31 of the Best BBQ Restaurants Across Canada

Do you need a better reason for a road-trip?

Going across The Great White North, you’ll find a mouth-watering selection of flavours reminiscent of the Smokin’ Hot South; delicious, unique barbecue joints with everything from the Canadianized pulled pork poutine to a classic bowl of burnt ends. You just gotta know where to look.

From East to West coast, here is our list of Canada’s best barbecue joints.

While some of them may require a ride off the beaten path, it’ll be one round-up you never regret.

NOVA SCOTIA

Halifax

Boneheads BBQ Kickin’ Southern Smokehouse

NEW BRUNSWICK

Quispamsis

Smoking Pig Real Pit BBQ

QUEBEC

Verdun

Black Strap BBQ

Becancour

Pub au Cochon Fumé (The Smoked Pig Pub)

Montréal

The Icehouse

Le Boucan Smokehouse

Bofinger Smokehouse

Diablos Smokehouse Salon

Saint Sauveur Des Monts

Le Rio

ONTARIO

Toronto

Triple A Bar (Your Vote as Toronto’s Best BBQ)

The Stockyards Smokehouse & Larder

Barque Smokehouse

The Carbon Bar

Greenwood Smokehouse

London

Shmokey’s BBQ

Otonabee-South Monaghan

Muddy’s Pit BBQ

Ottawa

The SmoQue Shack

Carlsbad Springs

D&S Southern Comfort B.B.Q.

SASKATCHEWAN

Saskatoon

Schreyer’s Smoked BBQ Shack

ALBERTA

Medicine Hat

Skinny’s Smokehouse

Bonnnyville (Food Truck)

Bushmen’s Smokehouse

Edmonton

Smokehouse BBQ

Calgary

Holy Smoke Barbeque

The Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Vernon

Station BBQ Smokehouse

Vancouver

Re-Up BBQ

Back Forty Saloon

Victoria

Pig BBQ Joint

Hank’s Untraditional BBQ

Gibsons

Smoke on the Water BBQ

Lion’s Park, Oliver (Food Truck)

Hammer’s House of Hog