Fred Davis defeated Paul Thornley 4–1 in the final to win the title.

Six Canadian players progressed into the quarter-finals from a qualifying tournament that concluded on 29 April.

They joined English players Fred Davis and Rex Williams, who were exempted, in the main event,[2] which was held at the North York Centennial Centre, Toronto.

However, Under the competition rules, if the scores were level at three frames each, the match was decided on a respotted black.

This was invoked in the quarter-finals when Davis won the sixth frame to level at 3–3 with Kenny Shea.