The 2017 Western Canada Cup is the Western Canada qualifying tournament for the 2017 Royal Bank Cup, which is the championship for of the Canadian Junior Hockey League, which is the national level organization of the Junior A level of hockey in Canada. The tournament is being held at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia and hosted by the Penticton Vees of the British Columbia Hockey League. The tournament will be held from April 29th to May 7th, 2017.
The Vees, plus the champions of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, British Columbia Hockey League (or the other finalist if the Vees win the league playoffs), Manitoba Junior Hockey League, and Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League will participate in a five team round robin. The fifth place team is eliminated from further play in the tournament. The third and fourth place teams meet in the semifinal with the winnner advancing to the runner-up match. The first and second place teams meet for the tournament championship and the first spot in the Royal Bank Cup. The loser of the championship game plays the semifinal winnner for the other spot in the Royal Bank Cup. The two qualifiers advance along with the winners of the 2017 Dudley Hewitt Cup, 2017 Fred Page Cup and a host team to the 2017 Royal Bank Cup being held at the Cobourg Community Centre in Cobourg, Ontario hosted by the Cobourg Cougars of the Ontario Junior Hockey League