Shopify pricing in Canada (CAD), checked 11 October 2026: plans, fees and the real monthly cost

Shopify costs a Canadian store CA$37 to CA$389 a month on yearly billing, or CA$49 to CA$517 billed monthly, for the three standard plans. Every price is in Canadian dollars, before tax, as shown on shopify.com/ca/pricing when we checked it on 11 October 2026. On top of the plan you pay card processing on each sale: 2.4% to 2.8% + 30¢ per online order through Shopify Payments.

For most stores card fees are most of the bill. A CA$100 online sale on Basic costs CA$3.10 in fees. At CA$25,000 a month in sales, the total Shopify bill on Basic is about CA$812, and only CA$37 of that is the plan.

This guide gives every plan price, every per-sale rate Shopify publishes for Canada, the cost of Shopify POS, worked bills at three sales levels and the break-even point for each upgrade. We checked every price on this page on 11 October 2026, and the pages we read are listed under Sources at the end, so you can redo the arithmetic with your own numbers or plug them into the calculator further down.

How much does Shopify cost in Canada?

In CAD, as checked on 11 October 2026: Basic costs CA$49 a month billed monthly or CA$37 billed yearly, Grow costs CA$132 or CA$99, and Advanced costs CA$517 or CA$389. Shopify Plus starts at CA$3,400 a month on a three-year term. These plans (some people call them packages) are listed in CAD on the Canadian pricing page, shopify.com/ca/pricing.

• Basic (CA$37 to CA$49 a month) suits a new or small store. Online card rate 2.8% + 30¢, third-party transaction fee 2%.
• Grow (CA$99 to CA$132 a month) suits a store whose sales have outgrown Basic. Online card rate 2.6% + 30¢, third-party fee 1%, 5 staff accounts.
• Advanced (CA$389 to CA$517 a month) is for stores with larger teams and volume. Online card rate 2.4% + 30¢, third-party fee 0.6%, 15 staff accounts, enhanced live chat support.
• Plus (from CA$3,400 a month) is a term contract, not a monthly plan. Online card rate from 2.15% + 30¢, third-party fee 0.2%, unlimited staff.

The yearly totals are the yearly per-month price multiplied by 12, which is what Shopify charges up front when you pick yearly billing. The Plus figures are CA$3,650 × 12 and CA$3,400 × 12. Plus terms are covered in their own section below.

Two plan names you may see elsewhere need a line each. Starter is not available to new stores. Shopify's help centre says so directly, and stores that leave Starter can't go back to it. Agentic is a new CA$0 plan for selling through Shopify Catalog and AI channels. You pay only when you make a sale, with card rates from 2.8% + 30¢ online. You can build an online store on Agentic, but you can't publish it or take orders through its checkout until you move to a paid plan (Shopify Help Centre).

What each Shopify plan includes in Canada

The plans differ mainly in staff accounts, support, shipping discounts, API limits and the promotional credit cap. Everything below comes from the compare-all-features table on shopify.com/ca/pricing.

Plus moves each of those limits up: unlimited staff, 200 inventory locations, unlimited B2B catalogues, 53% shipping discounts, priority support, 25 headless storefronts, full checkout customization and API limits up to 10x. The Plus cell for the "Earn 1% back" credit is blank on the page today, so we don't quote a Plus cap.

Is Shopify billed in CAD or USD?

Canadian stores see plan prices in Canadian dollars on shopify.com/ca/pricing, and the figures in this guide are CAD. A few lines are still priced in US dollars, so check the currency on each charge.

The lines we found in USD: paid themes on the Shopify Theme Store (US$100 to US$500), the marketplace order-sync fee (capped at US$99 a month) and some chargeback fees, which Shopify lists as "$15 CAD or $15 USD" for Canada. App prices are set by each app developer, so read the currency on the app listing. Shopify's own help page on billing currencies lists only EUR, GBP, USD and INR, which looks out of date next to the CAD pricing page. Your invoice under Settings, Billing shows the currency you are actually charged in.

Monthly or yearly billing: how much does paying yearly save?

Yearly billing saves about 25% on every standard plan: CA$144 a year on Basic, CA$396 on Grow and CA$1,536 on Advanced. That is our arithmetic on the monthly and yearly prices on shopify.com/ca/pricing. You pay the full year up front (Shopify Help Centre).

Check two things before you commit. First, Shopify says subscription charges are generally non-refundable, under section 5.10 of its Terms of Service. Second, the way back is now simpler than it was: you can move from yearly to monthly yourself under Settings, Plan, "Switch to monthly", and the change takes effect when the annual cycle ends. You no longer need to contact Support for it.

The practical rule: pay monthly for the first few months while you confirm the plan fits. Switch to yearly once your sales tell you which plan you are staying on. The break-even table further down shows which plan that is.

What fees does Shopify charge on each sale?

Shopify charges a card processing fee on every sale through Shopify Payments, and a separate third-party transaction fee only when a sale goes through another payment provider. "Shopify transaction fees" usually means the second one. The card fee is the larger line on almost every bill.

What are Shopify Payments rates in Canada?

Online, a standard card costs 2.8% + 30¢ on Basic, 2.6% + 30¢ on Grow, 2.4% + 30¢ on Advanced and 2.15% + 30¢ on Plus. Amex and international cards cost more, and in-person sales cost less. These are the Shopify Payments rates in the compare table on shopify.com/ca/pricing.

Interac debit taken in person costs a flat fee with no percentage: 15¢ on Basic, Grow and Advanced and 10¢ on Plus. On a CA$100 counter sale that is 0.15%, so an Interac payment costs about a twentieth of an online card payment on Basic (CA$0.15 against CA$3.10). The Plus Amex, international and in-person rates are now published on the Canadian page, so we list them. The Plus pricing page still tells merchants to contact sales for their own rates, so treat the Plus figures as "from" rates.

Shopify does not return card processing fees when you refund an order. A store with a high return rate pays processing on revenue it doesn't keep.

What is the third-party transaction fee, and when do you pay it?

The third-party transaction fee is 2% on Basic, 1% on Grow, 0.6% on Advanced and 0.2% on Plus, charged only when an order is paid through a provider other than Shopify Payments. It shows up on your Shopify bill, on top of whatever that provider charges you.

Shopify works it out per 30-day period as [(product price − discounts) + tax + shipping] × your plan's rate. So the fee applies to the whole order total, tax and shipping included (Shopify Help Centre).

With Shopify Payments active, the fee is not charged on orders paid through:

• Shopify Payments, Shop Pay and Shop Pay Installments
• PayPal, when Shopify Payments is your primary payment provider
• manual methods such as cash, cash on delivery and bank transfer
• POS orders, cheques, test orders, and draft orders marked as paid or pending

One rule catches newer stores out. For stores created on or after 12 May 2025, Shopify also charges the fee on the part of an order paid with store credit or a gift card. Shopify's own example: a customer pays by card plus CA$10 of store credit, and the fee applies to the CA$10 only. The fee is not returned when you refund the order (help.shopify.com, third-party transaction fees, checked 11 October 2026).

Do international cards, currency conversion or Shop Pay Installments cost more?

Yes for international cards and currency conversion; Shop Pay Installments costs more too, but Shopify doesn't publish the rate. An international card online costs 3.5% + 30¢ on Basic instead of 2.8% + 30¢. When Shopify Payments converts a sale from another currency, it adds a 2% currency conversion fee in Canada. That fee isn't returned on refunds, and a refund or chargeback doesn't add a second conversion fee.

Shop Pay Installments lets a customer split an order of CA$35 to CA$30,000 into payments. Affirm carries the repayment risk, and you are paid within 1 to 3 business days. The merchant fee is "higher" than the standard card rate because it includes the Shopify Payments processing fee, but the exact rate is shown only in your admin under Settings, Payments, View payment rates. It isn't returned on refunds, and it doesn't trigger the third-party fee (Shopify Help Centre).

What does a chargeback cost on Shopify Payments?

A chargeback costs $15, which Shopify lists for Canada as "$15 CAD or $15 USD". It is taken when the chargeback opens and returned if you win the dispute.

Which other Shopify fees can show up on a Canadian bill?

Most stores never see these, but each one is on Shopify's published pages and each can explain a line you don't recognize.

Sources: Shopify Help Centre pages on international fees, chargebacks, Shopify Payments with a third-party provider and the Plus plan, and shopify.com/ca/pricing for order sync.

How much does Shopify take from a $100 sale?

On Basic with Shopify Payments, Shopify takes CA$3.10 from a CA$100 online card sale (2.8% + 30¢), so you keep CA$96.90 before product and shipping costs. On Grow it takes CA$2.90 and on Advanced CA$2.70. The monthly plan fee is billed separately and isn't taken from each sale.

The formula is: fee = sale × card rate + 30¢. For Basic that is CA$100 × 2.8% = CA$2.80, plus CA$0.30, which makes CA$3.10. The table works the same CA$100 sale through each payment case, using the rates on shopify.com/ca/pricing.

Three notes on reading it. On Plus, the same online sale costs from CA$2.45 (2.15% + 30¢). With a third-party gateway, the CA$2.00 on Basic goes to Shopify and your gateway charges its own rate on top, so the real total is higher than the table shows. And if the customer pays in another currency, add the 2% conversion fee: CA$2.00 more on a CA$100 sale.

As a share of the sale, the 30¢ matters more on small orders. On a CA$20 order on Basic, the fee is CA$0.56 + CA$0.30 = CA$0.86, or 4.3%. On a CA$200 order it is CA$5.60 + CA$0.30 = CA$5.90, or 2.95%. To run your own order value and volume, use the Shopify fee calculator.

Shopify Payments or a third-party gateway: which is cheaper?

Shopify Payments is cheaper for almost every Canadian store, because a third-party gateway adds Shopify's 2%, 1% or 0.6% fee on top of the gateway's own charges. A gateway only wins if its rate undercuts Shopify Payments by more than that fee.

Take CA$25,000 a month in online sales on Basic with yearly billing: 250 orders at an average of CA$100. Through Shopify Payments the processing cost is 2.8% × 25,000 = CA$700, plus 250 × 30¢ = CA$75, so CA$775. The total bill is CA$37 + CA$775 = CA$812.

Through a third-party gateway, Shopify's fee alone is 2% × 25,000 = CA$500 before the gateway charges anything. To beat CA$775 in total, the gateway would have to charge under CA$275 on CA$25,000. If it also charges 30¢ an order (CA$75), that leaves CA$200, or 0.8% of sales. So the gateway's rate would have to be under 0.8% + 30¢. Compare that ceiling with your processor's quote before you sign.

The test is gentler on Grow (1%) and Advanced (0.6%), but the logic holds. On Plus the third-party fee is 0.2%, which Shopify's Plus page describes this way:

One newer rule applies. If a third-party provider is your primary card processor and some payments still go through Shopify Payments (Shop Pay, local payment methods, or failed cards recovered through Shopify Payments), those payments cost the standard Shopify Payments rate plus a 1.25% premium. On Basic, a CA$100 Shop Pay order would then cost 4.05% + 30¢, or CA$4.35. Plus merchants on signed contracts can't use this setup yet (help.shopify.com, using Shopify Payments with a third-party provider, checked 11 October 2026).

The one good reason to run a second gateway is a payment method your customers want that Shopify Payments doesn't offer. Then the third-party fee applies to those orders only.

How much does Shopify POS cost in Canada?

Casual in-person selling is included on every paid plan at no extra cost. POS Pro, for stores running one or more shops, costs CA$119 a month per location on Basic, Grow and Advanced. Plus includes 20 POS Pro locations, and up to 200 with Shopify Payments (shopify.com/ca/pricing and shopify.com/ca/pos/pricing).

A worked example: a store on Grow with yearly billing and two retail locations on POS Pro pays CA$99 + 2 × CA$119 = CA$337 a month before any card fees. CA$10,000 of in-person card sales on top adds 2.5% × 10,000 = CA$250. The same CA$10,000 taken entirely by Interac, at an average of CA$50 a sale (200 sales), would cost 200 × 15¢ = CA$30.

How is POS Pro billed in Canada?

POS Pro is billed per location, separately from your plan. On Basic, Grow and Advanced you can pay for it monthly or yearly; on Plus it is billed every 30 days. Shopify refunds it only if you downgrade within 7 days on monthly billing or 30 days on annual billing (Shopify Help Centre).

Shopify runs a discounted yearly POS Pro offer in the US, but we found no Canadian version: the Canadian link for that offer redirects to the US page. Budget at CA$119 a month per location.

What does Shopify POS hardware cost?

You need a smartphone or tablet and a Shopify card reader; accessories are optional (shopify.com/ca/pos/pricing FAQ). We couldn't verify Canadian hardware prices, because shopify.com/ca/pos/hardware showed no prices when we checked. Get a current price from Shopify's hardware store before you budget.

The real monthly bill at CA$5,000, CA$25,000 and CA$100,000 in sales

At CA$5,000 a month in online sales, Shopify costs about CA$192 a month on Basic. At CA$25,000 it costs about CA$812 on Basic. At CA$100,000 the cheapest plan is Grow at about CA$2,999. On the cheapest plan at each level, that is 3% to 4% of sales.

Assumptions, stated once: average order CA$100; every order paid online with a domestic, non-Amex card through Shopify Payments; yearly billing; rates from shopify.com/ca/pricing. Change the order value and only the 30¢ part moves.

CA$5,000 a month in sales

Basic wins by CA$52 over Grow and CA$332 over Advanced. On monthly billing Basic costs CA$49 + 140 + 15 = CA$204, so yearly billing saves CA$12 a month at this size. All in, the cost is 3.8% of sales, and the plan fee is under a fifth of it.

CA$25,000 a month in sales

Basic still wins, by CA$12 over Grow. Grow's lower card rate saves 0.2% × 25,000 = CA$50 a month, which is CA$12 short of the CA$62 extra plan fee. All in, the cost is 3.2% of sales.

This is where the third-party fee starts to matter if you use another gateway: 2% on Basic is CA$500, 1% on Grow is CA$250 and 0.6% on Advanced is CA$150, all before the gateway's own charge. With a third-party gateway, Grow beats Basic at this level, because the CA$250 fee saving is more than the CA$62 plan difference.

CA$100,000 a month in sales

Grow is cheapest at CA$2,999: CA$90 under Advanced and CA$138 under Basic. The effective cost is 3.0% of sales. At this level, pick Advanced for its features rather than its price: 15 staff accounts, enhanced live chat support, up to 2x API limits and shipping discounts up to 53%.

Where each Shopify plan breaks even

With Shopify Payments, each step from Basic to Grow to Advanced cuts the online card rate by 0.2 points, so the break-even is the plan-fee difference divided by 0.002. On yearly billing, Basic to Grow breaks even at (99 − 37) ÷ 0.002 = CA$31,000 a month in online card sales. Grow to Advanced breaks even at (389 − 99) ÷ 0.002 = CA$145,000 a month.

With a third-party gateway, Shopify's card rate doesn't apply, so the only rate that changes between plans is the third-party fee: 1 point from Basic to Grow and 0.4 points from Grow to Advanced. That moves the break-even much lower.

The monthly-billing column uses the monthly prices: (132 − 49) ÷ 0.002 = CA$41,500, (517 − 132) ÷ 0.002 = CA$192,500, (132 − 49) ÷ 0.01 = CA$8,300 and (517 − 132) ÷ 0.004 = CA$96,250. The gateway rows use (99 − 37) ÷ 0.01 = CA$6,200 and (389 − 99) ÷ 0.004 = CA$72,500.

Shopify's help centre publishes its own estimates for Canada, in US dollars of sales a year: about US$300,000 for Grow and US$880,000 for Advanced with Shopify Payments, or US$60,000 and US$528,000 without it (Shopify Help Centre, choosing a plan). They don't match ours because they are in USD and the page doesn't show the method behind them. Ours use today's CAD prices and rates, with the arithmetic shown.

Work out your own monthly Shopify bill

Use the calculator below to get your own monthly bill: pick a plan, enter your monthly sales and average order value, and choose Shopify Payments or a third-party gateway. It shows the plan fee, card processing, any third-party fee, the total and the effective percentage of sales, and tells you which plan is cheapest at your volume.

It uses the same CAD rates as this guide and switches to US rates if you sell from the United States. The calculator also has its own page, the Shopify fee calculator, if you want to bookmark it.

The 3-day trial and the $1 a month offer

New stores get 3 days free, then CA$1 a month for the first 3 months on most plans, with no credit card needed to start. After that the plan's standard monthly price applies.

During the trial the store is in private mode, so you can't take a live order until you pick a paid plan. You can switch plans during the trial and pay nothing until it ends. If it ends and you haven't chosen a plan, Shopify pauses the store, and trials can't be extended. Stores created through an AI tool or "vibe code" partner, such as the Stripe Projects CLI, get a 4-month free trial instead (Shopify Help Centre).

So a new Basic store on monthly billing pays CA$0 for three days, CA$1 a month for months one to three, then CA$49 a month from month four. Over its first 12 paid months that is CA$1 × 3 + CA$49 × 9 = CA$444 before tax, the same as a year of yearly billing at CA$37 × 12.

What does Shopify Plus cost in Canada?

Shopify lists Plus at CA$3,400 a month on a three-year term or CA$3,650 on a one-year term, and more complex, higher-volume businesses move to a variable platform fee that Shopify doesn't publish (shopify.com/plus/pricing, checked 11 October 2026). On card fees alone, Plus only beats Advanced above about CA$1.2 million a month in online card sales, assuming you stay on the flat fee; at that volume Shopify may quote a variable platform fee instead, which changes the result.

For the full Plus budget in CAD, with worked first-year totals, read Shopify Plus pricing in Canada. For US-dollar figures, read Shopify Plus pricing in USD. The feature-by-feature split, including what only Plus can do at checkout, is in Shopify Plus vs Shopify. If someone is selling you the upgrade, read whether a Shopify Plus migration is worth it first.

What costs are not on the Shopify pricing page?

Themes, apps, POS Pro, a few usage fees and the cost of building the store sit outside the plan price. For most new stores the build is the largest of them.

Themes. Paid themes on the Shopify Theme Store cost US$100 to US$500, once. Free themes also exist. The Theme Store prices in US dollars: at the Bank of Canada rate of 1.4271 for 9 October 2026, that range is about CA$143 to CA$714.

Apps. Each app developer sets its own price, from free upward, and that includes ERP and inventory-sync apps. No single range fits every store, so budget from the specific apps you plan to install and check the currency on each listing.

POS Pro. CA$119 a month per location on Basic, Grow and Advanced, as covered above.

Marketplace order sync. The first 50 synced orders a month are free on every plan; above that Shopify charges 1%, up to US$99 a month.

Promotional credits. The pricing page advertises "Earn 1% back" up to CA$6,000 on Basic, CA$9,500 on Grow and CA$13,000 on Advanced. It's a promotion with its own terms, so don't build a budget on it.

Building the store. Shopify itself has no setup fee, but hiring someone to design, build or move a store is a separate budget. For a US-dollar view of build costs from DIY to agency, read how much a Shopify website costs. For Canadian agency and freelancer rates in CAD, read Shopify development cost in Canada, and for hourly and project rates, what it costs to hire a Shopify expert. EVDEV publishes fixed-price floors: Shopify store design from CA$2,500, development from CA$3,000, migrations from CA$2,000, and a monthly support plan from CA$299 a month after the 3 months of support included with every project (evdev.dev).

Do you pay GST or HST on your Shopify bill?

Yes. Shopify charges applicable Canadian sales taxes (GST, HST and PST) on the subscription where it has a business presence, so the CA$37 to CA$517 plan prices above are before tax. Your billing address decides which taxes apply (Shopify Help Centre).

From 1 January 2026, Shopify also charges 7% Manitoba RST to merchants with a Manitoba billing or shipping address (help.shopify.com, billing taxes in the US and Canada, checked 11 October 2026). Your invoice under Settings, Billing shows the exact tax applied to your account.

Exemption from tax on the bill is narrow. Shopify names Indigenous Peoples and First Nations bands in Canada, with specific requirements. Applications go through Shopify Support and take up to two weeks to process.

Which Shopify plan should a Canadian store start on?

Start on Basic unless you already sell more than about CA$31,000 a month online through Shopify Payments, or you need a Grow feature on day one. Move to Advanced at about CA$145,000 a month on yearly billing, or earlier if you need 15 staff accounts or its higher API limits.

Grow's day-one reasons are five staff accounts and shipping discounts up to 50% instead of 45%. With a third-party gateway the math changes: Grow pays for itself from about CA$6,200 a month in sales because of its lower third-party fee.

Upgrades take effect immediately, with a prorated bill. Downgrades wait until the end of the current billing cycle, because plans are pre-paid (Shopify Help Centre). That asymmetry is another reason to start low and step up.

If you are moving an existing store rather than starting one, the plan fee is the small number. Our Shopify migration cost guide covers what moves a migration quote, and EVDEV's Shopify migration services come with a fixed price before work starts, from CA$2,000.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Shopify really cost?

The plan fee plus card processing, plus a third-party fee if you use another gateway. On the Canadian rates, with yearly billing and CA$100 orders, that is about CA$192 a month at CA$5,000 in sales on Basic, CA$812 at CA$25,000 on Basic and CA$2,999 at CA$100,000 on Grow. Call it 3% to 4% of sales. Themes, apps, POS Pro and any build work are on top.

How much is Shopify per month in Canada?

Shopify costs CA$49 a month on Basic, CA$132 on Grow and CA$517 on Advanced when billed monthly, or CA$37, CA$99 and CA$389 a month when billed yearly. Plus starts at CA$3,400 a month on a three-year term (shopify.com/ca/pricing). All prices are in CAD, before tax and before card processing.

How much does a Shopify plan cost per year?

Paid yearly, Basic costs CA$444, Grow CA$1,188 and Advanced CA$4,668, charged up front. Paid monthly, the same year costs CA$588, CA$1,584 and CA$6,204. Card processing at 2.8%, 2.6% or 2.4% + 30¢ per online sale is on top.

Is there a monthly payment for Shopify?

Yes. Every standard plan can be paid monthly, and Shopify bills on a 30-day cycle whose charge date you can't choose. Yearly billing is optional, charges the full year up front (Shopify Help Centre) and works out about 25% cheaper on the shopify.com/ca/pricing prices.

How much does Shopify take per sale?

With Shopify Payments, Shopify takes 2.8% + 30¢ per online card sale on Basic, 2.6% + 30¢ on Grow and 2.4% + 30¢ on Advanced. On a CA$100 sale that is CA$3.10, CA$2.90 or CA$2.70. In person it is 2.6%, 2.5% or 2.4% with no fixed fee, and Interac debit is a flat 15¢.

What percentage of fees does Shopify take?

Shopify takes 2.4% to 2.8% + 30¢ per online sale on the standard plans through Shopify Payments, which works out to about 2.7% to 3.1% of a CA$100 order. Amex and international cards cost 3.3% to 3.5% + 30¢. If you use another payment provider, Shopify adds 2%, 1% or 0.6% depending on the plan, on top of that provider's own fee.

Why is Shopify charging me $40?

The closest match is Basic billed in US dollars: US$39 a month on monthly billing, which is what a store billed in USD pays. No Canadian plan charges about CA$40 a month: Basic is CA$49 billed monthly before tax, and the CA$37 yearly rate is charged as CA$444 once a year. If your store is billed in CAD, a charge near CA$40 is more likely an app subscription or a usage charge. Open Settings, Billing and read the plan, the billing period, the currency and the tax line on the bill.

How do I avoid Shopify transaction fees?

Turn on Shopify Payments. With it active, the third-party transaction fee is not charged on orders paid through Shopify Payments, Shop Pay, Shop Pay Installments, PayPal (when Shopify Payments is your primary provider) or manual methods such as cash and bank transfer. Card processing still applies; the third-party fee is the only line you can remove.

Why is Shopify charging me transaction fees?

You are paying the third-party transaction fee because some orders were paid through a provider other than Shopify Payments. For stores created on or after 12 May 2025, Shopify also charges it on the part of an order paid with store credit or a gift card. The rate is 2% on Basic, 1% on Grow, 0.6% on Advanced and 0.2% on Plus, and it isn't refunded when you refund the order.

How expensive is Shopify POS?

Casual in-person selling comes with every paid plan at no extra cost. POS Pro costs CA$119 a month per location on Basic, Grow and Advanced, and Plus includes 20 locations. In-person card rates are 2.4% to 2.6% with no fixed fee, and Interac debit is 15¢ a transaction, or 10¢ on Plus.

Does Shopify offer customer-specific (B2B) pricing in Canada?

Yes. Basic, Grow and Advanced include up to 3 B2B catalogues, which are price lists you assign to business customers, and Plus includes unlimited catalogues. If you need more than three price lists, compare the plans in Shopify Plus vs Shopify.

Is there still a Shopify Starter plan in Canada?

No. Shopify's help centre says the Starter plan isn't available to new stores, and the Canadian pricing page shows no Starter card. Existing Starter stores that change plan can't switch back. The new CA$0 option is the Agentic plan, which can't publish an online store.

Can I switch from yearly to monthly billing?

Yes, and you can now do it yourself. Go to Settings, Plan and choose "Switch to monthly". The change takes effect at the end of your annual cycle, and the year you already paid is generally not refunded.

Is Shopify still worth it in 2026?

The cost side is easy to know in advance: CA$37 to CA$517 a month for the standard plans, card rates of 2.4% to 2.8% + 30¢ online, a 3-day free trial and CA$1 a month for the first 3 months. Shopify's pricing FAQ says you can cancel a standard plan at any time, but plans are prepaid and the period you already paid is generally not refunded; Plus can only be cancelled when its one- or three-year term ends. Whether a store earns that back depends on the store, which is why this guide shows cost as a share of sales: about 3% to 4% in the worked examples. If you are weighing whether to pay for Shopify at all, compare that percentage with your gross margin, not with the plan fee.

What is the downside of using Shopify?

On cost: a monthly fee plus a per-sale card rate, a third-party fee of 0.2% to 2% if you use another gateway, card fees and subscriptions that are generally not refunded, and downgrades that wait until the end of the billing cycle. On features: full checkout customization needs Plus, and apps are priced separately. Our Shopify Plus vs Shopify comparison has the full feature split.

Do Shopify subscription fees have GST?

Yes, where Shopify has a business presence in your Canadian jurisdiction. Shopify lists GST, HST and PST as taxes that can apply to the subscription, and your billing address decides which ones. Check the tax line on your invoice for the rate that applies to you.

What is the best Shopify plan for a Canadian store?

For a store using Shopify Payments: Basic until about CA$31,000 a month in online card sales, Grow until about CA$145,000, then Advanced. Move up earlier if you need Grow's 5 staff accounts or Advanced's 15. The thresholds come from dividing the plan-fee difference by the 0.2-point card-rate step, on yearly billing.

Sources and how we checked

We read every price and rule on this page on 11 October 2026, from a Canadian IP, on the pages below. Shopify changes its rates without notice, so check the live page before you budget.

• Plans, card rates, third-party fees, POS Pro and order sync: shopify.com/ca/pricing
• Shopify Plus terms and the variable platform fee: shopify.com/plus/pricing
• POS Pro and hardware: shopify.com/ca/pos/pricing
• Billing, plan changes, refunds and free trials: Shopify Help Centre, pricing overview and billing plan changes
• Third-party transaction fee rules: Shopify Help Centre
• Shopify Payments next to a third-party gateway: Shopify Help Centre
• Currency conversion and chargebacks: international pricing fees and chargeback process
• Shop Pay Installments: Shopify Help Centre FAQ
• Tax on the Shopify bill: billing taxes in the US and Canada
• Shopify's own break-even estimates: choosing a plan
• Theme prices: Shopify Theme Store, paid themes
• Exchange rate: Bank of Canada daily exchange rates, 9 October 2026