Tretinoin Cost in Canada
What a tube of tretinoin costs at Canadian pharmacies and through telehealth providers, with the dispensing fee shown separately where the source discloses one.
Tretinoin 0.025–0.1% (topical cream/gel) — 1 tube
Across the 4 sources we track for this pack, the price runs from $19.49 at Costco Pharmacy to $42.99 at Shoppers Drug Mart. That is $23.50 — 121% more — for the same pack.
That gap is not all medication. $8.50 of it is the difference in dispensing fee and $15.00 is the difference in the medication itself.
The dispensing fee, separately
A dispensing fee travels with the pharmacy, not the prescription. Among the sources on this page it runs from $4.49 at Costco Pharmacy to $12.99 at Shoppers Drug Mart — an $8.50 difference that applies to every prescription filled there, not only this one.
Felix quotes a single all-in figure and does not publish a separate fee, so its rows show a dash in that column. That means the fee is not disclosed separately, not that there is none.
Every price we track
Sorted cheapest first. Each row links to the page its price was read from and shows the date that source was current.
| Strength | Dispensing Fee | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Costco PharmacyLowest | Tretinoin 0.025–0.1% (topical cream/gel) — 1 tube | $15.00 | $4.49 | $19.49 | Last verified Feb 26 | Visit site |
Walmart Pharmacy | Tretinoin 0.025–0.1% (topical cream/gel) — 1 tube | $22.00 | $9.97 | $31.97 | Last verified Feb 26 | Visit site |
Rexall | Tretinoin 0.025–0.1% (topical cream/gel) — 1 tube | $26.00 | $12.99 | $38.99 | Last verified Feb 26 | Visit site |
Shoppers Drug Mart | Tretinoin 0.025–0.1% (topical cream/gel) — 1 tube | $30.00 | $12.99 | $42.99 | Last verified Feb 26 | Visit site |
Tretinoin 0.025–0.1% (topical cream/gel) — 1 tube
$19.49
total
Tretinoin 0.025–0.1% (topical cream/gel) — 1 tube
$31.97
total
Tretinoin 0.025–0.1% (topical cream/gel) — 1 tube
$38.99
total
Tretinoin 0.025–0.1% (topical cream/gel) — 1 tube
$42.99
total
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Tretinoin cost in Canada?
For Tretinoin 0.025–0.1% (topical cream/gel) — 1 tube, the sources we track range from $19.49 at Costco Pharmacy to $42.99 at Shoppers Drug Mart — a difference of $23.50. Every figure is the all-in total including any dispensing fee. See the table below for the exact source and date behind each one.
Why do pharmacies charge different amounts for the same product?
Two separate things vary. The medication itself is priced differently by each pharmacy, and each pharmacy also sets its own dispensing fee — from $4.49 at Costco Pharmacy to $12.99 at Shoppers Drug Mart, a gap of $8.50 that applies to every prescription that pharmacy fills, not just this one.
Are these prices current?
Each row carries its own date. The most recently checked figure on this page is from September 21, 2026. Prices sourced from a published pharmacy survey move only when that survey is republished, so some rows are deliberately older than others — follow the source link on any row before relying on it.
Last updated: September 21, 2026