The 10 Best Bakeries in Canada
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The best bakeries in Canada, according to the experts: Air Canada, Vancouver Magazine, and The Infatuation have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Crumb Queen comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Montréal and Toronto.
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Mishmish and Friends & Family Bake hold the next two places. Tastet shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Eater next.
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Rank 1. Crumb Queen
Italian Bakery
The awards
- Air Canada 2024 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
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The awards
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Editors’ Choice · Restaurant Awards: Best Bakeries
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Rank 3. Friends & Family Bake
Filipino Bakery
Friends & Family Bake is a small Filipino bakery on Fan Tan Alley, the narrowest street in Canada, which is a fitting address for a shop that's mostly a counter and a case. You grab a tray and tongs and help yourself to whatever's fresh. The pandesal smell reaches the sidewalk before you reach the door, and the ube pastries leave purple evidence on your fingers. Cheap, casual, and strictly a bakery run, not a sit-down.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In Victoria
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Victoria
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Friends & Family Bake (this place) 65.408
- #3 Goodside Pastry House 65.408
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Rank 3. Goodside Pastry House
Patisserie
Goodside is a Fort Street pastry shop where the croissants have been given ideas, including one piped with coffee custard and a crème brûlée finish. The case also holds sculptural mousse blobs, and the focaccia sandwiches come wrapped in parchment, which is practically an invitation to a park bench. Chunky old television sets sit in the window, and you'll leave wearing a fine dusting of laminated dough.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In Victoria
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Victoria
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Friends & Family Bake 65.408
- #3 Goodside Pastry House (this place) 65.408
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Rank 5. Bernie Beigne
Doughnut Shop
The awards
- Tastet 101 Must-Try Restaurants in Quebec
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Bernie Beigne (this place) 65.120
- #5 Fairmount Bagel 65.120
- #5 La Bine 65.120
- #5 Pâtisserie Rhubarbe 65.120
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Rank 5. Fairmount Bagel
Bagel Shop
The awards
- Tastet 101 Must-Try Restaurants in Quebec
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Bernie Beigne 65.120
- #5 Fairmount Bagel (this place) 65.120
- #5 La Bine 65.120
- #5 Pâtisserie Rhubarbe 65.120
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Rank 5. La Bine
Boulangerie
The awards
- Tastet 101 Must-Try Restaurants in Quebec
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Bernie Beigne 65.120
- #5 Fairmount Bagel 65.120
- #5 La Bine (this place) 65.120
- #5 Pâtisserie Rhubarbe 65.120
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Rank 5. Pâtisserie Rhubarbe
Patisserie
The awards
- Tastet 101 Must-Try Restaurants in Quebec
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Bernie Beigne 65.120
- #5 Fairmount Bagel 65.120
- #5 La Bine 65.120
- #5 Pâtisserie Rhubarbe (this place) 65.120
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Rank 9. Butter and Spice
Bakery
The awards
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Toronto, Canada
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #9. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #9 Butter and Spice (this place) 64.672
- #9 Emmer 64.672
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Rank 9. Emmer
Italian Bakery
The croissants here leave evidence, buttery and flaky enough that you'll be picking debris off your shirt for the rest of the morning. This Harbord Street bakery has built a following around laminated pastry and long-fermented sourdough, with savory Saturday specials that rotate weekly and draw a line of regulars who planned their whole day around it.
The awards
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Toronto, Canada
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #9. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #9 Butter and Spice 64.672
- #9 Emmer (this place) 64.672