Registered crypto exchanges in Canada: the full list

A crypto platform that holds your coins for you has to be registered with Canada’s securities regulators. Registration means it has met rules on how it keeps client assets, how it handles conflicts and what it tells you before you buy. It doesn’t make crypto safe, but it does mean someone in Canada can hold the platform to account.

As of 6 November 2026, 11 platforms are registered. This page lists them all, along with the platforms that have dropped off and the two that regulators have banned.

The registered platforms

Platform names with a link go to our full review of that platform.

Fidelity also has a second entry, Fidelity Digital Assets Services, LLC, registered as an exempt marketplace and clearing agency. It serves Fidelity’s Canadian business rather than the public, so we count Fidelity once.

Investment dealer or restricted dealer?

Both are legal. The difference is how far along the platform is.

A restricted dealer is registered with the provincial regulators under a set of terms and conditions, often as a step on the way to full registration. An investment dealer has gone further and become a member of CIRO, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, which oversees investment firms across the country. Investment dealers sit under the same rulebook as the firms that sell stocks and funds.

So if you want the platform with the heaviest oversight, the investment dealers on this list are Bitbuy (with Coinsquare and Robinhood, which share its registration), Fidelity, NDAX, Shakepay, Wealthsimple and Webull.

Platforms that are no longer registered

These platforms were registered, or had promised to register, but aren’t now. The regulator gives three possible reasons: a promise to register expired before registration was granted, a registration expired and wasn’t renewed, or a registration was suspended or surrendered.

If you hold money with any of these that wasn’t moved to a registered platform, check with the platform directly how to withdraw it.

Banned platforms

Two platforms have been banned by regulators in one or more provinces: KuCoin, in a decision dated 21 June 2022, and Poloniex, in a decision dated 27 October 2022.

What about Binance, Bybit and the others?

Plenty of big international exchanges don’t appear on any of these lists. That means they aren’t registered to serve Canadians, and if something goes wrong, a Canadian regulator can’t step in for you. Several of them have left Canada or stopped taking Canadian sign-ups. We cover the best-known ones on their own pages: Binance, Bybit and KuCoin, plus VirgoCX, which has dropped off the register.

A FINTRAC number isn’t registration

Some platforms point to their FINTRAC registration as proof they’re legal. FINTRAC is Canada’s anti-money-laundering agency, and registering with it as a money services business is a separate requirement. It doesn’t mean a platform is allowed to hold your crypto. For that, it has to be on the securities regulators’ list above.

How to check a platform yourself

1. Go to the Canadian Securities Administrators’ list of crypto trading platforms authorized to do business with Canadians, or the New Brunswick regulator’s copy.
2. Look for the company name, not just the brand. Bitbuy, for example, is registered as Coinsquare Capital Markets Ltd.
3. Check the web address you’re using belongs to that company. Fake sites copy real brands.
4. If it isn’t listed, check your provincial regulator’s warnings before you send any money.

How we keep this page current

We recheck the regulator’s list at least once a month and update this page when a platform is added, dropped or banned. Each change goes in the update history at the bottom. Our how we check page explains the rest of our method.

Sources

Checked 6 November 2026.

• New Brunswick Financial and Consumer Services Commission, registered crypto asset trading platforms
• Canadian Securities Administrators, crypto trading platforms authorized to do business with Canadians
• CIRO, becoming a crypto asset trading platform
• FINTRAC, money services business registry