“When we look at this game, it’s been a real opportunity for us just to put a mark on the World Cup.

“We made it very clear right at the start that we weren’t just coming here to compete in terms of being a number, we were here to get to the latter stages.

“We are in the latter stages and we believe that our performances have shown the progress we’re making and we want to keep progressing in this World Cup and this is a huge opportunity for us to do that.”

Scotland have made two changes to their front row from the side who beat Fiji last weekend, with hooker Lana Skeldon and tighthead Lisa Cockburn starting.

Elis Martin drops to the bench while Elliann Clarke misses out. Cockburn replaced Clarke during last weekend’s win against Fiji.

Lock Sarah Bonar will win her 50th cap, while Jade Konkel returns to the squad to take her place on a 6-2 bench.

Easson understands the scale of the challenge taking on a Canada side who have registered thumping wins over Fiji and Wales so far in the tournament.

However, he believes his side have been well prepared by their own victories over those two sides in Pool B.

“We’ve played against two sides of two different styles,” said Easson, who will step down as Scotland head coach after the tournament.

“Playing Fiji last week was actually a really good one for us because they were very physical, it was a real physical test, which Canada are as well.

“Canada also play fairly similarly in terms of, believe it or not, offloading more than Fiji, so statistically offload more than them.

“So we’ve had a fair idea of what we’re coming up against. We know the Canadians quite well, obviously a lot of the players play in PWR (Premiership Women’s Rugby) and we’ve watched a lot of their games, so it’s going to be a very, very difficult test, one however that we are very well prepared for.”