Is Kalshi available in Canada?

The short answer

Not on Kalshi itself. Kalshi is a US exchange regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and its member agreement lists Canada among the restricted jurisdictions where members may not trade event contracts. But you can trade some of Kalshi’s contracts legally from Canada, through the two dealers allowed to offer event contracts:

• Wealthsimple Predict, which sends every order to Kalshi;
• Interactive Brokers, which lists some Kalshi markets next to its own exchange, ForecastEx.

Either way, you only get the economic, financial and climate contracts that Canadian rules allow.

Why you can’t trade on Kalshi itself

Event contracts are derivatives in Canada, and only dealers registered with the provincial regulators and authorized by the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) may offer them. Kalshi isn’t registered here, so it keeps Canada out: its member agreement has listed Canada as a restricted jurisdiction since at least October 2025, and Kalshi told CBC in October 2026 that it checks identity and residency when people sign up.

Kalshi through Wealthsimple Predict

On June 18, 2026, Wealthsimple and Kalshi announced Wealthsimple Predict, a standalone app that went live in late July. It offered nearly 4,000 Kalshi contracts at launch and now lists “thousands”, in three categories: financial markets, economic data and climate. Wealthsimple routes each order through a clearing agent to Kalshi’s order book, where market makers usually take the other side; Wealthsimple says it doesn’t set prices or take positions.

The app carries no Kalshi branding. It charges Wealthsimple’s own fee, US$0.02 per contract on every buy and sell, accepts the age of majority in your province (18 or 19), and takes Interac e-Transfers. Read our full Wealthsimple Predict review.

Kalshi through Interactive Brokers

Interactive Brokers Canada mainly offers contracts on ForecastEx, the exchange it owns, but its Canadian site also listed 148 Kalshi markets on October 22, 2026, 137 of them available only on Kalshi. The Globe and Mail reported that IBKR charges US$0.02 per contract on Kalshi markets, against US$0.01 on ForecastEx. You need to be 21 and to request the forecast and event contracts permission. Read our Interactive Brokers review.

What Canadians get compared with Kalshi in the US

The Canadian version is narrower and, on cheap contracts, dearer: the Globe and Mail worked out that 100 contracts at 1¢ cost US$0.63 in fees on Kalshi but US$2 on Wealthsimple Predict. On mid-priced contracts the fees are close. What you gain is a regulated Canadian account.

Watch out for fake “Kalshi Canada” sites

Kalshi’s official address is kalshi.com, and Kalshi doesn’t serve Canadians directly, so be wary of any app or website offering “Kalshi Canada”. We found at least one site, kalshi-ca.ca, presenting itself as a Kalshi app site; it isn’t one of Kalshi’s official addresses. Type addresses yourself, install apps only from the official store listings, and check any site with our legit check, which flags lookalike addresses.

Which way in is best for you

• You’re 18 to 20, new to this, or want instant Interac funding: Wealthsimple Predict.
• You’re 21 or older and trade regularly: Interactive Brokers, which adds ForecastEx’s markets at US$0.01 per contract and converts currency cheaply on larger amounts.
• You want sports: neither. Use your province’s betting site.

Our head-to-head comparison goes through the differences in Canadian dollars.