Who We Are
Gambling Sites is an independent publisher covering online gambling in Canada. We review licensed casinos and sportsbooks, explain how provincial regulation actually works, and compare the things that decide whether a site is worth your time: who licenses it, how fast it pays, and what a bonus really costs to clear.
We are not an operator. We do not hold accounts, take deposits or pay out winnings, and nothing you do with a gambling site passes through us. That distance is deliberate, because it lets us describe an operator’s weak points as readily as its strong ones.
The site is published by Gambling Sites.
What We Publish
- Ranked shortlists of licensed sites available to Canadian players, with the reasoning visible rather than implied;
- Operator reviews covering the licence, payout record, bonus terms with wagering attached, payment methods and mobile apps;
- Payment guides for Interac e-Transfer, iDebit, cards, e-wallets and crypto, with realistic timings rather than cashier estimates;
- Bonus explainers that run the arithmetic, because a C$3,000 offer at 40x is harder work than a C$1,000 offer at 10x;
- Provincial guides for Ontario, Alberta, Quebec, British Columbia, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces, since regulation here is provincial and the rules change with your postal code;
- Safety and responsible gambling material, including how to verify a licence number in a regulator’s public register.
How We Work
Every operator we rank goes through the same routine: register an account, deposit, play part of the balance, request a withdrawal and time how long the money takes to arrive. Support gets an identical question at each site so response times compare cleanly. Licence numbers are checked against the register of the authority that issued them, not against the claim in the site footer.
Scores come from eight weighted criteria, led by licensing and real payout speed. The full weighting, the testing procedure and the reasons behind it sit on our Ranking Methodology page, so you can judge whether our priorities match yours.
Editorial Independence
Rankings are editorial. Commercial relationships with operators, where they exist, do not buy a position, a rating or a place on a shortlist, and no operator sees a review before it is published. When we get something wrong, we correct it and say so.
We would rather publish a short list we stand behind than a long one that flatters everybody.
Fair Play and Licensing
We are a publisher, so no gambling licence is held by us and none is required. The operators we cover are a different matter: each one on our shortlists holds a licence from a named authority, whether that is the AGCO with iGaming Ontario, the AGLC in Alberta, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, the Malta Gaming Authority, the UK Gambling Commission or the Curaçao Gaming Authority.
Where a brand publishes an independent audit of its game fairness or return to player, from agencies such as eCOGRA or Gaming Labs International, we say so, because a regulator and an auditor with public records together are the strongest signal a player can get.
Responsible Gambling
Gambling costs money and most players lose over time. We write on that basis, we never present it as income, and we treat player-protection tools as part of the review rather than a footnote. Free confidential help is available across Canada, and our Responsible Gambling page lists the organisations, the tools and the provincial self-exclusion routes.
This site is for adults only: 19 and over in most of Canada, 18 and over in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec.
Security and Trust
We collect as little reader data as a website can reasonably run on, we do not sell personal information, and we protect what we hold with encryption in transit and restricted administrative access. Our Privacy Policy sets out the detail, including your rights under PIPEDA and how to exercise them.
Our Team
Our content is written and maintained by named contributors with a background in the field rather than by anonymous staff. Julien Cousineau, who leads our casino coverage, came to the subject through sports analytics and the psychology of risk. His author page explains what he covers and how he works.
Contact
Corrections, questions and coverage suggestions go to support@GamblingSites. Complaints go to complaints@GamblingSites, and privacy requests to privacy@GamblingSites. We answer email within two business days, and a correction that checks out gets published the same day it is confirmed.