Golfweek’s Best 2021: Top 25 Modern Courses in Canada

Two stunning layouts in Nova Scotia top the list of Golfweek’s Best Modern Courses in Canada.

Welcome to Golfweek’s Best rankings of the Top 25 Modern Courses in Canada – built in or after 1960 – as determined by Golfweek’s Best Raters for 2021 (pictured atop this story: Cabot Cliffs).

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 to produce a final rating for each course. Then each course is ranked against other courses in Great Britain and Ireland to produce the final rankings.

Golfweek also ranks top Classic Courses in Canada, and the 2021 version of that list will be made available next week. For more on top courses outside the U.S., check out the following lists:

Listed with each course below is its average rating, location, designers and year opened. Private clubs include a p, daily fee courses have a d, and resort courses are marked with an r.