Originally Posted by
ClydeClydeson
I've only toured inside Canada, and only in the past few years, and almost everywhere is set up to take debit cards. There is a rare occasion that a small roadside stand or newly opened small shop only takes cash, but more and more of these are going to some sort of mobile connected card machine. I get the impression that a lot of vendors prefer debit cards (not credit cards as there are often high fees for vendors) over cash as it makes bookkeeping easier.
In Nova Scotia two years ago someone at a bakery looked at my credit card and handed it back to me, said they would only take cash. I did not ask about debit cards, I had a few hundred (CAD) so I paid cash without any discussion or argument. A small independent campground in PEI would only take cash, no plastic. I think businesses that are part of a national chain are more likely to take anything, but small independent operations are more likely to refuse credit cards.