The best donuts in Ottawa, ranked
SuzyQ Doughnuts Hintonburg is #1 in Ottawa donuts at 4.69. They have a 4.7 rating with 3,406 reviews.
All three have a rating of 4.7, so number of reviews determines their position. SuzyQ has 3,406 reviews, which gives them a confidence of 94%. Holey Confections Orleans has exactly 200 reviews, which is the point where their rating and the Ottawa-area average of 4.44 are weighted equally.
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fromOttawa Score 4.69fromOttawaSuzyQ Doughnuts Hintonburg
Top of 9Hintonburg · West End
1015 Wellington St. W · Google 4.7 (3,406 reviews)
- Why: Stored rank #1; score 4.69/5.
4.7 stars from 3,406 reviews; 94% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (94.5%). R = 4.7; v = 3406; C = 4.4437; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.63fromOttawaHomer's Donuts
Gatineau
73 Bd de la Gappe · Google 4.7 (561)
- Why: Stored rank #2; score 4.63/5.
4.7 stars from 561 reviews; 74% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (73.7%). R = 4.7; v = 561; C = 4.4437; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.57fromOttawaHoley Confections Orleans
Orléans
2208 St Joseph Blvd · Google 4.7 (200)
- Why: Stored rank #3; score 4.57/5.
4.7 stars from 200 reviews; 50% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (50.0%). R = 4.7; v = 200; C = 4.4437; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Ranks 4 to 9
Showing 6 of 6 places below the first three on this page.
Each marker sits on the address saved with the place, top 3 included. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
None of the places that match have a saved location.
Ranks 4 to 9: Just off the podium
- fromOttawa Score 4.48
Rank 4: Homies Food Truck
4.9 stars from 16 reviews; 7% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (7.4%). R = 4.9; v = 16; C = 4.4437; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.46
Rank 5: Le Donut Stop
4.5 stars from 64 reviews; 24% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (24.2%). R = 4.5; v = 64; C = 4.4437; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.43
Rank 6: Mochi bake house donut & Bakery
4.4 stars from 64 reviews; 24% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (24.2%). R = 4.4; v = 64; C = 4.4437; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.42
Rank 7: Maverick's Donuts, Stittsville
4.4 stars from 319 reviews; 61% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (61.5%). R = 4.4; v = 319; C = 4.4437; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.39
Rank 8: Mini Donuts
3.6 stars from 14 reviews; 7% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (6.5%). R = 3.6; v = 14; C = 4.4437; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.27
Rank 9: Café Dough co.
4.2 stars from 480 reviews; 71% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (70.6%). R = 4.2; v = 480; C = 4.4437; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
By part of town
These 9 donuts records are grouped by saved address. West End holds the most, with 4. Each area’s best is a tap away.
2Gatineau sideacross the river
- Gatineau 2#2 · Homer's Donuts
4West End
- Hintonburg 1#1 · SuzyQ Doughnuts Hintonburg
- Nepean 1#4 · Homies Food Truck
- Carlington 1#6 · Mochi bake house donut & Bakery
- Stittsville 1#7 · Maverick's Donuts, Stittsville
2Downtown
- ByWard Market 2#5 · Le Donut Stop
1East End
- Orléans 1#3 · Holey Confections Orleans
0South Endbelow the Queensway
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Why does 4.7 rank above 4.9?
Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C. Ottawa-area average: C = 4.44375; m = 200. R is the recorded Google rating; v is the recorded review count. Confidence is v / (v + m), the rating’s weight in the score.
How we score. Google stars, weighted by review count, pulled toward that average. Data from .
- SuzyQ Doughnuts Hintonburg 4.7 stars · 3,406 reviews
- Homer's Donuts 4.7 stars · 561 reviews
- Holey Confections Orleans 4.7 stars · 200 reviews
Filled square: score. Open circle: Google rating. The axis starts at 4.4; all values are out of 5.
Places screened for this list
785 unique places screened; 776 excluded in the saved list file. 9 ranked places.
- Chains with 10+ locations in Canada
- 400
- Alcohol or excluded type
- 57
- Gambling
- 0
- Under 10 reviews
- 17
- Closed
- 1
- Out of area or category
- 766
- Other source checks
- 9
Reason counts can overlap. Other source checks include identity, rating, branch and pending chain checks. Counts describe the saved screening, not complete local coverage.
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Local talk
Reddit data is partial for this list. Saved matches are review-only research and do not affect the rank.
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TikTok
- 5 TikTok results in the saved Google organic pull for “donuts ottawa tiktok”. Pull date: .
- 6 Instagram results in the saved Google organic pull for “donuts ottawa instagram”. Pull date: .
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Questions
Why does Homer's Donuts rank below SuzyQ with the same rating?
Both have a rating of 4.7, but Homer's Donuts has 561 reviews compared to SuzyQ's 3,406. So Homer's is weighted more towards the Ottawa-area average of 4.44, giving them a score of 4.63, 0.05 behind SuzyQ.
How close is the race at the top?
Very. Only 0.11 points separate #1 from #3, and all have a rating of 4.7. With only 9 places ranked, it's mostly number of reviews that puts them in their position.
Why are some donut shops left out?
Some places had less than 10 Google reviews when our data was collected, which is below the minimum to be ranked. Our lists are updated every 90 days, so they could qualify once more reviews come in.