The Best Brunch & Breakfast in Canada

Montreal

Le P'tit Rustik is a small brunch café in the Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood, with a compact dining room and a patio. Its signature items are the Benedict variations, the French toast and the bognettes, potato pancakes served as a side. Arthurs Nosh Bar on Notre-Dame Street West serves syrniki, latkes and sandwiches on challah. Dandy in Old Montreal is known for ricotta pancakes with brown butter maple sauce and lemon cream. La Germaine serves a sit-down menu of eggs, bacon, ham and potatoes, with a Germaine platter and an all-you-can-eat option.

Victoria

Volta is a small Spanish-inspired café on Yates Street with about five tables and a glass front. Its breakfast sandwich has crispy cheese, tomato jam and homemade blueberry jam, and the menu also includes a Monte Cristo and the Domestica plate. Wonderffle Cafe sits on the corner of Yates and Broad and focuses on Liège-style soft waffles and Brussels-style crispy waffles. Farmhouse Victoria is a counter-service café on the inner harbour, making its Vietnamese-baguette sandwiches to order, with a waterfront patio.

Diners and breakfast houses

Cheeky Neighbour Diner in Halifax is a small diner with pop art on the walls, and its menu mixes diner classics with Asian and Mexican dishes such as bibim-not and huevos rancheros. Emma's Country Kitchen in Toronto serves homestyle eggs, pancakes and biscuits, along with cinnamon bun pancakes and house-made sausage. Grill Daddy on Main Street in Milton is a family-owned restaurant serving all-day breakfast, with home fries and generous skillets. Chuckwagon Cafe in Diamond Valley makes its pies in house and uses Alberta beef from its own ranch. Les Charlottes in Mont-Tremblant occupies a converted heritage house and bakes its beans and jam. BOBs Breakfast in Abbotsford is a food truck with a few tables in the parking lot, serving the Alarm Clock sandwich and smash burgers. C'est Belge in Granby is a Belgian-themed café with Tintin memorabilia on the walls. Rosewood Foods in downtown Edmonton serves crullers, crispy potatoes and breakfast rice.