Senior Discounts in Ontario: What Is Actually Published

Search for senior discounts in Ontario and you will find a lot of confident numbers waiting for you: twenty percent on Thursdays, fifteen percent at the thrift shop, free coffee if you ask. Follow one to the till and it often turns out to be nobody's published policy. So this page does the boring version. For each entry below we went to that company's own website and read what it publishes about age-based pricing. Where a company publishes a discount, we say what it publishes. Where it publishes nothing, we say that too, in those words, rather than repeating a figure from somewhere else. Everything here was checked on August 19, 2026.

The short version is not flattering to the roundups. Most of the retail and restaurant chains people ask about publish nothing at all about a senior price. The ones that do put terms in writing are Value Village, Bulk Barn, GO Transit and VIA Rail, plus Denny's, which publishes a 55+ menu rather than a discount.

That does not mean no cashier anywhere will take money off. It means the discount, where it exists, is set by a franchise owner or a store manager and never announced, so the only reliable way to find out is to ask before you pay. The larger money, in any case, is in the provincial programs at the end of this page rather than in any of the store discounts above them.

McDonald's coffee for seniors

McDonald's Canada publishes nothing about a senior price, for coffee or for anything else. Its own FAQ section runs to 87 questions covering cards, ordering, payment, refunds and the app, and not one of them concerns age-based pricing.

That is not the same as saying no restaurant does it. McDonald's restaurants in Canada are run by independent franchisees who set their own local promotions, so a free or cheaper senior coffee can be perfectly real at one restaurant and unheard of at the one across town. None of it is announced centrally, which is why the confident ages and percentages you find online cannot be relied on. Ask at the counter of the restaurant you actually use, and treat a yes as a bonus rather than a plan.

Shoppers Drug Mart Seniors Day

Shoppers Drug Mart Seniors Day is one of the most widely repeated senior discounts in Ontario, usually quoted as 20 percent off regular-priced merchandise on Thursdays for shoppers 65 and older with a PC Optimum card.

We could not confirm any of it from Shoppers Drug Mart. There is no seniors day page on shoppersdrugmart.ca, the site's own sitemap contains nothing age-based, and the offers it does publish are product promotions open to everyone. Rather than repeat a figure the company does not publish, we are leaving it out. If your store runs a seniors day, the store itself, or the flyer in its window, is where the current terms live.

Rexall Advantage 55+ program

Rexall's Advantage 55+ program is widely described as 20 percent off regular-priced merchandise every Tuesday for customers 55 and older who present a Be Well card.

We could not read rexall.ca to confirm it. The site returned no usable content to us, so the percentage, the age and the day all count as unverified here and we are not repeating them as fact. Rexall posts its current terms in-store, and staff at the counter can tell you which day applies and what proof of age they want to see.

Value Village senior Tuesday

This is one of the few entries on this page where the company puts the terms in writing, in public, for its Ontario stores.

Is Tuesday seniors day at Value Village?

Yes. Value Village publishes Senior Tuesday on the pages for its Ontario stores, and it runs every Tuesday rather than on a rotating monthly schedule.

Value Village senior discount percentage

Value Village states it plainly on those store pages: save 30 percent, every Tuesday is Senior Tuesday.

The same notice carries two conditions. New merchandise, marked with red tags, is excluded, and Value Village adds that some restrictions may apply. The saving lands on donated secondhand stock, which is most of what the store sells.

Age requirement for Value Village senior discount

Value Village's own wording is that you must be 60 or older. Bring government-issued photo identification showing your birthdate, since staff may ask to see it.

How to claim your Value Village senior discount

Claiming your discount is simple:

• Shop at any participating Value Village location on Tuesday
• Bring government-issued identification showing your birthdate
• Tell the cashier about the Senior Day discount at checkout
• Present your ID when asked for verification

New merchandise marked with red tags is excluded, and Value Village notes that some restrictions may apply. The savings are on donated secondhand items rather than on new stock.

Bulk Barn Wednesday discount

Wednesdays are worth marking on the calendar if you shop at Bulk Barn, when seniors save on baking supplies, healthy snacks, and pantry staples.

Bulk Barn senior discount details

Bulk Barn's own FAQ confirms that a Seniors' discount exists and that it applies on Wednesdays. The FAQ also covers online orders: if you meet the eligibility requirements and you place, pick up or pay for the order on a Wednesday, the discount applies, but you have to note it in the special instructions box so the store team knows to apply it. What Bulk Barn does not publish anywhere on its site is the percentage or the qualifying age, so we are not quoting either. Ask at the till, or read the notice posted in your store, before you shop.

How to redeem Bulk Barn senior discount

To claim your discount:

• Visit any Bulk Barn location on Wednesday
• Bring valid ID showing your age
• Tell the cashier about the senior discount before payment
• For online orders, mention your eligibility in the special instructions section

M&M Food Market

M&M Food Market turns up on most Ontario lists with a 10 percent senior discount on Tuesdays, sometimes with an online promo code attached to it.

M&M Food Market publishes no senior discount. Its own customer service FAQ, which is long and detailed about ordering, delivery, substitutions and returns, contains no entry on age-based pricing, and nothing elsewhere on mmfoodmarket.com mentions a senior price or a senior day. If your store does something for older customers, the store is the only place that can tell you.

Tim Hortons senior discount

Tim Hortons publishes no senior discount. Nothing on the chain's own site sets out an age, a percentage or a day.

Tim Hortons restaurants are run by independent franchisees, and some of them do take something off for older regulars. That is a decision made behind one counter rather than a chain policy, and it is not announced anywhere you can check before you go. The ten percent for customers 60 and older that gets repeated on a lot of sites is not something Tim Hortons publishes, so it is not stated here as fact. Ask at your own store.

Subway senior discount

Subway restaurants in Canada are independently owned franchises, and any senior pricing is left to the owner of the shop you walk into.

Subway publishes no senior discount that we could find, and subway.com did not load for us to check further. The everyday ten percent for guests 60 and older that appears on a great many roundups is not something we could trace back to Subway, so it is not stated here as fact. Ask at the counter of the restaurant you use, before you order.

Denny's 55+ menu

Denny's publishes a 55+ menu on its own website: a section of the regular menu holding smaller, lower-priced versions of its plates. Denny's has only a handful of Ontario locations, so check that one is actually near you before planning around it.

What Denny's does not publish is a senior day. There is no Thursday discount, no all-day senior pricing and no percentage off the regular menu anywhere on dennys.com. The saving comes from ordering off the 55+ section rather than from anything applied at the till. Ask your server for the 55+ menu.

Giant Tiger

Giant Tiger is usually listed with a 10 percent senior discount on the first Monday of each month for shoppers 60 and older.

We could not confirm that from Giant Tiger. The company's site did not return usable content to us and there is no seniors day page we could reach on gianttiger.com, so the percentage, the age and the day are all unverified and we are not repeating them. Giant Tiger stores post their own signage, and the weekly flyer is where the chain does publish its offers.

Hudson's Bay: the stores are closed

One update for 2026: Hudson's Bay is off the list. The company wound up its Canadian department stores in 2025 and the stores are closed.

If you still see Hudson's Bay Senior Tuesday floating around in a discount roundup, that roundup has not been updated. There are no stores left to honor it, and the HBC Rewards program that was tied to them is no longer something Ontario seniors can lean on for department store savings.

Lawtons Drugs: not an Ontario option

Lawtons Drugs appears on a lot of Ontario senior discount lists, usually with a 20 percent Wednesday discount attached to it. It should not. Lawtons' own store locator offers four provinces in its dropdown, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, and Ontario is not among them. Whatever Lawtons does for older shoppers, there is no Lawtons in Ontario to do it in.

Goodwill

Goodwill is not one organization. It is a network of separate, locally run nonprofits, and each one sets its own store prices, sale days and discount policies.

So there is no national Goodwill senior discount to quote, and no Ontario-wide one either. Some regional Goodwills publish a senior day on their own website and some publish nothing. Find out which organization runs the stores near you, then check that organization's site or ask in the shop. A figure attached to a Goodwill in another country tells you nothing about the one on your high street.

VIA Rail senior fares

If you'd rather see Ontario from a train window, Via Rail keeps senior fares below the regular price. The discount travels with you well past the provincial line, too.

VIA Rail senior fares explained

VIA Rail publishes a senior fare category on its own site, for travellers 65 years and older, available across its network. VIA does not publish a single percentage for it. What you save depends on the route, the class of service and how far ahead you book, and the reduced fare is shown when you search.

Age requirement for VIA Rail senior fares

VIA Rail's own senior page sets the threshold at 65 years and older. Carry government identification such as a passport or driver's licence to prove your age when asked.

How to book VIA Rail senior tickets

1. To book senior tickets:
2. Go to Via Rail's website and click "Tickets"
3. Choose "Round-trip" or "One-way"
4. Enter your travel details (origin, destination, dates)
5. Select "Senior (65+)" from the traveler type dropdown
6. Complete your search and finalize your booking

You can also book by phone or at station ticket counters.

GO Transit senior discount

GO Transit is where the transit savings get serious. For riders 65 and older the fare drops by more than half, and it is the deepest published senior discount on this page.

GO Transit senior fare savings

GO Transit's own seniors page states it plainly: if you are 65 years or older, you save 55 percent with your PRESTO card or GO E-ticket on your train or bus ride. GO's wording is that seniors day is every day, so there is no particular day to plan around.

Age eligibility for the GO Transit discount

To qualify, you must be 65 years or older. Bring valid photo identification when you set the fare type up.

How to use PRESTO for senior fares

To set up senior fares on PRESTO:

• Visit Union Station or any Customer Service Outlet
• Ask staff to set your PRESTO card to "Seniors" fare type
• Show photo ID as proof of age

Once activated, the system applies the 55 percent discount whenever you tap your card.

Canadian Western Bank Gold Leaf Plus

A heads-up on this one: Canadian Western Bank was bought by National Bank of Canada, with the deal closing in early 2025 and accounts finished moving over in 2026. The CWB brand is being retired, so its Gold Leaf PLUS senior account is on its way out and shifting to National Bank.

Canadian Western Bank senior account benefits

Gold Leaf PLUS was CWB's chequing package for older customers. It is no longer offered, so its terms are of historical interest only.

How to open a senior account at CWB

You can no longer open a Gold Leaf PLUS account at CWB. To find a current equivalent, visit a National Bank branch with photo ID, or compare no-fee senior chequing accounts at other banks and credit unions.

Telus discounted mobile plans

Telus offers discounted mobile service through a program aimed at low-income seniors rather than at seniors generally.

We could not read telus.com to confirm the current plan prices or data allowances, so we are not quoting them. What is worth knowing is the qualifying rule, which does not change with the plan: eligibility is tied to receiving the Guaranteed Income Supplement, not to your age on its own. If you receive GIS, check the current terms on telus.com or ask at a Telus store, and have your Old Age Security statement ready when you apply.

Conclusion

Here is what this page can stand behind.

Value Village publishes 30 percent off every Tuesday for shoppers 60 and older, excluding red-tagged new merchandise. GO Transit publishes 55 percent off for riders 65 and older, every day. Bulk Barn's FAQ confirms a seniors discount on Wednesdays without naming a percentage or an age. VIA Rail publishes a senior fare for travellers 65 years and older. Denny's publishes a 55+ menu rather than a discount. That is the whole of what the companies on this page put in writing.

The only ages actually published here are 60, at Value Village, and 65, at GO Transit and VIA Rail. Bring valid photo identification when you ask for a senior price, since a business that gives one will usually want to see a birthdate.

Everything else is set locally and unadvertised. Ask at the till before you pay rather than after, and treat a yes as a bonus rather than something to build a trip around.

The bigger money for Ontario seniors comes from government programs rather than store discounts. If you are 65 or older, the Ontario Drug Benefit program covers most of your prescription drug costs. And if your income is low, the Guaranteed Annual Income System pays a monthly, non-taxable amount on top of Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement: Ontario's own page states that eligible seniors can receive up to $92 a month for the 2026 benefit year, which runs from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.

Sources

Primary sources for the figures and guidance on this page:

Value Village Ontario store pages - the Senior Tuesday notice carried on Value Village's own Ontario store pages: save 30 percent, every Tuesday, must be 60 or older, new red-tagged merchandise excluded

Bulk Barn online ordering FAQ - Bulk Barn's confirmation that a Seniors' discount exists, that it applies on Wednesdays, and how it is applied to online orders

GO Transit, Seniors - the 55 percent discount, the 65 years or older threshold, the PRESTO card and GO E-ticket condition, and GO's statement that seniors day is every day

VIA Rail, senior travellers - VIA Rail's senior fare category and its 65 years and older threshold

Ontario Guaranteed Annual Income System payments for seniors - the up to $92 per month maximum and the 2026 benefit year running July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027

McDonald's Canada FAQs - the full published question list, which contains no entry on age-based pricing

M&M Food Market customer service FAQ - the full published question list, which contains no entry on a senior discount

Lawtons Drugs store locator - the province list Lawtons offers, which covers New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island only

Shoppers Drug Mart sitemap - checked for a seniors day page, which it does not contain