Where are American Express Cards accepted in Canada and Quebec?

Here is a list of many businesses accepting American Express credit cards in Canada and Quebec.

The major grocery and convenience stores accepting American Express Cards in Canada and/or Quebec are:

• Subway
• Metro Plus
• Adonis Market
• Super C
• Première Moisson
• Marché Richelieu
• Giant Tiger
• Couche-Tard
• Circle K
• 7-Eleven
• Safeway
• Sobeys
• Whole Foods Market
• Food Basics
• FreshCo
• Save-On-Foods

Since 2023, all IGA grocery stores should accept American Express, as Scotiabank has implemented its Scene+ program, with its American Express cards.

In these grocery and convenience stores, for example, you could use the American Express Cobalt^® Card to earn 5 points per dollar.

What’s more, in our experience, only Thibeault Family Metro Plus stores in the Laurentians accept American Express cards (Thibeault Family Metro Plus St-Jérôme, St-Antoine, Blainville and Prévost).

The main drugstores accepting American Express Cards in Canada and/or Quebec are:

• Jean Coutu
• Uniprix
• Uniprix Health
• Uniprix Clinic
• Familiprix
• Shoppers Drug Mart
• London Drugs
• Rexall

In these drugstores, you could, for example, use the American Express^® Gold Rewards Card to earn 2 points per dollar.

The main gas stations accepting American Express Cards in Canada and/or Quebec are:

• Petro-Canada
• Shell
• Esso
• Ultramar
• Irving Oil
• Fast Gas Plus
• Bluewave Energy

At these gas stations, you could, for example, use the Scotiabank Gold American Express^® Card to earn 3 points per dollar.

The major electronics and office supply stores accepting American Express Cards in Canada and/or Quebec are:

• Staples
• Apple
• Dell
• Canada Computers
• Best Buy
• The Source
• Indigo Chapters
• Newegg.ca

For example, at these electronics and office supply stores, you could use the American Express Business Edge™ Card to earn 3 points per dollar.

The main hotels accepting American Express Cards in Canada and/or Quebec are:

• Marriott
• Hilton
• Best Western
• Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
• Choice Hotels
• Holiday Inn

At Marriott hotels, for example, you could use the Marriott Bonvoy^® American Express^®* Card to earn 5 points per dollar.

The major restaurants, cafés or food delivery services accepting American Express Cards in Canada and/or Quebec are:

• Tim Hortons
• Starbucks
• Second Cup
• Café Dépôt
• McDonald’s
• Burger King
• A&W
• La Voie Maltée
• La Cage
• Les 3 Brasseurs
• Poulet Rouge
• Ben & Florentine
• Yuzu Sushi
• Mikes
• Chez Ashton
• CopperBranch
• Uber Eats
• SkipTheDishes
• Cook It
• Hello Fresh
• GoodFood

In these restaurants, cafés and home delivery services you could, for example, use the American Express Cobalt^® Card to earn 5 points per dollar.

The main retailers accepting American Express Cards in Canada and/or Quebec are:

At these retailers, for example, you could use the SimplyCash™ Preferred from American Express to earn 2% cash back.

When you shop online, American Express is rarely not accepted. However, it can happen.

Find out if the business accepts Paypal! If this is the case, you can use your American Express card through Paypal.

Buy gift cards at rakuten.ca, well known to milesopedia readers, for stores like Maxi, Provigo, IGA that don’t yet accept American Express!

You can use your American Express card indirectly in these shops with gift cards. However, please note that your purchase on rakuten.ca will count at your card’s base rate (and not at the accelerated rate as for a grocery purchase, for example).

This trick comes in handy when you need to unlock a welcome bonus (like the 2,500-point monthly welcome bonus on the American Express Cobalt^® Card after $500 in purchases).

Another tip: buy gift cards with your American Express card at stores offering a higher multiplier.

For example, by purchasing an SAQ gift card at your Métro grocery store with your American Express Cobalt^® Cardyou’ll earn 5 points per dollar. If you paid directly to the SAQ with your American Express Card, you would only get 1 point per dollar!

As you can see, American Express credit cards are accepted in more places than you think!

Certainly there are still retailers who do not yet accept American Express credit cards. And that it will also depend on your location (countryside or in a large city) and your consumption habits.

However, American Express Credit cards are the most rewarding: changing a few habits could save you a lot of money and even bring you closer to the travel of your dreams!