The 53rd Vanier Cup (branded as the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Vanier Cup for sponsorship reasons), the 2017 edition of the U Sports football championship, was held on November 25, 2017, at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario.

This was a rematch of the 44th Vanier Cup which was won by Laval and also played in Hamilton.

Western defeated Laval, 39–17, to win its first national championship since 1994.

In 2017, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team, the Calgary Dinos hosted the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup championship team, the Rouge et Or, for the Mitchell Bowl.

The Acadia Axemen, winners of the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl,[4] hosted the Yates Cup Ontario championship team, the Mustangs, for the Uteck Bowl.