Square Reveals Canada's Top Tippers

OTTAWA, ON--(Marketwired - Mar 27, 2014) - Ottawa is known for many things; its canal, which is the longest skating rink in the world, its beautiful and historic Parliament buildings, and its capital status as the seat of the Canadian federal government. Now, you can add another title to that list -- Canada's most generous tippers.

Square, the leading mobile payments company based in San Francisco, released data of how Canadian's tip.

• Ottawans tip 76.7 per cent of the time with an average tip of 15.6 per cent. Neck and neck for second place were Montreal and Toronto, who tip an average of 14.4 and 14.5 per cent on their bills, respectively.
  
  

• Montreallers tip more often than Torontonians at 70.4 per cent vs. 65.5 per cent.
  
  

• Calgary comes in fourth place, tipping an average of 13.3 per cent, but only 59.4 per cent of Calgarians left a tip when they had the opportunity.
  
  

• Bringing up the rear of the list, Vancouver came in with an average tipping amount of 13.4 per cent with 62 per cent of transactions being tipped.
  
  

Square's digital tipping options makes tipping easy for customers paying at Square businesses. Approximately 45 to 50 per cent of all transactions on Square's system involve a tip.

For Meghan Pyne, manager and esthetician at Forbes Beauty, an Ottawa-based boutique spa, tips are seen as recognition of a job well done. "We do our best to go above and beyond our customers' expectations," said Pyne. "For people in the service industry, tips are our bread and butter and Square makes it easy for our customers to recognize our hard work."

Since Square was launched in Canada in the fall of 2012, it has processed over $100-million in credit card transactions for over 52,000 merchants across the country.

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