Canada

Canada's grocery sector is dominated by a small number of national and regional players, and the three tracked here reflect that: Loblaws, Walmart (CA) and Save-On-Foods, priced in CAD. Loblaws is the largest national grocer by a wide margin, Walmart Canada competes hard on packaged staples, and Save-On-Foods is a strong regional chain concentrated in Western Canada — so your actual local options may lean toward one of these more than the others depending where in the country you shop.

Canada's size and climate mean a meaningful amount of produce is imported, especially outside of the domestic growing season, which pushes fresh-ingredient costs up relative to a country like Spain or Mexico with longer local growing windows. Provincial sales tax treatment of groceries also varies (some items are exempt, some aren't) and isn't modeled here — treat totals as pre-tax.

Utilities run 0.18 CAD/kWh for electricity and 0.06 CAD/kWh-equivalent for gas, a moderate rate by this site's standards, meaning cooking method choice (boil vs. bake) has a real but not dominant effect on total dish cost.

Use the dish cards below to compare Loblaws, Walmart Canada, and Save-On-Foods pricing directly — regional chains often beat the nationals on specific categories like seafood or produce.