Is that crypto exchange legal in Canada?
We check crypto trading platforms against Canada's securities regulators, and tell you plainly which ones are registered to hold Canadians' crypto. As of 6 November 2026, 11 are. Everything else is either not registered or banned, and if something goes wrong there, no Canadian regulator can help you.
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Registered in Canada
- BitbuyInvestment dealer
- CoinbaseRestricted dealer
- CoinsquareSame registration as Bitbuy
- Crypto.comRestricted dealer
- Fidelity Digital AssetsInvestment dealer
- KrakenRestricted dealer
- NDAXInvestment dealer
- NetcoinsRestricted dealer
- NewtonRestricted dealer
- RobinhoodSame registration as Bitbuy
- ShakepayInvestment dealer
- WealthsimpleInvestment dealer
- WebullInvestment dealer
Source: the regulators' register, checked 6 November 2026. How we check
How to check a platform yourself
Search the company name, not just the brand, on the Canadian Securities Administrators' list of crypto trading platforms authorized to do business with Canadians. Then make sure the web address you're using belongs to that company. A FINTRAC registration on its own doesn't count: that's an anti-money-laundering requirement, not permission to hold your crypto.