PC Financial · Mastercard
Free, with 35 points a dollar at Shoppers and 20 at Loblaw stores. Called a World Mastercard, with no travel insurance attached.
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What we like, and what we don’t
Worth having
- No annual fee and no fee for additional cards
- 35 points a dollar at Shoppers Drug Mart, which is 3.5%
- 20 points a dollar at Loblaw banner stores, which is 2%
- At least 30 points a litre at Esso and Mobil
- PC Optimum publishes a fixed value at 10,000 points to $10
Watch out for
- A World Mastercard with no travel insurance and no rental car cover
- The 20 point grocery rate applies only at Loblaw family banners. Costco, Walmart, Metro and Sobeys earn the base
- Everything outside the partner stores earns 1%
- Points redeem only in 10,000 point blocks inside the PC Optimum network
- No mobile device insurance
What this card earns
- Groceries
- 20x
- Drugstore
- 35x
- Everything else
- 10x
- Bonus categories at once
- 35 you choose which
- What we value a point at
- 0.1¢
The earning fine print
Middle tier. AT THE PARTNER: 35 PC Optimum points per $1 at Shoppers Drug Mart / Pharmaprix, and 20 points per $1 on eligible purchases at President's Choice / Loblaw banner stores. EVERYWHERE ELSE: 10 points per $1. FUEL: at least 30 points per litre at Esso and Mobil, plus an additional 10 points per litre at select stations on premium grades. Per-litre, so earn_gas recorded as NOT PUBLISHED. Translated at the issuer's own 0.1 cent per point: 3.5% at Shoppers, 2% at Loblaw banners, 1% everywhere else. Note that the grocery uplift applies only to Loblaw-family banners (Loblaws, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, Zehrs, Provigo, Maxi, Independent, etc.). Groceries bought at any non-Loblaw grocer earn the 10-point base rate. No annual earn cap is published.
What the offer actually requires
No welcome bonus published in the issuer's World Mastercard benefits guide or the Application Disclosure Summary.
Fees and interest rates
- Annual fee
- None
- Additional card
- Free
- Foreign transaction fee
- 2.5%
- Purchase APR
- 21.99%
- Cash advance APR
- 22.97%
- Balance transfer APR
- 22.97%
- Balance transfer fee
- 5%
Who can get this card
- Minimum personal income
- Not published by the issuer
Insurance and benefits
- Purchase protection
- Included
- Extended warranty
- Included
- Annual travel credit
- $0
What the benefits really mean
Despite the 'World' badge, the issuer's own World Mastercard Benefits Guide lists only Purchase Assurance (90 days) and Extended Warranty (doubled up to one extra year). No travel medical, no trip cancellation, no rental car CDW, no mobile device coverage, and no dollar limits published for what is offered. Concierge is not mentioned in the guide, recorded as NOT PUBLISHED. Same rate and fee schedule as the entry tier: 21.99% purchases / 22.97% cash (21.97% cash in Quebec), Basic Rate 26.99%/27.97% (not in Quebec), cash advance $5 Canada / $7.50 abroad, over-limit $29 ($0 Quebec), dishonoured payment $42 ($0 Quebec from 7 Aug 2025), balance transfer up to 5%, 2.5% foreign currency conversion. President's Choice Bank does not publish a minimum income for this tier. Third-party sites quote $60,000 personal / $100,000 household, which is unverified and recorded as NOT PUBLISHED. A 'World' Mastercard with no travel insurance and no rental car coverage. Buyers who assume World-tier travel protection will be wrong. The 20-points-per-$1 grocery rate applies only at Loblaw-family banners; Costco, Walmart, Metro, Sobeys and independents all earn the 10-point base rate. Points redeem only in 10,000-point ($10) blocks inside the PC Optimum network. Issuer publishes no income requirement, no insurance limits and no concierge confirmation for this tier. You may be assigned the 26.99% Basic Rate instead of 21.99%. There is no separate application per tier; President's Choice Bank assigns the tier on approval and may downgrade you to the standard PC Mastercard.
Our verdict
This is the tier of the three that makes sense. 3.5% at Shoppers and 2% at Loblaw banners for no annual fee is a good return on real spending, and unlike the $120 Insiders card you are not paying for rates you may not use.
Two caveats. The World Mastercard name implies travel benefits and there are none: no medical cover, no trip protection, no rental car waiver. And the grocery rate is banner specific, so if your food shop happens at Costco, Walmart, Metro or Sobeys you are earning 1%. Check where you actually buy groceries before assuming the 2% applies to you.
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Where this came from. PC Financial World Mastercard Benefits Guide PDF (50414259_PCF_Benefit_Guide_World_EN.pdf, dis-prod.assetful.loblaw.ca) for earn rates, insurance, redemption; President's Choice Financial Mastercard Application Disclosure Summary (July 2025) for rates and fees; product page pcfinancial.ca/en/credit-cards/world-mastercard/ confirmed live 18 Aug 2026.. We take every figure from the issuer’s own pages, never from another comparison site, and we leave a field blank rather than guess at it.