This is the list of all the winners of the Canadian Chess Championship, often referred to as the Canadian Closed Championship to distinguish it from the annual Canadian Open tournament. The winner of the Canadian Closed advances to the World Cup stage of the FIDE World Chess Championship cycle. Winners on tiebreak or a playoff match are noted with an asterisk beside their names.
1872 tournament not completed1873 Albert Ensor1874 William Hicks1875 George Jackson1876 Edward Sanderson1877 Henry Howe1878 Jacob Ascher1879 Edwin Pope1881 Joseph Shaw1882 Edward Sanderson1883 Jacob Ascher, Henry Howe1884 Francois-Xavier Lambert1886 Nicholas MacLeod1887 George Barry *, Nicholas MacLeod1888 Nicholas MacLeod *, James Narraway, Edwin Pope1889 Richard Fleming *, James Narraway1890 Robert Short1891 A. Thomas Davison1892 William Boultbee1893 James Narraway1894 A. Thomas Davison1897 James Narraway1898 James Narraway1899 Magnus Smith1904 Magnus Smith1906 Magnus Smith1908 Joseph Sawyer1910 John Morrison1913 John Morrison *, Charles Blake1920 Sydney Gale *, John Harvey1922 John Morrison1924 John Morrison1926 John Morrison1927 Maurice Fox1929 Maurice Fox1931 Maurice Fox *, John Morrison, George Eastman1932 Maurice Fox1933 Robert Martin1934 John Belson1935 Maurice Fox1936 Boris Blumin1937 Boris Blumin1938 Maurice Fox1940 Maurice Fox1941 Daniel Yanofsky1943 Daniel Yanofsky1945 Daniel Yanofsky, Frank Yerhoff1946 John Belson1947 Daniel Yanofsky1949 Maurice Fox1951 Povilas Vaitonis1953 Frank Anderson, Daniel Yanofsky1955 Frank Anderson1957 Povilas Vaitonis1959 Daniel Yanofsky1961 Lionel Joyner1963 Daniel Yanofsky1965 Daniel Yanofsky1969 Duncan Suttles *, Zvonko Vranesic1972 Peter Biyiasas1975 Peter Biyiasas1978 Jean Hebert1981 Igor V. Ivanov1984 Kevin Spraggett1985 Raymond Stone*, Igor V. Ivanov1986 Igor V. Ivanov, Kevin Spraggett1987 Igor V. Ivanov1989 Kevin Spraggett1991 Lawrence Day1992 Alexandre Le Siège1994 Kevin Spraggett1995 Ron Livshits *, Francois Leveille, Bryon Nickoloff1996 Kevin Spraggett1999 Alexandre Le Siège2001 Alexandre Le Siège *, Kevin Spraggett2002 Pascal Charbonneau *, Kevin Spraggett2004 Pascal Charbonneau *, Eric Lawson2006 Igor Zugic2007 Nikolay Noritsyn *, Jean Hebert, Ron Livshits, Artiom Samsonkin2009 Jean Hebert2011 Bator Sambuev *, Eric Hansen2012 Bator Sambuev2015 Tomas Krnan *, Eric Hansen, Leonid Gerzhoy