Those teams qualified as the winner and runner-up of the group stage of The Island Games tournament.
[4] Forge ultimately reached the semifinals of the CONCACAF League to qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League and faced Toronto FC in the Canadian Championship final where the club lost in a penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw.
HFX Wanderers FC played in their first final, improving from a last-place finish in their inaugural season in 2019.
This was the seventh meeting all-time between the two clubs with each team having recorded one win and four draws against each other.
Man of the Match:[10] Molham Babouli (Forge FC) Assistant referees: Gabrielle Lemieux Stefan Tanaka-Freundt Fourth official: Myriam Marcotte