Where you can place a single-game bet in Canada, province by province

Single-event sports betting in Canada is a wager on the result of one game, fight or athletic contest, lawful since August 27, 2021 when a province conducts and manages it or licenses an entity to do so. It is not a national sportsbook: the federal change created no betting product, and the operator, age, spending cap and bet menu a bettor can reach are set by the province the bettor is in.

What the 2021 sports betting amendment changed in the Criminal Code

According to the federal explanatory note, before the 2021 amendment one of the exclusions in Criminal Code s.207(4) barred a province from conducting or managing betting on the outcome of a single sport event. Section 2 of the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act (S.C. 2021, c. 20) replaced paragraph 207(4)(b). As replaced in 2021, the paragraph excludes from “lottery scheme” only bookmaking, pool selling and the making or recording of bets on horse races.

With paragraph 207(4)(b) narrowed to horse racing, a provincial government, or an entity licensed by that province’s Lieutenant Governor in Council, may conduct and manage a lottery scheme in the province that involves betting on a single sport event or athletic contest, on a fight, or on a race other than a horse race. Order in Council P.C. 2021-874 of August 11, 2021 fixed August 27, 2021 as the in-force date. The amendment gave provinces and territories discretion to offer single-event betting online or in physical facilities; each province picks the operator, the channel and the rules.

Horse racing stayed outside the change. The replacement paragraph excludes bets on any horse race, including bets made through a pool or pari-mutuel system. In Ontario, horse racing is outside AGCO regulation of sport and event betting.

Crown platform and open market: the two provincial models

Provinces have used the power in two ways. In the crown platform model, a provincially authorized operator (a crown lottery corporation, or SIGA in Saskatchewan) runs the sportsbook; as of September 2026, PlayNow.com is the only legal commercial online gambling site in British Columbia and ALC.ca is the only legal and regulated online gambling platform in New Brunswick. In the open-market model, private operators register with the province and the crown product competes alongside them. As of September 2026, in Ontario private operators register with the AGCO and are conducted and managed by iGaming Ontario; in Alberta, since July 13, 2026, operators must register with AGLC and sign a commercial agreement with the Alberta iGaming Corporation. The crown model returns one operator; the open model returns a list of registered brands. As of September 2026, Ontario and Alberta run open markets.

Ontario: four regulated sport betting channels

As of September 2026, Ontario has four regulated sport betting channels: private igaming sites conducted and managed by iGaming Ontario (iGO), OLG’s Proline Plus online, OLG Proline at registered lottery retailers, and sportsbooks at some casinos. As of September 2026, a company offering sport and event betting in Ontario must be registered with the AGCO and conducted and managed by either iGO or OLG. As of September 1, 2026, Ontario’s regulated igaming market had 49 operators and 84 gaming websites. When that market opened in April 2022, OLG went from the only legal online gaming provider in Ontario to one of many. Ontario sets two ages: 18 for in-store sports betting and 19 for online sports betting.

Alberta: registration required since July 13, 2026

From July 13, 2026, every iGaming operator in Alberta must be registered with the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) and have signed a commercial agreement with the Alberta iGaming Corporation (AiGC). On September 13, 2026, the Alberta iGaming Corporation’s registered-sites directory listed 31 site entries, including sportsbook brands from Bet365, BetMGM, FanDuel, DraftKings and theScore. Play Alberta, the province’s own platform, launched sports betting on its app in 2024 with more than 50 sports and leagues. As of September 13, 2026, Play Alberta is registered with AGLC as an iGaming operator, and the Alberta iGaming Corporation describes Play Alberta as the province’s government-run platform competing alongside regulated private operators. Alberta’s Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Act bars anyone under 18 from iGaming activity.

PlayNow: one platform under three provinces

PlayNow is BCLC’s online gambling platform. In fiscal 2025/26 BCLC also supplied its online platforms to Manitoba, under an operating contract with Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, and to Saskatchewan players, under an exclusive licensing agreement with SIGA and Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan.

As of 2026, PlayNow.com is the only legal commercial online gambling site in British Columbia; online horse-race betting sits outside that statement. Sports betting on PlayNow launched with single-event betting in August 2021. In fiscal 2024/25 BCLC launched PROLINE, a digital retail sportsbook with single-event betting that replaced Sports Action, and opened PROLINE lounges at Parq Casino and Chances Kelowna. As of September 2026, BCLC’s B.C. PlayNow site is available exclusively to players located in B.C.

In Manitoba, as of September 13, 2026, PlayNow offers single-event betting on all sportsbook markets except same game parlay. As of September 2026, a PlayNow Manitoba account requires Manitoba residence, age 18 or older and location in Manitoba, and purchases work only while the player is physically in the province.

In Saskatchewan, a September 2021 amendment to the Gaming Framework Agreement let SIGA operate an online platform offering electronic casino games and single event sports betting to Saskatchewan residents. As of September 13, 2026, PlayNow Saskatchewan requires Saskatchewan residence, age 19 or older and location in Saskatchewan, with purchases only inside the province and location services on.

Take an 18-year-old Manitoba resident in Regina: the PlayNow Manitoba account allows purchases only while the player is physically in Manitoba, and PlayNow Saskatchewan requires Saskatchewan residence and age 19, so the player qualifies for neither.

Quebec: Mise-o-jeu+ at Loto-Québec

Mise-o-jeu+ is Loto-Québec’s sports-betting platform. During fiscal 2025-2026, Loto-Québec marketed Mise-o-jeu+ as the only local, secure and legal sports-betting platform in Quebec. In December 2023 Quebec’s Finance Ministry office took the position that Loto-Québec is the only legal online gaming operator in the province. Online play is open to Quebec residents 18 or older; at login the player confirms being physically in Quebec, and the site checks location. On Loto-Québec’s Mise-o-jeu, a “pari simple” (single bet) is a question that does not have to be combined with another prediction, and only questions flagged on the Mise-o-jeu site qualify.

Atlantic Canada: ALC’s PRO•LINE

Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) is owned by the four Atlantic provinces, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island, each holding one of its four common shares, and sells PRO•LINE across them. As of September 2026, ALC.ca is the only legal and regulated online gambling platform in New Brunswick. As of September 2026, ALC requires players to be 19 or older for all its products, caps a PRO•LINE online purchase at $250, and applies a $250 daily per-player limit at each retail location. As of September 2026, ALC’s sports platform can set wagering permissions province by province, so bet availability can differ among the four Atlantic provinces.

Sport Select at the lottery counter in WCLC’s region

Sport Select is the Western Canada Lottery Corporation’s retail sports lottery product, and it is separate from the BCLC-supplied PlayNow sites in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. As of September 2026, Sport Select takes wagers of $2 to $100 with a $250,000 prize limit, and players fill out a slip and give it to a retailer. A WCLC spokesperson told Covers in November 2021 that a new version of Sport Select, launched November 1, 2021, allowed single-event wagers at retailers across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, where it had previously allowed only parlays.

PRO•LINE: one name, three crown products

PRO•LINE is a brand, not a shared sportsbook: as of September 2026, OLG and ALC run products under the name, and BCLC launched its own PROLINE in fiscal 2024/25. Each is run by a different crown corporation under different provincial authority (Ontario for OLG, British Columbia for BCLC, the four Atlantic provinces for ALC), so limits, ages and bet menus belong to the operator, not the name. An 18-year-old can buy OLG Proline in an Ontario store, and the same person cannot buy ALC’s PRO•LINE, because, as of September 2026, every ALC product requires players to be 19.

Why an Ontario sportsbook registration stops at the Ontario border

The federal power covers a lottery scheme conducted and managed in the province, so an Ontario registration authorizes betting in Ontario and an Alberta registration authorizes betting in Alberta. BCLC’s 2026/27 service plan states that advertising for sites licensed only in Ontario drives players outside Ontario to international affiliated sites of the same brand, which are not regulated in B.C. and are therefore illegal there. As of September 2026, four provincially authorized platforms limit play to players inside the province: PlayNow Manitoba and PlayNow Saskatchewan allow purchases only while the player is physically in the province, Loto-Québec has the player confirm being in Quebec at login and checks location, and B.C.’s PlayNow is available exclusively to players located in B.C.