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The Vanier Cup
The Vanier Cup was created in 1965 when his Excellency, the late General Georges Vanier, then Governor General of Canada, graciously granted permission to the Canadian Save the Children Fund to name the trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Canadian College Bowl, the Vanier Cup.

In 1965 and 1966 the Canadian College Bowl was an invitational event featuring two outstanding Canadian College football teams selected by a national panel. The first winner of the championship through this system was the University of Toronto, and His Excellency personally presented the Vanier Cup to the Varsity Blues at their athletic banquet in the spring of 1966.

The Vanier Cup took on a new dimension in 1967 when the Canadian College Bowl was declared the national football championship of the CIS, with semi-final playoffs in Atlantic and Western Canada to determine the championship finalists.

In 1982, the name of the National Championship game was changed to the Vanier Cup, Canada's University Football Championship.

Year Champion   Competitor  
2012 Laval 37 McMaster 14
2011 McMaster 41 Laval 38 (2 OT)
2010 Laval 29 Calgary 2
2009 Queen's 33 Calgary 31
2008 Laval 44 Western 21
2007 Manitoba 28 Saint Mary's 14
2006 Laval 13 Saskatchewan 8
2005 Laurier  24 Saskatchewan  23
2004 Laval 7 Saskatchewan 1
2003 Laval 14 Saint Mary's 7
2002 Saint Mary's 33 Saskatchewan 21
2001 Saint Mary's 42 Manitoba 16
2000 Ottawa 42 Regina 39
1999 Laval 14 Saint Mary's 10
1998 Saskatchewan 24 Concordia 17
1997 UBC 39 Ottawa 23
1996 Saskatchewan 31 St. Francis Xavier 12
1995 Calgary 54 Western 24
1994 Western 50 Saskatchewan 40 (OT)
1993 Toronto 37 Calgary 34
1992 Queen's 31 St. Mary's 0
1991 Wilfrid Laurier 25 Mount Allison 18
1990 Saskatchewan 24 St. Mary's 21
1989 Western 35 Saskatchewan 10
1988 Calgary 52 St. Mary's 23
1987 McGill 47 UBC 11
1986 UBC 25 Western 23
1985 Calgary 25 Western 6
1984 Guelph 22 Mount Allison 13
1983 Calgary 31 Queen's 21
1982 UBC 39 Western 14
1981 Acadia 18 Alberta 12
1980 Alberta 40 Ottawa 21
1979 Acadia 34 Western 12
1978 Queen's 16 UBC 3
1977 Western 48 Acadia 15
1976 Western 29 Acadia 13
1975 Ottawa 14 Calgary 9
1974 Western 19 Toronto 15
1973 St. Mary's 14 McGill 6
1972 Alberta 20 Waterloo Lutheran 7
1971 Western 15 Alberta 14
1970 Manitoba 38 Ottawa 11
1969 Manitoba 24 McGill 15
1968 Queen's 42 Waterloo Lutheran 14
1967 Alberta 10 McMaster 9