Canada doesn't have one national sales tax rate — it has thirteen, one for each province and territory, split across three different systems: GST-only, HST, and GST plus a separate provincial tax. Here's a quick reference for where each one lands in 2026, with a link to the full detail page for each.
How to use this list
Find your province or territory in one of the three groups below to see its combined rate at a glance. Each name links to a dedicated page with that province's specific history, exemptions and a bidirectional calculator preset to its rate — useful if you want to work out an exact dollar amount rather than just check the percentage.
GST only (5%) — no provincial sales tax
- Alberta — 5%
- Northwest Territories — 5% (plus a separate 2% payroll tax on wages, not charged at checkout)
- Nunavut — 5% (also has a 2% payroll tax on wages)
- Yukon — 5%, with no payroll tax either
HST provinces (13%–15%)
- Ontario — 13%
- Nova Scotia — 14% (cut from 15% on April 1, 2025)
- New Brunswick — 15%
- Newfoundland and Labrador — 15%
- Prince Edward Island — 15%
See our HST calculator for all five at once.
GST plus a separate provincial tax
- British Columbia — 5% GST + 7% PST = 12%
- Manitoba — 5% GST + 7% RST = 12%
- Saskatchewan — 5% GST + 6% PST = 11%
- Quebec — 5% GST + 9.975% QST = 14.975%
BC, Manitoba and Saskatchewan are covered together on our PST calculator; Quebec has its own QST calculator since Revenu Québec, not the CRA, administers both taxes there.
Why the differences exist
The 5% federal GST portion is identical everywhere — what varies is whether a province adds its own tax on top, and if so, how. HST provinces blend the two into one rate and one line item. BC, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec keep GST and their own provincial tax as two separate charges. Alberta, the territories, and — until 2013 — historically a few other provinces have simply chosen not to levy a general provincial sales tax at all, relying more heavily on other revenue sources instead.
Rates can and do change
These aren't fixed forever: Manitoba cut its RST from 8% to 7% in 2019, Saskatchewan raised its PST from 5% to 6% and widened its base in 2017, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador each raised their HST portion in 2016, Prince Edward Island did the same that year, and Nova Scotia cut its HST portion in 2025. Every province page on this site lists its "rate last checked" date, so you can see when we last verified it against the relevant government source.
A note on the territories
Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon all land at the same 5% GST-only rate, but they're not identical underneath. The Northwest Territories and Nunavut each also levy a 2% payroll tax on wages earned in the territory — withheld from paycheques rather than charged at checkout, so it doesn't show up in the sales-tax figure above. Yukon has neither a provincial sales tax nor a territorial payroll tax, and Alberta has never had a general provincial sales tax at all. See each territory's own page for the details.
Get an exact number
For the full combined-rate table with the federal/provincial split for every province, see the rate table on our homepage. To calculate an exact amount for any single province, use that province's dedicated page, or the general calculator at the top of the homepage, which works for all 13 at once.