Nintendo Switch 2 costs $629 in Canada

Update April 23, 2025, at 1:51 p.m. ET: A lot has changed! Check out MobileSyrup’s full guide on pre-ordering the Switch 2 in Canada for the latest details.

Update April 8, 2025 at 11:08 a.m. ET: Nintendo Canada confirmed to MobileSyrup that it will delay Switch 2 pre-orders to align with the delayed U.S. pre-orders. Canadian pre-orders will not start on April 9, and the official date is to be determined. However, Nintendo says the June 5 release date remains unchanged.

The Nintendo Switch 2 is coming out on June 5 in Canada and will cost $629 for the base model with 256GB of storage.

If you want to get the same console with a copy of Mario Kart World, the price is $699.

So far, there are no pre-orders for the console, but Nintendo’s Canadian website has shared the pricing, and a recent Nintendo Direct presentation has shown off many launch games and most of the hardware information.

Update April 2, 2025 at 1:04 p.m. ET: Nintendo has published pre-order details for the Switch 2 on its website, though other retailers have yet to share their pre-order options. Canadians need to register with Nintendo to get an invitation to purchase the console, with the first round of invites going out on May 8, 2025.

Update April 2, 2025 at 3:38 p.m. ET: Gamestop Canada has announced that it will start taking pre-orders on April 9, 2025.

A story on Business Insider in the U.S. lists pre-orders starting on April 9, so I’d expect Canada to follow suit and open our pre-orders on the same day.

For context, the first Switch was $399 when it launched in Canada in 2017. Adjusted for inflation, that’s around $501. The Switch OLED is $450 in Canada, so this new version is a considerable premium over that. It should also be noted that the new Switch 2 doesn’t feature an OLED screen.

Make sure to read our prior coverage for all the details, but you can expect the new console to offer 4K support, a larger screen, magnetic Joy-Cons, a better kickstand, and faster internal storage.