Canada's Biggest Lottery Jackpots of 2026 So Far
✓ Published July 10, 2026 · Built from verified draw data — our methodology
Halfway through 2026, here are the biggest Canadian lottery prizes of the year — every figure taken from our verified draw archive.
The big ones
- $75,000,000 — Lotto Max, March 3: won after the jackpot rolled through February, including a $70 million draw on February 27 that nobody hit.
- $75,000,000 — Lotto Max, April 7: the final mega-jackpot of the old 1–50 format, won exactly one week before the new rules launched.
- $28,000,000 — Gold Ball jackpot, at stake now: cycle #23 of the Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball Draw is 9 draws in, with 21 balls remaining. Live tracker here.
- $25,000,000 — Lotto Max, July 10: the biggest jackpot of the new-format era so far, won in Québec.
For perspective: Daily Grand's top prize — $1,000 a day for life — is worth about $7 million as a lump sum, and it has been hit 107 times since 2016.
See where the winning tickets were sold on our Winners by Region page, or browse any year's full results in the archives.