Canada’s MICHELIN Guide Destinations

Canada’s culinary story just hit a bold new chapter. With MICHELIN-starred restaurants now shining in Toronto, Vancouver, and most recently Québec, the country is stepping confidently onto the world stage for something locals have long known—Canada is packed with flavor, talent, and culinary creativity. Each city offers a distinct taste of place, shaped by its landscape, history, and community. The result? A trio of top-tier food scenes as deliciously diverse as Canada itself.

What is the MICHELIN Guide?

The MICHELIN Guide may have begun in 1900 as a road guide for French motorists, but it has evolved into the world’s gold standard for dining. MICHELIN inspectors dine anonymously to ensure a fair, consistent experience. Restaurants can earn up to three stars, while the Bib Gourmand recognizes great food at good value, and the Green Star celebrates sustainability.

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Québec: Canada’s newest MICHELIN Guide destination

Québec has officially joined Toronto and Vancouver as a MICHELIN Guide destination, turning up the heat on Canada’s growing culinary reputation. The province’s first-ever selection is headlined by Tanière³ in Québec City, the first in the region to earn Two MICHELIN Stars. Eight more restaurants across Québec were awarded One MICHELIN Star, each celebrating bold technique, local flavor, and unmistakable Québécois pride.

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Three restaurants earned MICHELIN Green Stars for their commitment to sustainability: Alentours in Québec City, Auberge Saint-Mathieu in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc, and Espace Old Mill in Stanbridge East. Seventeen more were awarded the Bib Gourmand for delivering standout food at great value. Altogether, 102 restaurants across the province made it into the Guide this year.

This debut selection showcases a culinary identity shaped by local ingredients, international influence and creative techniques.

Credit: Jérôme Ferrer - Europea

Full list of MICHELIN-Starred restaurants in Québec:

Tanière³, Québec City (Two Stars)
ARVI, Québec City
Jérôme Ferrer – Europea, Montréal
Kebec Club Privé, Québec City
Laurie Raphaël, Québec City
Légende, Québec City
Mastard, Montréal
Narval, Rimouski
Sabayon, Montréal

Toronto’s bold and brilliant flavors

Toronto was the first Canadian city to earn MICHELIN Guide recognition—and its culinary star power just keeps growing. The city’s dining scene is a fearless blend of cultures and creativity, with chefs drawing on their heritage, global experience and local ingredients.

Leading the lineup is Sushi Masaki Saito, the first restaurant in Canada to earn Two MICHELIN Stars. Tucked inside a Victorian townhouse in Yorkville, this serene omakase experience, helmed by Chef Masaki Saito, delivers precision, elegance, and Japanese seasonal ingredients flown in fresh.

Alo offers a different kind of magic. Perched above a historic building downtown, Chef Patrick Kriss crafts a French-inspired tasting menu that layers international flavors with Canadian ingredients. The setting is intimate, the service attentive, and the reservations hard to come by (and for good reason).

DaNico and Aburi Hana bring immersive dining to life through bold design and precise technique. At DaNico, Italian fine dining meets global flavors inside a former bank, with standout dishes like chutoro tuna and Wagyu tenderloin. A few blocks away, Aburi Hana offers a modern Kyo-Kaiseki experience, where flame-seared dishes highlight the harmony between Japanese culinary traditions and Ontario’s seasonal produce.

Toronto’s MICHELIN map now includes 16 Starred restaurants, plus a growing list of Bib Gourmand and Green Star selections. The city’s food scene is powered by creative chefs, global influences and a strong commitment to quality and sustainability.

Full list of MICHELIN-Starred restaurants in Toronto:

Vancouver’s coastal creativity

Vancouver’s MICHELIN recognition confirms the city’s status as a culinary hub where sustainability and creativity thrive. Chefs here are guided by a deep respect for nature and a West Coast sensibility rooted in simplicity and freshness.

At Sushi Masuda, the intimate five-seat dining room is hidden behind the glass doors of a print shop, proving that good things come in humble settings. Chef Yoji Masuda applies the techniques he honed in Tokyo to an omakase menu built around high-quality seafood and quiet precision.

Kissa Tanto brings together Japanese and Italian influences in a chic space inspired by 1960s Tokyo jazz cafes. Chef Joël Watanabe blends Japanese and Italian influences with confidence, serving dishes like charcoal udon, served with Dungeness crab, prawns, squid, and Calabrian chili butter, and spaghettoni with ragu of Wagyu, nut-fed pork, tomato, Japanese curry, and spiced pangrattato.

Okeya Kyujiro is part performance, part dinner. Chef Takuya Matsuda’s ritual-rich omakase experience honors Japanese tradition in a deeply personal, immersive setting.

Published on Main, in Mount Pleasant, redefines fine dining through a hyper-local lens. Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson’s menu features seasonal ingredients like elderflower and morels from local areas.

Other MICHELIN standouts include AnnaLena’s vibrant West Coast spirit, the soulful French-Canadian comfort of St. Lawrence, and the signature Beijing roast duck at iDen & QuanJuDe Beijing, a dish with a long history and royal connections. These restaurants reflect a deep connection to local producers and ecosystems, where chefs pair technical mastery with thoughtful sourcing and a sense of place.