CALGARY, Alberta, August 2026 - Canadian businesses have widely adopted tap, card, online transfer, and EFT payments, yet cheques continue to represent a significant portion of the country's total payment value. According to Payments Canada's 2025 Canadian Payment Methods and Trends Report, cheques accounted for two per cent of total payment volume in 2024 while representing 22 per cent of total payment value.

Print & Cheques Now Inc., a Calgary-based cheque printing company serving more than 46,000 customers across Canada, notes that the data reflects what small businesses, bookkeepers, and finance teams continue to encounter in daily operations: cheques are used less frequently, but they remain a common instrument for higher-value business payments that require a clear paper trail.

"Most businesses are not using cheques for everyday counter sales anymore," said a Print & Cheques Now spokesperson. "They are using them where the payment needs a record, a signature, a remittance stub, or a process that fits the way a vendor, landlord, or contractor already works."

Payments Canada's report found that digital payments represented 86 per cent of total payment volume and 77 per cent of total payment value in 2024. Contactless payments accounted for 58 per cent of transactions. Cheques, meanwhile, held 22 per cent of payment value - behind EFT at 63 per cent and ahead of credit cards at six per cent.

For Canadian small and mid-sized businesses, that division helps explain why cheque ordering has not faded from practice. A company may handle most recurring bills through EFT, accept cards from customers, and still maintain printed cheques for vendor payments, rent, payroll adjustments, refund processing, security deposits, and one-off payments that call for additional documentation.

Print & Cheques Now identifies three common factors behind continued business cheque demand:

• Some vendors and landlords continue to request cheque payment for larger or recurring amounts.
• Accounting teams frequently rely on cheque stubs for payment records and reconciliation purposes.
• Certain one-off payments are more straightforward to approve, sign, mail, and file than to configure through a digital payment system.

The company prints Payments Canada Standard 006-compliant cheques and holds CPA Self-Accredited Printer #1010 status. Its business cheque products are available for companies that need to order bank cheques for Canadian bank accounts, as well as organizations comparing business cheques Canada options beyond what their bank directly supplies.

For finance teams sourcing business checks, the purchasing decision typically centers on compliance, recordkeeping requirements, and compatibility with existing accounting software rather than any preference for paper-based processes.

Print & Cheques Now offers manual business cheques, laser and computer cheques, personal cheques, deposit books, endorsement stamps, and cheque binders. Confirmed software compatibility includes QuickBooks, Sage 50, Xero, and Simply Accounting. Orders placed by 2 PM EST, Monday to Friday, are eligible for same-day printing, and every order is supported by the Bank Acceptance Guarantee: accepted by the bank or reprinted and refunded.

About Print & Cheques Now Inc.

Print & Cheques Now Inc. is a family-owned Canadian cheque printing company based in Calgary, Alberta. Founded in 2006, the company serves more than 46,000 customers across Canada and holds a 4.9/5 rating from 800+ Google reviews. Print & Cheques Now is CPA Self-Accredited Printer #1010 and prints Payments Canada Standard 006-compliant cheques for Canadian businesses and individuals. Learn more or call 1-866-760-2661.

Contact Information:

Print & Cheques Now Inc

240007 Frontier Crescent, Unit 11
Calgary, Alberta T1X 0R4
Canada

Jon Gilchrist
+1-866-760-2661
https://chequesnow.ca