{"id":812056,"date":"2026-07-19T11:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/812056\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T11:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:40:15","slug":"world-cup-final-caps-canadas-month-long-party-as-host-role-comes-to-an-end-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/812056\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup final caps Canada\u2019s month-long party as host role comes to an end \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

VANCOUVER \u2013 Fans are gathering in Toronto and Vancouver today to watch the World Cup soccer final between Spain and defending champion Argentina, bringing Canada\u2019s month-long tournament celebration to a close.<\/p>\n

Official FIFA Fan Festivals in both World Cup host cities are expected to draw thousands for public watch parties. Bars and restaurants along Vancouver\u2019s Granville Street and in Toronto\u2019s Liberty Village are also preparing for large crowds.<\/p>\n

Toronto hosted six matches and Vancouver seven during the first men\u2019s World Cup staged across Canada, the United States and Mexico.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFans watch the action during the second half of Canada’s World Cup soccer match against Morocco at FIFA Fan Fest in Toronto on Saturday, July 4, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jon Blacker<\/p>\n

The tournament brought supporters from around the world to both Canadian cities and turned public spaces into soccer gathering places.<\/p>\n

The championship match, expected to draw a global television audience of nearly two billion viewers, closes the first 48-team men\u2019s World Cup and Canada\u2019s role as a host of soccer\u2019s biggest tournament.<\/p>\n

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While the World Cup wraps up today, the final cost of staging the tournament won\u2019t be known for months. In May, Canada\u2019s independent parliamentary budget officer estimated total hosting costs at about $1.066 billion, including $473 million in federal costs, projected costs of up to $729 million in British Columbia and $380 million in Toronto.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 19, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER \u2013 Fans are gathering in Toronto and Vancouver today to watch the World Cup soccer final between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-812056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}