Since 2008, the trophy has been presented to the winner of the Canadian Championship, which also awards Canada's berth in the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

The base is lacquered, solid Canadian Oak and set with die cut polished aluminum maple leaf annual plates.

[1] The cost of engraving, shipping, maintenance, and promotion of the trophy continued to be paid for by private donations from individual members of the Voyageurs until 2008.

[1] Prior to the start of the 2007 USL season, the Toronto Lynx self-relegated to the Premier Development League, and effectively withdrew from the Voyageurs Cup competition in the process.

They won the inaugural 2008 Canadian Championship to retain the trophy, their seventh straight Voyageurs Cup victory.

After thirteen unsuccessful attempts, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC won their first Voyageurs Cup title in 2015.

The closest they came was in 2014, when they had almost defeated the Montreal Impact on away goals, but conceded from a penalty kick in the 90+7th minute to lose 4–5 on aggregate.