Tipping

• Quebec’s tipping bill gets mixed reaction from Montreal restaurants

  Quebec tabled a bill on Thursday that would regulate how merchants determine suggested tips, forcing businesses to calculate them based on the price before tax. 

  Canada

  Sep 15
  
• Quebec looks to change how restaurants calculate tips with new bill

  That means on a restaurant bill of $100, suggested tips would be calculated based on $100, not on $114.98 after provincial and federal sales taxes are added.

  Canada

  Sep 12
  
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• ‘At their tipping point’: As expectations to tip grow, so does its impact for workers

  As the cost of living continues to rise, the concept of tipping -- and the question of how much to tip -- is garnering more attention, including in Nova Scotia.

  Money

  Aug 29
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• How much do you tip? Why most Canadians feel pressured to give extra

  A recent survey found about 67 per cent of Canadians say they've felt presssure to tip, while another 36 per cent said they tipped to not appear cheap.

  Lifestyle

  Jul 8
• Canadians think tipping is ‘getting out of control,’ new poll suggest

  "Being asked all the time, I think it has this compounding guilt effect,” Angus Reid Institute Research Director David Korinski told 'The Roy Green Show.'

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2023
• Expert and Penticton, B.C. residents react to tip inflation

  Experts say tipping culture has been largely impacted by the pandemic and the ongoing labour shortage.

  Consumer

  Feb 16, 2023
• Experts weigh in on tipping pressures in the Prairies

  In a recent Angus Reid poll, 63 per cent of Saskatchewan respondents say they've noticed an increase in the number of times they've been prompted to tip while eating out.

  Economy

  Feb 16, 2023
• ‘Tip inflation’: Why Canadians are tipping more than ever

  Beyond stylists, coffee shops and restaurants, customers are seeing tip requests on items they may have never tipped for before, and electronic tip amount options are up too.

  Money

  Aug 27, 2022
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• Canadians tipping more generously during COVID-19, new data finds 

  On average, Canadians are tipping 17.9 per cent on face-to-face purchases, up from 16.6 per cent pre-pandemic, said technology company Square.

  Canada

  Apr 15, 2022
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• Fully loaded snow truck tips over on Taschereau Boulevard, causing rush-hour highway closure

  The fully loaded truck and its contents toppled over, causing the complete closure of Taschereau Boulevard next to the 134 highway, closing the roadway for several hours.

  Traffic

  Feb 22, 2022