How to Sign Up for Apple News+ Magazines in Canada

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Apple today finally launched Apple News in Canada, along with its Apple News+ service which includes over 300 magazines, priced at $12.99 CAD per month.

Apple News+ derives from Apple’s recent acquisition of Texture, which was partly owned by Rogers Media.

The subscription magazine service includes free family sharing for up to 6 family members, while also includes a digital subscription to The Toronto Star.

Here’s how to sign up for Apple News+ in Canada and start reading magazines today:

Step 1: Update your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to iOS 12.2 (Settings > General > Software Update). Update your Mac to macOS 10.14.4 (coming soon; hit up the Updates tab within the Mac App Store).

Step 2:  Launch the News app. Tap the ‘News+’ tab along the bottom (it’s the middle icon)

Step 3: Click on ‘Get Started’, then tap ‘TRY IT FREE’. Confirm the payment via Apple Pay. Once that’s done, you’ll be able to read all the magazines available.

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There are various sections within Apple News+ for magazines:

  • Browse the Catalogue
  • Featured (full of Canadian magazines)
  • Business & Finance
  • Cars
  • Entertainment
  • Food
  • Health & Fitness
  • Hobbies
  • Home & Garden
  • Kids & Parenting
  • Men’s Lifestyle
  • News & Ideas
  • Outdoors
  • Science & Technology
  • Sports
  • Style
  • Travel & Regional
  • Women’s Lifestyle




Apple News+ will renew automatically until you cancel. So you may want to remind yourself to cancel before your next billing date if you’re not interested in renewing.

If you have 20% off iTunes cards from Costco, you can save on Apple News+ and any other digital purchase from Apple. With so many new subscription services coming from Apple, there has never been a better time to stock up on these discounted cards to fund your iTunes account balance.

Did you subscribe to Apple News+ today? How do you like it so far?

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