Coupons

Finding Coupons in Canada

There are a lot more sources for finding coupons than many new and experienced couponers believe. We’ve compiled a list of the various places where we’ve found coupons to share with our readers, so you don’t miss out on awesome savings either:

Calendars – Pharmacy calendars often have tear out coupons in the centre and food calendars may offer coupons too
Checkout Receipt – Coupons can sometimes be found on the back or on the bottom of your sales receipt
Brochures – Information brochures about products and/or services may sometimes have discount coupons inside
Coupon Boards – Some grocery stores and warehouse stores have coupon boards when you enter the store, where you can take the coupons needed for your shopping trip
Coupon Club – Freebies Deals And Rewards offers a FREE coupon club for Canadians
Coupon Dispensers – Smart Source has coupon dispensers that are sometimes referred to as a blink due to having a red flashing light on some dispensers
Coupon Inserts – Found in local and National newspapers, usually on the day the sales flyers are delivered
Coupon Swaps – Local gathering of coupon clippers who trade coupons with one another (can also be considering coupon trading)
Coupon Trades – Refers to online trading of unused or unwanted coupons between couponers. You may have several coupons you won’t use and another person will and they have coupons you will use that they won’t
Coupon Trains – A coupon train is an envelope of coupons sent by the train conductor and follows a mail route from one couponer to the next, each taking needed coupons and replacing with coupons of the same value they don’t need
Direct Mail – Sign up for the newsletters and mailing lists of the brands you use to be included in any potential mailing opportunity, which may include coupons and samples
Doctors & Dentists Offices – Many health products will provide exclusive offers to professionals to provide their patrons. A dentist office will often have toothpaste coupons, a doctors office often has baby formula offers, eye drop offers and more
Friends and Family – Don’t underestimate the help you could get from friends and family who do not use their coupons, ask them to save any they get for you
Flyers – Retailers sometime offer exclusive coupons inside their flyers which are not available on the flyers found inside stores
Hang Tags – Can sometimes be found hanging on products, such as around the neck of a bottle with an elastic tie or even a cardboard hangtag
Inside Product Packaging – Coupons can found inside some products in a cellophane package
Magazines – Coupons can be found printed on the pages, you can also find peel-off or peelie type coupons on advertisements and the magazine may periodically come with the Clip N Save coupon circular
Newspapers – Coupon circulars are distributed through newspapers, generally on the day the flyers come out or in the weekend papers. Plus sometimes you can find a coupon within the pages of the newspaper too
Online – At sites such as Save.ca, GoCoupons.ca, Brandsaver.ca, Websaver.ca, Rightathome.ca, LiveWellSaveWell.ca, LifeMadeDelicious.ca, SmartSource.ca, LivingWell.ca, travel sites, grocery store sites, retailer sites, manufacturer sites and social networking sites. You can find both printable coupons and mail out coupons
On Product Packaging – A large variety of products have on packaging coupons, including cereal, milk, water, pop, meal kits, etc
Product Sampling Events – Grocery stores and other retailers will have product sampling events where you can taste foods and beverages or demo products and they give you coupons in return
Publications – Other than magazines and newspapers, there are many newsletter type publications
Samples – Often samples received through the mail or other methods will come with money saving coupons to save off your next purchase
Shoppers Voice Survey – A Canadian survey company providing coupons as incentive for completing shopping surveys
Tear Pads – Pads of coupons found hanging at product shelves or on product displays that have tear away coupons
Welcome Wagon – If you’re new to an area, getting married or having a baby; you can attend a Welcome Wagon party and receive local merchant info, samples and discount coupons

Types of Coupons in Canada

Printable Coupons (found online at various sources, like SmartSource.ca, LivingWell.ca manufacturer sites and social networking pages, retailer sites, etc)
Coupons By Mail (through Websaver.ca, Save.ca, GoCoupons.ca, Life Made Delicious, SC Johnson Right At Home, manufacturers, sample offers, etc)
On Packaging Coupons (found on boxes, behind labels, on milk bags/cartons, etc)
Peel-Off Coupons (that are attached in magazines and onto products)
Call-in Coupons (requested via telephone, can be ongoing on a special promotion)
Tear Pad Coupons (found near the products on a tear away pad)
Booklet Coupons (usually containing recipes or product information with coupons)
Hang Tab Coupons (found on the necks of bottled products)
E-coupons or Online Coupons (valid only to use online at a specified website)
Insert Coupons (Can be found in various newspapers and magazines. Canadian inserts include: Clip N Save, Unilever, SmartSource, RedPlum, Shop & Save)
Mail In Rebate Coupons (used to request reimbursement of purchase price)
Manufacturer Coupons (Can be found through samples, surveys, direct mail, social pages, newspapers, magazines, brochures, flyers, on packaging, in stores)
Store Coupons or Store Specific Coupons (Can only be used at the specific store)
Provincial Coupons (Can only be used within the specified province)
Smartphone or QR Code Coupons (Found in publications, scan on a Smartphone and present during purchase)

Coupon Lingo and Acronyms Explained

AC – After coupons (referring to the amount paid after coupons were applied)
Addy – Mailing address (usually referred to with coupon trains and coupon trades)
AR – After rebates (could include both instant rebates and mail in rebates)
Blinkie – Coupon dispensers found attached to product shelves, often having a red flashing light, hence the name blinkie
BOGOor B1G1 – Buy One Get One Free (you can use this term in various ways, including B2G1, B4G2, etc
Checkout Coupon – Coupons found on the back or bottom of a cash register receipt
CNS – Clip N Save coupon insert
Coupon Insert – Found in local and national newspapers, including: SmartSource, Shop & Save, Red Plum, Unilever. Also found in magazines, including Clip N Save
CO – Cents off coupon
Envie or Envy – Envelope (usually used when trading coupons or with coupon trains)
EXP – Expiry or Expiration Date
FAR – Free After Rebate
FPC – Free Product Coupon or Full Price Coupon
FWP – Free With Purchase
GDA – Good Deal Alert
GWP – Gift With Purchase
HT or HGT – Hang Tags for refunds or cents off coupons handing on a product
HV – High Value Coupon
MFR – Manufacturer (could be used “MFR Rebate”)
MIR – Mail In Rebate
NED – No Expiration Date
ONYP – On Your Next Purchase
OOP – Out Of Pocket
P&G – Proctor & Gamble Brandsaver Coupon Insert
Peel-Off or Peelie – Coupons found affixed to magazine pages or on products that you peel off
PP – Purchase Price
Printables – Coupons that be printed online from a manufacturer or store site, through a survey or social networking site
PSA – Prices Starting At
Q – Coupon
RACK or RAOCK – Random Act Of Coupon Kindness
RC – Raincheck
RP – Red Plum Coupon Insert
SM or SMP – Specially Marked Packages
SS – SmartSource Coupon Insert
Stacking – This is when stores allow you to use more than one coupon per purchase, you may stack a store coupon and manufacturer coupon or you may just stack manufacturer coupons
Tear Pad – A pad of coupons or rebate forms found hanging from a store shelf or display
TMF – Try Me Free Coupon
UNI – Unilever Coupon Insert
UPC – Universal Product Code (the barcode on products, usually required to be mailed with mail in rebate offers
WQL – While Quantities Last
WSL – While Supplies Last
WYB or WUB – When You Buy
YMMV – Your Mileage May Vary, this may be used if a deal is found at a particular store but the same deal may not be offered at your local store

Online Canadian Coupon Sites

There are 4 mail out coupon distributors in Canada listed under the mail out coupons heading which send out coupons to Canadians absolutely FREE of charge! In order to place coupon orders, you are required to register at each of these coupon sites. There are even bonus coupons found at ‘hidden’ coupon portals too! Save.ca is the only mail our coupon distributor which doesn’t impose minimum order requirements, so keep this in mind when ordering coupons from the other 3 sites. If you don’t need the coupons, save them for another coupon order to ensure you meet the minimum amount needed.

The number of printable coupons are steadily growing, as companies scramble to issue their own form of printable coupons to cash in on the extreme coupon craze. Check back as we update the list. NOTE” Mac users should use Safari when printing SmartSource as Firefox will sometimes have errors.

Mail Out Coupons

save.ca
webSaver.ca
GoCoupons.ca
P&G brandSaver
Right@Home (through webSaver.ca)
Live Well Save Well (through Save.ca)

Mail Out Coupons Exclusively For FDR Forum Members

Canadian Coupon Club – FDR forum members can place 1 order of coupons each calendar month for FREE. There is a minimum order of 3 coupons and a maximum order of 25 coupons. Members can place additional orders by covering the postage costs. The available coupons can be found in the Coupon Club Library of Coupons.

Printable Coupons

Coupon Inserts

Coupon inserts can be found in FREE locally delivered newspapers and some paid newspaper subscriptions as well. There are 3 major coupon inserts; P&G brandsaver, Red Plum and Smart Source. Plus there is a new coupon insert that was published for the first time in 2011 from Unilever. P&G brandsaver publishes an average of 4 coupon inserts per year, while SmartSource and Redplum are monthly coupon publications. View the 2012 SmartSource Distribution Schedule and which newspapers to look for. View the 2012 RedPlum Distribution Schedule and the newspapers you’ll find it in!

Organizing Your Coupons

Now that you know where to find all the great coupons in Canada, it’s not going to take long before they start piling up and getting out of control. The key to saving the most amount of money when using coupons is to be organized so you can find the coupon at the time of purchase and not when you are weeding out expired your coupons.

There are many methods of coupon organization, including:

Tri-fold paper with coupons tucked inside, grocery shopping list written on the paper
Letter size envelope with your grocery list written on the outside and coupons tucked inside
Accordion filer with several pockets to hold different categories of coupons
Snap-top box with index cards to divide the various categories of coupons
Coupon purse, most commonly found on Etsy
Coupon Binder with plastic card inserts and dividers

How to Sort Your Coupons

Everyone has their own methods of organizing, but it should be easy to ensure you get the maximum value through timely redemption of coupons for products you already purchase. It’s a good idea to sort the coupons into categories such as: food and beverages, paper products, health and beauty, pet, baby and kids, etc. Each category could be broken down into sub categories to match the sections of your grocery store. Another good idea is to sort by expiry date within you categories, so no opportunity to redeem a coupon is lost. Highlighting the expiry date is helpful to see at a glance when the coupons must be redeemed by.

Clean Out Coupon Organizers Monthly

Unfortunately all good things do come to an end! Most coupons have expiry dates, therefore it’s important to clean out your coupon binder regularly. This will help to ensure that you are not attempting to redeem an expired coupon and save you from an embarrassing situation. Personally I weed through my coupons at the end of every month to start fresh for the upcoming month.

We work hard with our forum members to bring you the latest and greatest news on Canadian Coupons. To see the coupons that are currently available, visit the FDR Coupon Fourms.

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