title: Old Four
text: The Old Four is a soccer conference composed of four public institutions of higher education in Central Canada. The name is also an appellation for the four universities as a group, consisted of McGill University, Queen's University, University of Toronto and University of Western Ontario. They are home to the original four soccer teams in Canadian collegiate athletics. The Old Four holds an annual exhibition tournament over the Labour Day weekend, although the teams do not accumulate points toward the regular season of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport competition.
  
  As the name suggests, the Old Four schools are among Canada's oldest and most prestigious universities. Except for the University of Western Ontario, all were founded by royal charter during the British colonial era before Canadian Confederation. Historically, these schools have held intense rivalries in athletics. Today, the Old Four are all research universities and members of Canada's U15 Group of Canadian research universities. They are the only universities in eastern Canada with endowments of over $1 billion respectively. 
  
  The Old Four was for several decades also a conference for Canadian football competition between these same four schools, but conference realignment, beginning in the early 1970s, has meant that it no longer exists in its original form.
  
  Members
  The Old Four schools are all public institutions unaffiliated with any religion. Although three were founded as religious schools, they have all since become secular institutions.
  
  Summary of tournament finals
  
  Note: The 2011 finals were cancelled due to field conditions.
  
  References
  
  External links
   McGill Athletics
   Queen's Golden Gaels
   Toronto Varsity Blues
   Western Mustangs
  
  Conference news
   https://web.archive.org/web/20060509054448/http://universitysport.ca/e/w_fieldhockey/story_detail.cfm?id=5898
   https://web.archive.org/web/20060220081001/http://www.goldengaels.com/interuniversity/soccerm.html
   https://web.archive.org/web/20051016033626/http://www.varsityblues.ca/news/?id=2572 
   Mustangs blank Redmen in Old Four gold medal game - Aug 26, 2007 
   McGill claims Old Four soccer titles - August 31, 2008 
   Old Four Tournament wraps up at Queen's 8/29/2010
  
  College athletics conferences in Canada
  University and college soccer in Canada
  Universities in Ontario
  Universities in Quebec
  Soccer competitions in Canada