About this Ontario casino guide: sources, method and corrections
How the guide works
A plain account of what the pages here are built from: each casino's own terms, the iGaming Ontario directory, and a date beside every figure.
This page is about this Ontario casino guide itself: what it is for, what goes into each page, and what happens when a figure turns out to be wrong. The short version is that every claim about a casino comes from a document the casino or iGaming Ontario puts in front of the public, and each claim carries the date that document was opened.
What the site is for
The guide helps a reader compare online casinos in Ontario before money changes hands. It ranks casinos on a small set of things their own terms print: whether an identity check is described, when it starts, whether a sum is attached, whether there is a deadline for sending documents, and whether the brand's domain sits in the iGaming Ontario directory. The method is set out step by step on how we rank. That five-check method is what sorts the casinos on the online casino Ontario Canada ranking itself.
Around the ranking sit practical guides. They cover paying in, taking money out, opening an account, games, poker, apps, complaints and responsible play. Each guide tries to answer one question a person has before or after signing up, and to point at the clause that settles it.
What the guide does not do is just as simple. It does not hold customer money, take bets or run games. It does not hand out codes or offers. It does not tell anyone which casino will pay the most or the soonest, because no document a casino publishes can promise that.
Where the facts come from: about this Ontario casino guide
Two kinds of source feed the pages.
The first is the casino's own terms and conditions. For each ranked casino, the terms page was opened on 16 September 2026. From it we take the company name printed there, the clause that describes identity checks, any sum or document deadline in that clause, and any withdrawal cap or minimum. A clause number is copied as the casino prints it, whether that is «cl. 3.2», «s. 1.04(1)» or the name of a separate policy. Where a casino lists payment methods on a banking page, those names come from that page and nowhere else.
The second is the iGaming Ontario directory. It is a public page listing each gaming website beside the company that runs it. The page states that it is accurate as of 6 August 2026; it was opened on 28 August 2026 and again on 16 September 2026. It names 48 operators and more than 80 gaming websites, sorted into Casino, Sports Betting, Poker and Bingo.
Nothing else goes into a score. Review sites, forum threads and marketing copy are left out, since none of them binds the casino to anything.
How a page is put together
A page starts with a question, such as «what does a casino ask for before a first withdrawal». The relevant clauses are then pulled from each scored casino's terms and set side by side. Where a casino's terms print nothing on the point, the table shows «—» and the text says the terms print no sum or no deadline. That dash is a finding in its own right: it tells a reader the document leaves the matter open.
Quotes are short and usually paraphrased. The clause number stays, so anyone can open the terms and find the original wording in a minute. Figures keep the currency as printed, written as CA$ amounts.
Company names follow the directory and the terms footer. When the two spell a name slightly differently, both spellings can appear, because a reader checking a footer should recognize the one in front of them. The who owns what guide groups brands under the company named for each.
Pages are written in Canadian English and use the same conventions throughout: amounts as CA$2,000, dates written out in full, clause references in the form the casino uses. Headings follow the questions people tend to ask, so a reader can jump to the part that matters to them through the contents list at the top.
Lobby screenshots taken on 28 August 2026 appear beside some brands. They show what a lobby looked like on that day and nothing more.
What stays outside the score
Bonuses, game counts, app ratings and how a site looks carry no points. Neither does how soon a withdrawal arrives, which no terms page fixes. These things matter to people, and the guides discuss them, but they change too often and depend too much on the individual account to rank on.
Background on approvals and the rules around them is kept to a single page of its own. The rest of the site sticks to what a casino's own documents say.
Corrections: about this Ontario casino guide in practice
Terms change. A casino can renumber its clauses, raise a cap or add a deadline without notice. A brand can also leave the directory or move to a different company name. So every figure here is tied to the date its source was opened, and a figure is only as current as that date.
When a reader points out a difference, or a later reading turns one up, the source document is opened again before anything is edited. If the document has changed, the page gets the new figure, the new clause number and the new date. The old figure is removed rather than left beside the new one, so the page never shows two versions of the same rule. When a change touches the ranking, the whole entry is rescored on all five checks, not just the one that moved.
Corrections are not negotiated. A casino cannot buy a higher place or a softer description, and a request to change a figure is weighed only against what the terms print.
Age and play
Everything on this site is meant for adults 19+. Gambling can cause harm, and account tools such as deposit limits and time-outs work best when set before the first deposit. The responsible gambling guide explains them. ConnexOntario answers on 1-866-531-2600, 24/7, and Gamblers Anonymous runs meetings for anyone who wants to stop.