Taxes by province and territory in Canada

Canadian income tax has a federal layer and a provincial or territorial layer. The federal rates are the same everywhere. What changes from place to place is the second layer, the credits, and the sales tax you pay at the till, and that’s where a move or a job offer in another province can change what you keep.

This hub is for anyone weighing up a move, a remote job based somewhere else, or a plain old curiosity about why a friend in Alberta pays a different bill on the same salary. It’s also for people who’ve just arrived in a province and want to know what’s different from where they came from. Quebec, for one, has its own income tax return and its own pension plan, so it behaves a little differently from the rest.

Below you’ll find a page for every province and territory, with its brackets, credits and sales tax set-up, plus a short guide to what’s worth comparing and what isn’t. By the end you should be able to read a provincial rate table without being fooled by a headline number, and work out what a different province would mean for your own pay. We don’t prepare returns, and a comparison isn’t advice for your situation, but it will make the next conversation with a preparer shorter and cheaper.

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Pick your province or territory

• Ontario

  Brackets, credits and sales tax for Ontario, with the calculators that switch to it.

• Quebec

  Brackets, credits and sales tax for Quebec, with the calculators that switch to it.

• British Columbia

  Brackets, credits and sales tax for British Columbia, with the calculators that switch to it.

• Alberta

  Brackets, credits and sales tax for Alberta, with the calculators that switch to it.

• Manitoba

  Brackets, credits and sales tax for Manitoba, with the calculators that switch to it.

• Saskatchewan

  Brackets, credits and sales tax for Saskatchewan, with the calculators that switch to it.

• Nova Scotia

  Brackets, credits and sales tax for Nova Scotia, with the calculators that switch to it.

• New Brunswick

  Brackets, credits and sales tax for New Brunswick, with the calculators that switch to it.

• Newfoundland and Labrador

  Brackets, credits and sales tax for Newfoundland and Labrador, with the calculators that switch to it.

• Prince Edward Island

  Brackets, credits and sales tax for Prince Edward Island, with the calculators that switch to it.

• Yukon

  Brackets, credits and sales tax for Yukon, with the calculators that switch to it.

• Northwest Territories

  Brackets, credits and sales tax for Northwest Territories, with the calculators that switch to it.

• Nunavut

  Brackets, credits and sales tax for Nunavut, with the calculators that switch to it.

What should you compare between provinces?

Don’t start with the rates.

Three things. First, the income tax brackets and the basic personal amount, which decide how much of your income is taxed at each rate. Second, the sales tax set-up, which is one blended HST, a GST plus a separate PST or QST, or GST alone. Third, any charges that only some provinces have, such as Ontario’s surtax and health premium, which you won’t see on a simple bracket table.

The guide to how Canadian income tax works explains how the layers stack. The sales tax guide has the rate for every province.

Want one combined figure for where you live? Use the income tax calculator.

Which province is cheapest? That depends on your income. Don’t trust a headline rate, because it won’t tell you what you’ll pay, and your own numbers will.

Moving between provinces for a job or for family? The life events pages cover the big changes, and the tax calendar shows the dates that apply wherever you live. Buying in a new province also means a one-off charge, so see the property and tax guide before you sign.

Where do the figures come from?

From the CRA and the provincial finance pages named on each guide, and we checked them on September 29, 2026. The limits page lists the federal figures. The how we check rates page explains the routine, and it isn’t long.