How much GST or HST do you pay in each Canadian province?
Every purchase in Canada carries the 5% federal GST, but what you pay on top depends on the province. Five provinces fold their own sales tax into a single harmonized sales tax, or HST. The other eight provinces and territories charge GST alone, and some of them add a separate provincial sales tax.
On a C$1,000 purchase the GST/HST runs from C$50.00 in the 8 GST-only provinces and territories to C$150.00 in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island, where the HST is 15%. Ontario's 13% HST comes to C$130.00.
How we worked these out
The rates come straight from the Canada Revenue Agency's GST/HST rates table, which lists the combined rate for each province and territory. We checked it in October 2026; the rates shown have applied since 1 April 2025, when Nova Scotia cut its HST to 14%.
The tax amounts come from the GST/HST calculator on this site. It charges the 5% federal GST that the Excise Tax Act sets, plus the provincial part of the HST, which is the CRA's combined rate less the federal 5%. We ran it for each province at three prices: C$100, C$1,000 and C$40,000.
What these figures don't include matters, so we'll be plain about it. British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan charge their own provincial sales tax, and Quebec charges the QST. Those are separate taxes with their own rules and exemptions, and the calculator doesn't compute them. We've listed their rates from the same CRA page so you can see where they apply, but the dollar amounts below are GST/HST only. We've also assumed a fully taxable purchase. Basic groceries, prescription drugs and some other goods are zero-rated, and things like most residential rent are exempt.
Every province and territory
Click a column to sort. The last column shows the separate provincial tax, where there is one, that comes on top of the GST.
GST/HST by province and territory in Canada, and the tax on a purchase (Canadian dollars)
Download CSVGST/HST only. Provincial sales tax and Quebec's QST are separate taxes; their rates are listed but not included in the tax amounts.
| New Brunswick | HST | 15% | C$15 | C$150 | C$6,000 | none (HST) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | HST | 15% | C$15 | C$150 | C$6,000 | none (HST) |
| Prince Edward Island | HST | 15% | C$15 | C$150 | C$6,000 | none (HST) |
| Nova Scotia | HST | 14% | C$14 | C$140 | C$5,600 | none (HST) |
| Ontario | HST | 13% | C$13 | C$130 | C$5,200 | none (HST) |
| Alberta | GST | 5% | C$5 | C$50 | C$2,000 | none |
| British Columbia | GST | 5% | C$5 | C$50 | C$2,000 | 7% PST |
| Manitoba | GST | 5% | C$5 | C$50 | C$2,000 | 7% PST |
| Northwest Territories | GST | 5% | C$5 | C$50 | C$2,000 | none |
| Nunavut | GST | 5% | C$5 | C$50 | C$2,000 | none |
| Quebec | GST | 5% | C$5 | C$50 | C$2,000 | 9.975% QST |
| Saskatchewan | GST | 5% | C$5 | C$50 | C$2,000 | 6% PST |
| Yukon | GST | 5% | C$5 | C$50 | C$2,000 | none |
The 5 HST provinces
New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Prince Edward Island charge HST. It's one tax at one combined rate, collected by the CRA and shared with the province, so there's no separate provincial sales tax to work out.
- 15%: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island. A C$40,000 purchase carries C$6,000 of HST.
- 14%: Nova Scotia, since its April 2025 cut. C$1,000 carries C$140.00.
- 13%: Ontario. C$100 carries C$13.00, C$1,000 carries C$130.00, and C$40,000 carries C$5,200.
Every HST bill splits into the same federal GST plus a provincial share. In Ontario, the provincial part of the tax on C$1,000 is C$80.00.
The GST-only provinces and territories
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon charge only the 5% federal GST: C$5.00 on C$100, C$50.00 on C$1,000 and C$2,000 on C$40,000. That's C$100.00 less than the highest HST provinces on C$1,000, and C$4,000 less on a C$40,000 purchase like a car.
But "GST only" doesn't mean low tax everywhere on that list. Alberta and the three territories really do stop at the GST. The others add their own tax:
- British Columbia: 7% PST
- Manitoba: 7% RST
- Saskatchewan: 6% PST
- Quebec: 9.975% QST
Once you add those, the total sales tax in those provinces can match or pass the HST provinces. Each one also sets its own list of what's taxable, so a purchase taxed in one province might be exempt next door.
Backing the tax out of a total
A common mistake is subtracting the rate from a tax-included price. If a receipt in Ontario shows C$1,130 including HST, the price before tax is C$1,000.00 and the HST is C$130.00. You get there by dividing the total by one plus the rate. Subtracting 13% of the total gives C$983.10, which understates the price. The GST/HST calculator does it both ways round if you switch the direction.
Which province's rate applies?
For goods, it's usually the province where the item is delivered or made available to you, not where the seller is based. Buy online from a Calgary store and have it shipped to Halifax, and you pay Nova Scotia's 14% HST.
For services and intangible goods the place-of-supply rules are more involved, and the CRA's guidance is the place to check.
Using these numbers
If you're budgeting for a big purchase or comparing prices across provinces, these figures give you the GST/HST part. For business owners, remember that a GST/HST registrant can usually claim back the tax paid on business inputs as input tax credits, so the tax isn't a cost in the same way. The GST/HST calculator handles that too.
For other Canadian tax comparisons, see our land transfer tax figures for Ontario, Toronto and BC, and for how Canada's federal GST compares with other countries, our VAT and GST rates by country.
