Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Best Online Casino Canada (https://www.bestonlinecasinoincanada.ca) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our site. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.

Our site is intended only for people who are of legal gambling age in their province or territory, which means 19 or older in most of Canada. We are an independent review and comparison site; we do not operate games and we do not take bets.

What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. When you come back, the browser can send that file back, so the site is able to recognise your session, remember a setting you chose, or measure how pages are used. Similar technologies, such as local storage in your browser, work in much the same way, and this policy covers them too.

Cookies can be set by the website you are reading (first-party cookies) or by another organisation whose service is involved, such as a measurement tool or a casino operator you have clicked through to (third-party cookies). They can last only until you close the browser (session cookies) or stay on the device until they expire or you delete them (persistent cookies).

The categories of cookies we use

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are required for the site to work and cannot be switched off through our banner. They support basic functions such as page delivery, load balancing, security, and protection against abusive requests. This category also includes the cookie that records the choice you make in our consent banner — whether you accepted, rejected, or set your own preferences. Without it we would have to ask you again on every single page, and we would have no way to prove that your decision was respected.

Analytics cookies — only with your consent

Analytics cookies help us understand how the site is used in aggregate: which review pages are opened, how readers move between our comparison tables and our guides, which pages load slowly, and where people leave. We use this to decide what to rewrite, what to expand, and what to remove. These cookies are not placed unless you have given consent, and if you reject or withdraw consent they are not used. We do not use these measurements to build advertising profiles about you.

Affiliate tracking cookies set after you click an operator link

We are funded by affiliate arrangements. When you click a link or button that takes you to a casino operator, that operator (or the technical partner it uses for its affiliate programme) may set a cookie on your device so that it can tell that your visit came from us. If you then register or make a deposit, this allows the operator to credit the referral to our site. Those cookies belong to the operator, not to us. We do not control how long they last or exactly what they record, and we cannot read the account data behind them. Once you are on an operator’s site you are governed by that operator’s own cookie and privacy policies, which we encourage you to read.

Affiliate arrangements never change our verdicts. Our rating is calculated as 0.85 × (bonus 22%, games and providers 28%, payment methods 22%, support 14%, mobile app 14%) + 0.15 × trust based on holding a local licence. Any dimension we cannot verify stays neutral at 75 out of 100, so it never lowers a score, and all scores are recalculated from what we measure on the operator’s own site.

How the consent banner works

The first time you arrive, a banner appears before any analytics cookie is placed. You have three options:

• Accept — strictly necessary and analytics cookies are allowed.
• Reject — only strictly necessary cookies are used.
• Preferences — you open the detail view and allow or refuse the optional category yourself before saving.

Your decision is stored in the consent cookie described above, so the banner stops appearing on later visits.

Changing your mind later

You can change or withdraw your choice at any time, and there is no penalty for doing so. The simplest ways are:

1. Reopen the cookie preferences from the link available in the site footer and save a new selection.
2. Delete the cookies stored by our domain in your browser; the banner will then appear again on your next visit and you can choose differently.

Managing cookies in your browser

Every major browser lets you review and delete stored cookies, block third-party cookies, block all cookies, or clear cookies automatically when you close the browser. These controls are usually found in the privacy or security section of the browser settings, and mobile browsers offer equivalent options. Many browsers also have a private or incognito mode that discards cookies at the end of the session.

Please note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may break parts of the site, including the ability to remember that you declined optional cookies. Blocking cookies in your browser is also independent of our banner, so you may want to use both.

Third parties

Two kinds of third parties are relevant here: the provider of our analytics measurement, which is only involved after you consent, and the casino operators (with their affiliate technical partners) whose cookies may be set after you click one of their links. We do not sell your personal information. For more detail on what data is handled and on your rights, see our Privacy Policy.

Play safely

If gambling has stopped being entertainment, free and confidential help is available: GameSense (BCLC), ConnexOntario, and Jeu : aide et référence (Québec). Our guide to Responsible Gambling in Canada explains the tools operators offer, such as deposit limits and self-exclusion.

How to reach us

Questions about this Cookie Policy, about a choice you made in the banner, or about the data recorded on our site can be sent through our contact page. You can also learn more about who we are and how we test operators on our About Us page. If we change this policy, the updated version will be published on this page.