Canadian Calculator
A Canadian — also sold as a Super Yankee — places 26 bets on 5 selections: 10 doubles, 10 trebles, 5 four-folds and a five-fold, with no singles. Enter your odds, mark each selection won or lost, and see the return on every part of the bet, plus the combined price two winners need before the bet returns your money.
The stake covers each of the 26 bets, so a £1.00 Canadian costs £26.00 in total.
Bet-by-Bet Breakdown
| Bet Type | Bets | Won | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 10 | 10 | £155.00 |
| Trebles | 10 | 10 | £580.00 |
| Four-Folds | 5 | 5 | £1044.00 |
| Five-Fold | 1 | 1 | £720.00 |
What Each Outcome Would Pay
The same five prices, settled at every realistic number of winners. A Canadian has no singles, so one winner returns nothing at all — the row does not exist.
| Outcome | Selections | Return | Profit / Loss |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 winners — shortest pair | #1, #2 | £6.00 | −£20.00 |
| 2 winners — longest pair | #4, #5 | £30.00 | £4.00 |
| 3 winners — shortest three | #1, #2, #3 | £50.00 | £24.00 |
| 3 winners — longest three | #3, #4, #5 | £194.00 | £168.00 |
| 4 winners — shortest four | #1, #2, #3, #4 | £345.00 | £319.00 |
| All 5 winners | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 | £2499.00 | £2473.00 |
Your Results
Two-Winner Break-Even
26.00
With exactly two winners a Canadian pays one double, so the two prices must multiply to 26.00 or more to return the outlay. Your two shortest prices multiply to 6.00 — that pair alone would still leave you down.
Same Outlay as a Lucky 31
£26.00 spread over 31 lines instead of 26 (£0.84 per bet) returns £2112.71 on these results, before any Lucky 31 bonus.
The Canadian is £386.29 better on this outcome: fewer lines, more money on each one.
Win-only calculation. Each-way Canadians double the bet count to 52 and apply place terms to the second half — see the Each-Way Calculator.
How a Canadian Is Calculated
Each of the 26 bets is settled on its own. A double multiplies two winning selections together, a treble multiplies three, a four-fold multiplies four and the five-fold multiplies all five. Any bet containing a losing selection returns nothing, but every other bet still stands — which is why a Canadian can pay out with three legs beaten.
Take a £1 Canadian (total outlay £26.00) on five selections at decimal odds of 2.00, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00 and 6.00, with all five winning:
| Bet Type | Maths (£1 per bet) | Return |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Doubles | 6 + 8 + 10 + 12 + 12 + 15 + 18 + 20 + 24 + 30 | £155.00 |
| 10 Trebles | 24 + 30 + 36 + 40 + 48 + 60 + 60 + 72 + 90 + 120 | £580.00 |
| 5 Four-Folds | 120 + 144 + 180 + 240 + 360 | £1,044.00 |
| 1 Five-Fold | 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 × 6 = 720 | £720.00 |
| Total | 155 + 580 + 1,044 + 720 | £2,499.00 |
That is £2,499.00 back from £26.00 staked. There is a shortcut worth knowing for any full cover bet without singles: multiply every price after adding one to it, then subtract one and the sum of the prices. Here 3 × 4 × 5 × 6 × 7 = 2,520, minus 1, minus (2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 20), gives 2,499 — the same figure the table arrives at line by line.
The Number Most Canadian Calculators Leave Out
Two winners in a Canadian produce exactly one double, and that double has to cover all 26 lines. So the break-even test for a two-winner Canadian is a single multiplication: the two prices have to reach 26.00 in combined decimal odds. That threshold is brutal, and it is the reason the bet has a reputation for disappointing. Two winners at 5.00 apiece — 4/1 shots, not favourites — multiply to 25.00 and still lose money on a £26.00 outlay. Compared with the same test on a Yankee, where two winners only need 11.00 between them, adding a fifth selection more than doubles the price two winners have to reach.
Three winners are where a Canadian starts to work: they produce three doubles and a treble, so at 2.00, 3.00 and 4.00 the bet returns £50.00 on the £26.00 outlay. Four winners produce six doubles, four trebles and a four-fold. The awkward zone in a Canadian is not the middle of the slip, it is the bottom: anything under three winners is almost always a loss, whatever the prices.
Canadian or Lucky 31 for the Same Money
A Lucky 31 is a Canadian plus five singles: 31 lines instead of 26 on the same five selections. Compared at the same total outlay — the comparison the results panel above runs on your own numbers — the trade is straightforward. Spreading £26.00 over 31 lines puts £0.84 on each bet instead of £1.00, so at odds of 2.00, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00 and 6.00 all five winning returns £2,112.71 as a Lucky 31 against £2,499.00 as a Canadian. With one winner, though, the Canadian returns nothing while the Lucky 31 still pays its single.
The Canadian is the better structure when you expect your selections to hold up together, and the worse one when you expect one or two to carry the slip. The singles in a Lucky 31 are not free: they are paid for by taking money off every other line. For a straight five-fold on the same selections, use the Accumulator Calculator; for the full-coverage version with singles and the bookmaker bonuses, the Lucky 31 Calculator.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Canadian bet?
A Canadian covers 5 selections with 26 separate bets: 10 doubles, 10 trebles, 5 four-folds and 1 five-fold. There are no singles, so the stake applies to each of the 26 lines and a £1 Canadian costs £26.00 in total.
Is a Canadian the same as a Super Yankee?
Yes. Canadian and Super Yankee are two names for the identical bet — 26 lines from five selections with no singles. UK bookmakers use both terms on the same slip, and the returns are the same whichever label appears.
How many winners does a Canadian need to pay out?
Two. One winner returns nothing at all, because every line in a Canadian contains at least two selections. Two winners pay exactly one double, and that double must reach 26.00 in combined decimal odds to return the outlay — even two 5.00 shots come to 25.00 and still lose money.
What is the difference between a Canadian and a Lucky 31?
A Lucky 31 is the same five selections with the five singles added, making 31 lines, and it usually carries bookmaker bonuses a Canadian does not. For the same total outlay the Canadian puts more money on every multiple, so it pays more when four or five selections win; the Lucky 31 pays more when only one or two do. The results panel on this page runs that comparison on your own odds.
What happens to a Canadian if one selection is a non-runner?
A void leg does not lose the bet: it is treated as odds of 1.00, so the Canadian collapses onto the remaining four selections and settles as a Yankee — the doubles containing it become singles, the trebles become doubles, and so on up the slip. In UK horse racing the remaining runners may also be subject to a Rule 4 deduction.
A Canadian stakes twenty-six times your unit before a single race is run — set a budget for the full outlay before you start and never chase losses. 18+. If gambling stops being fun, see our responsible gambling resources.