[1] Team Saskatchewan, who was skipped by Joyce McKee won the event by finishing the round robin with a 8-1 record.
This was Saskatchewan's second championship and second for Joyce McKee's rink with her first coming in 1961.
[2] This was the second time that the championship came down to a "winner take all" final draw (the first was in 1965) as both Ontario and Saskatchewan entered their matchup in with identical 7–1 records in round robin play.
A single by Ontario in the ninth tied things up at 5 heading into the final end.
The teams are listed as follows:[3][4] Skip: Simonne Flynn Third: Eleanor Geddes Second: Jean Myrol Lead: Fern Muirhead Skip: May Shaw Third: Mary Yaschuk Second: Carol Klinck Lead: Barbara Weir Skip: Pat Brunsdon Third: Joan Ingram Second: Lorraine Bradawaski Lead: Dot Rose Skip: Phylis Chapman Third: Dorothy Thompson Second: Mary Cooper Lead: Felice Willdon Skip: Violet Pike Third: Caroline Ball Second: Doreen Parker Lead: Mary Rockwood Skip: Mary Naddaf Third: Alice Quirk Second: Helen Douglas Lead: Vera Crane Skip: June Shaw Third: Shirley Wiebe Second: Faye Devins Lead: Dorothy Holmgren Skip: Marie Toole Third: Jennie Boomhower Second: Mary Acorn Lead: Pauline Johnston Skip: Leona MacKimmie Third: Bobbie Paul Second: Patricia MacLean Lead: Lena Bradshaw Skip: Joyce McKee Third: Vera Pezer Second: Lenore Morrison Lead: Jennifer Falk Final Round Robin standings[4] All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05:00).