Editorial Policy

Sources we use, in order

1. The operator or provider itself: a casino's terms, promotion terms, payment and help pages; a provider's game sheet, game page or the in-game rules of its demo.
2. Regulator registers: AGCO and iGaming Ontario, AGLC, and the bodies that license offshore sites, such as the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, the Malta Gaming Authority, the Anjouan Gaming Board and the Tobique Gaming Commission.
3. Archived copies of those pages in the Internet Archive, when the live page blocks visitors from Canada or has changed. The archive date is shown.
4. Trade press only for company history, such as a sale or a merger, and always named in the page's References.

We do not use other review sites, affiliate lists, forum posts or memory as a source for any figure. When two primary sources disagree - a casino's banner and its terms, or a provider page and its in-game rules - we report both, say which one we rely on. For slot figures, the provider's own material always wins over any other site.

Dates, freshness and gaps

• Every fact carries the date we checked it. Offers and terms change often, so read the date before you rely on a figure.
• Casino, slot, hub and guide pages carry a "What changed" log with the date they were published and every meaningful change after that.
• A dash or "not published" means exactly that. We do not estimate a missing RTP, payout time or licence number, and a missing fact never raises a score.
• Counts such as "casinos that list a provider" are a snapshot of what each casino publishes, with the month stated. They are not a check of every title in every lobby, and we say so where it matters.
• Search demand for a brand or a game comes from Ahrefs data for Canada, with the month named wherever it is used to order a list.

When a source disappears or changes, we look for an archived copy from the date we read it. If none exists, the fact is checked again or removed.

What we never publish

• Player counts, "claimed today" lines, win tickers or invented social proof.
• Countdowns to events that do not exist. A tournament card appears only for a real, dated event with public terms.
• Claims that we deposited, withdrew, chatted with support or timed a payout, unless we did. Demo sessions are described only when they were played, with the date and the number of spins. The one hands-on casino test is our partner Neospin, which our team tested in October 2026; its page says so.
• Promises of winning, or wording that makes a game sound like a way to earn money. Every slot has a house edge, and we say so.
• Links to casino sites in our own text, or calls to sign up anywhere. The only links to a casino are the labelled partner buttons, and casino domains appear as plain text.
• Casino offers to visitors from Ontario. AGCO Standard 2.05 limits bonus advertising to an operator's own site and to direct marketing with the player's consent, so we show none there.

Scores, rankings and our partner

Scores are the average of six sub-scores, judged from the facts and published only when all six are in. Lists are ordered by score, then by Canadian search demand for the brand or game, and the basis is printed under every list. Closed brands and brands that no longer accept Canadians get a status page instead of a review and are never ranked.

We have one partner, Neospin, and we earn a commission when readers sign up there through our buttons. The partner is labelled wherever it appears and cannot edit our pages or change another casino's facts. Its scores include our team's hands-on test from October 2026, which is disclosed on its page. Details: advertising disclosure.

Ranking on demand is a statement of popularity, not quality, and we label it that way. A brand with a sourced regulator action, or one that is closed or has left Canada, is flagged on the provider pages under "Check these first".

Province and licence wording

We use the same wording on every page, because it is easy to get wrong:

• Ontario: private sites must be registered with the AGCO and hold an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario; OLG runs the province's own site. Age 19+.
• Alberta: since 13 July 2026, operators registered with AGLC and contracted to the Alberta iGaming Corporation, alongside Play Alberta. Age 18+.
• Other provinces and territories: a provincially run site. Age 19+, or 18+ in Manitoba and Quebec.
• Offshore sites are not licensed by any province, whatever licence they hold elsewhere.
• A brand's Ontario site and its offshore site are often run by different companies with different terms; we keep their facts apart.
• Provincial self-exclusion covers only that province's regulated sites.

Each casino card shows a province pill based on where the casino says it accepts players, and the licence it holds, so you can see at a glance whether a site may serve you.

Corrections

If you find a figure that is wrong or out of date, write to us through the contact page with the page address and the source that shows the right figure. We check it against that source, fix the page if the source supports it, and add a dated line to the page's "What changed" log. Corrections are never made silently. If a correction changes a score, the new sub-scores and the reason appear in the same log line.

Operators and providers can send corrections the same way. We change a fact only when a primary source supports the change, never because someone asks.

What a correction cannot do: we cannot settle a dispute between a player and a casino, recover a balance or reverse a closed account. For that, contact the casino first and then the body that licenses it, which the casino's terms must name. We are glad to hear about it, though: a pattern of complaints that a regulator acts on becomes a sourced fact on the casino's page.