What technically is "bourbon?" I'll let Wikipedia do the work here, one of the defining characteristics being that bourbon uses a base of mostly corn for its manufacture. What this means is that sometimes it's difficult to recognize a Canadian product as being equivalent to bourbon, so some of these entries are here simply because they are a "corn whisky" or "corn mash whisky" distilled in Canada. So you'll need to experiment for yourself.
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British Columbia
Alberta
Ontario
- Elora Distillery Co. Corn Mash Whisky (Elora)
- Maverick Distillery Barnburner Whisky (Oakville)
- North of 7 4-Grain Mashbill (Ottawa)
- Spirit In Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
- Top Shelf Distillers Rideau Whisky Sherry Cask Finish (Perth)
- JP Wiser's 10-Year-Old (Windsor)
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
NOTE: Given how the Trump administration is tearing up current trade agreements, I think Canadian distilleries should simply start labeling their stuff as "bourbon," and tell the Americans to go stuff themselves.
P.S. If you're not married to bourbon, there's lots of excellent Canadian whisky just begging to be tried; 2025 Canadian Whisky Award Results.
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From Newfoundland, Signal Hill Whiskey is a corn/barley blend spirit aged in bourbon casks. Big flavour, caramel notes.
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Rideau Whisky from https://topshelfdistillers.com in Perth, Ontario is another bourbon-like Canadian whisky.
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Ontario: Spirit in Niagara’s Brrrbon (in Niagara-on-the-Lake), is supposed to be quite good.
https://spiritinniagara.com/shop/
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Formally known as Nine Mile Creek, Tumbleweed Spirits in the Okanagan produces Anarchist Mtn, a Bourbon-Style Canadian Whisky made from B.C. corn. I'm more of a scotch drinker, but I thouroughly enjoyed a large shot of this last summer.
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You need to publish this list on Bluesky too.
I've referred to this page a number of times on BLuesky.
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