Canadian Tire Data Breach

What happened?

In October 2025, retailer Canadian Tire was the victim of a data breach that exposed almost 42M records. The data contained 38M unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers and physical addresses. Passwords were stored as PBKDF2 hashes and for a subset of records, dates of birth and partial credit card data were also included (card type, expiry and masked card number). In its disclosure notice , Canadian Tire advised that the incident did not impact bank account information or loyalty program data.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is October 2, 2025. The record was added to the catalogue on February 25, 2026 and last updated there on February 25, 2026.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Genders
• Names
• Partial credit card data
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Canadian Tire or used canadiantire.ca around October 2, 2025. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.