"The purpose of the Code is to demonstrate the industry’s commitment to:

  1. Ensuring that merchants are fully aware of the costs associated with accepting credit and debit card payments, thereby allowing merchants to reasonably forecast their monthly costs related to accepting such payments.
  2. Providing merchants with increased pricing flexibility to encourage consumers to choose the lowest-cost payment option.
  3. Allowing merchants to freely choose which payment options they will accept." - Government of Canada


Review the Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry in Canada here.