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Calculators > Basic Canadian Income Tax Calculator

Basic Canadian Income Tax Calculator for 2021 and Earlier Years

Click the above link to open the calculator in a new window.

Note: best viewed in Chrome, Edge or Vivaldi. See Calculators page re new Printing feature.

PLEASE NOTE: If the calculator doesn't seem to be working for you, or looks messed up, please clear your browser cache and try again. In Chrome: hold down the ctrl and shift keys, then touch the delete key, select cached images and files to be cleared, set the time range (longer is better) then click clear data. This usually has to be done if there has been a significant change in the calculator.

The Basic Canadian Income Tax Calculator (select above) shows information for all provinces and territories.

You input the amount of income from

	employment and other income
	capital gains
	Canadian eligible dividends and
	Canadian non-eligible dividends

What will it show you?

shows marginal tax rates for the year selected, for

	capital gains
	eligible Canadian dividends
	non-eligible Canadian dividends
	other income

displays a table of taxes payable for the chosen year and previous 5 years, for all provinces and territories

What is included in the calculations?

combined federal and provincial/territorial taxes for a single person

surtaxes where applicable

Federal tax abatement for Quebec (16.5% reduction of federal tax)

deductions cannot be entered in this calculator

tax credits calculated:

	basic personal amount including Federal and YT add'l personal amount
	dividend tax credits for both eligible and non-eligible Canadian dividends
	Nova Scotia additional personal amount

no other tax credits are calculated

does NOT include:

	alternative minimum tax
	CPP and EI premiums
	low income tax credits
	Ontario health premium
	BC MSP (which was eliminated for 2020)
	NL deficit reduction levy

To see tax rate tables for each province, go to the Tax Rates page.

If you would like a more detailed calculator which will calculate most available tax credits, and will show you how much you can save by making an RRSP contribution, see our more detailed Canadian Tax Calculator, and Quebec Tax Calculator.

Check out our other calculators.

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Revised: October 23, 2020

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