Credit card processing in Nunavut
Nunavut's communities are reached only by air or by sealift in summer, and many rely on satellite internet. For merchants there, a terminal that keeps working when the connection drops matters more than almost anything else.
The Canada Revenue Agency lists 5% GST for Nunavut.
From contractors to Iqaluit stores and restaurants: Nunavut's business mix
Iqaluit holds territorial government, the airport and most of the territory's hotels, restaurants and stores. Construction and government contracts drive much of the economy.
Smaller hamlets rely on co-op and community stores, Inuit artists selling carvings and prints, and seasonal outfitters. Prices reflect high shipping costs, so tickets can be large.
Can you add a card fee in Nunavut?
FCAC's national guidance lets hamlet co-op stores in Nunavut surcharge credit cards, up to 2.4% and never above cost, after written notice to the processor and with disclosure before payment; Interac and Visa debit are off limits.
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Which pricing suits Iqaluit stores and restaurants?
Community stores need offline store-and-forward and satellite backup before any pricing question. Artists and galleries selling to visitors and online need clear fraud checks for shipped items. Contractors can use pre-authorized debit for large invoices.
POS for hamlet co-op stores, Inuit art sellers and more
- Iqaluit stores and restaurants
- Offline mode, satellite backup and fast contactless, set up around how Iqaluit stores and restaurants in Nunavut sell.
- Hamlet co-op stores
- Rugged countertop terminals with store-and-forward, set up around how hamlet co-op stores in Nunavut sell.
- Inuit art sellers
- Mobile terminals and online sales with fraud checks.
- Contractors
- Invoicing and pre-authorized debit, set up around how contractors in Nunavut sell.
Nunavut city guides
Send one statement. Every fee named, back, usually within 4 hours.
It is free, there is nothing to sign and nothing to cancel. We read your current merchant statement line by line, name every fee on it — including the ones buried in the fee schedule — work out your true effective rate, and send the written analysis back, usually within 4 hours. Do not want to wait? Call 1-888-705-7896 and we will read your statement with you on the call in about 5 minutes.
Towns on our Nunavut list
Iqaluit · Rankin Inlet · Arviat · Baker Lake · Cambridge Bay · Igloolik · Pond Inlet · Kugluktuk · Pangnirtung · Kinngait · Gjoa Haven · Naujaat · Cape Dorset · Coral Harbour · Taloyoak · Kimmirut · Sanikiluaq · Clyde River · Qikiqtarjuaq · Arctic Bay · Hall Beach · Chesterfield Inlet · Whale Cove · Kugaaruk · Resolute · Grise Fiord · Sanirajak
Commercial corridors
Iqaluit
Federal Road · Queen Elizabeth Way · Mivvik Street · Astro Hill Road
Rankin Inlet
Kissarvik Road · Nipisa Street · Ukkusiksalik Drive
You asked, Nunavut edition
FCAC's national guidance lets hamlet co-op stores in Nunavut surcharge credit cards, up to 2.4% and never above cost, after written notice to the processor and with disclosure before payment; Interac and Visa debit are off limits.
For hamlet co-op stores: The Canada Revenue Agency lists 5% GST for Nunavut.
Choose one that stores transactions offline and sends them when the link returns, with a sensible offline limit.
Yes. We set it up remotely and ship it pre-programmed.