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Online casinos in Canada, province by province

The Criminal Code prohibits gambling except where a provincial government conducts and manages it. Every province therefore runs, or licenses, its own online gambling — and what is legal for you depends on the province you are in, not on Canada.

Criminal Code s.207 (Justice Laws Canada) ↗
Alberta: Legal & licensedBritish Columbia: State monopoly / varies by stateManitoba: State monopoly / varies by stateNew Brunswick: State monopoly / varies by stateNewfoundland and Labrador: State monopoly / varies by stateNova Scotia: State monopoly / varies by stateNorthwest Territories: Legal & licensedNunavut: Legal & licensedOntario: Legal & licensedPrince Edward Island: State monopoly / varies by stateQuébec: State monopoly / varies by stateSaskatchewan: State monopoly / varies by stateYukon: Legal & licensedABBCMBNBNLNSNTNUONPEQCSKYT
Licenses private operatorsProvince runs the only legal siteNo provincial online casino

Who will not take you

Straight from each casino’s own restricted-regions page or terms. This is the part that decides whether you can actually sign up, and it does not track the law — an operator may refuse a province that licenses gambling, usually because it has not registered there.

Ontario7 refuse
New Brunswick2 refuse
Alberta1 refuse

The other 10 provinces and territories are named by none of the casinos we track. That means their terms do not single the province out — not that any given operator is registered there.

Which games are approved

A licensed province approves the game as well as the operator, so a casino being live in your province does not mean every slot in its lobby is. Counts are from Hacksaw Gaming’s and Play’n GO’s own game sheets — the only two studios that publish this, and between them the only game-level answer anywhere on this site.

Ontario
566 of 655

86% of the games whose studio states a position for Ontario.

Québec
105 of 465

23% of the games whose studio states a position for Québec.

Alberta
73 of 653

11% of the games whose studio states a position for Alberta.

How each province runs it

Ontariolicensed private marketThe only province that has run an open licensed market for years. Private operators register with the AGCO and sign an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario before they may offer games to Ontarians. Alcohol ↗
Albertalicensed private marketAlberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis runs Play Alberta and, since the market opened in 2026, maintains a public register of iGaming operators and suppliers alongside it. Alberta ↗
British Columbiaprovincial monopolyBritish Columbia Lottery Corporation runs the only legal online casino in the province. PlayNow states on its own site that it is the official gaming site for BC residents, operated by BCLC. British ↗
Québecprovincial monopolyLoto-Québec runs the province's only legal online casino through its own portal, which carries its online games directly. Loto-Québec ↗
Manitobaprovincial monopolyManitoba Liquor & Lotteries runs the province's gambling, and lists PlayNow among its own operations alongside the Casinos of Winnipeg. Manitoba ↗
Saskatchewanprovincial monopolyPlayNow Saskatchewan is run by the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority, which titles the site its own online sports and casino. Saskatchewan ↗
Nova Scotiaprovincial monopolyAtlantic Lottery runs gambling on behalf of this province's government. Its own About page says it has offered games “on behalf of the governments of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island” since 1976. Atlantic ↗
New Brunswickprovincial monopolyAtlantic Lottery runs gambling on behalf of this province's government. Its own About page says it has offered games “on behalf of the governments of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island” since 1976. Atlantic ↗
Prince Edward Islandprovincial monopolyAtlantic Lottery runs gambling on behalf of this province's government. Its own About page says it has offered games “on behalf of the governments of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island” since 1976. Atlantic ↗
Newfoundland and Labradorprovincial monopolyAtlantic Lottery runs gambling on behalf of this province's government. Its own About page says it has offered games “on behalf of the governments of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island” since 1976. Atlantic ↗
Yukonno provincial online casinoLottery products only. WCLC lists Lotteries Yukon among its members; neither it nor the territory runs an online casino, so there is no legal domestic option here — only the lottery. Western ↗
Northwest Territoriesno provincial online casinoLottery products only. WCLC lists NWT and Nunavut Lotteries among its members; neither it nor the territory runs an online casino, so there is no legal domestic option here — only the lottery. Western ↗
Nunavutno provincial online casinoLottery products only. WCLC lists NWT and Nunavut Lotteries among its members; neither it nor the territory runs an online casino, so there is no legal domestic option here — only the lottery. Western ↗

13 of 13 provinces sourced to their own regulator so far.

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