The Canadian motorsport authorities believe the FIA's decision to axe the 2009 Canadian Grand Prix is final, and cannot see their race getting a reprieve.

A revised 2009 calendar issued yesterday saw Montreal lose its June slot to the Turkish GP, which had been shifted from August to ensure that the now-traditional three-week summer break was maintained.

Roger Peart, president of the ASN Canada FIA, said he could not envisage the FIA going back on its shock decision now.

"It's a done deal," he was quoted as saying by the Montreal Gazette.

"It was voted on today by the world council and that's really the end of it."

The Canadian GP organisers issued a statement saying they could not comment on the race's removal from the calendar until they had discussed the situation with the FIA, but Peart believes the Montreal track could simply no longer compete with new venues like Abu Dhabi and Singapore.

"I'm surprised, but not completely," he said Roger Peart.

"The commercial side of the sport is moving on to more glamourous venues.

"I don't mean the city of Montreal as far as that, but the facilities themselves.

"Montreal are not world leaders anymore, so it's a purely commercial matter unfortunately."