This will be Canada and Qatar’s first World Cup meeting. Their only previous encounter came in a September 2022 friendly in Vienna – Canada won 2-0 through goals from Cyle Larin and Jonathan David.

Canada have won their last four matches played in Vancouver, scoring 17 goals and conceding only two. The last team to beat them in the British Columbia city were Mexico in a March 2016 World Cup qualifier (0-3).