The Luckiest Cities in Canada for Lottery Wins

Winners by city

The luckiest cities in Canada

Ranked by Luck Score — the total charity-lottery prize dollars won per resident. Find your town.

What’s a Luck Score?

It measures how much a town punches above its weight. We add up every charity-lottery prize dollar won by a town’s residents, divide by its population, and scale it to 100for the national leader. Because it’s per person, a small town with one big win can outrank a big city — which is exactly the point: it surfaces the genuinely lucky places, not just the biggest ones.

lucky cities

wins tracked

$133.5M

in prizes won

British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Québec New Brunswick Nova Scotia P.E.I.Nfld. & Lab.

#	City	Wins	Prizes won	Luck Score
#1	New GlasgowNova Scotia · pop 9,075	4	$20.2M	100
#2	StellartonNova Scotia · pop 4,267	4	$5.6M	59
#3	ThornhillOntario · pop 30,000	1	$8.5M	13
#4	BonnyvilleAlberta · pop 5,975	1	$843K	6
#5	DartmouthNova Scotia · pop 92,675	8	$10.3M	5
#6	Portage la PrairieManitoba · pop 13,270	3	$850K	3
#7	Saint JohnNew Brunswick · pop 69,895	5	$4.3M	3
#8	Fall RiverNova Scotia · pop 5,556	4	$310K	3
#9	SydneyNova Scotia · pop 93,694	4	$3.6M	2
#10	Conception Bay SouthNfld. & Lab. · pop 27,168	3	$976K	2
#11	MissionBritish Columbia · pop 41,519	3	$1.3M	1
#12	VaughanOntario · pop 323,103	11	$10.3M	1
#13	RichmondBritish Columbia · pop 209,937	4	$5.3M	1
#14	MorinvilleAlberta · pop 10,578	1	$210K	1
#15	St. John'sNfld. & Lab. · pop 110,525	5	$2.0M	1
#16	AirdrieAlberta · pop 74,100	4	$1.2M	1
#17	TorontoOntario · pop 2,794,356	25	$34.8M	1
#18	PeterboroughOntario · pop 83,651	3	$1.0M	1
#19	CalgaryAlberta · pop 1,306,784	13	$14.2M	1
#20	FrederictonNew Brunswick · pop 63,116	2	$590K	1
#21	WinnipegManitoba · pop 749,607	12	$3.4M	1
#22	Mount PearlNfld. & Lab. · pop 23,214	1	$75K	1
#23	SaskatoonSaskatchewan · pop 266,141	2	$681K	1
#24	KelownaBritish Columbia · pop 144,576	5	$356K	1
#25	AntigonishNova Scotia · pop 4,364	1	$10K	1
#26	VernonBritish Columbia · pop 44,600	8	$94K	1
#27	ChilliwackBritish Columbia · pop 93,203	8	$173K	1
#28	Salmon ArmBritish Columbia · pop 19,432	3	$30K	1
#29	KentvilleNova Scotia · pop 6,630	1	$10K	1
#30	ParadiseNfld. & Lab. · pop 22,957	1	$30K	1

Methodology: Luck Score = total prize value won ÷ city population, normalized to 100 for the national leader. A small town with one big win can outrank a big city. Population from the 2021 Census.