Canadian Gaming Guide
Editorial policy and how we rate casinos
Updated 11 November 2026
Every rating on Canadian Gaming Guide is our editorial opinion, not a score from a regulator, an awards jury, or a crowd of users. We do not invent aggregates, testimonials, or player counts, and we do not mark reviews up with made-up star ratings for search engines.
What we score
Reviews consider, in roughly equal measure:
- How clearly the operator and licence can be identified, and whether that licence can be checked.
- Whether Canadian payment methods, especially Interac and CAD, can be verified from official sources.
- How honestly the brand treats restricted regions in its terms.
- Whether responsible-gambling tools are documented.
- How useful the site is, in practice, for a Canadian player who already understands the offshore trade-off.
We stay conservative. A polished lobby does not raise a score if we cannot name the licence. A large welcome offer does not raise a score unless official terms are in front of us.
How the research is done
We read official pages when they load and we date the source. Facts that cannot be checked from an official source are left off the page. Interac e-Transfer is listed on this site for 20Bet and 22Bet, on the official documents named in those reviews.
Bonuses are treated the same way. We do not invent headline offers. Use how to read a welcome bonus and the wagering calculator on any terms page you can actually open.
What we will not do
- Invent bonuses, payout percentages, founding years, or payment methods.
- Pretend these operators are licensed by Canadian provincial regulators.
- Recommend or facilitate play by anyone an operator excludes, or by anyone under the legal age.
- Publish fake testimonials or “thousands of Canadians trust us” claims.
- Use another publication’s wording as our own.
If we cannot verify a fact, we omit it. We do not invent a substitute from another website’s wording.
When affiliate URLs are added, they are stored in one place (Settings → Affiliate links in WordPress) and reused by every button for that brand. A missing URL never becomes an invented tracking link.