Ontario iGaming Handle Reaches C$9.46bn Up 30% YOY
Ontario players wagered C$9.46bn through the province's regulated online operators in June 2026, a 30.3% jump on the C$7.26bn recorded in the same month last year, according to iGaming Ontario's latest monthly market performance report. It ranks as the fifth-highest monthly handle since the market opened on April 4, 2022.
A Near-Record Month
The figure sits just below the all-time record of C$9.59bn set in March 2026, and marks another month above the C$9bn mark for a market that has now cleared C$8bn in handle in six of the past seven months. iGaming Ontario updated the report with June data on July 30, 2026.
Gross gaming revenue, the amount operators keep after paying out winnings, reached C$400.6m for the month, up 30.6% year on year. That kept revenue above the C$400m line for a second straight month despite a small dip from May. Across the first half of 2026, total iGaming revenue came to C$1.86bn, a 30% rise on the same period in 2025.
World Cup Lifts Betting Handle
Betting drove much of the June activity. Wagers on sports, esports, proposition and novelty markets and betting exchanges totalled C$1.033bn, up 6% on May and 35% on June 2025. iGaming Ontario does not break out handle by sport, but the total covered the opening three weeks of the men's football World Cup, an event that reliably pushes betting volumes higher across regulated markets.
For operators, the numbers confirm that Ontario's growth has not levelled off as the market enters its fifth year.
Ontario as well as Alberta remain Canada's only fully open, competitive online gambling market, in which private operators sign an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario and answer to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.
Other provinces still run online gambling through a single government-owned platform, which makes Ontario the reference point for how a liberalised Canadian market performs.
Channelisation Above 90%
The province reported earlier this year that more than 90% of Ontario players now use regulated sites, four years after launch, a channelisation rate that few young markets reach so quickly.
Sustained handle growth alongside high channelisation is the combination regulators elsewhere point to when they argue that a competitive licensing model, rather than a state monopoly, keeps players inside the safety net.
The June total does carry a caveat. iGaming Ontario labels its monthly figures unaudited and subject to adjustment, and the report excludes the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's own online offering and pari-mutuel horse racing wagers.
Even on that basis, the trend line has been consistent: record or near-record months through the first half of 2026, and revenue holding above C$400m as the sports calendar stays busy.
What To Watch Next
Attention now turns to how the market settles once the World Cup effect fades. The men's tournament ran into July, so the summer reports will show whether Ontario's betting handle holds near C$1bn or eases back toward its usual range.
For anyone tracking North American gambling, the direction of Ontario's sports betting market through the back half of the year will signal how durable the province's growth really is.
