Ontario income tax calculator 2026

Ontario taxes income at 5.05% up to CA$ 53,891 and at 13.16% above CA$ 220,000, then adds a surtax of 20% and 36% on basic Ontario tax over CA$ 5,818 and CA$ 7,446. The Ontario Health Premium of up to CA$ 900 is counted in Ontario tax, and the LIFT credit appears as its own line when it applies. On CA$ 60,000 the Ontario figure is CA$ 2,982.20, health premium included.

Salary, wages and other pay from one job for 2026, before anything is taken off.

Where you lived on 31 December. Provincial tax and, for Quebec, QPP and QPIP follow it.

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A percent of your pay, or an amount each pay period. It is deducted from income, so it lowers income tax but not CPP or EI.

Your own contributions to a registered pension plan at work. They are deducted from income like an RRSP.

Deducted from income for federal tax, and for provincial tax outside Quebec.

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Take home pay

CA$ 47,339.75

You keep 78.90%.

Income tax a year
CA$ 8,320.50
Marginal rate with contributions
35.68%
Employer cost a year
CA$ 64,730.95

Breakdown
ItemA year
Gross payCA$ 60,000.00
Federal income taxCA$ 8,380.18
Federal tax credits-CA$ 3,041.88
Ontario income taxCA$ 3,228.77
Ontario tax credits-CA$ 846.57
Ontario Health PremiumCA$ 600.00
CPPCA$ 3,361.75
EICA$ 978.00
Total deductionsCA$ 12,660.25
Take home payCA$ 47,339.75
What the employer pays on top
ItemA year
Employer CPPCA$ 3,361.75
Employer EICA$ 1,369.20
How we calculate

Marginal rate 35.68%, effective rate 21.10%.

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How the tax is worked out
StepAmount
PayCA$ 60,000.00
Less the additional CPP and CPP2CA$ 565.00
Taxable incomeCA$ 59,435.00
Federal tax on the bracketsCA$ 8,380.18
Less federal creditsCA$ 3,041.88
Federal income taxCA$ 5,338.30
Ontario tax on the bracketsCA$ 3,228.77
Less Ontario creditsCA$ 846.57
Add the Ontario Health PremiumCA$ 600.00
Ontario income taxCA$ 2,982.20

A year, with the CRA payroll method.

What this does not include

  • Gives the 2026 tax on a full year of employment income from one job, worked out with the CRA payroll formulas rather than a T1 return.
  • Only the basic personal amount, the Canada employment amount and the credits for CPP, EI and QPIP are taken off; credits for dependents, tuition, medical costs, donations and the rest are left out.
  • Ontario's LIFT credit is the one return credit included, on its own line, and both it and the Ontario tax reduction assume a single person with no dependents. The low income credits of other provinces and the Canada Workers Benefit are not included.
  • For Quebec the page shows source deductions only: QPP, QPIP, EI at the Quebec rate, the federal abatement and Quebec tax from the Revenu Quebec formulas. Quebec return items, such as the health contribution and low income credits, are not part of it.
  • In British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island the annual 2026 figures apply, although payroll tables changed in July, so withholding in either half of the year can differ.
  • The marginal rate counts CPP, CPP2, EI and QPIP as well as income tax, so below the contribution maximums it sits above the combined tax bracket.
  • Union dues lower provincial taxable income only outside Quebec, because their Quebec treatment is not modeled.
  • An RRSP or pension amount typed here is deducted in full; it is not checked against your own RRSP deduction room from your notice of assessment.
  • Only employment income is counted: self employment income, investment income, pensions and other income are left out.

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Last updated . Rates checked 3 November 2026. Methodology

Key figures for Ontario

FigureValue
Lowest rate5.05% On taxable income up to CA$ 53,891
Top rate13.16% On taxable income over CA$ 220,000
Basic personal amountCA$ 12,989 Credited at 5.05%
Ontario surtax20% and 36% Of basic Ontario tax over CA$ 5,818 and CA$ 7,446
Ontario Health PremiumUp to CA$ 900 On taxable income over CA$ 20,000
Ontario tax reductionCA$ 300 Twice this amount, less basic Ontario tax and surtax, comes off Ontario tax for a single person
LIFT creditUp to CA$ 875 Reduced by 5% of net income over CA$ 32,500; claimed on the return

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