Best Student Discounts in Canada 2026: Food, Tech, Transit and More
Updated
Student pricing in Canada comes from three places: discount programs that work at many retailers (SPC, UNiDAYS, ISIC), companies that sell directly to students at a lower price (software, streaming, phones), and your school, which often bundles a transit pass and other services into student fees. This page lists the main ones by category. Offers change often, sometimes each term, so each line describes the kind of discount and the provider’s own page has the current terms.
For the bigger money questions (tuition, grants, loans, budgeting), see the student money guide; student discounts are one of the levers in a student budget.
Student Discount Programs
Program
Cost
How to Access
Key Perks
SPC (Student Price Card)
$11.99/year (free with CIBC)
App or physical card
Discounts at 450+ brands
UNiDAYS
Free
Register with school email
10–25% off online retailers
ISIC (International Student Card)
$20
Apply online
Discounts worldwide + ID for travel
Student ID (your school)
Included with tuition
Show at checkout
Most widely accepted
GitHub Student Developer Pack
Free
Verify student status
$200+/year in dev tools
Food and Dining Discounts
Restaurant/Brand
Discount
How
McDonald’s
10% off
Student ID
Subway
Free cookie with sub purchase
SPC card
Pizza Pizza
25% off regular-priced
SPC card
Domino’s
50% off menu price pizzas
Student ID (check location)
Tim Hortons
Free baked good with drink (some locations)
SPC card
Bulk Barn
10% off Wednesdays
Student ID
Buffalo Wild Wings
10–15% off
SPC card
Swiss Chalet
15% off
SPC card
Freshii
15% off
SPC card
Booster Juice
10% off
Student ID
Technology and Software
Product/Service
Student Price
Regular Price
Savings
Apple MacBook (education pricing)
$100–$250 off
None
Up to $250
Apple Music
$5.99/month
$11.99/month
50% off
Spotify Premium (student)
$5.99/month
$11.99/month
50% off
Microsoft 365
Free
$99/year
100% off
Adobe Creative Cloud
$27/month
$73/month
63% off
Amazon Prime Student
$4.99/month
$9.99/month
50% off
GitHub Student Developer Pack
Free ($200+ value)
Paid
100% off
JetBrains (IntelliJ, PyCharm)
Free
$249/year
100% off
Notion
Free Plus plan
$10/month
100% off
Canva Pro
Free
$16.99/month
100% off
Samsung (education store)
10–30% off
None
$50–$500
Dell / Lenovo (education)
5–15% off
None
Varies
Transportation
Service
Student Discount
How
VIA Rail
10–40% off (Student pass)
ISIC card or student ID
GO Transit (Ontario)
PRESTO student discount
Valid student ID + PRESTO
TTC (Toronto)
Post-secondary Monthly Pass $128.15/month; as of September 2026 most other TTC monthly passes were discontinued in favour of fare capping (pay-per-ride up to 47 trips/month, about $155 at the $3.30 adult fare), so the student pass is now one of the few flat-rate options left
Student ID + PRESTO
TransLink (Vancouver)
Concession U-Pass ($44/month)
Through your university
OC Transpo (Ottawa)
U-Pass ($213/semester)
Through your university
STM (Montreal)
Reduced fare ($57/month)
Student Opus card
Greyhound/FlixBus
10–15% off
Student ID or SPC
Zipcar
$25/year student membership
.edu/.ca email
Enterprise/National
5–10% off
ISIC card
Shopping and Clothing
Retailer
Discount
Through
Adidas
30% off
UNiDAYS
Nike
10% off
UNiDAYS
H&M
10% off
SPC card
Foot Locker
10% off
SPC card
Levi’s
15% off
UNiDAYS or student ID
The North Face
10% off
Student ID (in-store)
ASOS
10% off
UNiDAYS
Champion
10% off
UNiDAYS
Urban Outfitters
10% off
UNiDAYS
Garage / Dynamite
10% off
SPC card
Old Navy / Gap
Varies (sale stacking)
SPC card
Winners / Marshalls
No student discount
None
Entertainment and Subscriptions
Service
Student Price
Regular Price
Cineplex (Tuesday)
$8.99 (Scene+)
$14.99+
Spotify + Hulu (US bundled)
$5.99
$12+
YouTube Premium (student)
$7.99/month
$13.99/month
The Athletic
40% off
None
Museum/gallery memberships
50%+ off
Varies
Gym memberships (campus)
$100–$250/year
$40–$60/month elsewhere
Parks Canada Discovery Pass
$36.75 (youth)
$75.25 (adult)
Banking (Student Accounts and Cards)
Most big banks and several online banks waive monthly fees for students, and some add a perk such as a free SPC membership. The accounts are compared on student bank accounts, and cards for students, with their fees and earn rates, on student credit cards.
Bottom Line
The broadest discounts come from free programs that verify you’re a student once (UNiDAYS, your school email for software and streaming) and from what your school already includes in fees, such as a transit pass. Retailers that don’t advertise a student price sometimes offer one when asked. Because terms change, the provider’s current offer is the one that counts.