New rules on tipping, price labelling take effect across Quebec

By Canadian Press on May 7, 2025.

MONTREAL — New rules on tipping and on price displays at grocery retailers are in effect as of today across Quebec.

Tips must now be calculated on the price before taxes, and tipping options must be “neutral and uniform,” so that a merchant can’t suggest a percentage that a client should give.

Also, grocery retailers will now have to include more information on displays, such as the price per unit of measure, and the price for customers who don’t belong to a store’s rewards program.

That measure extends to any retailer that sells food, including convenience stores.

The province has also raised the price accuracy policy from to $15 from $10 — meaning that if the price at checkout is higher than the advertised price, the product must be offered for free if it is less than $15.

Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette, who oversees consumer protection, says the new rules will make life simpler for Quebecers.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 7, 2025.

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