People venture to East Chinatown to find this bakery where the butter tarts have perfectly crispy, bubbly bronze tops. They've also been known to make butter tart cakes and Nanaimo bars with a layer of butter tart filling.

With multiple locations in and around Toronto, this bakery is known for their gourmet handmade butter tarts that are crispy around the edges and crinkly on top.

Butter tart fans, listen up: if you haven't hit up this hidden gem in East York yet, you're seriously missing out. People love their butter tarts in varieties like pecan, maple, raisin, cranberry pecan and blueberry.

Molten centres and crackly tops on butter tarts draw people to this Bloorcourt bakery that also sells lots of other creative baked goods.

Get a real old school butter tart experience by heading to the Queensway in Etobicoke that does an overwhelming number of varieties: plain, pecan, raisin, lemon curd, maple walnut, cheesecake, blueberry, coconut, peanut butter chocolate and s'more.

This isn't just any Parkdale coffee shop: peek inside and you may just find some of the best homemade butter tarts you've ever had.

Maple butter tarts with bubbly tops and perfectly crimped edges are made using traditional French techniques at this Danforth East bakery.

Round out breakfast or lunch at this Bloor West Village cafe with a freshly baked butter tart with expertly crimped edges.