If you enjoy shopping and entertainment but want to save money over time, consider subscribing to Amazon Prime Canada!
As a Prime member, you can access many benefits, such as exclusive deals, free and fast shipping on millions of items, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows, and so much more.
If you’re curious about the membership cost, additional perks, and whether it’s a worthwhile subscription, read on to find out more.
Key Takeaways
- Amazon Prime in Canada is available for $9.99 per month (plus taxes) or $99.00 per year (plus taxes), and either plan can be cancelled anytime.
- Once you become an Amazon Prime member, you can get many shipping and shopping benefits and unlimited photo storage.
- With Amazon Prime membership, you can have free and unlimited access to Prime Reading, Amazon Music, Prime Video, and Prime Gaming.
How Much is Amazon Prime in Canada?
Amazon Prime Canada costs $9.99 per month (plus taxes) and $99.00 annually (plus taxes), both cancellable anytime.
However, if you’ll be using Amazon Prime for a while, the best deal is the yearly plan, which costs $8.25 per month while saving you $20.88 for the year.
If you are new to Amazon Prime or have not been a member for the last 12 months, you can sign up for a free trial for 30 days, where you need a valid payment account, such as a credit card, chequing account, or gift card.
Once you have successfully enrolled in the program and your trial period ends, Amazon will automatically upgrade your account to a paid membership plan.
So, if you wish to cancel your Amazon Prime membership, go to the Manage page of your account and cancel before the end of the 30-day trial.
However, Quebec residents are not eligible for the 30-day Amazon Prime free trial but can have two months of membership for the price of one.
What an Amazon Prime Membership Includes
When you become a member of Prime, you are eligible for the perks outlined below.
1. Amazon Prime Shipping Benefits
After becoming an Amazon Prime member, you enjoy many shipping benefits (as listed below) on eligible items fulfilled by Amazon and those marked as eligible on the product page.
- Free Prime shipping as fast as two days to nearly all addresses in Canada
- Free same-day delivery to eligible addresses in Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver
- Free one-day delivery to most Canadian cities and towns
- Free standard shipping for various items except for giant treadmills, a 48″ TV or bigger, heavy furniture, and other heavy items
- Free release-date delivery on eligible preorder items
Note: Amazon Prime Shipping does not allow orders from remote locations.
2. Amazon Prime Shopping Benefits
- Prime Early Access Sale with access to exclusive deals 30-minutes earlier
- Amazon Rewards Mastercard Card cashback of 2.5% every day
- Family discounts with a 15% baby registry completion discount and up to 20% off on diaper subscriptions
3. Amazon Photos & Amazon Drive
Amazon Photos is a secure web storage service with unlimited photo storage and free 5 GB of video storage, with enhanced organization and search features for personal or non-commercial purposes.
4. Amazon Music
Amazon Music for Prime members lets you access millions of songs from their extensive catalogue of playlists, stations, and podcasts without advertisements.
You can pick and play songs, shuffle any playlist, album, or artist, or even download your favourite songs to listen to offline.
You can also try Amazon Music Unlimited for $7.99 monthly as another subscription payment to listen to songs in HD and UHD with the help of Dolby Atmos and 360 Reality Audio features.
5. Prime Video
You can stream unlimited films and TV episodes with Amazon Prime Video for free. Starting in February 2024, Prime Video movies and TV shows will include limited advertisements. You can sign up for a new ad-free option for an additional $2.99 per month.
6. Prime Gaming
Amazon Prime Gaming offers in-game content for your favourite games; you can even download them at no additional cost.
With Amazon Prime membership, you can also get a free monthly channel subscription to Twitch with enhanced features like exclusive emoticons, expanded chat colour options, a member-only prime chat badge, and extended broadcast storage.
7. Prime Reading
With Prime Reading, you can borrow hundreds of e-books and e-magazines, which you can open on your Kindle e-reader, Fire tablet, or Kindle reading apps available on the Google Play Store or Apple Store anytime and anywhere.
How Much Is Amazon Prime Canada For Students?
The cost of Amazon Prime Canada for students is $4.99 per month and $49.00 per year, half the price of the standard membership plan. This discount-over-discount price means students can save as much as $10.88 for the yearly plan.
With the Prime Student membership, students can enjoy a lot of Amazon benefits which are pretty much the same as the regular membership, such as free and fast delivery, unlimited streaming with Amazon Music Prime, Prime Gaming, and Prime Video, early access to Lightning Deals, and unlimited photo storage in Amazon Drive.
On top of that, there are also multiple exclusive offers like a free 6-month trial courtesy of STACKTV, Amazon Music Unlimited for $0.99 per month, a free two-month trial to Kindle Unlimited, and many more.
How Much Does Amazon Prime Video Cost in Canada?
Amazon Prime Video is a video streaming service, part of the $9.99 monthly or $99 annual (plus taxes) Amazon Prime membership, that allows users to watch popular TV episodes and movies, live events, and Amazon-produced content without the need for a cable subscription.
Here are the current additional monthly payments for Amazon Prime Video’s premium and special channel packages:
- STARZ – $5.99/month
- STACKTV – $12.99/month
- BritBox – $9.99/month
- Super Channel – $9.99/month
- Paramount+ – $9.99/month
- City TV+ – $4.99/month
- Discovery+ – $6.99/month
- AMC+ – $8.99/month
- Nick+ – $5.99/month
- Hayu – $5.99/month
Is Amazon Prime Canada Worth It?
If you frequently buy items from Amazon, you will love the free and fast shipping and countless exclusive deals and discounts included in the membership.
Moreover, if you enjoy watching movies and TV shows or listening to music, then an Amazon Prime membership could be a worthy and significant investment because of the unlimited access to Prime Video and Amazon Prime Music.
It’s always best to weigh the monthly or yearly costs against the Amazon Prime benefits you’ll receive. Compare the benefits based on your shopping habits and personal needs to determine whether it is worth it.
FAQs
The annual Amazon Prime membership in Canada costs $99.00, billed as a one-time payment. Choosing the yearly plan over the monthly plan can save you approximately $20.88.
Yes, Amazon Prime in Canada is cheaper than in the United States. The US Amazon Prime membership costs $14.99 per month, equivalent to more or less $20.00, making it about twice the monthly price of Canadian Amazon Prime.
The last price increase for Amazon Prime membership in Canada occurred in May 2022. Starting in February 2024, you can pay an extra $2.99 monthly for ad-free access to Prime Video movies and TV shows.
You can’t share an Amazon Prime account in Canada because the Amazon Household feature has yet to be available in the region. If the petition to bring Amazon Household to Canada succeeds, you can invite friends and family members to use your Amazon Prime membership (up to 6 members) as long as they are within Canada.
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