The George Gross Memorial Trophy is awarded to the most valuable player of the Canadian Championship.

[1] The inaugural recipient of the Trophy was Matt Jordan of the Montreal Impact, who was named MVP of the 2008 Canadian Soccer Championship after posting two clean sheets and only allowing two goals in four games, en route to Montreal's tournament victory.

[2] Dwayne De Rosario became the first Canadian winner of the Trophy in 2009 after scoring three goals in a 6–1 Toronto FC victory over Montreal in the final game of that year's tournament.

[1][4] Toronto FC's Ryan Johnson claimed the 2012 title scoring two of the club's four goals over the four matches.

[9] Since the award's creation, it has never been won by a player whose team did not end up winning the championship that season.