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The cheapest cigarettes you can legally buy in Canada work out to about 13.5 cents each. In a convenience store you’d pay 55 to 80 cents for the same thing.
This page shows the actual numbers — per pack, per carton and per cigarette — and explains where the gap comes from.
The short answer
| Option | Price | Per cigarette |
|---|---|---|
| Native rollies, bag of 200 | $27.00 | 13.5¢ |
| Native carton at 40+ volume pricing | $31.50 | 15.8¢ |
| Native carton, standard | $42.00 | 21.0¢ |
| Value retail brand, carton | $110 – $130 | 55–65¢ |
| Premium retail brand, carton | $130 – $165 | 65–83¢ |
| Retail pack of 20 | $13 – $23 | 65¢–$1.15 |
Rollies are the cheapest cigarettes in Canada by a clear margin — roughly a quarter of what a value brand costs in retail.
What rollies actually are
Pre-rolled cigarettes sold loose in a bag of 200 rather than in ten packs of twenty. Same tobacco, same size, no packaging.
That’s the whole difference. You’re not rolling anything yourself and they’re not loose tobacco — they arrive finished, in a resealable bag.
$27 for 200. Seven varieties:
| Variety | Strength |
|---|---|
| Full Flavour Rollies | Full flavour |
| Light Rollies | Light |
| Canadian Light Rollies | Light |
| Canadian Ultra Light Rollies | Ultra light |
| Canadian Classics Silver Rollies | Light |
| Putter’s Light Rollies | The mildest |
| Canadian Menthol Rollies | Menthol |
Why Canadian cigarettes cost so much
Most of a retail price is tax, and none of it is optional.
Federal excise duty — $38.92 per carton of 200, identical in every province, raised every 1 April with inflation.
Provincial tobacco tax — from $36.95 in Ontario to $80.00 in Nunavut.
Sales tax — applied on top of the already-taxed price. You pay tax on tax.
| Province | Tobacco tax per carton | Plus federal | Total tax |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario | $36.95 | $38.92 | $75.87 |
| Quebec | $41.80 | $38.92 | $80.72 |
| Alberta | $60.00 | $38.92 | $98.92 |
| British Columbia | $65.00 | $38.92 | $103.92 |
| Nunavut | $80.00 | $38.92 | $118.92 |
In Ontario, $75.87 of a carton is tax before anyone has paid for tobacco. That’s more than a bag of rollies and a carton put together.
Quebec is the cheapest province at retail. See cigarette prices in Quebec for why.
Full breakdown by province in our guide to cigarette prices in Canada.
Why native cigarettes cost less
Native cigarettes are manufactured at licensed First Nations facilities in Canada and sold by Indigenous retailers under Indigenous tobacco rights. They aren’t subject to the same provincial tobacco tax structure.
That, plus a supply chain with no national distributor and no retail markup, is the entire difference.
It isn’t cheaper tobacco. It’s the absence of $37 to $80 per carton in provincial tax.
Cheapest by format
Cheapest overall — rollies at $27. 13.5 cents a cigarette. Nothing legal in Canada beats it.
Cheapest carton — $42, across fifteen native brands. 21 cents a cigarette.
Cheapest at volume — $31.50 a carton at 40 or more. 15.8 cents a cigarette, and you can mix brands to reach the tier.
| Cartons | Price each | Per cigarette | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–4 | $42.00 | 21.0¢ | — |
| 5–19 | $37.80 | 18.9¢ | 10% |
| 20–39 | $34.50 | 17.3¢ | 18% |
| 40+ | $31.50 | 15.8¢ | 25% |
Crypto orders take a further 10% off.
Cheapest native brands
Every standard carton is $42 regardless of brand, so choose on taste rather than price:
Canadian · Canadian Classics · BB · DK’s · Rolled Gold · Playfare’s · Putter’s · Nexus · disCOUNT · Dumont · Time
Elite and Canadian Goose Slides are $47.50 — premium construction, denser leaf.
Our guide to native cigarette brands compares all of them by strength.
What we don’t recommend
Buying by the pack. Cartons are always cheaper per cigarette, everywhere.
Chasing the absolute cheapest brand. Since every standard carton is the same price, “cheapest” is a solved problem — what matters is whether you’ll actually enjoy smoking it.
Assuming cheap means poor. These are manufactured cigarettes from licensed facilities using Ontario-grown tobacco. The price difference is tax, not quality.
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You must be of legal smoking age in your province — 19+ in most of Canada, 18+ in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec.
Frequently asked questions
What are the cheapest cigarettes in Canada?
Native rollies at $27 for a bag of 200 — about 13.5 cents a cigarette. Native cartons are next at $42, or $31.50 at volume.
What are the cheapest Canadian cigarette brands?
Among native brands every standard carton is $42, so there isn’t a cheapest brand — Canadian, Canadian Classics, BB, DK’s, Rolled Gold, Playfare’s, Putter’s, Nexus, disCOUNT, Dumont and Time are all the same price.
What is the cheapest pack of 20 cigarettes?
Buying by the pack is always more expensive per cigarette. A native carton works out to $4.20 for the equivalent of a pack of 20; rollies work out to $2.70.
How much is a pack of 20 cigarettes in Canada?
Between roughly $13 and $23 in retail depending on province, brand and retailer. Quebec, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are typically cheapest; Newfoundland and the territories most expensive.
Why are cigarettes so expensive in Canada?
Tax. Federal excise duty plus provincial tobacco tax accounts for $76 to $119 per carton before sales tax, and both rise most years.
Are cheap cigarettes lower quality?
Not inherently. Native cigarettes are made at licensed facilities from Ontario-grown tobacco in the same construction as any commercial cigarette. The price difference is tax.
What’s the cheapest way to buy cigarettes online in Canada?
Rollies at $27 a bag, or cartons at volume pricing — $31.50 each at 40 or more, and you can mix brands to reach the tier.
Health warning: Smoking is addictive and harmful to health. These products contain nicotine and are for adult smokers of legal smoking age only.