How We Rate Safe Canadian Casinos

Our ranking is built on documents. What has an operator written down, and does the document have a hole in it where the expensive term should be? That is a question a reader can check, which is why it is the question we score.

What we score

• Terms clarity. Whether the offer is stated completely, including the parts that cost the reader money. A match with no wagering multiple is a term withheld, and it costs position here.
• Bonus terms. Multiple, ceiling and qualifying deposit read together. A 777% headline at 30x and a 100% headline at 200x are not the same kind of offer, and the percentage is the less informative half of each.
• Withdrawal terms. Whether the conditions on getting money out are published before a deposit rather than discovered during a payout.
• Currency and dating. Figures in the currency the operator publishes, with our capture date. Two brands on our list publish in euros and we leave them in euros.
• Entry bar. The minimum qualifying deposit, because it sets what a first test costs. Across our current lineup that runs from C$1 to C$45.

What we did not measure

• Legal standing. No score here means an operator is lawful, licensed or approved anywhere. We verified no credential for any brand on the list.
• Payout speed. Not timed, so not ranked.
• Game fairness. No game tested, no return percentages published.
• Provincial availability. A deliberate omission. We do not know and will not guess.

Where a rating comes from

The score attached to each brand is our editorial assessment across those five criteria. It is a judgement about documents rather than a measurement, and it is not a statement that a brand is trustworthy or lawful.

When we revisit

Bonus terms move without notice and provincial arrangements change. We re-read the lineup's published terms on a rolling basis and date every figure. If an operator's own cashier disagrees with what we show, the cashier is right and we are out of date, so tell us at [email protected].