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What Do You Actually Take Home?

Enter what you earn and see where every dollar goes before it reaches your account.

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Gross salary before any deductions.

Where you lived on December 31 sets your rate for the whole year.

Add investment or self-employment income
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Net business income after expenses. You pay both halves of CPP on this.

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Cash received from Canadian public companies. Enter the actual amount, not the grossed-up figure.

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Usually from a small business corporation you own.

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Your full gain. Half of it is taxable.

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Interest, foreign dividends, pension, rental. Taxed like salary.

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Optional. Lowers taxable income dollar for dollar.

You keep, per year

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out of $0

    0% Average tax rate — everything above divided by what you earned
    0% Marginal rate — income tax on your next dollar of salary

    The same dollar, earned four ways

    What you'd pay in income tax on your next $1,000, depending on where it comes from.

    2026 tax year. Federal and provincial brackets, basic personal amounts, dividend gross-ups and tax credits, CPP/QPP, EI and QPIP figures are current CRA and Revenu Québec rates. Capital gains use the 50% inclusion rate. This claims the basic personal amount, the Canada employment amount, and credits for your CPP/EI contributions. It does not model spousal or dependant credits, tuition, medical expenses, the lifetime capital gains exemption, alternative minimum tax, capital losses, or provincial low-income reductions, so a real return will differ. Educational estimate, not tax advice.