DISPLAY ADVERTISING RATES

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All prices above are for finished digital black & white ads. Please add 5% GST to all rates. (Prices do not include typesetting or design charges.)

Submitting your artwork – See Electronic Guidelines for precise instructions on best formats for submitting your finished artwork to our Digital Prepress Dept.

If you need typesetting/design – See our Introduction to Advertising in Vitality for guidelines on costs and procedures to have your ad produced by Vitality typesetters.


Vitality Magazine is published 10 times per year, and is distributed in the first week of each month it is published.

Deadline Dates
(Cheque Dates)
Publication Date
January 7FEBRUARY
February 7MARCH
March 7APRIL
April 7MAY
May 7JUNE
June 7JULY/AUGUST(1 issue)
August 7SEPTEMBER
September 7OCTOBER
October 7NOVEMBER
November 7DEC/JANUARY (1 issue)
NOTE: There are no July or December payments.

To place your display ad:

  1. Phone, fax, mail, or deliver your advertising requirements, indicating size, ad name, and number of issues ad is to run. All advertising booked for more than one issue requires an Advertising Contract.
  2. If the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, it is extended to the next business day at 5 pm. If you have missed our advertising deadline, call us anyway. You ad can be put on a wait list, and will be accommodated if space allows.

Terms of Payment:

  1. Ad payment must be received by the deadline date. See schedule above.
  2. Cheque, cash or VISA are acceptable methods of payment. If you book a multiissue contract, postdated cheques are acceptable. VISA payment is accepted for one issue, or as payment for full contract amount. Postdated VISA payments not accepted.
  3. Frequency Discounts: 2X, 4X, 6X and 8X RATES: To receive a frequency rate, a contract must be completed, and a series of postdated cheques must be submitted at time of ad placement, each cheque bearing the deadline date of the issue in which the ad will appear. See above for dates. Ads will run consecutively.

Policies & Conditions:

CANCELLATIONS – Advertisers who have purchased ad space on the 2X, 4X, 6X or 8X rate, but who prematurely withdraw their advertising will be subject to retroactive billing at the 1X rate for the ads that ran prior to the cancellation.
NSF CHEQUES are subject to a service charge of $20, made payable to Vitality Magazine.
RECEIPTS: Receipt requests require a S.A.S.E at time of ad placement.
ADVERTISING POLICY: All ads are subject to publisher’s discretion.
LIABILITY – In the case of an error or omission of advertising material by Vitality Magazine, the advertiser will be compensated for an amount equivalent to the actual dollar value of the ad containing the error.

Please direct all inquiries to:
Vitality Magazine, 356 Dupont St., Toronto, ON, Canada M5R 1V9
Telephone: (416) 964-0528.
Office Hours: 11:00 to 4:30, Monday to Friday

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