In 1970 Carling Brewery reduced their sponsorship commitments to just a handful of the main tournaments and the tour became less coordinated.

Later in the year Imperial Tobacco Canada, under the Peter Jackson brand, signed on as title sponsor and brought scattered Canadian professional events back under one umbrella.

Fellow Canadians and PGA Tour winners Al Balding and George Knudson also returned home several times in their career to play the circuit.

As the 1970s continued, government legislation began restricting the amount of advertising and sponsorship that tobacco companies were allowed to participate in.

To prepare players for the PGA Tour, they set a goal for all tournaments to be 72 holes with no pro-ams during the actual competition.

Although it took until 1989 for all tournaments to play 72 holes, the Canadian Tour began attracting players from not only the United States, but from around the world in the mid-1980s.

In 1997, Weir captured the 1997 Canadian Masters and BC Tel Pacific Open as well as the Order of Merit.

Points, Ken Duke, Mackenzie Hughes, and 2008 RBC Canadian Open winner Chez Reavie.

The top three from the PGA Tour Canada Order of Merit the week before the Canadian Open are given entry.

Those who finish in the Top 60 earn entry into season-ending Freedom 55 Financial Championship, with a $200,000 purse and are guaranteed at minimum full PGA Tour Canada status for the next season.

On January 16, 2020, officials announced a six-year deal with the Cragun's Golf Resort in Brainerd, Minnesota for the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center Championship.

In 2022, PGA Tour Canada rebranded the Order of Merit as the Fortinet Cup, which was modelled after the FedEx Cup points system used by the main PGA Tour, and was sponsored by network security company Fortinet.