Welcome to the 2019 Golfweek’s Best listing for classic Canadian courses, those built before 1960.
The members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course.
Those overall ratings on each course are averaged together to produce a final rating for each course. Then each course is ranked against other courses in its state, or nationally, to produce the final rankings.
GOLFWEEK’S BEST: Modern Canadian courses built after 1960
Each course is listed with its location, architect(s) and an average ranking from all the Golfweek raters who reviewed it.
Editor’s note: This list was updated Nov. 10 after one of the courses on the list was dropped because it was misclassified.
Golfweek’s Best top 25 modern Canadian Courses
| 2019 Rank | Course | Location | Architect(s) | Average Rating |
| 1. | Fairmont Banff Springs GC | Banff, Alberta | Stanley Thompson | 7.90 |
| 2. | St. George’s G&CC | Etobicoke, Ontario | Stanley Thompson | 7.89 |
| 3. | Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge GC | Jasper, Alberta | Stanley Thompson | 7.85 |
| 4. | Capilano G&CC | West Vancouver, British Columbia | Stanley Thompson | 7.65 |
| 5. | Hamilton G&CC (West & South) | Ancaster, Ontario | Harry S. Colt | 7.39 |
| 6. | Westmount G&CC | Kitchener, Ontario | Stanley Thompson | 7.27 |
| 7. | Royal Montreal GC (Blue) | Ile Bizard, Quebec | Dick Wilson and Rees Jones | 7.22 |
| 8. | Toronto GC (Colt) | Mississauga, Ontario | Harry S. Colt and Martin Hawtree | 7.19 |
| 9. | Cape Brenton Highlands Links | Ingonish Beach, Nova Scotia | Stanley Thompson | 7.15 |
| 10. | Rosedale GC | Toronto, Ontario | Donald Ross | 7.05 |
| 11. | Scarboro G&CC, | Toronto, Ontario | A.W. Tillinghast | 6.60 |
| 12. | Victoria GC | Victoria, British Columbia | A. Vernon Macan and Harvey Combe | 6.49 |
| 13. | Brantford G&CC | Brantford, Ontario | Nicol Thompson, Stanley Thompson and George Cumming | 6.47 |
| 14. | Weston G&CC | Toronto, Ontario | Willie Park Jr. | 6.43
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| 15. | Thornhill Club | Thornhill, Ontario | Stanley Thompson | 6.43 |
| 16. | Essex G&CC | LaSalle, Ontario, | Donald Ross | 6.39 |
| 17. | Cherry Hill Club | Ridgeway, Ontario | Walter J. Travis | 6.39 |
| 18. | Mississauga G&CC | Mississauga, Ontario, | Stanley Thompson and George Cumming | 6.32 |
| 19. | Lookout Point CC | Fonthill, Ontario | Walter J. Travis | 6.31 |
| 20. | Royal Colwood CG | Victoria, British Columbia | A. Vernon Macan | 6.30 |
| 21. | Thomas G&CC | Union, Ontario | Stanley Thompson | 6.24 |
| 22. | Algonquin Resort GC | St. Andrews, New Brunswick | Donald Ross and Rod Whitman | 6.23 |
| 23. | Maple Downs G&CC | Maple, Ontario | William Mitchell and Ian Andrew | 6.08 |
| 24. | Credit Valley G&CC | Mississauga, Ontario | C.E. Robinson | 5.95 |
| 25. | Whirlpool GC | Niagara Falls, Ontario | Stanley Thompson | 5.68 |
