[14] In the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, Canada played Japan in front off 23,000 people.

[19] The senior women's national soccer team's best achievement is gaining a gold medal at the 2020 Olympics, defeating Sweden.

[22][23] 2025 will be the first season of professional women's soccer in Canada, following the launch of the Northern Super League.

From 2013 to 2021, some Canadian national team players had their salaries partially paid by the CSA and other federal government athlete funding programs to play in the National Women's Soccer League in the United States.

Financial remuneration varies in the NWSL; the four-month-long league is new as of 2013 and salaries for unsubsidized players are not high enough to support them without other outside income.