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Every province except Alberta has implemented either a provincial sales tax or the Harmonized Sales Tax. The federal GST rate is 5 percent, effective January 1, 2008. The territories of Yukon , Northwest Territories , and Nunavut have no territorial sales taxes, so only the GST is collected.
There are also provincial dividend tax credits at different rates in different provinces. For dividends from other Canadian corporations, i.e., "eligible dividends", the gross-up is 38% and the dividend tax credit is 15.0198% (for 2017), [ 18 ] reflecting the higher corporate income tax rate paid by larger corporations.
Personal tax collection resumed by province Corporate tax collection resumed by province Corporate tax collection resumed by federal government British Columbia: 1876: 1901: 1941 [it 1] Alberta: 1932 [it 2] 1932 [it 2] 1941 [it 1] 1981: Saskatchewan: 1932: 1932: 1941 [it 1] Manitoba: 1923: 1924: 1938 [it 3] Ontario: 1936 [it 4] 1932 [it 5] 1936 ...
Quebec's high provincial taxes account for its budget surplus, although without equalization Quebec would have had a deficit. [28] Quebec residents pay the highest provincial tax in the country but the lowest federal tax. [41] Quebec residents pay 16.5% less federal income tax annually than other Canadian provinces due to the Quebec Abatement. [42]
The tax rates displayed are marginal and do not account for deductions, exemptions or rebates. The effective rate is usually lower than the marginal rate. The tax rates given for federations (such as the United States and Canada) are averages and vary depending on the state or province. Territories that have different rates to their respective ...
Collectively, the provincial governments collect approximately $8 billion per year from excise taxes on gasoline and diesel. The federal taxes go into general coffers and help to fund a range of programs: $2 billion of the approximately $5 billion collected from federal excise taxes goes into the now permanent annual Gas Tax Fund for municipal ...
Ontario committed to provide a refundable tax credit of up to $260 per adult or child in 2010–11 to low income people, [19] and British Columbia committed to provide a refundable tax credit of up to $230 per adult or child in 2010–11. [20] Federal and provincial tax credits are paid quarterly through the year.
A table listing total GDP (expenditure-based), share of Canadian GDP, population, and per capita GDP in 2023. For illustrative purposes, market income (total income less government transfers) [1] per capita from tax returns is included. (The per capita, rather than per tax filer, measure is chosen for comparability with GDP per capita.)