's final, Alberta's Nanette Dupont rink from the Lethbridge Curling Club defeated Nova Scotia's Tanya Phillips rink from the CFB Halifax Curling Club 9-4 to win the gold medal. It was a second championship for Dupont as she won the title in 2010. In the bronze medal game, Quebec's Isabelle Néron rink from the Club de Curling Chicoutimi beat the Peggy Dorosz rink from the Whitehorse Curling Club in Yukon 9–5.


2019 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
The 2019 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships  was held from January 13–20, 2019 in Saint John, New Brunswick. Organized by Skate Canada and sponsored by Canadian Tire, the event determined the national champions of Canada. Medals were be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior, junior, and novice levels. Although the official International Skating Union terminology for female skaters in the singles category is ladies, Skate Canada uses women officially. The results of this competition were among the selection criteria for the 2019 World Championships, the 2019 Four Continents Championships, and the 2019 World Junior Championships.


2019 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
Saint John was named as the host in January 2018. Competitors qualified at the Skate Canada Challenge held in Edmonton, Alberta in December 2018.


2019 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
This was Saint John's first time hosting this event. The city had previously hosted Skate Canada International three times (2013, 1999, and 1995). They also hosted the 1998 World Junior Championships in December 1997.


2019 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Entries
The Skate Canada published the entry list on December 21, 2018.


2019 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Schedule
All competition events for the 2019 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships will be held at Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick. Practices will be held at Qplex in Quispamsis, New Brunswick. The Harbour Station is the home of the Saint John Sea Dogs, of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and the Saint John Riptide of the National Basketball League of Canada.


2019 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Championships
Skate Canada will announce the team for the 2019 World Championships after the championships.


2019 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Four Continents Championships
Skate Canada will announce the team for the 2019 Four Continents Championships after the championships.


2019 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Junior Championships
Skate Canada will announce the team for the 2019 World Junior Championships after the championships.


2019 Canadian Grand Prix
The 2019 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix du Canada 2019) was a Formula One motor race held on 9 June 2019 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the 7th round of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship. It was the 56th running of the Canadian Grand Prix, the 50th time the event had been included as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950, and the 40th time that a World Championship had been held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton after a controversial penalty was given to race leader Sebastian Vettel.


2019 Canadian Grand Prix, Background, Championship standings before the race
Heading into the race Lewis Hamilton had a 17-point advantage over team mate Valtteri Bottas in the Drivers' Championship. In the Constructors' Championship it was Mercedes who held a 118-point advantage over Ferrari.


2019 Canadian Grand Prix, Background, Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race. However, Nicholas Latifi drove in the first practice session for Williams.


2019 Canadian Grand Prix, Background, Entrants
Mission Winnow, the title sponsor of Ferrari, was banned from this race as it did not comply with local laws governing tobacco sponsorship.


2019 Canadian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Sebastian Vettel won pole position ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Vettel's teammate Charles Leclerc. Max Verstappen  could only finish 11th in Q2 following a crash at the final corner from Kevin Magnussen, who therefore failed to set a lap time in Q3, and started the race from the pit lane. Daniel Ricciardo qualified in 4th place for Renault, the team's highest qualifying position since Robert Kubica qualified 4th at the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix.


2019 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
Sebastian Vettel started on pole and maintained the lead from Lewis Hamilton, who started in second place. The opening lap saw Valtteri Bottas lose sixth place to Nico Hülkenberg, and saw Alexander Albon squeezed between Sergio Pérez and Antonio Giovinazzi at turn one, making contact with Giovinazzi and causing Albon to lose his front wing. Debris from Albon was blown back into the cockpit of Romain Grosjean's Haas, catching on the car's halo and causing Grosjean to go straight on at turn two whilst he removed the debris with his hand, losing positions.


2019 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
Albon pitted at the end of the lap for a replacement, having fallen to last place. His pace suffered for the rest of the race, and the team eventually opted to retire his damaged car on lap 60. Carlos Sainz Jr. was forced to pit at the end of the third lap after his brake calipers began to overheat due to a duct blockage. The problem was cleared and Sainz emerged from the pits in 19th place.


2019 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
On lap nine, Lando Norris, who was running in eighth place, pulled over to the side of the pit exit after suffering a broken right-rear suspension. It later emerged that the McLaren's brakes had overheated and set on fire, burning through the suspension. This was unconnected to the problem encountered earlier by his teammate, which was caused by a helmet visor tear-off. No safety car was deployed, since Norris' car had stopped away from the track.


2019 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
Hülkenberg made his first pit stop at the end of lap 16, allowing Bottas and Max Verstappen to take fourth and fifth place respectively. Vettel pitted at the end of lap 26, with Hamilton inheriting the race lead. Vettel emerged in third place ahead of Bottas and Verstappen. On the following lap, Giovinazzi spun at turn two, coming to a stop on the grass and avoiding the barriers. He was able to recover and continue racing. Hamilton pitted at the end of lap 28, coming out behind Vettel and handing the lead to Charles Leclerc. Bottas pitted on lap 30, emerging in sixth place behind the Renault of Daniel Ricciardo. Leclerc pitted on lap 33, resulting in Vettel re-taking the lead. Bottas made it past Ricciardo on lap 38 after struggling to overtake the Renault since his pit stop.


2019 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
Hamilton had been closely following Vettel until turn three of lap 48, when Vettel went straight on over the grass, missing turn four. As the Ferrari re-joined the track, Hamilton was squeezed towards the outside wall and was forced to slow down to avoid a collision. A lap later, Verstappen was the last of the front-runners to make a pit stop, emerging in seventh place behind both Renaults. By lap 52 the Red Bull had made it up to fifth place.


2019 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
On lap 57, Vettel was handed a five-second time penalty for the lap 48 incident, for re-entering the track unsafely and forcing another driver off the track. Over the next thirteen laps, Vettel attempted to build a five-second gap to Hamilton in second. Vettel ultimately crossed the finish line in first place, but was only 1.3 seconds ahead, meaning the victory was awarded to Hamilton. At the conclusion of the race, rather than park his car in parc ferme, Vettel pulled over much earlier in the pit lane and had to be collected by an official to attend the podium.


2019 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
On the way, Vettel removed the #1 sign from in front of Hamilton's car and moved it to the empty space where his car should have been parked. Ferrari announced it would appeal the penalty. On 21 June the FIA denied the appeal, stating that Ferrari had supplied "...no significant and relevant new elements which were unavailable to the parties at the time [the penalty was given],..." The Incident has been described as controversial.


2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The 2019 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from January 19 to 27 at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The winners represented Canada at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.


2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Manitoba
The Canola Junior Provincial Championship presented by Telus were held from January 3, 2019 - January 7, 2019 at the Heather Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba.


2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Manitoba
The championship was held in a round robin format, which qualified four teams for a page-playoff championship round.


2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, New Brunswick
The New Brunswick Papa John's Pizza U21 Championships were held from December 27–30, 2018 at the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton, New Brunswick.


2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, New Brunswick
The championship was held in a modified triple-knockout format, which qualified three teams for a championship round.


2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Nova Scotia
The AMJ Campbell U21 Championships were held from December 27–31, 2018 at the Lakeshore Curling Club in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.


2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Nova Scotia
The championship was held in a modified triple-knockout format, which qualified three teams for a championship round.


2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario
The Ontario U21 Provincial Championships were held December 27–30, 2018 at the Annandale Golf & Curling Club in Ajax.


2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Prince Edward Island
The Pepsi PEI Provincial Junior Curling Championships were held from December 27–30, 2018 at the Charlottetown Curling Club in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.


2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Prince Edward Island
The championship was held in a modified triple-knockout format, which qualified three teams for a championship round.


2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Men's tournament
The men's tournament of the 2019 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from January 19 to 27 at the Art Hauser Centre and the Prince Albert Golf & Curling Club.


2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5:00).


2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Women's tournament
The women's tournament of the 2019 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from January 19 to 27 at the Art Hauser Centre and the Prince Albert Golf & Curling Club.


2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5:00).


2019 Canadian Junior Open Squash Championships
The 2019 Canadian Junior Open Squash Championships is the men's edition of the 2019 Canadian Junior Open Squash Championships, which is a World Junior Squash Circuit Tier 3 event. The event took place at The Club at White Oaks from December 6 to 10. Juan Sebastian Salazar Gomez from Mexico claimed his first Canadian Junior Open title after defeating the Canadian Maaz Mufti 3-0 in the Boys' Under 19 final. Gabriel Yun from Canada won his first Canadian Junior Open title defeating Shomari Wiltshire of Guyana in the Boys' Under 17 final.


2019 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The 2019 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held from November 4 to 10, 2018 at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Team Manitoba, as champions, represented Canada at the 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship where they won the gold medal.


2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from March 19 to 24 at the Willie O'Ree Place in Frederiction, New Brunswick.


2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−03:00).


2019 Canadian Open (curling)
The 2019 Meridian Canadian Open was held from January 8 to 13 at the Civic Centre in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. This will be the fifth Grand Slam event and third "major" of the 2018–19 curling season.


2019 Canadian Open (curling)
On the men’s side, Brendan Bottcher of Edmonton defeated John Epping of Toronto 6-3 in seven ends to win his first Grand Slam. On the women’s side, Rachel Homan of Ottawa edged Silvana Tirinzoni of Aarau 4-3 to win her tenth slam. With the win, Homan passed Jennifer Jones for most career Grand Slam wins, excluding defunct slams. It was also Homan's third straight slam win of the season.


2019 Canadian Open (curling), Qualification
Sixteen teams compete in the Canadian Open, including the seven top-ranked teams on the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit rankings as of December 3, 2018, the seven top teams on the Year-to-Date rankings as of December 3, the Tier 2 winner of the 2018 Tour Challenge, and a sponsor's exemption.


2019 Canadian Premier League Finals
The 2019 Canadian Premier League Finals determined the winner of the Canadian Premier League's inaugural 2019 season. It featured Cavalry FC of Calgary, Alberta, and Forge FC of Hamilton, Ontario, and was the culmination of a rivalry that had developed between those teams.


2019 Canadian Premier League Finals
It was contested over two legs between the winners of the spring and fall seasons, with the fall season winners choosing which leg to host. Since Cavalry won both split seasons, the team with the second-best overall season record, Forge, also competed in the Championship.


2019 Canadian Premier League Finals
Forge won the inaugural Canadian Premier League title 2–0 on aggregate over two legs, earning the right to compete in the 2020 CONCACAF League.


2019 Canadian Premier League Finals, Path to the finals
On June 26, 2019, Cavalry won the spring season and qualified for the championship. On September 28, 2019, Forge secured the second best overall season record, and thus clinched the second spot in the finals.


2019 Canadian Premier League Finals, Path to the finals, Cavalry FC
Cavalry started the inaugural 2019 Canadian Premier League season as one of six newly-formed teams competing in the league. They started their spring campaign with a 2–1 win over York9 FC on May 4. They went on to win the first seven games of the ten game spring season before suffering a 1–0 to Forge FC. Their 2–0 victory in their next game against York9 on June 26 clinched the spring title and a berth in the Finals.


2019 Canadian Premier League Finals, Path to the finals, Cavalry FC
Cavalry finished the spring season with a 8–0–2 record. They also won the fall competition by one point with a 11–5–2 record, giving the Finals berth for that season to the second-placed overall record.


2019 Canadian Premier League Finals, Path to the finals, Forge FC
Forge was another one of the newly-formed teams for the inaugural season. They finished the spring season in second place with a 6–1–3 record. In the fall season, Cavalry and Forge cemented themselves as the top two teams in the standings. Forge was able to clinch the Finals berth after a 3–0 victory over Pacific FC on September 28, 2019.


2019 Canadian Premier League Finals, Path to the finals, Forge FC
Despite not clinching the fall title, Cavalry and Forge's dominance ensured that no other team could catch them in either the fall or overall standings. Forge would go on to finish second in the fall season by one point, winning the Finals berth not as the fall title winner but the second-placed overall finisher.


2019 Canadian Premier League Finals, Path to the finals, Head-to-head
Going into the Finals, Cavalry and Forge had played each other seven times in 2019; winning three matches each, with one draw, and scoring seven goals apiece. In June, Cavalry defeated Forge 3–2 on aggregate in the second qualifying round of the Canadian Championship.


2019 Canadian Premier League Finals, Path to the finals, Head-to-head
In the final week of the regular season, Forge and Cavalry faced-off in Hamilton. With both teams having clinched their positions in the overall table, each side rested key players in advance of the Finals. Forge won the game 1–0 but defender Dominic Samuel picked up two yellow cards and was automatically suspended for the first leg of the Finals.


2019 Canadian Premier League Finals, Venues
Forge's home of Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, with a reduced seating capacity of 10,016 hosted the first leg. Opened in 2014, the multi-purpose stadium is shared with the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The second leg was held in Cavalry's home of ATCO Field in Foothills County. It is a 5,288 capacity stadium part of the Spruce Meadows equestrian facility.


2019 Canadian Premier League Finals, Match details, First leg, Summary
The first leg of the Finals was played on October 26 at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario. Forge FC entered the game without defenders Dominic Samuel and Bertrand Owundi who were serving suspensions. Forge had the first close chance when captain Kyle Bekker's long shot hit the crossbar in the 35th minute. Minutes later, Cavalry defender Joel Waterman handled the ball in his own penalty area while sliding to prevent a scoring chance. Waterman was sent off and Forge was awarded a penalty kick.


2019 Canadian Premier League Finals, Match details, First leg, Summary
CPL-leading scorer Tristan Borges took the penalty kick but it was stopped by Marco Carducci to keep the game scoreless. Late into first half stoppage time, Borges would beat Carducci with a left-footed strike to give Forge the lead going into halftime. Early in the second half, Forge controlled possession with the man-advantage. In the 69th minute, a challenge between Borges and Jay Wheeldon of Cavalry sent both players to the ground. As a result of the play, Borges was shown a red card and both teams finished the match with 10 players.


2019 Canadian Premier League Finals, Match details, First leg, Summary
After the match, Cavalry and Forge appealed their respective red cards to the Canadian Soccer Association. The governing body's disciplinary committee upheld the red card to Cavalry's Joel Waterman for denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity, and confirmed he would be suspended for the second leg of the Finals. The red card and suspension to Tristan Borges was overturned, with the committee citing that his actions "did not meet the threshold of a violent conduct offence."


2019 Canadian Premier League season
The 2019 Canadian Premier League season was the inaugural season of the Canadian Premier League, the top level of Canadian professional soccer. The regular season began on April 27 and ended on October 19, with seven teams competing. The inaugural match of the Canadian Premier League took place between Forge FC and York9 at Tim Hortons Field on April 27, 2019, which ended in a 1–1 draw.


2019 Canadian Premier League season
The CPL Finals were contested between the Spring and Fall season champions, Cavalry FC, and the Spring and Fall season runners-up, Forge FC, in October and November. Forge FC won 2–0 over two legs to win the inaugural Canadian Premier League title.


2019 Canadian Premier League season, Overview, Background
On May 6, 2017, the Canadian Premier League was unanimously approved and sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association. Seven teams competed in the first Canadian Premier League season, leaving four professional Canadian teams playing in United States-based leagues (Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer and Ottawa Fury FC in the USL Championship). The CPL teams competed in the 2019 Canadian Championship with the Canadian MLS and USL teams, and the champions of the Ontario and Quebec tier three leagues.


2019 Canadian Premier League season, Overview, Teams
Seven teams competed during this season – six newly-formed teams and one existing team which joined the CPL. The six new teams were Cavalry FC, Forge FC, HFX Wanderers FC, Pacific FC, Valour FC, and York9 FC. FC Edmonton announced their move to the CPL having previously ceased professional operations following their 2017 season in the North American Soccer League.


2019 Canadian Premier League season, Overview, Format
The Canadian Premier League season ran from late April to October. Each team played 28 games, split between a spring and fall season. The 10-game spring season began on April 27 and ended on Canada Day, July 1. The 18-game fall season began on July 6 and ended on October 19. The winner of each season gained a berth into the 2019 Canadian Premier League Finals.


2019 Canadian Premier League season, Spring season, 2019 CONCACAF League qualification
One Canadian Premier League team qualifies annually for the CONCACAF League tournament. For the 2019 edition only, this slot was granted to one of the league's 'inaugural teams' (FC Edmonton, Forge FC, or Valour FC) based on their home and away matches in the 2019 spring season. In subsequent years, CONCACAF League qualification is awarded to the previous year's CPL champion.


2019 Canadian Premier League season, Finals
The winners of the spring and fall seasons gained berths to the two-legged CPL Finals. As a contingency implemented this year because a single team won both halves of the season, the second berth was given to the team with the second-best overall record. The two games were played on October 26, 2019 and November 2, 2019, with the winner of the Fall season choosing which leg to host.


2019 Canadian Premier League season, Finals, Results
The first leg was held on October 26, and the second leg on November 2, 2019.


2019 Canadian Premier League season, Awards, Premier Performer
The Premier Performer presented by Volkswagen Canada is presented to the CPL's top player based on an algorithm developed by the league and its data analysis provider. The winner receives a 2019 Volkswagen Jetta GLI, handed out at the Canadian Premier League Awards ceremony.


2019 Canadian Premier League season, Awards, Canadian Premier League Awards
On November 1, 2019, the Canadian Premier League revealed the five individual awards to be given based on performance over the whole season including Finals. The awards are Inuit soapstone sculptures designed by artists from Cape Dorset, Nunavut. The recipients of the awards were announced at a ceremony in Toronto on November 26.


2019 Canadian Premier League season, Awards, Fan Awards
The Canadian Premier League allowed fans to vote for a series of Fan Awards for a chance to win various prizes. The winners were announced on December 16.


2019 Canadian Premier League season, Player transfers, U Sports Draft
The 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft was held on November 12 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Draftees were invited to team preseason camps, with an opportunity to earn a developmental contract and retain their U Sports men's soccer eligibility. Cavalry FC selected Gabriel Bitar with the first overall pick. Three players were selected by each team, with a total of twenty-one players being drafted including fifteen Canadians.


2019 Canadian Premier League season, Player transfers, Foreign players
Canadian Premier League teams may sign a maximum of seven international players, out of which only five can be in the starting line-up for each match. The following players are considered foreign players for the 2019 season. This list does not include Canadian citizens who represent other countries at international level.


2019 Canadian Premier League season, Player transfers, Foreign players
Players in bold have been capped internationally at the senior level by their respective nation.


2019 Canadian Senior Curling Championships
The 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships, Canada's national 50+ curling championship was held March 22 to 28 at the Chilliwack Curling and Community Centre in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The winning teams will represent Canada at the 2020 World Senior Curling Championships.


2019 Canadian Senior Curling Championships
This was the first event to be held at the new Chilliwack Curling and Community Centre facility.


2019 Canadian Senior Curling Championships
The men's event was headlined by defending champions Bryan Cochrane of Ontario and two-time world champion Al Hackner of Northern Ontario. The women's event was headlined by defending champions Sherry Anderson (and 2018 World Senior champion) of Saskatchewan, 2006 Olympic bronze medalist Glenys Bakker of Alberta and four-time Tournament of Hearts bronze medalist Sherry Middaugh of Ontario, who made her seniors debut.


2019 Canadian Soccer League season
The 2019 Canadian Soccer League season was the 22nd season under the Canadian Soccer League name. The season started on May 19, 2019, and concluded on October 26, 2019 with the CSL Championship final. Fixtures for the 2019 season were announced on April 30, 2019. The final consisted of Scarborough SC defeating FC Ukraine United at Centennial Park Stadium in Toronto, Ontario to claim their first championship title. The First Division title went to FC Vorkuta along with the Second Division title, and championship. The single new addition to the First Division was Kingsman SC, and the departures occurred in the Second Division with Halton United, London City, and Milton SC becoming founding members in the Canadian Academy of Soccer League (CASL).


2019 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
Scarborough SC was the highlight of the season as they claimed their first CSL Championship after two previous consecutive attempts at the title. Throughout the regular season the eastern Toronto team were the consistent challengers to Vorkuta, and finished as runners-up in the First Division. They retained the services of Zoran Rajović as head coach, and continued in the status quo of acquiring imports in maintaining competitiveness with the major clubs.


2019 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
FC Vorkuta continued in their standard of recruiting talent from the Ukraine, and as a result achieved a league milestone of three titles (First & Second division titles, and DII Championship). The club became the fourth club in CSL history after York Region Shooters in the 2014 season to achieve an undefeated regular season. After a surprising early defeat to Kingsman SC in the early round of the postseason eliminated their chance of acquiring a perfect season. Only the Toronto Olympians, and York Region Shooters accomplished this feat in the top division.


2019 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
The third position in the First division was primarily contested between FC Ukraine United, SC Waterloo Region, and Serbian White Eagles. The White Eagles held the position for fourteen weeks straight before relinquishing in the final three weeks to SC Waterloo, and ultimately to Ukraine United. The Etobicoke based team experienced a tumultuous season as general manager Vladimir Koval, and newly appointed head coach Mykhailo Hurka struggled in coordinating the usage of import players as they were fulfilling their commitments in Europe. Injuries were also a factor in the team's performance, but late in the season the club acquired several new players with Molham Babouli being the most notable domestic acquisition. As a result Ukraine United secured third place in the division, and reached the championship final.


2019 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
SC Waterloo, and Serbian White Eagles both strengthened their core veteran squad with additional imports from the Western Balkans. Throughout the majority of the season the White Eagles held the third position, but after a series of defeats late in the season allowed Waterloo to briefly secure the position until finishing fourth with a higher differential in scoring.


2019 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
Waterloo managed to hold the highly contested third position from Serbia three times throughout the season, and after winning six of its last seven games usurped the position permanently until the final match of the season with Ukraine United firmly securing the spot. Both Waterloo, and Serbia competed in the postseason with the former reaching the second round, and the latter facing an earlier departure in the first round respectively.


2019 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
The final three playoff berths were contended among CSC Mississauga, Hamilton City SC, and Kingsman SC. Kingsman SC an expansion franchise held the sixth position for the majority of the season, and enjoyed the benefit of acquiring seasoned imports from FC Vorkuta. After battling Kingsman for the sixth position Hamilton managed to steal the spot in the final stages of the regular season campaign. The town north of Vaughan accomplished a major upset in the postseason after handing Vorkuta its first defeat of the season. Subsequently Kingman were eliminated in the second round to Scarborough. CSC Mississauga continued its focus on player development, but followed the standard of the league's dominant clubs by attracting some foreign talent in order to remain competitive. Its efforts were effective as the franchise secured its first playoff berth by finishing seventh with a higher goal differential from Kingsman.


2019 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
While the two remaining clubs were Brantford Galaxy, and SC Real Mississauga finishing in the tenth, and ninth positions. Brantford retained their veterans for the season, but struggled in making an impact and primarily were situated at the bottom of the standings the entire season. Real Mississauga produced a similar result as Brantford finishing just three points ahead in the standings.


2019 Canadian Soccer League season, First Division, Changes from 2018
During the off season former SC Toronto founder and league equity owner Isac Cambas died on March 1, 2019 from cancer. The season commenced with all nine teams from the 2018 season returning with the approval of a single expansion team from five applicants. The changes confirmed at the 2019 annual general meeting of team owners was the introduction of professional soccer to King, Ontario with Kingsman SC fielding teams in the First & Second divisions.


2019 Canadian Soccer League season, First Division, Changes from 2018
Originally the league released a press release announcing the return of professional soccer to Niagara Falls, Ontario under the name Niagara FC with former league veteran Timotej Zakrajsek, and Tamara Samardzija as the driving forces behind the bid. Unfortunately the project failed to materialize as the club didn't make its debut.


2019 Canadian Soccer League season, First Division, Changes from 2018
Changes occurred in the CSL executive committee and staff with Serbian White Eagles president Dragan Bakoc serving as the league's president. Meanwhile the Second Division fielded six teams for the 2019 season. Several departing clubs became founding members of the Canadian Academy of Soccer League (CASL) a new professional league centered in Milton, Ontario, with Milton SC owner Jasmin Halkic initiating the operation along with the additions of Halton United, and London City.


2019 Canadian Soccer League season, Second Division
The Second Division remained the same as the previous season with six teams. The new additions were the reserve teams of CSC Mississauga, Hamilton City SC, and Kingsman SC. The departing clubs were Halton United, London City, and Milton SC in order to become inaugural members of the Canadian Academy of Soccer League (CASL), thus making the Second Division primarily a reserve division for its senior clubs. FC Vorkuta B successfully defended its championship and division title for the second consecutive season.


2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships
The 2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships were held from April 2 to 7 at the Glen Allan Recreation Complex and the Sherwood Park Curling Club in Sherwood Park, Alberta.


2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships – Men's tournament
The men's tournament of the 2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships was held from April 2 to 7 at the Glen Allan Recreation Complex and the Sherwood Park Curling Club in Sherwood Park, Alberta.


2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).


2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships – Women's tournament
The women's tournament of the 2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships was held from April 2 to 7 at the Glen Allan Recreation Complex and the Sherwood Park Curling Club in Sherwood Park, Alberta.


2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).


2019 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship
The 2019 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship was held April 26 - May 1 at the Club de curling de Boucherville in Boucherville, Quebec.


2019 Canadian electoral calendar
This is a list of elections in Canada scheduled to be held in 2019. Included are municipal, provincial and federal elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and party leadership races at any level. In bold are provincewide or federal elections (including provincewide municipal elections) and party leadership races.


2019 Canadian federal budget
The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 2019–2020 was presented to the House of Commons by Finance Minister Bill Morneau on March 19, 2019. This was the last budget before the 2019 federal election. The deficit is projected to rise to $19.8 billion, after including a $3 billion adjustment for risk. The budget introduced $22.8 billion of new spending over six years. The budget will not make any changes to the income tax brackets for individuals or corporations. This was later refined to $39.4 billion when the Annual Financial Report of the Government of Canada for Fiscal Year 2019–2020 was released.


2019 Canadian federal budget
The projected deficit of $19.8 billion would result in a deficit of ca. 0.9% of GDP. At the same time the GDP grew by 1.6% in 2019.


2019 Canadian federal budget, New Expenditures
This budget aims to reduce interest rates on postsecondary students' Canada Student Loans and will eliminate interest charges on student debt during the six-month grace period that begins upon graduation.


2019 Canadian federal budget, New Expenditures
The budget will appropriate an additional $586.5-million a year to pay for job training through the Employment Insurance program.


2019 Canadian federal election
The 2019 Canadian federal election (formally the 43rd Canadian general election) was held on October 21, 2019, members of the House of Commons were elected to the 43rd Canadian Parliament. The writs of election for the 2019 election were issued by Governor General Julie Payette on September 11, 2019.


2019 Canadian federal election
With 33.12% of the vote for the Liberal Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the 2019 election ranked second (with the 2021 federal election ranking first) for the lowest vote share for a party that would go on to form a single-party minority government. The Liberals lost the popular vote to the Conservative Party by one percent, marking only the second time in Canadian history that a governing party formed a government while receiving less than 35 percent of the national popular vote, the first time being the inaugural 1867 Canadian federal election after Confederation.


2019 Canadian federal election
The Conservatives, led by Andrew Scheer, won 121 seats and remained the Official Opposition. The Bloc Québécois, led by Yves-François Blanchet, won 32 seats to regain official party status and became the third party for the first time since 2008. The New Democratic Party, led by Jagmeet Singh, won 24 seats, its worst result since 2004. The Green Party, led by Elizabeth May, saw its best election results with three seats and for the first time received over one million votes. The Greens also elected their first MP outside of British Columbia, Jenica Atwin in Fredericton, New Brunswick.


2019 Canadian federal election
Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould won her seat and was the first independent to win a seat in over a decade. In their first election, the People's Party failed to win any seats, as leader Maxime Bernier lost his own seat in Beauce, a seat he won as a Conservative in the previous four elections before forming his own party following his unsuccessful bid for the Conservative Party's leadership.


2019 Canadian federal election
The Liberal Party saw its majority government won in the 2015 federal election cut down to a 157-seat minority, and the Liberals subsequently formed a minority government. Following the election, Trudeau ruled out a coalition and his new cabinet was sworn in on November 20, 2019.


2019 Canadian federal election, Background
The 2015 federal election resulted in a Liberal majority government headed by Justin Trudeau. The Conservatives became the Official Opposition (with Stephen Harper announcing his resignation as party leader) and the New Democrats (NDP) became the third party. While members of the Bloc Québécois and the Greens were elected to the House, both failed to achieve the required number of MPs—twelve—for official party status. Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe announced his resignation shortly after the election, and was succeeded by Parti Québécois MNA Martine Ouellet. After losing a leadership review, Ouellet announced she would step down as Bloc leader on June 11, 2018, and was succeeded by Yves-François Blanchet on January 17, 2019.


2019 Canadian federal election, Background
Tom Mulcair was rejected as NDP party leader; he gained only 48% of the vote at the NDP's April 2016 leadership review. The party held a leadership election on October 1, 2017, electing Ontario MPP and the former Deputy Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party Jagmeet Singh as Mulcair's successor.


2019 Canadian federal election, Background, Parties and standings
The table below lists parties represented in the House of Commons after the 2015 federal election, and the standings at dissolution.


2019 Canadian federal election, Background, Bill C-44
Bill C-44 was passed in 2017 and assigned responsibility to the Parliamentary Budget Office to calculate the cost of party platforms for elections; the review was available in the 2019 election. The Parliamentary Budget Office had a $500,000 budget for costing party platforms for this election, but announced it would only review a party platform at the request of the authoring party. It also conducted confidential assessments of independent and party platform proposals preceding the election campaign. The service was also available to members of parliament representing a party without official party status in the House of Commons, like Elizabeth May's Green Party.


2019 Canadian federal election, Background, Electoral reform
In June 2015, Trudeau pledged to reform the electoral system if elected, saying, "We are committed to ensuring that 2015 is the last election held under first-past-the-post." As the Liberals, New Democrats, Bloc Québécois, and Green Party were all in favour of reform, a different voting system could have been in place by the next federal election.


2019 Canadian federal election, Background, Electoral reform
A Special Committee on Electoral Reform was formed with representatives from all five parties in the House. The committee's report, Strengthening Democracy in Canada: Principles, Process and Public Engagement for Electoral Reform, was presented in December 2016 and recommended a proportional electoral system be introduced following a national referendum. The majority of the all-party committee recommended "that the government should, as it develops a new electoral system ... [seek to] minimize the level of distortion between the popular will of the electorate and the resultant seat allocations in Parliament."


2019 Canadian federal election, Background, Electoral reform
The mandate of the committee was to "identify and conduct a study of viable alternate voting systems" rather than to recommend a specific alternative system. The Minister of Democratic Institutions Maryam Monsef was critical of the committee's recommendation saying "I have to admit I'm a little disappointed, because what we had hoped the committee would provide us with would be a specific alternative system to first past the post." Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose said Monsef's comments were "a disgrace" and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said "[t]he minister chose to insult the committee and chose to mislead Canadians."


2019 Canadian federal election, Background, Electoral reform
In February 2017, Trudeau dropped support for electoral reform, issuing a mandate to newly appointed Minister of Democratic Institutions Karina Gould, saying that, "A clear preference for a new electoral system, let alone a consensus, has not emerged. ... Changing the electoral system will not be in your mandate."


2019 Canadian federal election, Background, Electoral reform
In response to questions from the public in Iqaluit, Trudeau said "It is because I felt it was not in the best interests of our country and of our future," citing concerns that alternative electoral systems would give too much power to "extremist and activist voices" that could create "instability and uncertainty" dividing the country.


2019 Canadian federal election, Background, Assessment of Trudeau's government
In July 2019, an independent academically-edited study, Assessing Justin Trudeau's Liberal Government: 353 Promises and a Mandate for Change, was published by Les Presses de l'Université Laval, finding that Justin Trudeau's government kept 92 per cent of pledges, when complete and partial pledges were added together, while the Harper government kept 85 per cent of complete and partial pledges. When only completed, realized pledges were calculated, Harper's government, in their last year, kept 77 per cent of promises while the Liberal government kept 53.5 per cent.


2019 Canadian federal election, Background, Assessment of Trudeau's government
The book notes that Harper's pledges tended towards transactional pledges which target sub-populations while Trudeau's government's promises were transformative—ambitious pledges the Liberals took while they were the third-place party. Trudeau's government, according to the researchers, and the "last Harper government had the highest rates of follow-through on their campaign promises of any Canadian government over the last 35 years."


2019 Canadian federal election, Background, Election spending
According to Elections Canada rules, third parties are allowed to spend $1,023,400 in the pre-election period between June 30 and the start of the election campaign. They can spend an additional $511,700 during the election campaign.


2019 Canadian federal election, Background, Election spending, Reimbursements for political parties and candidates
Political parties receive a reimbursement for 50 per cent of their election expenses during the writ period. Similarly, electoral district associations receive a reimbursement of 60 per cent of their election expenses during the writ period. Both reimbursements are publicly funded.


2019 Canadian federal election, Background, Election spending, Registered third parties
A person or group must register as a third party immediately after incurring expenses totaling $500 or more on regulated activities that take place during the pre-election period or election period. The regulated activities are partisan activities (that promote parties or candidates), election surveys, partisan advertising and election advertising. Furthermore, to be a third party you must be :


2019 Canadian federal election, Background, Election spending, Registered third parties
One cannot spend money or use their resources to influence Canadian elections if they are a foreign third party.


2019 Canadian federal election, Background, Election spending, Registered third parties
There are also strict limits on expenses related to regulated activities, and specific limits that can be incurred to promote or oppose the election of one or more candidates in a particular electoral district. Registered third parties are subject to an election advertising expenses limit of $1,023,400 in the pre-election period, of which $10,234 can be spent in a given electoral district and $511,700 during the election period. Of that amount, no more than $4,386 can be spent to promote or oppose the election of one or more candidates in a particular electoral district.


2019 Canadian federal election, Background, Incumbents not running for reelection
The following MPs announced that they would not be running in the 2019 federal election:


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Liberal
The Parliament of Canada's Ethics Commissioner, Mario Dion, found that Trudeau improperly influenced then Minister of Justice and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould to intervene in an ongoing criminal case against Quebec-based construction company SNC-Lavalin. The Trudeau government has maintained that there was no undue pressure or law broken, that offering SNC-Lavalin a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) could save jobs, and that the controversy resulted from a misunderstanding and an "erosion of trust". The affair became public in February 2019, shortly after Wilson-Raybould had been shuffled to another cabinet position. Wilson-Raybould resigned from cabinet later that day.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Liberal
This was followed by the resignation of cabinet minister Jane Philpott, over the government's handling of the affair. In April, Wilson-Raybould and Philpott were expelled by Trudeau from the Liberal caucus; Trudeau cited concerns for division in and subsequent weakening of the Liberal party. On April 2, 2019, Wilson-Raybould, as Liberal candidate for Vancouver Granville, and Philpott, as Liberal candidate for Markham—Stouffville, were deselected as candidates.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Liberal
In late August 2019, Party deputy leader Ralph Goodale, Liberal candidate for Regina—Wascana, Lawrence MacAulay, candidate for Cardigan, and Francis Scarpaleggia, candidate for Lac-Saint-Louis, were singled out for their opposition to same-sex marriage. Pundits argued that Goodale was being hypocritical, due to his role with Scheer and the same-sex marriage incident. Goodale later stated that he had evolved on the position and wanted answers from Scheer.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Liberal
On August 30, 2019, Hassan Guillet, Liberal candidate for Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, was dropped as a candidate following allegations of anti-Semitic comments from B'nai B'rith. Guillet's nomination previously raised concern that his ethnicity would be out of place in the majority Italian riding. Guillet denied the allegation, alleged that the Liberals were aware of the post, and that they "imposed" his replacement Patricia Lattanzio, on the riding. On September 20, 2019, Guillet announced he would run as an independent.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Liberal
Sameer Zuberi, Liberal candidate for Pierrefonds—Dollard, was nominated on September 15, 2019, despite questioning Osama bin Laden's involvement in 9/11 in a social media post. Zuberi called the accusations false saying it was an attempt by the Conservatives to deflect attention away from their own candidates with extremist or white supremacist leanings.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Liberal
On September 18, 2019, L'Express of Drummondville reported that the Liberal candidate for Drummond, William Morales' nomination victory was attended by two convicted criminals. Morales said that while he maintains contact with Spanish-speaking members from the Drummondville community the two people were not involved in his campaign and he does not have close relations with them. He later told his local newspaper that he interacts with members regardless of their background.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Liberal
On September 18, 2019, Trudeau attracted controversy for a photograph published in Time magazine, in which he wore brownface makeup to a party at West Point Grey Academy, where he was a teacher, in 2001. Trudeau called it a mistake and apologized publicly for it. When apologizing, Trudeau also confessed to having worn similar makeup in high-school. Following his apology, an earlier instance from the early 1990s of Trudeau wearing blackface makeup was uncovered. The following day, Trudeau apologized again and said he was "not that person anymore". He also said that it should not be called "makeup" but blackface.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Liberal
Some commentators labelled this hypocritical, since the Liberals had exposed the past misdeeds of some Conservative candidates. Trudeau drew a mixed reaction from the public. Some were upset and contemplated changing their vote, while others defended him, such as members of minorities, minority community groups, racialized commentators and some of his opponents. Later, Trudeau announced that he wanted to apologize personally to Jagmeet Singh, who replied that he would only meet Trudeau for an apology if it was "politics-free" and private. Following the announcement, Singh received a call from Trudeau on September 24, 2019, and they talked privately for 15 to 20 minutes. In the days following the scandal, pollsters pointed out that the majority of Canadians either were not bothered by the scandal or had accepted Trudeau's apology.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Liberal
On September 23, 2019, Del Arnold, Liberal candidate for Calgary Shepard, apologized to Conservative rival Tom Kmiec after spreading misleading information about his place of residence. Arnold has not apologized for a deleted tweet that accused Andrew Scheer of having links to "white supremacy" and the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Virginia.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Liberal
On September 28, 2019, Judy Sgro, Liberal candidate for Humber River—Black Creek, made remarks during an interview with a radio network called GBKM FM defending Trudeau's wearing of brownface/blackface makeup: "Those in the black community have told me how much more love they have for the prime minister, that he wanted to have a black face. That he took great pride in that, too". She later apologized for her remarks, saying that “the comments I made on GBKM FM were insensitive,” and further adding “I should have known better, and I apologize”.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Liberal
On October 13, 2019, due to a security threat, Trudeau appeared 90 minutes late to a campaign rally. Trudeau took extraordinary security precautions at the event. He wore a bulletproof vest and was surrounded by heavily armed security personnel. His wife was also supposed to introduce him, but she did not appear on stage. The Liberal Party did not reveal the nature of the threat. Scheer and Singh both showed concern for Trudeau following the threat. The following day, the RCMP was still with the Liberal leader. Furthermore, Trudeau explained that he followed advice from the RCMP and that this event will not change the way he campaigns.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Liberal
On October 14, 2019, Trudeau dodged multiple questions about a possible coalition with the NDP in a minority scenario. He responded that he remains focused on winning a majority.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Conservative
About one year after he assumed office, polling showed that Ontario Premier Doug Ford of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario was deeply unpopular—in some cases even less popular than previous Ontario Liberal Party Premier Kathleen Wynne when she lost power, which could have deterred voters from voting for Scheer. This worried CPC insiders and prompted the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario to call an extended recess of the provincial legislature to reduce negative news coverage, in order to help the federal Tories. If the Conservatives lost the election, Scheer pledged to blame it on Ford during his leadership review. Therefore, leading up to the campaign, Andrew Scheer distanced himself from Ford and later campaigned without him. Meanwhile, the Liberals and Scheer's opponents tried to capitalize on Ford's unpopularity by linking Scheer to the Premier multiple times.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Conservative
Several CPC candidates were dropped leading to and during the course of the campaign. On April 25, 2019, Harzadan Khattra, the candidate for Dufferin—Caledon, was disqualified after a fellow contestant sent the party verifiable information about "membership buying, improper voting, and other concerns". On June 28, 2019, Salim Mansur, the candidate for London North Centre, was disqualified over alleged fears that the Liberals would characterize Mansur's record as Islamophobic. On July 10, 2019, Mark King, the candidate for Nipissing—Timiskaming, was stripped of his nomination for disputed reasons.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Conservative
On September 12, 2019, Cameron Ogilvie, Conservative candidate for Winnipeg North, resigned as a candidate after the party became aware of withheld social media post which the Conservative Party described as "discriminatory". On October 4, 2019, the party announced that Heather Leung, the candidate for Burnaby North—Seymour, was dropped as reports surfaced of her making anti-LGBTQ comments in a video from 2011. Due to the deadline for naming candidates having passed, her name remained on the ballot. If she were to win, she would not sit in the party's caucus.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Conservative
Questions were raised as to why it took the party so long to remove her, since she was "a known commodity" when she was nominated. She had made anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion comments in the past and ignored the media for months. Her riding association had also been criticized for their controversial social media posts. On October 10, 2019, Leung claimed she was misunderstood and that her comments were lost in translation since English is her third language. However, she did not apologize for her comments.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Conservative
On July 10, 2019, Cyma Musarat, Conservative candidate for Pickering—Uxbridge, faced an allegation from fellow party members that she won her nomination by using improper voting procedures. The Conservative Party faced an accusation that its headquarters had been delaying the nomination contest to find a different candidate. From July 24 to September 15, 2019, Ghada Melek attracted attention. This conservative candidate for Mississauga—Streetsville, was revealed by former organizers of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party to have been rejected as a candidate in the provincial riding over Twitter posts about Muslim extremism.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Conservative
National Council of Canadian Muslims had issues over Melek's Twitter posts about Islam and LGBT+ community. Scheer accepted an apology she issued for her comments. Later, CTV News obtained her provincial vetting report and her promotion of conspiracy theories was seen as another factor behind her disqualification. When asked about the provincial party red-flagging Melek, Scheer defended her again.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Conservative
On August 22, 2019, Scheer faced questions over a 2005 online video in which he spoke against same-sex marriage Scheer himself did not respond until a press conference a week later where he argued that Trudeau was raising a wedge issue; Several pundits had an issue with his response. Weeks later, Scheer was asked if he needed to apologize for his comments giving the standards he set for his candidates; however he gave no response. After Trudeau's apology regarding blackface, Scheer was asked again if he should apologize for his words; he gave no response. Scheer once again chose to not answer the question directly on popular Quebec talk show Tout le monde en parle. He said that he supports the law and the rights of Canadians, but that he will not walk in Pride parades.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Conservative
Between August 26 and 30, 2019, the Conservatives were questioned on abortion. Alain Rayes, Scheer's Quebec lieutenant, attracted attention after he told a Quebec radio station that he misspoke on the party stance on abortion. A few days later, Scheer held a press conference, where he addressed the issue. However, his answers were seen as confusing in the media, and anti-abortion activists found his answers to be mixed-messaging. A day later, Scheer said that he and his cabinet would vote against anti-abortion bills if the debate is re-opened. Scheer reiterated this statement on Tout le monde en parle. A day after his rivals pushed him to clarify his position during the TVA debate, Scheer mentioned that he was pro-life but reiterated what he said in the past concerning anti-abortion bills.


2019 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Conservative
On September 12, 2019, Rachel Wilson, Conservative candidate for York Centre, attracted attention after a video was posted online that called for pro-life legislation. Wilson did not comment when asked about abortion legislation. On September 13, 2019, Arpan Khanna, Conservative candidate for Brampton North, apologized after it was revealed that he offhandedly used the slur "fag" to tease a friend. On September 14, 2019, Justina McCaffrey, Conservative candidate for Kanata—Carleton, attracted attention for making negative remarks in a video about Justin Trudeau and Francophones, and her relationship with Faith Goldy.