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6 Ontario finalists named for Air Canada's best new restaurants of 2025

Phoebe Knight, Dished

created: Sept. 16, 2025, 3:25 p.m. | updated: Sept. 17, 2025, 6:27 p.m.

The finalists for Air Canada's Best New Restaurants of 2025 have been revealed, celebrating a slew of new spots from coast to coast. Since the best new restaurants to open in 2025 range all the way from Newfoundland to B.C., who better to keep their finger on the culinary pulse coast to coast than Air Canada? For the past 23 years, the airline has been doing exactly that, identifying and celebrating the crème de la crème across Canada, using a strict critical framework each year, and the 31 finalists for 2025 have just been released. The top 10 winners will be announced by celebrity chef Chuck Hughes at a special ceremony in Toronto on Nov. 17, but until then, here are the finalists for 2025, broken down by province. AlbertaDOPO + Bar Rocca — CalgaryOlia — EdmontonBritish ColumbiaELEM — VancouverJanevca — VictoriaJune — VancouverNero Tondo — VancouverNiwa — VancouverRabbit Rabbit — VictoriaSelene — VancouverSumibiyaki Arashi — VancouverSushi Hyun Omakase — VancouverManitobaBaby Baby — WinnipegShirley's — WinnipegNewfoundland and LabradorRabble — St. John'sNova ScotiaMystic — HalifaxTribute — HalifaxOntarioQuebec

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