Did they change it in the past year?
Because last time I looked (which was like less than a year ago), a subscription is still $18.99 for Canada.
If you buy a chunk of game time, it’s $22 for a month, which most people assumed is because of Trudeau’s new (in 2021) tax on digital goods, which doesn’t apply to subscriptions, but would apply to a chunk of game time.
Whereas (assuming that is indeed WHY they increased the price) - Blizzard operates in California, which has no tax on Digital Goods period. I live in California, for instance, and I can buy the a game/expansion from them online for the price tag they list it for. No tax at all. If it says $89.99, I get it for $89.99. Whereas if someone lives in Texas, they have to pay tax. (I know cause I have a friend who lives in Texas who hates me for it lol) This is most likely why the US hasn’t seen an increase like Canada for game time chunks - as Blizzard is based in California.
Here’s the blue post where it explicitly states that the Subscriptions won’t be affected by the price increase, only chunks of game time before someone thinks I’m pulling the “Subscriptions should be the same price” outta nowhere: