Viterra Championship

The Viterra Championship is the Manitoba men's provincial curling championship. The winner represents Manitoba at the Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's championship.^[1]

The tournament was previously known as the Safeway Championship (2008–2015), Safeway Select (1995–2007); the Labatt Tankard (1980–1994); the British Consols (1937–1979) and the Macdonald Brier Trophy event winner at the MCA Bonspiel (1925-1936).

Qualification

32 teams qualify. The distribution of berths changes from year to year but is generally composed of the following:

• Winners of Regional Zone Playdowns
• Winners of a "Berth Bonspiel"
• Brandon Men's Bonspiel winner
• Defending champion
• Manitoba Curling Tour champion
• Top team(s) from the Manitoba Curling Tour Rankings
• Top Manitoba team(s) on the CTRS rankings
• Top teams from the Manitoba Curling Association Bonspiel

Winners

Listed below are the provincial champion skips for each year. Manitoba did not participate in the 1927 Brier.^[2] Brier champions in bold.

References