About New Casinos Canada Report
New Casinos Canada Report is an independent editorial team that tests and ranks new online casinos for players in Canada. We are readers first — we sign up, deposit our own money, play, and cash out before we publish a single ranking.
This site is led by Jack MacDonald, our casino reviewer based in Lévis, Quebec. Jack grew up in a working-class neighbourhood in Trois-Rivières, the middle kid of three boys. His old man worked at the paper mill while his mom ran the books for a local construction company. After high school, Jack went to trade school for HVAC systems - spent fifteen years climbing around commercial buildings before transitioning into facilities management at a university in Quebec City. He lives in Lévis now with his wife Marie and their two teenagers, plus a rescue dog named Biscuit who's scared of the snow blower. Jack's the guy who actually enjoys shoveling the driveway at 6am, double-double in hand, catching up on Habs highlights on his phone between passes. He got into online casinos during the pandemic when his weekly poker night went virtual - what started as curiosity about which sites his buddies were using turned into a genuine fascination with how these platforms operate. He's got strong opinions, eh - loved the smooth payout process at LeoVegas after a decent blackjack run, but nearly lost his mind dealing with Jackpot City's verification process that took three weeks. Now he tests sites the same way he'd inspect an HVAC system: methodically, honestly, and with zero patience for BS.
How we stay independent. We earn commission when a reader signs up through some of our links, but that never changes a ranking. A casino cannot pay to move up our list. When an operator slips — slow payouts, a bonus that isn't what it claimed, a support team that goes quiet — we say so, and we move it down.
Our testing loop. Every casino goes through the same checks: account creation, a real deposit, live play across slots and tables, a withdrawal test timed from request to money-in-hand, and a support conversation. We re-check our top picks regularly because new online casinos change their terms often.
Questions, corrections, or a payout story of your own? Email us at [email protected] — a real person reads every message.