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There is no federal carbon tax on fuel in Manitoba any more. Ottawa set every fuel charge rate to zero from April 1, 2025, and the last Canada Carbon Rebate for individuals went out in April 2025. What Manitoba still has is a provincial emissions tax on coal and petroleum coke, which is a much narrower thing.
What actually ended in 2025?
Two programs ended together, and people mix them up. Suppliers paid the fuel charge on gasoline, natural gas and other fuels. Households got the rebate, a quarterly payment. The CRA stopped the rebate on March 15, 2025, and its page on the change is blunt about it.
There will be no further quarterly CCR payments after the April 2025 payment.
What has changed, Canada Carbon Rebate for individuals, canada.ca
Here’s each piece and where it stands.
| Piece | Status |
|---|---|
| Federal fuel charge (Manitoba was a listed province) | All rates set to zero from April 1, 2025 |
| Canada Carbon Rebate for individuals | Stopped March 15, 2025, final payment April 2025 |
| Fuel charge registrant accounts | Cancelled automatically on November 1, 2025 |
| Returns for periods before April 1, 2025 | Still have to be filed |
| Federal industrial pricing for large emitters | Not part of the removal |
| Manitoba emissions tax on coal and petroleum coke | Provincial, applies above one tonne a year |
Is there still a carbon tax in Manitoba in 2026?
Not on what you pump into your car or burn to heat your house. That was the federal fuel charge, and it’s at zero. If a website still quotes a Manitoba carbon price per tonne, check its date.
Two things did not go away. The federal system for industrial emitters was left in place by the CRA’s own notice, and it hits large facilities rather than households. And the province charges its own emissions tax on coal and petroleum coke.
What does the coal and petroleum coke tax cost?
The province says anyone who buys more than one tonne of these fuels for use in Manitoba in a calendar year pays the tax. Its coal and petroleum coke tax page posts these rates per tonne.
| Fuel | Rate per tonne |
|---|---|
| Bituminous coal | $22.57 |
| Sub-bituminous coal | $17.37 |
| Lignite | $14.27 |
| Anthracite and other coal | $23.97 |
| Petroleum coke | $31.90 |
Say a small operation buys 10 tonnes of bituminous coal in a year. At the posted rate that’s $225.70. Ten tonnes of petroleum coke comes to $319.00. The page doesn’t say how the first tonne is treated, so read those two figures as an upper estimate and ask the province before you budget.
Most households will never see this tax. It’s aimed at people who buy solid fuel by the tonne, not folks filling up at the corner station.
Did you get the final rebate?
To get the April 2025 payment, you needed a 2024 return on file. The CRA’s page also says that if you were eligible but hadn’t filed for prior years, you can still receive your payments once your return is assessed. So if you skipped a year, don’t assume the money is gone. File, then wait for the assessment.
Don’t confuse this with the GST/HST credit, which is a separate payment that continues. The GST/HST credit calculator covers that one.
What if you ran a business that dealt with the fuel charge?
The charge is gone going forward, but the past isn’t wiped clean. According to the federal notice, people who were registered still owe amounts from earlier reporting periods, can still claim rebates they were entitled to, and can still be assessed or reassessed for those periods. Picture a small trucking outfit in Brandon that filed late for the last quarter of 2024. That return still needs filing, and an unpaid balance still counts, even though the account itself closed in November 2025.
Keep your old records handy. If the CRA asks about a 2024 period in 2026, you’ll want the invoices and the return in the same drawer.
Where does this leave your budget?
Take the rebate out of your yearly plan if you were counting on it. Then work from your real bills. Our budget calculator lets you enter your own fuel and heating costs, and the take-home pay calculator shows what’s left of a Manitoba paycheque before those bills. To see the tax you pay on income, use the income tax calculator and pick Manitoba.
We can’t tell you what a litre of gas or a gigajoule of natural gas costs in Manitoba this month. Prices move for plenty of reasons, and no official page we used gives a current figure.
Common mistakes
The biggest one is treating an old article as current. Plenty of pages written before 2025 explain a Manitoba carbon price that no longer exists. Another is mixing the fuel charge with sales tax. Provincial sales tax is a separate tax on purchases, and the GST and PST calculator handles it.
Business owners who were registered for the fuel charge should still check that returns for periods before April 1, 2025 are filed, even though the accounts closed automatically in November 2025.
Where the numbers come from
The fuel charge and account dates come from the Canada Revenue Agency‘s notice on removing the fuel charge. Rebate dates and the quote come from the CRA’s Canada Carbon Rebate page. Coal and petroleum coke rates come from the Government of Manitoba’s finance department. This site isn’t connected to any of them, and the rules were read in October 2026. The provincial page doesn’t show an effective year, so check it before you file.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a carbon tax in Manitoba now?
Not the federal fuel charge. All its rates were set to zero from April 1, 2025. Manitoba still has its own emissions tax on coal and petroleum coke.
When was the last carbon rebate paid?
April 2025. The CRA says there are no quarterly payments after that one.
Do I still have to file old fuel charge returns?
Yes, for periods before April 1, 2025. The CRA said registrant accounts would be cancelled automatically on November 1, 2025.
What is the Manitoba coal tax rate?
It runs from $14.27 per tonne for lignite to $31.90 for petroleum coke, and applies above one tonne bought in a calendar year.
Is the GST/HST credit gone too?
No. It's a separate payment and it continues.
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