The Canadian Whisky Awards 2026 offer a timely snapshot of a category that continues to gain confidence and international relevance. As Canadian whisky producers refine their house styles and experiment with everything from 100% rye to single malt and cask strength releases, the awards highlight just how broad and competitive the landscape has become.
This year’s results arrive at a moment when domestic interest in Canadian whisky is growing, partly shaped by recent trade tensions with the United States. While the US remains Canada’s largest export market for whisky, producers are also expanding their presence across Europe, supported by a renewed focus on quality and identity at home.
Judged blind by an independent panel of whisky specialists, the Canadian Whisky Awards recognise excellence across gold, silver, and bronze medals. The table below presents the full list of medal-winning whiskies announced in January 2026, offering a clear view of the styles, producers, and trends shaping Canadian whisky today.
You can read all results at canadianwhiskyawards.com.
| Whisky | Category | Medal |
| Alberta Premium 9 Y/O | 100% rye | Gold |
| Bridgeland Distillery Barn Burner Single Malt Single Cask | 100% malt | Gold |
| Bridgeland Distillery Glenbow Single Malt, Porta-Rossa Cask Finish | 100% malt | Gold |
| Bridgeland Distillery Taber Corn Whisky 101 | Mixed mash | Gold |
| Crown Royal Regal Apple | Flavoured | Gold |
| Crown Royal Chocolate | Flavoured | Gold |
| Crown Royal Peach | Flavoured | Gold |
| Crown Royal Black | Blended | Gold |
| Forty Creek Cinnamon Bun | Cream | Gold |
| Forty Creek Niagara Triple Triple Reserve | Mixed mash | Gold |
| GrainHenge Whisky Meeting Creek | 100% malt | Gold |
| Highwood Distillers Sweet Sippin Maple Whisky Cream | Cream | Gold |
| Highwood Distillers Champlain Canadian Whisky | Blended | Gold |
| J.P. Wiser’s 24YO | Blended | Gold |
| John Sleeman & Sons Pedro Ximenez Finished 100% Rye Whisky | 100% rye | Gold |
| John Sleeman & Sons Sherry Finished Single Malt | 100% malt | Gold |
| John Sleeman & Sons Wine Cask Aged Single Malt | 100% malt | Gold |
| Last Straw Distillery Corp. Stout Whisky Cask 2 | 100% malt | Gold |
| Lot No.40 Dark Oak Canadian Whisky | 100% rye | Gold |
| Macaloney’s Siol Dugall 25ppm peated single malt | 100% malt | Gold |
| Macaloney’s Peat Project Cathedral Grove, single malt, distillery smoked to 54ppm with Washington peat, matured in Virgin American casks | 100% malt | Gold |
| Macaloney’s Na Braiche Single Malt Whisky, matured in Portuguese red wine barriques | 100% malt | Gold |
| Macaloney’s Peat Project Single Malt, distillery smoked to 54ppm with Washington peat, matured in Portuguese red wine barriques | 100% malt | Gold |
| Macaloney’s Peat Project Single Malt, distillery smoked to 54ppm with Washington peat, matured in Oloroso Sherry barriques | 100% malt | Gold |
| Macaloney’s Peat Project Harvest Coast | 100% malt | Gold |
| Patent 5 Distillery 100% Rye – Cask Strength | 100% rye | Gold |
| Pendleton Canadian Whisky Pendleton Midnight | Blended | Gold |
| Pendleton Canadian Whisky Pendleton Directors Reserve | Blended | Gold |
| Pike Creek 22 Year Old PX Cask Finish Canadian Whisky | Blended | Gold |
| Sons of Vancouver Distillery Wheated Rye | Blended | Gold |
| Sons of Vancouver Distillery ‘Palm Trees and a Tropical Breeze’ Caribbean Cask Rye | 100% rye | Gold |
| Sons of Vancouver Distillery ‘The First Crack of a Creme Brulee’ Cask-Strength Wheated Rye | Blended | Gold |
| Sons of Vancouver Distillery ‘Palm Trees and a Tropical Storm’ Heavy Rum Cask Rye | Mixed mash | Gold |
| Sons of Vancouver Distillery Realms of Rye – Release 03 ‘Menthol and Evergreen’ | 100% rye | Gold |
| The Dubh Glas Distillery Somm’s Secret | 100% malt | Gold |
| Two Brewers Yukon Single … Two Brewers Release 47 | 100% malt | Gold |
| Wayward Distillery Unruly Whisky: Suburban | Blended | Gold |
| Wayne Gretzky Distillery Canadian Cream Whisky | Cream | Gold |
| Wayne Gretzky Distillery Maple Cask Whisky | Blended | Gold |
| Whisky For Us Spooney’s 1:49th Candian Blend | Blended | Gold |
| Wild Life Distillery Wild Life Rye Whisky | Mixed mash | Gold |
| Wild Life Distillery WLD Cask King of the North | 100% rye | Gold |
| Wild Life Distillery Wild Life Wheat Whisky | Mixed mash | Gold |
| Alberta Premium Cask Strength 10 Y/O | 100% rye | Silver |
| Antifogmatic Bliss Peninsula Corn | Mixed mash | Silver |
| Last Mountain Distillery Traditional Old Fashioned Whisky Cocktail | Whisky cocktail | Silver |
| Baldur’s Whisky Baldur’s Release no.002 – S… | 100% rye | Silver |
| Bearface Triple Oak | 100% corn | Silver |
| Bridgeland Distillery Taber Corn Whisky Cask Strength Single Barrel | Mixed mash | Silver |
| Bridgeland Distillery Bridgeland Single Blend W… | Blended | Silver |
| Canadian Club 12 Y/O | Blended | Silver |
| Canadian Rockies Oak Aged Premium Rye | Blended | Silver |
| Canadian Rockies 28 Year Old | Blended | Silver |
| Crown Royal Fine De Luxe | Blended | Silver |
| Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye | Blended | Silver |
| Crown Royal Vanilla | Flavoured | Silver |
| Crown Royal Single Malt | 100% malt | Silver |
| Downriver Whisky Harvest Blend | Blended | Silver |
| Durham Distillery Firehouse Spirits – Canadian 100% Rye Whisky – Rum Cask Finish | 100% rye | Silver |
| Fermentorium Distilling Co. Sanctuary Red & White Edi… | 100% malt | Silver |
| Forty Creek Barrel Select | Mixed mash | Silver |
| Forty Creek Original Cream | Cream | Silver |
| Forty Creek Foxheart | Blended | Silver |
| Forty Creek Confederation Oak | Mixed mash | Silver |
| GrainHenge Whisky Arrowwood | 100% rye | Silver |
| GrainHenge Whisky Elevator Row | 100% malt | Silver |
| Highwood Distillers Ninety 20 Year Old Canadian Whisky | 100% corn | Silver |
| Highwood Distillers Sweet Sippin Maple Whisky | Flavoured | Silver |
| J.P. Wiser’s 10YO | Blended | Silver |
| J.P. Wiser’s 15YO | Blended | Silver |
| John Sleeman & Sons Traditional Straight Whisky | Mixed mash | Silver |
| John Sleeman & Sons High Rye Whisky | Mixed mash | Silver |
| Last Straw Distillery Corp. Corn Whisky Cask 3 | 100% corn | Silver |
| Last Straw Distillery Corp. Amber Whisky – Southern Ontario Sippers Barrel Select Series | 100% malt | Silver |
| Macaloney’s Peat Project Single Malt, distillery smoked to 54ppm with Washington peat, matured in PX Sherry barriques | 100% malt | Silver |
| Macaloney’s Kirkinriola Triple Distilled Single Pot Still Whisky matured in Portuguese red wine barriques | Mixed mash | Silver |
| Macaloney’s Peat Project Single Malt, distillery smoked to 54ppm with Sugar Kelp & Washington peat, matured in ex-Bourbon casks | 100% malt | Silver |
| Odd Society Spirits Scottish Peat & Smoke Whisky | 100% malt | Silver |
| Odd Society Spirits Rye Whisky | 100% rye | Silver |
| Pike Creek Double Barreled Canadian Whisky | Blended | Silver |
| Reifel Rye | Blended | Silver |
| Sons of Vancouver Distillery ‘A Morning Smoke and Jammy Toast’ Speyside Cask Finished Rye | Blended | Silver |
| Stillhead Distillery Inc. Sherry Cask Rye Whisky | 100% rye | Silver |
| The Dubh Glas Distillery Peatnik | 100% malt | Silver |
| The Dubh Glas Distillery Milestone | 100% malt | Silver |
| The Maligne Range Excelsior – Reserve Jasper Park Lodge – Ollie 6-row malt | 100% malt | Silver |
| Tumbleweed Spirits Inc Los Compadres- Junction 3 Espresso Martini | Whisky cocktail | Silver |
| Two Brewers Yukon Single Malt Whisky Release 48 | 100% malt | Silver |
| Wayne Gretzky Distillery Ginger Beer Cask Rye | Blended | Silver |
| Wayne Gretzky Distillery Ninety Nine Proof Whisky | Blended | Silver |
| Wayne Gretzky Distillery Salted Caramel Canadian Cream | Cream | Silver |
| Wayne Gretzky Distillery Whisky Sour | Whisky cocktail | Silver |
| Whisky For Us Macaloney’s Triple Distilled Canadian Whisky | Mixed mash | Silver |
| Wild Life Distillery Wild Life Sherry Cask Single Malt Whisky | 100% malt | Silver |
| Alberta Premium | 100% rye | Bronze |
| Alberta Premium Batch 10 | 100% rye | Bronze |
| Baldur’s Whisky Baldur’s Release no.006 -Wheated Rye | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Baldur’s Whisky Baldur’s Release no.005 – Bourbon Style | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Baldur’s Whisky Baldur’s Release no.003 – Bourbon Style | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Baldur’s Whisky Baldur’s Release no.007 – Imperial Stout Finish | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Baldur’s Whisky Baldur’s Release no.001 – Straight Wheat | 100% wheat | Bronze |
| Banff Whisky | 100% rye | Bronze |
| Bearface Wilderness Series 03: Wild Air Release | 100% corn | Bronze |
| Bridgeland Distillery Innisfail Single Pot Still Whisky | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Canadian Club 1858 | Blended | Bronze |
| Canadian Club 100% Rye | 100% rye | Bronze |
| Crooked River Distillery CR Single Malt Whisky | 100% malt | Bronze |
| Crown Royal, Aged 18 Years | Blended | Bronze |
| Crown Royal Blackberry | Flavoured | Bronze |
| Crown Royal XO | Blended | Bronze |
| Crown Royal Reserve, Aged 12 Years | Blended | Bronze |
| Diony Distillery Northern Overproof Blend | Blended | Bronze |
| Downriver Whisky Single Grain Rye | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Fermentorium Distilling Co. Sanctuary Classic Edition | 100% malt | Bronze |
| Fermentorium Distilling Co. Sanctuary Signature Edition | 100% malt | Bronze |
| Forty Creek Honey Spiced | Flavoured | Bronze |
| Forty Creek Double Barrel | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Forty Creek Copper Bold | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Harris Beach Spirits Rye Fifty-One | Blended | Bronze |
| Highwood Distillers Centennial Canadian Whisky | 100% wheat | Bronze |
| J.P. Wiser’s Deluxe | Blended | Bronze |
| J.P. Wiser’s 18YO | 100% corn | Bronze |
| John Sleeman & Sons Single Malt Whisky | 100% malt | Bronze |
| John Sleeman & Sons Rye Whisky | Blended | Bronze |
| John Sleeman & Sons The Cooper’s Rye Whisky | 100% rye | Bronze |
| Last Straw Distillery Corp. Blended Rye | 100% rye | Bronze |
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Lot No. 40 Single Copper Pot Still Canadian Whisky
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100% rye | Bronze |
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Lot No. 40 Oloroso Cask Canadian Whisky
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100% rye | Bronze |
| Macaloney’s Wheat Whisky, Sherry cask matured | 100% wheat | Bronze |
| Macaloney’s Kildara Triple Distilled Single Pot Still Whisky | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Macaloney’s 100% Rye Whisky, matured in Portuguese red wine barriques | 100% rye | Bronze |
| Macaloney’s Killeigh Triple Distilled Single Pot Still Whisky | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Magnotta Distillery Canadian Single Malt 271 Whisky Oak Barrel 3 Years Aged | 100% malt | Bronze |
| Magnotta Distillery Canadian Single Malt 271 Whisky Oak Barrel 10 Years Aged | 100% malt | Bronze |
| Mainland Whisky Beer Whisky: Langley Edition | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Mainland Whisky Stereotype Sour Mash | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Odd Society Spirits Commodore Single Malt | 100% malt | Bronze |
| Odd Society Spirits Prospector BC Rye | 100% rye | Bronze |
| Odd Society Spirits Single Malt Whisky | 100% malt | Bronze |
| Ogham Craft Spirits Signature Canadian Whisky – Cask Strength | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Patent 5 Distillery Estate Grown – Cask Strength | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Patent 5 Distillery Radiger & Erb | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Pendleton Canadian Whisky Pendleton 1910 Rye | 100% rye | Bronze |
| Pendleton Canadian Whisky Pendleton Original | Blended | Bronze |
| Pike Creek Gooderham & Worts Canadian Whisky | Blended | Bronze |
| Pivot Spirits Craft Distillery Pivot Spirits Triticale Whisky | Alternative grain | Bronze |
| Pivot Spirits Craft Distillery Pivot Spirits Weatherhead Whisky | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Quick Draw Whisky Wyatt | Blended | Bronze |
| Quick Draw Whisky The Outlaw | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Ropers Hold 20yr Canadian Rye Whisky batch 1 | 100% rye | Bronze |
| Shelter Point Distillery Evans Family Reserve Oloroso Cask Finish | 100% malt | Bronze |
| Shelter Point Distillery 10 Year Old Estate Whisky | 100% malt | Bronze |
| Sheringham Distillery Single Grain Canadian Whisky | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Spirit in Niagara Distillery Single Cask | Mixed mash | Bronze |
| Stillhead Distillery Inc. Garry Oak Rye Whisky | 100% rye | Bronze |
| The Dubh Glas Distillery Walk The Plank | 100% malt | Bronze |
| The Liberty Distillery TRUST Southern Cask Strength | 100% corn | Bronze |
| The Liberty Distillery TRUST Single Cask Madeira | Alternative grain | Bronze |
| Tumbleweed Spirits Inc Rock Creek Rye | 100% rye | Bronze |
| Tumbleweed Spirits Inc Los Compadres-Old Fashioned | Whisky cocktail | Bronze |
| Tumbleweed Spirits Inc Anarchist Mtn Bourbon Style | Blended | Bronze |
| Two Brewers Yukon Single Malt Two Brewers Release 46 | 100% malt | Bronze |
| Wayne Gretzky Distillery Double Oaked Whisky | Blended | Bronze |
| Wayne Gretzky Distillery Ice Cask Whisky | Blended | Bronze |
| Wayne Gretzky Distillery Red Cask Whisky | Blended | Bronze |
| Wayne Gretzky Distillery Craftsmanship Series Four Grain Whisky | Blended | Bronze |
| Whisky For Us Saanich Canadian Single Malt Whisky | 100% malt | Bronze |
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