Halloween is October 31 every year. It is not a statutory holiday in Canada, so restaurants keep their usual hours and the regular deals for that weekday still run. Halloween offers come mostly from chains and fall into three groups: kids-in-costume deals, themed menu items, and Halloween packaging or merchandise sold with food.
Kids-in-costume offers give a free or cheaper kids' meal when a child arrives in costume, usually with an adult entree purchase, for dine-in, at participating locations and one per child. Some run only on the afternoon or evening of October 31 and some need a loyalty account: Chipotle's Canadian Boorito offer has required a costume and Chipotle Rewards membership, in the restaurant after 3 PM. A&W Canada gave a free Kids' Pack to children 12 and under on Halloween 2024 with no purchase needed, but not through its app or delivery apps.
Themed items run for several weeks around the date rather than on Halloween alone, and are sold while supplies last. Tim Hortons has sold a Halloween Timbits bucket, on its own or filled with 31 Timbits. Dairy Queen has added Halloween Blizzard flavours. Wendy's Canada sells Boo! Books, coupon books for free Jr. Frosty treats and kids' fries whose proceeds go to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Canada.
The deals listed below are the regular kids eat free, family and pizza deals that run on the weekday Halloween falls on. Kids eat free nights are tied to fixed weekdays, so the list changes from year to year, and most of them need an adult meal purchase and are dine-in only.