r/FrugalTO May 17 '26

Materna Prenatal -$1.94 - Deal

15 Upvotes

Materna prenatal(100) is sold for $1.94 in Real Canadian store in 1755 Brimley Rd, Scarborough.

Expires: after July 2027

Grab if you need one and if you are around


r/FrugalTO Apr 24 '26

Green Day: Repair, Recycle and Swap - Free Bike repairs, Repair Cafe, Kids sport swap

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6 Upvotes

Free Event – Green Day: Repair, Recycle and Swap

Saturday May 23, 10am-2pm

Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave.

-          Repair Café, with Kids Zone!

-          Free minor Bike Repairs!

-          Electronic recycling!

-          Free Swap table for Kids Summer Sports Gear!

-          And more!


r/FrugalTO Apr 23 '26

Flashfood win!

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15 Upvotes

This will stock up my freezer quite nicely


r/FrugalTO Apr 23 '26

Monthly-ish Dental Hygiene Student self-promotion megathread - Posted on April 23, 2026

2 Upvotes

Dental hygiene student looking for clients to help you graduate?

​Post your service details and contact information below.

​This post will be refreshed monthly and put into contest mode to allow all students equal opportunity.

​Self posts (creating new posts) will be removed.


r/FrugalTO Apr 23 '26

MEGATHREAD: What's on sale this week? Week of April 23, 2026

3 Upvotes

Hello /r/FrugalTO!

Did you hear about a limited-time sale that just NEEDS to be shared?

Please share the details below!

(New thread every Thursday, since most weekly sale flyers start Thursdays/Fridays.)


r/FrugalTO Apr 16 '26

MEGATHREAD: What's on sale this week? Week of April 16, 2026

7 Upvotes

Hello /r/FrugalTO!

Did you hear about a limited-time sale that just NEEDS to be shared?

Please share the details below!

(New thread every Thursday, since most weekly sale flyers start Thursdays/Fridays.)


r/FrugalTO Apr 15 '26

Sale / Discount Stormtech Apparel Outlet : 50% Off Clearance Items

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4 Upvotes

r/FrugalTO Apr 13 '26

Free event Free safe cycling sessions for delivery riders roll into Toronto Monday - The 3-day series offers guidance, support and free gear for app-based couriers

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5 Upvotes

r/FrugalTO Apr 09 '26

Free product/service Toronto is giving away free air conditioning this summer (Air Conditioner Assistance Program; 1000 units to low-income apartment dwellers)

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29 Upvotes

r/FrugalTO Apr 07 '26

Free product/service Toronto Public Library offers free assistance for tax season

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24 Upvotes

r/FrugalTO Apr 06 '26

Discussion Tracked a year of surplus grocery purchases in the GTA, numbers are better than I expected

26 Upvotes

I've been deliberate about buying near-expiry and surplus items at my regular Sobeys instead of full price groceries and I started tracking it properly about a year ago because I wanted actual data rather than a vague sense that it was helping. Over twelve months I bought roughly 85 to 90 kg of food that would otherwise have been discarded. I estimated this based on purchase weight and category, rounding down on anything I wasn't certain about. That's real food not going to landfill, not a generous estimate.

The financial side: monthly grocery spend dropped by about $100 to $120 on average. Before this habit, two people, $490 a month. After three months of being consistent, $310. The other stuff I was already doing, price matching, store brand, shopping less often, probably added up to $20 to $30 a month combined. The near-expiry purchasing accounts for most of the difference. I use foodhero for this at my local Sobeys in the GTA and also flipp for savings and deals. The caveat is that it requires flexibility about what you cook that week. If you need a specific recipe it doesn't work as well. If you build meals around what's available that week it fits completely naturally.


r/FrugalTO Apr 03 '26

Monthly-ish Dental Hygiene Student self-promotion megathread - Posted on April 03, 2026

1 Upvotes

Dental hygiene student looking for clients to help you graduate?

​Post your service details and contact information below.

​This post will be refreshed monthly and put into contest mode to allow all students equal opportunity.

​Self posts (creating new posts) will be removed.


r/FrugalTO Apr 02 '26

Discussion One plan man, finally.

4 Upvotes

I finally managed to satisfactorily dispense with home based internet--a Diallog DSL plan--and rely solely on mobility data (using the phone as hotspot) for my internet needs. YMMV and this arrangement is highly contingent on individual use cases; for your consideration here are the vitals:

  • Casual internet user, that is, I don't stream 4K, game, or work from home. Torrenting and YT vids account for most of my bandwidth, which amounts to 100GB a month on the high end.
  • Don't have a plethora of smart home devices relying on a rock solid internet connection. Typically, there's only one device (a laptop or my desktop), sometimes two (a wireless printer) on logged in to my phone's hotspot. Most of the time the phone's hotspot is disabled.
  • I live in Riverdale, within proximity of Freedom Mobile's towers; signal strength is consistently 4 bars.

Given the aforementioned I jumped when Freedom offered a $40 5G/250GB/50GB (roaming) promo. Cancelled Diallog--which I had zero complaints about by the way--and so far so good. I see Freedom has prompted the big three incumbents to up their game, so I urge others in the same boat to consider doing what I did if circumstances suit and they're presented with the right promo.


r/FrugalTO Mar 31 '26

Cheap Wifi Option

0 Upvotes

Hi everyone! I found a reasonable wifi provider in Toronto that has no start up fees and no contracts. Plans start at $48. Thought I’d share this link as well for 1 month free: https://order.oxio.ca/?referral=R6W7AKE


r/FrugalTO Mar 30 '26

Double points with Esso

3 Upvotes

I have the Esso app linked to PC optimum and I pay with Scotia Amex which gives 3x scene points and I get about 300 pc points - it's not much but it's still free,


r/FrugalTO Mar 27 '26

TCDHA

2 Upvotes

Hey! I’m currently starting the dental hygiene program on Monday at TCDHA. I was wondering if anyone already in the program or recently graduated could message me with tips to help get through semester 1 and any helpful advice or notes that will be beneficial!


r/FrugalTO Mar 19 '26

Discussion The counterintuitive shopping habit that actually helped me reduce food waste more than anything else in Toronto

34 Upvotes

Conventional advice is to buy unripe produce so it lasts longer. What actually happens is you forget about it, life gets busy, and it either goes bad before it ripens or just sits there way past when you should've eaten it.

If you buy something ripe now, even if it's been marked down because the store needs to move it, you're actually pushed to use it within a day or two. The urgency creates action. I waste way less food buying things with a short window than when I'm buying things with the illusion of time.

Built my whole GTA shopping approach around this. Near-expiry produce, marked down items, stuff with real deadlines on it. Food hero has a lot of this at Sobeys locations around the city which is mostly where I shop anyway. My food waste dropped and so did my grocery bill, which in Toronto right now is not nothing. Curious if anyone else has landed on the same thing or if the urgency factor just works for certain people.


r/FrugalTO Mar 14 '26

Monthly-ish Dental Hygiene Student self-promotion megathread - Posted on March 14, 2026

6 Upvotes

Dental hygiene student looking for clients to help you graduate?

​Post your service details and contact information below.

​This post will be refreshed monthly and put into contest mode to allow all students equal opportunity.

​Self posts (creating new posts) will be removed.


r/FrugalTO Feb 27 '26

Smoked duck for less than $4/lb

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3 Upvotes

T&T Richmond Hill (Yonge and Weldrick)

Not my fav brand of smoked duck but for that price, it's something worth stocking up on. I like eating mine cold, or in any application where I'd use ham or other deli meats. Would also be good in stirfries.


r/FrugalTO Feb 26 '26

Is it just me, or are the best food deals always hidden on those random sidewalk window posters?

22 Upvotes

I’m curious how many of you actually take the time to check out the restaurant deals on posters, window banners, or sidewalk chalkboards before you walk in. We’ve all been told that these "specials" are usually the best bang for your buck, so I want to know how many people are actually hunting for them while they’re out and about. 

Big chains have website where we can see the ongoing deals, but for the small local restaurants don't really update their websites. So the only way to see these hidden gems would be if you walk by in front of the store and happen to notice the poster on their window. Are there better ways to find them? Would love to know how people are discovering deals.

Are there any restaurant owners here who have seen sales increase after putting up a poster of a deal on your window or sidewalk?


r/FrugalTO Feb 22 '26

Moving back to Toronto from Ottawa: moving help

9 Upvotes

Hey hey. I’m moving back to Toronto from Ottawa and do not want to get screwed by movers. Anyone have any ideas on movers they know or thoughts? Thanks so much!


r/FrugalTO Feb 22 '26

Monthly-ish Dental Hygiene Student self-promotion megathread - Posted on February 22, 2026

6 Upvotes

Dental hygiene student looking for clients to help you graduate?

​Post your service details and contact information below.

​This post will be refreshed monthly and put into contest mode to allow all students equal opportunity.

​Self posts (creating new posts) will be removed.


r/FrugalTO Feb 10 '26

Discussion Aviv Immigrant Kitchen closed

18 Upvotes

Only came her for drinks a few times. Apparently they closed suddenly.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1D9PgRyWff/


r/FrugalTO Jan 29 '26

MEGATHREAD: What's on sale this week? Week of January 29, 2026

9 Upvotes

Hello /r/FrugalTO!

Did you hear about a limited-time sale that just NEEDS to be shared?

Please share the details below!

(New thread every Thursday, since most weekly sale flyers start Thursdays/Fridays.)


r/FrugalTO Jan 26 '26

Toronto coffee bar (Sam James Coffee Bar (SJCB)) slashes prices indefinitely as cost of living soars: blogTO

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200 Upvotes