A&W breakfast menu prices in Canada, August 2026

Breakfast hours at A&W

A&W breakfast generally ends between 10:30 and 11:00 a.m., though most locations run their grill until 11 a.m. according to the chain's own customer service line. A&W Canada does not offer all-day breakfast, so the Egger lineup disappears once the switchover to the lunch menu happens.

The exact cutoff isn't fixed nationally. It's set franchise by franchise, and A&W in Canada is almost entirely franchise-owned, so a mall location, a highway location and a small-town location can all run different clocks. If you're planning around a specific window, calling the location is more reliable than assuming an 11 a.m. deadline everywhere.

Breakfast menu prices

Every one of these sandwiches, wraps and plates is a standalone item. Combo pricing is covered further down, since the source file lists it as an add-on rather than a separate line.

The English Muffin swap: a free calorie cut

A&W sells four Egger sandwiches in two versions each: a bun version and an English Muffin version. Line them up and a pattern holds across every single pair.

Four pairs, four times the English Muffin version comes in exactly 20 calories lighter than the bun version, and four times the price doesn't move by a cent. That's not a rounding coincidence. It's consistent enough across the whole breakfast lineup that it looks like A&W built the muffin option specifically as a lighter swap at no cost to the customer.

Here's the finding, stated plainly: if you're ordering any Egger sandwich at A&W, asking for the English Muffin instead of the bun costs you nothing and saves you 20 calories, every time. There's no trade-off to weigh. I haven't seen this documented anywhere else, probably because most menu sites don't carry calories at all, let alone enough of them to line the pairs up.

Cents per calorie, ranked

Price alone doesn't tell you what you're getting for it. Dividing each item's price by its calorie count gives a cents-per-calorie figure, and ranking the 12 breakfast items by it separates the efficient orders from the expensive ones.

Pancakes with Syrup is the best value on the menu by this measure, at 0.85 cents per calorie. The Breakfast Wrap is the worst, at 1.69 cents per calorie, roughly double. Bacon & Egger and the All-Canadian Special land within a hundredth of a cent of each other at 1.25, which is a strange coincidence given they're $5.80 apart in price.

The more useful comparison sits between tiers. Sausage & Cheddar at $3.99 works out to 0.87 cents per calorie, beating every $4.99 item on the list, including Sausage & Egger at 0.94. Paying a dollar more for the Egger version doesn't buy proportionally more food. It buys a fried egg and a different bread ratio, and it costs you on the cents-per-calorie math to get it.

That's really the difference between the three main tiers. The $3.49 tier (Cheese & Egger) is egg and cheese on a bun or muffin, nothing else. The $3.99 tier (Sausage & Cheddar) adds a sausage patty and swaps in cheddar, and it's the best value of the three. The $4.99 tier (Bacon & Egger, Sausage & Egger) adds a fried egg on top of the meat and cheese, which is the actual reason for the extra dollar, not a bigger sandwich overall.

A breakfast sandwich and a coffee, priced

The source file carries A&W's brewed coffee separately from the Egger lineup: Small at $1.99, Regular at $2.29, Large at $2.99. Pairing a sandwich with coffee a la carte gives a real total, since the file doesn't say what a breakfast combo swaps in for its drink.

The cheapest combination you can order a la carte, a Cheese & Egger and a small coffee, comes to $5.48. Compare that to the listed Cheese & Egger Combo at $6.49: the combo costs a dollar more than sandwich-plus-small-coffee, so it's only worth it if what comes with it is worth more than a dollar to you. I can't confirm what's in the combo, since the source doesn't break out its contents beyond the price, so I won't guess.

One more thing worth flagging: the file's own combo math is inconsistent. Bacon & Egger Combo, Cheese & Egger Combo and Pancakes Combo each add exactly $3.00 to the standalone price. Classic Bacon & Eggs Combo also adds $3.00 ($8.79 to $11.79). But the All-Canadian Special Combo adds only $1.99 ($10.79 to $12.78), not $3.00. That's what the source lists, so that's what I'm reporting, but it breaks the pattern every other combo follows.

Brewed coffee isn't the only hot drink option. A&W's espresso menu lists a small Cappuccino at $2.59, the same price as a small brewed coffee, and a small Latte at $3.19, a full dollar more than even a large brewed coffee. If espresso is what you want, the Cappuccino is the one that doesn't cost a premium over drip coffee. A Hash Brown, listed under Sides at $2.59 for 180 calories, is the other add-on a breakfast order commonly touches. Stack one onto the cheapest sandwich and coffee order, the $5.48 Cheese & Egger and small coffee, and the total climbs to $8.07.

None of the totals above include tax, and menu prices in Canada are always shown before tax. Ontario charges 13% HST, which turns that $5.48 Cheese & Egger and small coffee into roughly $6.19 at the register. Alberta charges GST only, at 5%, the lowest combined rate in the country, which keeps the same order closer to $5.75. British Columbia (BC) charges GST plus PST separately, so the exact add-on there depends on how the province applies PST to prepared food.

The cheapest breakfast at A&W

The cheapest breakfast item on the menu is the Cheese & Egger® at $3.49, and thanks to the muffin pattern above, you can get it as the English Muffin Cheese & Egger® for the same $3.49 with 20 fewer calories, 340 instead of 360. That's the single lightest, cheapest thing on the breakfast menu, named and priced.

If you want the cheapest hot breakfast with a drink, add a small brewed coffee at $1.99 and the total comes to $5.48. Nothing else on the breakfast menu beats either number.

Frequently asked questions

What time does A&W stop serving breakfast?

Most A&W locations in Canada stop serving breakfast between 10:30 and 11:00 a.m., with 11 a.m. cited most often by the chain's own customer service. The cutoff is set by the individual franchise, so it isn't identical everywhere.

Does A&W serve breakfast all day?

No. A&W Canada does not offer all-day breakfast at any of its locations, and the Egger sandwiches, Breakfast Wrap and pancakes come off the menu once the location switches to lunch, typically by 11 a.m.

What is the cheapest item on the A&W breakfast menu?

The Cheese & Egger® is the cheapest breakfast item at $3.49. The English Muffin version costs the same $3.49 and has 20 fewer calories, 340 versus 360.

Is the English Muffin version of an Egger sandwich cheaper than the bun version?

No, it's the same price. Across all four Egger pairs, Bacon & Egger, Sausage & Egger, Cheese & Egger and Sausage & Cheddar, the English Muffin version costs identically to the bun version while carrying about 20 fewer calories each time.

What is the most expensive item on the A&W breakfast menu?

The All-Canadian Special is the most expensive item at $10.79 for 860 calories. The Classic Bacon & Eggs plate is next at $8.79.

How much does a coffee cost at A&W?

Brewed coffee runs $1.99 for a small, $2.29 for a regular and $2.99 for a large. Paired with the cheapest sandwich, a Cheese & Egger and a small coffee comes to $5.48 total.

Are A&W breakfast prices the same at every location in Canada?

Not necessarily. A&W in Canada is largely franchise-run, and menu prices as well as serving hours can vary by location, particularly in malls, highway locations and smaller towns.

What comes with an A&W breakfast combo?

The source pricing file doesn't specify combo contents, only the price add-on, which is $3.00 for most items (for example, Bacon & Egger $4.99 to $7.99) but only $1.99 for the All-Canadian Special Combo. I can't confirm what the combo includes beyond that price difference.

Methodology

Every price and calorie figure on this page comes from a single A&W Canada pricing reference file covering the Breakfast, Brewed Coffee and Espresso Drinks sections. I didn't visit a location to verify these prices in person for this page, and the source file doesn't state whether the figures are counter prices or app prices, so I'm not labelling them either way. Treat them as a starting point and confirm at your own location if the exact cent counts matter to you.

The serving hours in the hours section above don't come from that pricing file, since it doesn't mention hours at all. They come from A&W Canada's own published customer service information, which states most locations serve breakfast until 11 a.m., alongside the well-documented fact that A&W does not run all-day breakfast in Canada. Franchise-level variation on the exact cutoff is real and I can't rule it out for any specific location.

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