Order ahead in the app, skip the queue, pick up at the counter or drive-thru across Canada.
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Mobile Order is available at essentially every Canadian company-operated Starbucks plus most licensed airport and Chapters/Indigo locations. Open the Starbucks app, select your Canadian store, place the order, and pay. Drinks are prepared in the store's regular queue — not instant — but you skip the register line. Pickup options are typically "in-store counter" or "drive-thru" depending on the store. Canadian-only menu items (maple macchiato, seasonal poutine-adjacent specials in Quebec) are fully supported.
Toronto, Ontario
150 of 150 stores qualify
Calgary, Alberta
75 of 75 stores qualify
Ottawa, Ontario
57 of 57 stores qualify
Edmonton, Alberta
54 of 54 stores qualify
Vancouver, British Columbia
52 of 52 stores qualify
Mississauga, Ontario
44 of 44 stores qualify
Winnipeg, Manitoba
25 of 25 stores qualify
Montréal, Quebec
23 of 23 stores qualify
Surrey, British Columbia
23 of 23 stores qualify
Hamilton, Ontario
19 of 19 stores qualify
London, Ontario
18 of 18 stores qualify
Burnaby, British Columbia
17 of 17 stores qualify
Niagara Falls, Ontario
15 of 15 stores qualify
Richmond, British Columbia
15 of 15 stores qualify
Kelowna, British Columbia
14 of 14 stores qualify
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
14 of 14 stores qualify
Vaughan, Ontario
14 of 14 stores qualify
Abbotsford, British Columbia
13 of 13 stores qualify
Markham, Ontario
13 of 13 stores qualify
Oakville, Ontario
13 of 13 stores qualify
The Starbucks Canada app shows real-time estimated wait at each store (typically 3–8 minutes during normal hours, 12–20 minutes during peak). That estimate is the total time from order placement to handoff, including the queue ahead of you. Mobile Order does not jump the queue — it places you in the same line as the register, but without waiting to order.
Customization depth is the main reason Canadian power users prefer Mobile Order: every syrup pump count, milk alternative (oat, soy, coconut, almond — all free of dairy-substitute surcharge in Canada as of 2024), temperature, and add-on is configurable through the app with no pressure to hurry verbally. Complex orders are dramatically easier in the app.
Starbucks Rewards Canada accrue equally on Mobile Order and in-store transactions. Gift cards, loaded digital cards, and all major Canadian credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Interac Debit through Apple Pay/Google Pay) work. One limitation: you cannot use a paper gift card at Mobile Order pickup — load it to the app first.
Open the app, select "Order" at the bottom, pick your Canadian store, customize drinks and food, tap "Checkout," confirm payment. The order sends to the store's queue. Walk in, look for the Mobile Order pickup shelf near the handoff counter, grab your drink when it appears (it will have a receipt tag with your name).
Yes at drive-thru-equipped Canadian stores. Select "Drive-Thru" as pickup method, drive to the speaker, say your name plus "Mobile Order." The barista has your drink in progress. You still move through the drive-thru queue — Mobile Order speeds prep, not the car line.
A small number of licensed locations inside airport concessions and older Chapters/Indigo stores. Licensed Sobeys-in-store counters in Atlantic Canada sometimes run a limited menu without Mobile Order. The app will clearly show which stores accept Mobile Order when you browse for a pickup location.
10 AM–11:30 AM and 2 PM–4 PM, when the in-store queue is shortest. Mobile Order during peak morning (7–9 AM) at downtown Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal locations typically shows 12–20 minute wait estimates — faster than waiting in line but not instant.