Canada dominated possession and heavily outshot Cameroon but only breached the defence once from a well rehearsed corner. Defender Kedeisha Buchanan arrived late to head in unchallenged.
The other two teams in the group, Netherlands and New Zealand, meet in Le Havre on Tuesday.
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