Fiji (15) 29
Tries: Leawere, Ratuvou 2, Delasau
Cons: Little 3
Pens: Little
Canada (6) 16
Tries: Smith
Cons: Pritchard
Pens: Pritchard 3
Fiji kept in the hunt for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals with a bonus-point win over Canada in Pool B.
Tries from Kele Leawere, Kameli Ratuvou and Vilimoni Delasau helped them into a 22-6 lead.
Canada hit back, with Ryan Smith's try and James Pritchard's third penalty trimming the gap to six points.
But Ratuvou's late try ended Canada's hopes as Fiji stay on course for what is likely to be a winner takes all contest against Wales on 29 September.
The game was always going to be a clash of styles, with Canada relying on their forward strength and a more structured approach to combat Fiji's greater pace, power and skill out wide.
However, Fiji tried to take Canada on with a deliberate game initially, kicking several penalties for touch, and a penalty apiece from James Pritchard and Nicky Little saw the sides level at 3-3 after the early exchanges.
Fiji were making little headway until Saracens winger Ratuvou, playing at full-back for Fiji, injected some pace into the game.
First he sliced through to within a couple of yards of the line before losing the ball in a tackle.
A couple of minutes later he smashed his way through the first line of defence and when Fiji switched play to the right, second row Leawere was on hand to blast over by the posts.
Little converted to make it 10-3 and although Pritchard narrowed the gap with his second penalty after 26 minutes, within two minutes Fiji had stretched their lead as Ratuvou once again stamped his mark on the game.
Number eight Sisa Koymaibole's charge took Fiji within sight of the line and Ratuvou burst over from close range to make it 15-6 at half-time.
The Fijians might be just one place higher than Canada in the world rankings at 12th, but whenever they secured decent possession they looked much more threatening.
When winger Delasau got his hands on the ball veteran Canadian prop Rod Snow was all that barred his way to the line and he stepped him with ease.
Little converted and when Pritchard missed a kickable penalty soon after the writing was on the ball for Canada.
However, they hit back just before the hour mark when Smith slipped Little's tackle to score from close range after a sustained attack, with Pritchard's conversion making it 22-13.
A sweeping Canada attack then ripped the Fijians apart but Mike Pyke's effort was controversially ruled out for a double movement after Canada worked a huge overlap.
But Pritchard trimmed the gap to six points with a penalty and the Canadians came desperately close to completing an unlikely fight back when they mounted a sustained assault on the Fiji line in the closing moments.
However, they turned the ball over after a series of drives by the forwards and Ratuvou showed the despairing Canadian chasers a clean pair of heels to score Fiji's fourth try and wrap up a bonus-point victory.
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Fiji: Ratuvou; Delasau, Rabeni, Bai, Neivua; Little, Rauluni; Dewes, Koto, Railomo, Leawere, Rawaqa, Naevo, Qera, Koyamaibole.
Replacements: Sauturaga, Qiodravu, Talei, Qovu, Daunivucu, Kunavore, Ligairi.
Canada: Pyke; Van der Merwe, Culpan, Spicer, Pritchard; Smith, Williams (capt); Stephen, Biddle, Cudmore; James, Burak; Thiel, Riordan, Snow.
Replacements: Carpenter, D Pletch, M Pletch, Tait, Yukes, Fairhurst, Monro.
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (Eng)
