Best dating sites & apps in Canada

Are you a single man or woman living in Canada and want to meet a partner using an online dating site?

The dating sites on the North American market are different from those found in Europe.

Whether you live in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton, Vancouver or any other city in Canada, you will find many singles who will match your expectations on one of these sites.

Below, we have selected the best dating sites to meet single Canadians but also the serious and free ones.

eharmony is one of the leaders in serious dating sites. It offers to make quality encounters with the help of a personality test at the time of registration. eharmony has one of the largest membership base.

The registration and the personality test are free. eharmony has no typical browse or search features. Once you’ve completed the sign-up process, eharmony will compare your test results with other members’ to find and present your matches. You will have to take a subscription to be able to chat with other singles with the instant messaging.

Eharmony is a good choice if you’re looking for a long term relationship.

eHarmony Free Trial available

eHarmony Cost Canada

• 6 months : $49.90/month
• 12 months : $35.90/month
• 24 months : $25.90/month

Zoosk is a dating service that became popular at the same time as social networks. It is indeed a social dating network where it is possible to meet people for friendship, fun dating and serious dating.

The great strength of Zoosk is that it was a free dating site with some paid options. For a few years now, you have to pay a subscription in order to be able to exchange with other members, like on most dating sites. It is nevertheless very popular.

Zoosk Free Trial available.

Zoosk Cost Canada

• 1 month : $34.99/month
• 3 months : 21.66/month
• 6 months : $13/month
• 12 months : $12.50/month

POF for Plenty Of Fish is a dating site … Canadian! Even if it belongs now to the Match group, it is of Canadian origin and that’s why it is very popular in this country. It proposes to make serious meetings with other singles.

The great strength of POF is that it offers the possibility to send and receive private messages for free. A paid subscription is offered for other features such as not having ads, knowing who has seen your profile, etc..

Plenty of Fish Free Trial available

Plenty of Fish Cost Canada

• 2 months : $19.35/month
• 4 months : $12.75/month
• 8 months : $10.18/month

Match is the equivalent of Meetic for the North American market. If you are looking for Meetic Canada, you need to go to Match. It is one of the oldest dating services that has long been a leader in serious dating. It is now a little less popular because of dating apps. Match is still available on app as well.

The registration to Match is free but you will have to take a subscription to chat with other singles.

Match Free Trial Available.

Match Cost Canada

• 3 months : $19.99/month
• 6 months : $17.99/month
• 12 months : $16.99/month

Dating application, also available in computer dating site, probably the most popular and used in the world. It is about making casual but also serious encounters on this site. The principle is to tell from a photo if we like a single person. If it is reciprocal then there is a match and you can discuss.

The application and the dating site Tinder are free, however subscriptions Tinder +, gold, platinum unlock features.

Tinder Cost Canada

• Tinder Plus : $9.99
• Tinder Gold : $29.99
• Tinder Platinium : $39.99

Badoo is a dating service that, much like Zoosk, has been very popular thanks to the access to free features like instant messaging. It is a dating site that claims tens of millions of members worldwide.

Its users are mostly between 20 and 40 years old and are looking for casual encounters even if there are many testimonies of singles who have found love.

Badoo is perfect for those looking to socialize, casually date, meet new people and build friendships. 

Badoo Cost Canada

• Badoo credits in packages from $2.99 to $19.99
• Badoo premium : $0.79/day

The Elite Singles website offers to meet demanding and elitist singles. For this a personality test of more than 70 questions is offered at registration. At the end you have the result of your test and you compatible singles will be proposed to you through an algorithm.

It is about meeting singles for whom work is an important part of their lives. Registration to Elite Singles is free but you will have to take a subscription to chat with singles. Definitely a good dating site for demanding singles!

Elite Singles Cost Canada

• 3 months : $29.95/month
• 6 months : $17.95/month
• 1 year : $16.95/month

If you are a practicing Christian and for you, in a relationship, the practice of religion is important, then the Christian Mingle site is for you. It offers hundreds of thousands of single Christian members who are looking for a new partner for a serious relationship.

A personality test will be requested at the time of registration in order to propose you compatible profiles.

Christian Mingle Cost Canada

• 1 month : $29.99/month
• 3 months : $19.99/month
• 6 months : $14.99/month

There is no age to date! This service, SilverSingles, is for demanding singles over 50. It is about meeting single men and women over 50, active, who want to meet quality people. To achieve this, SilverSingles also offers a personality test to put you in touch with compatible singles.

Registration on the site is free, you will then have to take out a subscription to chat with other compatible singles.

Silver Singles Cost Canada

• 1 month : $44.36/month
• 3 months : $29.13/month
• 6 months : $22.78/month

The service QuebecRencontre is a dating site which proposes to meet more than 2 million single Quebecers. It is an interesting service nevertheless, after test, there does not seem to be as many members as announced and many profiles do not answer.

To try all the same if you absolutely want to meet singles from Quebec, the inscription is free.

In French only.

Another site dedicated to Quebec singles, this is a network, a forum, to meet friends or lovers in Quebec. Registration is free and a mobile application is available. The difference with other services is that it is possible to participate in exclusive activities with other members. It is easier to break the ice.

In french only.

This service, 1tense, is a new dating service for singles looking for a serious relationship and is 100% free, without subscription and without paid options.

For the moment there are a few thousand members but this service deserves to be known because 100% free it is available in dating site and dating application.

13. Okcupid

Okcupid is a popular dating service in Canada for fun, casual relationships.

It also offers the same operation as Tinder with the possibility to SWIPE left and SWIPE right to tell if you are interested in a single or not.

It offers a personality test at registration and it is possible to send and receive messages for free without subscription because the site is financed by advertising. A premium version of Okcupid exists to offer additional features such as message acknowledgements, profile highlights, etc.

Okcupid Cost Canada

• 1 month : $15.95/month
• 3 months : $35.85/month
• 6 months : $47.70/month

It is one of the oldest dating sites for singles who come to Quebec for serious relationships. The site announces more than 200 000 registered members which is realistic. It offers webcam chat and instant messaging. If it is at the end of our ranking is that its interface is outdated.

In french only.

Dating application more and more popular, on Bumble it is the woman who writes the first message. The men must be creative and original to be noticed.

On Bumble it is possible to meet people for business, friendship and love. However, it is mainly a dating application for serious and lasting relationships.

Registration on Bumble is free, it is also possible to reply to messages for free within a certain limit. You will then have to take out a subscription.

Tinder is probably the most popular dating application in Canada and in the world. It has been the most popular dating application since everyone owned a smartphone.

The Tinder dating application offers pictures of singles in the vicinity and with a left or right movement, also called SWIPE, you indicate if you are interested in the single or not. If it is mutual, then there is a Match and you can start chatting.

Badoo is a very popular dating application and has the advantage of being both a dating site and a dating application. So there are many users who are connected every day on Badoo.

Badoo members are registered to meet people for friendship, casual or love.

The other advantage of Badoo is that it is possible to exchange a few messages for free.

Zoosk is a fun dating application that connects singles who are not necessarily looking for a romantic relationship. The Zoosk application became popular at the same time as social networks since this application offers the same operation with a posting system.

On Zoosk, it is also possible to buy and offer virtual gifts thanks to a virtual currency. Try it out

The eharmony dating application is for singles between 30 and 50 years old looking for a serious and loving relationship.

When you register, the site will ask you to fill in a personality test, the aim being to put you in touch with compatible singles.

When you visit the profile of a single, the application will tell you on which points you are compatible or complementary.

Elite Singles is a popular application for singles whose professional careers are important in their lives.

Using a personality test and a compatibility algorithm, the application will match members who match your values, interests and for whom career is also important.

New dating application, 1tense is for singles looking for a serious relationship.

The features of the 1tense application are classic. The big difference of 1tense compared to other dating services is that it is 100% free.

There are not many Canadian singles on this application yet, and yet it deserves their interest.

1. POF

POF, for Plenty Of Fish, is a dating site of… Canadian origin! On this site it is possible to make fun or serious meetings with other members of the site.

You can chat for free with other POF members on this platform. A subscription is proposed but is optional.

2. 1tense

1tense (pronounced intense) is a new 100% free online dating service for singles looking for a serious relationship.

This site offers the classic features of an online dating site with the difference that you will never be asked to pay.

3. Badoo

Badoo is one of the most popular dating sites and dating applications in Canada. It offers hundreds of thousands of members.

It is possible on Badoo to meet people for free. A subscription is offered but is optional.

Are you single and over 50 years old? There are dating sites dedicated to people over 50 years old who are looking for a new partner to spend some quality time together.

The two most popular sites for over 50s are SilverSingles and OurTime, but there are others! Visit our section dedicated to the best dating sites for seniors over 50.

You are single, practicing Christian, and for you, religion is important in your daily life and you wish that your future partner is also practicing?

There are dating sites for Christian singles like Christian Mingle or Christian Café.

To find out more, read our section dedicated to Christian dating sites.