Short answer: Amazon Prime in Canada costs $9.99 a month or $99 a year, plus tax, and it has stayed at that price since the last increase in May 2022. The harder question is whether it is worth it for your household, because the membership bundles a lot more than fast shipping now: Prime Video, Amazon Music, free DashPass delivery, Prime Gaming, Alexa+, photo storage and twice-yearly deal events are all included at no extra cost.
This guide breaks down the full Amazon Prime membership cost in Canada right now, what you actually get for the money, how it compares to paying for Netflix and DoorDash separately, and who should sign up and who should skip it. Every price below is current as of October 2, 2026.
Quick answer: Amazon Prime Canada pricing and value
- Monthly price: $9.99/month plus tax, cancel anytime.
- Annual price: $99/year plus tax, works out to about $8.25/month and saves roughly $21 a year versus paying monthly.
- Student price: $4.99/month or $49/year, with a 6-month free trial instead of 30 days.
- Free trial: 30 days for new members (most provinces); Quebec members get a 7-month membership for $4.99 instead, under Quebec's trial rules.
- Worth it if: you order from Amazon 10+ times a year, want Prime Video included, or would otherwise pay for DoorDash DashPass separately.
How Much Does Amazon Prime Cost in Canada?
Amazon Prime in Canada has three price points, all unchanged since the last increase in May 2022, when the monthly fee rose from $7.99 to $9.99 and the annual fee rose from $79 to $99.
Prime Monthly
$9.99/mo + tax
Cancel anytime, no commitment, full access to every Prime benefit
Join monthlyPrime Annual
$99/yr + tax
About $8.25/month, saves roughly $21/year versus paying monthly, billed once
Join annuallyPrime Student
$4.99/mo or $49/yr
Half price, 6-month free trial, requires a valid .edu-style student email
Check student eligibility| Plan | Price | Effective monthly cost | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Monthly | $9.99/mo | $9.99 | 30 days |
| Prime Annual | $99/yr | ~$8.25 | 30 days |
| Prime Student (monthly) | $4.99/mo | $4.99 | 6 months |
| Prime Student (annual) | $49/yr | ~$4.08 | 6 months |
| Prime Video ad-free add-on | +$2.99/mo | +$2.99 | n/a |
All prices in CAD, before applicable sales tax, as published on Amazon.ca as of October 2, 2026. Amazon periodically changes prices; the annual plan protects you from a mid-year increase since it is billed once a year.
Why Canadians pay less than Americans: U.S. Prime costs $14.99/month or $139/year, which is roughly 50 percent more than the Canadian price at current exchange rates. Canada's annual-only history and smaller catalog costs have kept the Canadian price lower since Prime launched here in January 2013.
What's Included With Amazon Prime in Canada
A Prime membership bundles nine separate perks. Here is what you actually get for $9.99 a month, without digging through Amazon's help pages.
Fast, free shipping
Free 2-day shipping on millions of items, free 1-day delivery in most cities, and free same-day delivery on $25+ orders in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, the GTA, Ottawa, Southwestern Ontario and Montreal.
Prime Video
Movies, series and Amazon Originals like The Boys and Jack Ryan, plus NHL games on Wednesday nights. Included with limited ads; $2.99/mo removes them.
Amazon Music Prime
Ad-free shuffle access to a 100-million-song catalog plus top podcasts, at no extra cost. On-demand access needs Amazon Music Unlimited (from $11.54/mo for Prime members).
Free DashPass
Unlimited $0 delivery fees on DoorDash, normally a $9.99/month membership on its own, included free for as long as Prime stays active.
Prime Gaming
Free PC games every month, in-game loot drops, and a free monthly Twitch channel subscription for anyone who games or streams.
Amazon Photos
Unlimited full-resolution photo storage plus 5GB of video storage, backed up automatically from your phone.
Prime Reading
A rotating selection of free ebooks, audiobook samples and magazines you can read on any device with the Kindle app.
Alexa+ and Amazon Family
Alexa+ at no extra cost on compatible devices, plus Amazon Family perks like 20% off diapers through Subscribe & Save and 15% off Baby Registry items.
Rewards Mastercard and deal access
Amazon.ca Rewards Mastercard holders earn 5% back on their first $3,000 in Amazon purchases (2.5% after), and Prime membership is required to shop Prime Day and Prime Big Deal Days.
What Prime does not include in Canada: there is no Amazon Fresh or Whole Foods grocery delivery network here the way there is in the U.S., so grocery delivery is not part of the Canadian membership.
Prime Video in Canada: Ads, Catalog and the Ad-Free Upgrade
Prime Video is bundled into every Prime membership at no extra charge, but it has included limited advertising since February 2024. If you want the ad-free experience back, Amazon charges an extra $2.99 a month on top of your regular Prime fee.
| Plan | Price | Ads |
|---|---|---|
| Prime Video (included with Prime) | $9.99/mo or $99/yr | Limited ads on movies and series |
| Prime Video ad-free upgrade | +$2.99/mo | No ads on movies and series (live sports keep ads) |
| Prime for Young Adults | $4.99/mo or $49/yr | Limited ads, same as standard Prime |
Even without the upgrade, anything you purchase or rent individually on Prime Video stays ad-free. Live content, including NHL games streamed on Wednesday nights, keeps ads regardless of which tier you're on. Canada's Prime Video catalog runs over 8,500 titles between licensed and original content, which some trackers put ahead of Netflix Canada's catalog size, though the mix leans toward older titles rather than new releases.
Prime vs. Paying for Netflix and DoorDash Separately
The clearest way to see Prime's value is to compare it against buying the same things individually. Netflix Canada currently charges $7.99/month for Standard with Ads, $18.99/month for ad-free Standard, and $23.99/month for 4K Premium. DashPass alone costs $9.99/month on its own.
| What you'd pay separately | Monthly cost |
|---|---|
| Netflix Standard (ad-free, comparable to Prime Video ad-free) | $18.99 |
| DoorDash DashPass | $9.99 |
| Amazon Music Unlimited (non-member rate) | $12.59 |
| Total if bought separately | $41.57 |
| Amazon Prime (all three included, plus shipping, gaming and more) | $9.99 |
That comparison alone doesn't settle whether Prime is worth it for you, since you may not want all three services, but it shows how much is bundled into the $9.99 price before you even count free shipping.
Is Amazon Prime Worth It in Canada?
It depends almost entirely on how often you shop on Amazon and whether you'd use the bundled perks anyway.
- Order from Amazon 10 or more times a year (non-member shipping runs about $9.99 per order under $35, so 10 orders roughly covers the $99 annual fee)
- Live in a city with one-day or same-day delivery
- Would use Prime Video, Amazon Music or DashPass anyway
- Have a student email and qualify for the $4.99/mo rate
- Order from Amazon only a few times a year
- Live somewhere outside the fast-shipping zones, where delivery speed advantages shrink
- Already pay for Netflix, Spotify and DoorDash and don't want to switch
- Only want the shipping and not the entertainment perks
Our take: the breakeven math on shipping alone (about 10 orders a year) already makes Prime close to free for an average Amazon shopper, and that's before counting Prime Video, free DashPass or Prime Gaming. For light shoppers who wouldn't use the other perks, a 30-day free trial around a big purchase or Prime Day is often the more sensible way to use it.
Amazon Prime Student: Half Price, Longer Trial
Post-secondary students get the full Prime membership for half the regular price: $4.99/month or $49/year, verified with a valid student email address. The free trial runs 6 months instead of 30 days, roughly 12 times longer than the standard trial, which is long enough to cover most of a school term before any charge hits.
Student status needs to be re-verified periodically, and after graduation the account automatically rolls over to the standard $9.99/month or $99/year rate unless you cancel.
Free Trial and the Quebec Rule
New members in most provinces get a 30-day free trial with full access to every Prime benefit before any charge applies. Quebec works differently: because of Quebec's consumer protection rules around automatically renewing free trials, new Quebec members are offered a 7-month membership for $4.99 instead of a traditional free trial, after which the standard rate applies.
Either way, you can cancel before the trial or discounted period ends and pay nothing, and Amazon will send a reminder email before your first real charge.
How to Sign Up and Cancel Amazon Prime
- Go to the Prime page on Amazon.ca. Choose monthly, annual, or apply for Prime Student if you have a school email.
- Add a payment method. A card is required to start the trial even though you won't be charged until it ends.
- Use the benefits during your trial. Try Prime Video, place an order with fast shipping, and check whether the perks fit your habits.
- Decide before the trial ends. If you don't want to continue, cancel from Your Account before the renewal date to avoid any charge.
- To cancel anytime: go to Your Account, select Prime Membership, then End Membership. You keep access until the end of the current billing period.
Best Internet for Streaming Prime Video Without Buffering
Prime Video, especially in 4K on supported titles, needs a steady connection to look right. If your internet struggles during a movie night, the plan is usually the bottleneck, not Amazon. Here's what we'd look at for a household that streams a lot.
TELUS PureFibre
from $90/mo
Symmetrical fibre with unlimited data, handles 4K Prime Video and multiple streams at once without strain
Check TELUS availabilityWakey
from $29/mo
No-contract plans from 5 Mbps up to 1,500 Mbps, including a fibre option, so you can size the plan to how much you stream
Check Wakey plansOxio
from $57/mo
Flat, month-to-month pricing with a free router included, a simple fit for a household that mainly streams and browses
Check Oxio plansDiallog
no contract
Independent ISP with cable, DSL and fibre plans up to 1,500/940 Mbps across Ontario and Quebec, free router on select plans
Check Diallog plansStreaming Prime Video away from home? A mobile plan with enough data matters just as much as home internet. Fizz runs on the Rogers network with flexible, no-contract data plans that work well for streaming on the go.
Prime Day and Prime Big Deal Days 2026
Amazon runs two major Prime-exclusive sale events a year in Canada. Prime Day 2026 already took place June 23 to 26. The next event, Prime Big Deal Days, runs October 6 and 7, 2026, a four-day-style sale compressed into two days with deals across every category. You need an active Prime membership to unlock the exclusive pricing during both events, though some early deals are visible to everyone browsing Amazon.ca.
Amazon Prime Membership Cost Over a Year
Looking at the Amazon Prime membership cost on a single receipt understates what it saves or costs you over a full year, so here is the yearly math broken out by plan.
| Plan | 12-month cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Prime Monthly | $119.88 | $9.99 x 12, cancel anytime |
| Prime Annual | $99.00 | Saves $20.88 versus paying monthly |
| Prime Student Monthly | $59.88 | $4.99 x 12 |
| Prime Student Annual | $49.00 | Saves $10.88 versus paying monthly |
| Prime Monthly + ad-free Prime Video | $155.76 | $12.98 x 12 |
If you're committed to keeping Prime for the full year, paying annually is strictly cheaper than paying month to month, with no added risk since both plans can be cancelled before renewal.
Amazon Prime Canada: Frequently Asked Questions
How much is Amazon Prime per month in Canada?
Amazon Prime costs $9.99 per month in Canada, plus applicable tax. The annual plan is $99 per year, which works out to about $8.25 per month and saves roughly $21 a year compared with paying monthly.
Is Amazon Prime worth it in Canada?
For most people who order from Amazon 10 or more times a year, yes. The annual fee roughly breaks even on shipping savings alone, before counting Prime Video, free DashPass, Prime Gaming and Amazon Music. Infrequent shoppers who wouldn't use the other perks may find a short free trial more sensible than a full membership.
What is included with Amazon Prime in Canada?
Prime includes free 1 to 2-day shipping (same-day in select cities), Prime Video with limited ads, Amazon Music Prime, free DoorDash DashPass, Prime Gaming, Amazon Photos unlimited storage, Prime Reading, Alexa+ at no extra cost, and access to Prime Day and Prime Big Deal Days.
How much is Amazon Prime Student?
Amazon Prime Student costs $4.99 a month or $49 a year, half the standard price, and includes a 6-month free trial instead of the usual 30 days. You need a valid student email to sign up.
Does Amazon Prime Video have ads in Canada?
Yes, since February 2024, Prime Video includes limited advertising by default. You can remove ads on movies and series for an additional $2.99 a month on top of your Prime membership. Live sports content keeps ads regardless of the ad-free upgrade.
How long is the Amazon Prime free trial?
The standard free trial is 30 days for most Canadian provinces, and 6 months for Prime Student. Quebec residents are offered a 7-month membership for $4.99 instead of a free trial, due to Quebec's consumer protection rules on automatically renewing trials.
Can I cancel Amazon Prime anytime?
Yes. Go to Your Account, select Prime Membership, then End Membership. You keep full access until the end of the billing period you already paid for, and there is no cancellation fee.
Is Amazon Prime cheaper in Canada than the US?
Yes. Canadian Prime costs $9.99/month or $99/year CAD, while US Prime costs $14.99/month or $139/year USD, which works out to roughly 50% more at current exchange rates.
Does Amazon Prime include grocery delivery in Canada?
No. Unlike the US, where Prime bundles Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods delivery, Canada does not have that grocery network, so grocery delivery is not part of a Canadian Prime membership.
When is Prime Day 2026 in Canada?
Prime Day 2026 ran June 23 to 26. The next Prime-exclusive event is Prime Big Deal Days on October 6 and 7, 2026. An active Prime membership is required to access the exclusive deal pricing during both events.
How much does Amazon Music Unlimited cost for Prime members?
Prime members pay a discounted rate for Amazon Music Unlimited, around $11.54 a month individually or $20.99 a month for a family plan covering up to 6 people. Without Prime, the individual rate is closer to $12.59 a month. Shuffle-only access to the full music catalog is already included free with Prime.
Will my internet affect how Prime Video looks?
Yes. Standard definition needs roughly 3 Mbps, HD needs about 5 to 10 Mbps, and 4K titles typically need 25 Mbps or more of stable, dedicated bandwidth per stream. A connection that's shared across several devices or a slow cable plan can cause buffering even if your total plan speed looks sufficient on paper.
Ready to try Amazon Prime?
Start a free trial, lock in the annual rate before the next price change, or check your student eligibility for half-price Prime.
Join Amazon PrimeHow we built this guide: Pricing and benefit details were reviewed October 2, 2026 from Amazon.ca's official Prime, Prime Video, Amazon Music and DashPass offer pages, Amazon's Canadian customer service pages, and recent Canadian coverage (CBC, MobileSyrup, Daily Hive) of the 2024 Prime Video ad rollout and 2026 Prime Day dates. Netflix Canada pricing is drawn from our own Netflix Canada pricing guide. This article contains affiliate links, including to Amazon.ca, and PlanGenius may earn a commission if you sign up through them at no extra cost to you. See our Advertisers Disclosure and Editorial Policy. Amazon may change Prime pricing or benefits at any time; always confirm current details on Amazon.ca before signing up.
