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

2025 Locus Recommended Reading List!

The World Fantasy Award finalist and two-time Aurora Award-winning series is back with an all-new volume!

Step into worlds of wonder with the definitive showcase of the best Canadian fantasy and science fiction of the year.

Discover the magic woven by more than three dozen of Canada's most celebrated authors and rising stars in fantasy and science fiction, including Premee Mohamed, Kelly Robson, Karl Schroeder, Julie E. Czerneda, Tanya Huff, and Cory Doctorow.

From enchanted realms to distant galaxies, these stories reveal the strange, the familiar, and the deeply 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 Augur, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Clarkesworld, khōréō, Mysterion, Nature:Futures, On Spec, Reactor, and Sunday Morning Transport, 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, Prix Solaris, the Rhysling Award, and many more.

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