On a C$100,000 salary a single filer keeps C$75,298 in Nunavut and C$67,171 in Nova Scotia — a C$8,127 difference for exactly the same gross pay. Below: a live calculator, the map, the full ranking and every province's own page.
Click a column to sort. Every figure is computed on a C$100,000 single-filer salary with that jurisdiction's own 2026 brackets, BPA credit, CPP/QPP and EI.
Each card opens that jurisdiction's own page: eight salary steps, the federal/provincial/CPP/EI split, how it compares with the Canadian average, and the official source.
Nunavut keeps C$75,298 and Nova Scotia C$67,171 on the same gross salary — a C$8,127 gap, or C$677 a month. All figures are single filer, no dependants, no pre-tax deductions.
Quebec levies both income tax and the QPP (6.3% instead of CPP at 5.95%), but gets a 16.5% federal abatement and pays EI at 1.3% instead of 1.63%. On C$100,000 the effective rate works out at 31.4%, one of the highest in the country.
Their rates start low — Nunavut's first bracket is 4% and its basic personal amount is C$19,659 — so on C$100,000 the best three jurisdictions are Nunavut C$75,298, British Columbia C$73,935, Northwest Territories C$73,743.
Federal brackets and the basic personal amount: CRA's current-year tax rates page. Provincial and territorial brackets, basic personal amounts and credits: the CRA T4032 payroll tables, Revenu Québec and each province's or territory's finance ministry — the exact URL is printed on every province page. Nothing is estimated by hand.
No. This page models income tax, CPP/QPP and EI only. Provincial sales taxes, property taxes and refundable credits (for example Nunavut's cost-of-living credit) are not included, and every simplification is listed on the matching province page.
Figures on this page are planning estimates built from published IRS tables and state agency rates; they are not tax advice. How we build and check these estimates · Edited by: Nuh Taspinar · Last updated: 2026-11-09
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