Canadian Tire 2025 Data Breach
ObscureIQ Breach Intelligence
High SeverityWebsite / service breach
Canadian Tire Retail & Automotive Chain Breach (2025): 38 Million Customer Records Including Partial Credit Card Data & Passwords Exposed
Canadian retail company selling automotive, home, sports, and outdoor goods.
Verified by ObscureIQ Intelligence
87/100Breach Risk Index
20Data Value
80Market Recency
61dSince Breach
Breach Intelligence Summary
Entity: Canadian Tire · Actor: Unknown · Sources: 2 references
Attack: Misconfiguration
Profile: Company · Retail and automotive products · Multi-category retail chain · Canada
Timeline: Breach (2025-10-02) · Indexed (Feb 25, 2026) · Year (2025)
Exposure: 38.3M records · 8 fields: Credit Card, Date of Birth, Email Address, Full Name, Gender, Password, Phone Number, Physical Address
Status: Confirmed
Executive Summary
Canadian Tire, one of Canada's largest retail chains, suffered a data breach in October 2025 after an attacker gained unauthorized access to an e-commerce database through a misconfiguration. The breach affected customer accounts across four banners: Canadian Tire, SportChek, Mark's, and Party City Canada. The company detected the intrusion on October 2 and disclosed it publicly on October 14. A cybercriminal later listed the stolen database for sale on a hacking forum, asking $100,000 USD. Approximately 38.3 million records were exposed in total. The breach exposed names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, and passwords stored in an encrypted format known as PBKDF2 hashing. For a smaller subset of roughly 150,000 accounts, dates of birth and partial credit card data were also included. That partial card data consisted of card type, expiry date, and masked card number only. Canadian Tire stated that neither the partial card data nor the encrypted passwords could be used directly for transactions or account access. However, the combination of personal details across millions of records creates real risk. Attackers can use this kind of data to craft targeted phishing emails, impersonate customers, or attempt credential stuffing attacks against other accounts where people reuse passwords. Canadian Tire reported the breach to applicable Canadian privacy regulators and partnered with TransUnion Canada to notify customers whose records contained more sensitive data. Those individuals were offered credit monitoring services. No litigation or regulatory enforcement action had been publicly documented as of early 2026. Affected individuals should treat any email claiming to be from Canadian Tire or its banners with caution, change passwords used across any related accounts, and monitor their credit reports for unusual activity.
ObscureIQ assessment: Exposure enables phishing, fraud, loyalty abuse, and automotive-related scams. Combined retail and automotive data increases targeting precision.
Breach Impact
On October 2, 2025, Canadian Tire detected unauthorized access to an e-commerce database spanning customer accounts for Canadian Tire, SportChek, Mark's, and Party City Canada. The company disclosed the incident publicly on October 14. Approximately 38 million unique email addresses were exposed alongside names, addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted passwords. For fewer than 150,000 accounts, full dates of birth and partial credit card data — card type, expiry, and masked number — were also included. Canadian Tire stated that the partial card data and encrypted passwords could not be used for transactions or account access. The company reported the matter to applicable privacy regulators, worked with TransUnion Canada to notify more severely affected customers, and offered credit monitoring to those whose records included more detailed personal data. A cybercriminal subsequently listed the full database for sale on a hacking forum for $100,000 USD. No litigation or regulatory enforcement action specific to this breach has been prominently documented as of early 2026.
About Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire Corporation is one of Canada's largest and most recognized retailers, operating nearly 1,700 stores across the country under banners including Canadian Tire, SportChek, Mark's, and Party City Canada. Founded in 1922 and headquartered in Toronto, the company is publicly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Its product categories span automotive, home, sports, and outdoor goods. Canadian Tire Bank and the Triangle Rewards loyalty program operate as separate financial and loyalty infrastructure.
Why They Hold Your Data
Multi-category retailers collect customer identity data, emails, phone numbers, addresses, purchase records, and loyalty program data across retail and automotive services.
Recent Developments
Canadian Tire has maintained its position as a dominant Canadian retail brand across multiple product categories. The company has invested in digital retail infrastructure and its loyalty ecosystem. The October 2025 breach represented the most significant cybersecurity event in the company's recent history and one of the largest retail data breaches in Canadian history by affected account count.
Data Points Exposed
8 verified field types
Credit Card Critical
Date of Birth High
Email Address
Full Name High
Gender
Password Critical
Phone Number
Physical Address High
Field names are shown in full for clarity and search visibility. Canonical machine keys are emitted only in this page’s structured data.
Exploitation & Downstream Threats
Threat Activity:Critical
Primary downstream threats:
- Credential stuffing against reused passwords across other platforms
- Financial fraud using exposed financial profile data
- Identity verification bypass using name + date of birth combination
- SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
- Doxxing risk from physical address exposure
Threat vectors:
- Card-present & card-not-present fraud
- Card identification & social engineering
- Identity verification bypass
- Phishing, credential stuffing & account takeover
- Name-based social engineering
- Profile enrichment
- Credential stuffing & account takeover
- SIM swapping, vishing & SMS phishing
- Physical stalking, mail fraud & identity verification
Recommended Actions
If you believe your information may be included:
Change Reused Passwords
Update this account and anywhere you reused the password; use a manager.
Enable MFA Everywhere
Turn on multi-factor authentication on email first, then financial accounts.
Report & Recover
If you spot misuse, start an official recovery plan and report fraud.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happened in the Canadian Tire breach?▾
Canadian Tire, one of Canada's largest retail chains, suffered a data breach in October 2025 after an attacker gained unauthorized access to an e-commerce database through a misconfiguration. The breach affected customer accounts across four banners: Canadian Tire, SportChek, Mark's, and Party City…
What data was exposed?▾
Verified fields include Credit Card, Date of Birth, Email Address, Full Name, Gender, Password, Phone Number, Physical Address.
What should I do if I was affected?▾
Change reused passwords, enable MFA, and (if identity or financial data is involved) freeze your credit and monitor your accounts.
Sources & References
Every claim on this page is traceable. This breach draws on:
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