The 2013 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 10 at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta.

Jacobs and his team represented Canada at the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, British Columbia.

Defending champion Glenn Howard of Ontario made his eighth consecutive and record fifteenth overall appearance at the Brier.

Northern Ontario's Brad Jacobs, a former bronze medallist and perennial competitor, and Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories and Yukon, who made a breakout playoffs finish last year, returned to the Brier once more.

[4] As the tournament progressed, the top teams began to battle for rankings, and after the halfway point, only Ontario remained undefeated.