# Payroll and Salary Calculators for Canada

> Work out take-home pay, payroll deductions, overtime, bonus tax, vacation pay and severance for every province and territory

Why is your pay stub so much smaller than your salary? Income tax takes a bite, so do Canada Pension Plan (CPP) or Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) contributions and Employment Insurance (EI), and some provinces add a payroll charge of their own. These payroll calculators walk through the gap line by line for the province where you work.

Know your salary and want the net figure? Open the [take-home pay calculator](https://tax-services.ca/calculators/payroll-salary/take-home-pay-calculator). Employers and bookkeepers tend to start with the [payroll deductions calculator](https://tax-services.ca/calculators/payroll-salary/payroll-deductions-calculator), because it splits each pay period into its parts.

## Which calculator fits your question?

Sometimes you need to work backwards. If a job offer promises a set amount in your account, the [net to gross calculator](https://tax-services.ca/calculators/payroll-salary/net-to-gross) finds the salary you'd have to ask for. The [hourly to salary tool](https://tax-services.ca/calculators/payroll-salary/hourly-to-salary) turns a wage into a yearly figure. And the [salary increase calculator](https://tax-services.ca/calculators/payroll-salary/salary-increase) shows how much of a raise actually reaches your bank account.

## Why does pay differ between provinces?

Ottawa sets some payroll rules and each province sets the rest. Minimum wage, the overtime threshold, paid holidays and the notice owed at dismissal all differ. The [minimum wage calculator](https://tax-services.ca/calculators/payroll-salary/minimum-wage) lists the current rate for each jurisdiction, and the [overtime pay calculator](https://tax-services.ca/calculators/payroll-salary/overtime-pay) applies your local threshold and multiplier.

A bonus is taxed on top of your salary, not on its own. That's why a bonus or a commission often loses a bigger share than regular pay, as the [bonus tax calculator](https://tax-services.ca/calculators/payroll-salary/bonus-tax) and the [sales commission calculator](https://tax-services.ca/calculators/payroll-salary/sales-commission) show. Time off has its own rules too, so you'll want to check the [vacation pay](https://tax-services.ca/calculators/payroll-salary/vacation-pay) and [public holiday pay](https://tax-services.ca/calculators/payroll-salary/holiday-pay) pages.

Lost your job? The [severance and termination pay calculator](https://tax-services.ca/calculators/payroll-salary/severance-pay) estimates the statutory minimum for your province. That's a floor, and a court might award more. It isn't a ceiling.

Everything here uses 2026 rates.

Treat the results as estimates for planning, since your employer's payroll system has the last word on each cheque.

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Source: https://tax-services.ca/calculators/payroll-salary
Last updated: 2026-10-01
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