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Canadian Professional Championship
Tournament information
Dates	2–8 August 1987
Venue	Scarborough Village Theatre
City	Toronto
Country	Canada
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	$30,000
Winner's share	$6,000
Highest break	Cliff Thorburn (CAN) (84)
Final
Champion	Cliff Thorburn
Runner-up	Jim Bear
Score	8–4
	← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 BCE Canadian Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place between 2 and 8 August 1987 at the Scarborough Village Theatre in Toronto, Canada.^[4]^[5]

Cliff Thorburn won the title for the fourth year in a row, and fifth overall, by beating Jim Bear 8–4 in the final.^[6]

Main draw

First round Best of 11 frames		Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames		Semi-finals Best of 13 frames		Final Best of 15 frames

		Cliff Thorburn	6
Gerry Watson	6	Gerry Watson	3
Paul Thornley	4			Cliff Thorburn	7
Mario Morra	6			Mario Morra	4
Bob Chaperon	5	Mario Morra	6
Frank Jonik	6	Frank Jonik	2
Wayne Sanderson	3					Cliff Thorburn	8
Jim Bear	6					Jim Bear	4
Bernie Mikkelsen	0	Jim Bear	6
Jim Wych	6	Jim Wych	4
Gino Rigitano	4			Jim Bear	7
				Kirk Stevens	2
		Kirk Stevens	6
		Joe Cagianello	0

^ Hawthorn, Tom (30 July 1987). "The Dean Truly a man of the cloth, he was master of his game". The Globe and Mail. p. D9.
^ Morrison, Rick (9 August 1987). "Cliff Thorburn crowned Canadian snooker king". Toronto Star. p. G4.
^ Smith, Terry, ed. (1988). "Canadian Championship Results". Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Fifth Edition). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. p. 119. ISBN 0720718309.
^ Morrison, Rick (2 August 1987). "Slumping Thorburn back to defend title". Toronto Star. p. G3.
^ "Other National Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 155.
^ "1987 Canadian Professional Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.