"Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction belongs on every Canadian reader's bookshelf." - Amazing Stories

Nominated for the 2025 Aurora Award for Best Anthology!

The Aurora Award-winning series returns with a new volume!

Venture into extraordinary realms of imagination with the essential collection of the year's best Canadian fantasy and science fiction.

Discover the magic woven by more than three dozen of Canada's most celebrated authors and rising stars in fantasy and science fiction, including Cory Doctorow, Amal El-Mohtar, Nalo Hopkinson, Rich Larson, Premee Mohamed, and Kelly Robson, amongst others.

From alien worlds to magical realms, these stories explore the wonderous, the contemporary, the futuristic, and what it means to be human—all through the unique lens of Canadian speculative fiction.

Curated by award-winning author and anthologist Stephen Kotowych and selected from top markets like Asimov's, Augur, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Clarkesworld, F&SF, Fantasy Magazine, On Spec, PodCastle, and Tor.com, prepare to be captivated, challenged, and utterly transported by the very best fantastical fiction written by Canadians today.

Featuring stories and poems that were winners and finalists for the Aurora Award, BSFA Award, Nebula Award, Locus Award, Shirley Jackson Award, Prix Solaris, World Fantasy Award, the Rhysling Award, and many more.

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