Drive Thru
Index

Fast food price insights

What the drive-thru really costs: prices from 979 fast food restaurants in Canada across 3 chains, checked 2026-09-30. Every figure below compares each restaurant's own pickup price from the brand's ordering app, so the numbers are what you would actually pay at the window.

Data as of . Updated daily. Prices are in Canadian dollars.

Key findings

The scoop

Burger King swings widest nationwide

Burger King shows the biggest gap on this map, with its priciest store 46% above its cheapest. The basket runs from $29.46 in Yorkton, SK to $43.12 in Mont-Laurier, QC.

Popeyes keeps prices tightest

Popeyes is the most consistent brand here, with its priciest store 22% above its cheapest. Calgary, AB has the low basket at $36.96, while Woodstock Parish, NB reaches $44.96.

Wendy’s has a Manitoba high

Wendy’s ranges from $29.96 in Port Colborne, ON to $37.26 in Portage La Prairie, MB. Its priciest store is 24% above its cheapest.

A travel plaza joins the top tier

Popeyes has an unusual pricy stop among its highest baskets: a travel plaza site in Bedford, NS at $44.96. Nova Scotia also tops Popeyes’ priciest states list with a median basket of $44.96.

Popeyes has the biggest footprint

Popeyes has the most restaurants on this Canada map, with 366 stores compared. Burger King is close behind at 359, while Wendy’s has 254.

Cheapest to most expensive provinces

Each province's Drive Thru Index score averages every brand's typical basket there against that brand's own national typical price, so 100 is the national norm, 90 is 10% cheaper and 120 is 20% pricier. Brands are never compared with each other.

RankProvinceIndexvs nationalBrandsRestaurants compared
1Quebec99-1%247
2Ontario100+0%3537
3Saskatchewan100+0%346
4New Brunswick102+2%220
5British Columbia102+2%3111
6Alberta104+4%3138
7Manitoba107+7%339
8Nova Scotia113+13%218

Bargain clusters

Where cheap fast food clusters: the places with the most restaurants whose basket ranks in their own brand's cheapest fifth nationally. Each brand is judged against itself, never against another brand's prices.

City, all brandsBargain restaurantsRestaurants comparedShare
Toronto, ON527371%
Calgary, AB181995%
Mississauga, ON172568%
Scarborough, ON142556%
Brampton, ON131872%
BrandTop bargain citiesTop bargain states
Burger KingRegina, SK (7 of 7), Saskatoon, SK (6 of 6), Calgary, AB (5 of 5)ON (32 of 175), SK (24 of 24), AB (12 of 35)
PopeyesToronto, ON (45 of 45), Mississauga, ON (15 of 15), Calgary, AB (13 of 14)ON (216 of 241), AB (19 of 42), SK (13 of 13)
Wendy'sScarborough, ON (3 of 7), Toronto, ON (3 of 15)ON (28 of 121), BC (14 of 22), AB (7 of 61)

By brand

BrandRestaurantsItemTypical priceRangeCheapest provincePriciest provinceGap between locationsDelivery vs pickup
Burger King359Whopper$7.99$6.69 to $9.99SKNL46%+25%
Popeyes366Classic Chicken Sandwich$9.49$9.49 to $11.49SKNS22%—
Wendy's254Dave's Single$7.64$6.89 to $8.69BCMB24%—

Questions people ask

How much does a Burger King Whopper cost in Canada?
As of 2026-09-30, a Whopper costs $6.69 to $9.99 at 359 Burger King restaurants, with a typical price of $7.99.
Where is Burger King cheapest in Canada?
Saskatchewan has the cheapest typical Burger King basket and Newfoundland and Labrador the most expensive (Drive Thru Index, 2026-09-30). The single cheapest restaurant is in Emerald Park, SK.
How much does a Popeyes Classic Chicken Sandwich cost in Canada?
As of 2026-09-30, a Classic Chicken Sandwich costs $9.49 to $11.49 at 366 Popeyes restaurants, with a typical price of $9.49.
Where is Popeyes cheapest in Canada?
Saskatchewan has the cheapest typical Popeyes basket and Nova Scotia the most expensive (Drive Thru Index, 2026-09-30). The single cheapest restaurant is in Calgary, AB.
How much does a Wendy's Dave's Single cost in Canada?
As of 2026-09-30, a Dave's Single costs $6.89 to $8.69 at 254 Wendy's restaurants, with a typical price of $7.64.
Where is Wendy's cheapest in Canada?
British Columbia has the cheapest typical Wendy's basket and Manitoba the most expensive (Drive Thru Index, 2026-09-30). The single cheapest restaurant is in Hamilton, ON.

How the index works

Every day we check the menu at every US restaurant of each chain, using the same ordering app its customers use, and record each item's pickup and delivery price. Restaurants are compared on a basket of items that every full-menu restaurant of that brand sells, so a comparison is never skewed by a missing item. Restaurants with a limited menu, and prices that are clearly a menu code error, are left out of comparisons. "Typical" means the median restaurant.

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Citing this data: Source: Drive Thru Index (https://drivethruindex.com), prices checked 2026-09-30. Journalists are welcome to quote any figure on this page.