Best Cocktail Bars in Canada

Canadian bartenders work with local farms, cellar ferments and even engineered water. The best cocktail bars in Canada start with The Keefer Bar, a Vancouver Chinatown institution for over a decade and No. 7 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026, whose cocktails are listed as prescriptions. Toronto's Bar Pompette, which was No. 7 on that list in 2025, works with regional farmers to show off Ontario terroir. Mother is named for a vinegar starter, and Civil Works demineralizes city water before adding mineral brines. Humboldt Bar in Victoria, No. 53 on the 51-100 list of North America's 50 Best Bars 2026, honors the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and is walk-in only. These are the bars we would start with.