Ontario income tax, 2026
What a salary actually costs in Ontario, 6th lowest of 13 at CA$100,000, and a line-by-line account of where that money is spent.
On a CA$100,000 salary in Ontario, you keep CA$73,925 after income tax and payroll contributions. That is an effective rate of 26.08%. Every extra dollar you earn is taxed at 31.48%.
Of that, CA$7,004 goes to Ontario and the rest to the federal government.
Among the 13 provinces and territories, Ontario ranks 6th lowest at this income. The same salary would cost CA$23,532 in Nunavut and CA$31,541 in Nova Scotia, a spread of CA$8,009 a year.
Your CA$26,075 funds benefits & pensions more than anything else (CA$4,448), followed by transfers & debt (CA$3,892) and health (CA$3,161).
Where it goes
Every dollar of gross income, by where it ends up.
- Federal income taxCA$13,302
- PayrollCA$5,770
- Provincial / territorialCA$7,004
- Take-homeCA$73,925
Itemised
Select any charge to see the bracket-by-bracket working.
| Charge | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPP contributionsfederal · payroll · 5.95% · detail | federal · payroll | CA$4,646.45 | |
| EI premiumsfederal · payroll · 1.64% · detail | federal · payroll | CA$1,123.07 | |
| Federal income taxfederal · 20.50% · detail | federal | CA$13,301.60 | |
| Ontario income taxprovincial · 10.98% · detail | provincial | CA$6,254.08 | |
| Ontario Health Premiumprovincial · levy · detail | provincial · levy | CA$750.00 | |
| Total tax | CA$26,075.20 | ||
| Take-home | CA$73,924.80 |
Where it is spent
Your CA$26,075 of income tax, apportioned across what these governments budget to spend. Select a category to see the programmes inside it, then click any programme for its explanation and five-year trend.
Five-year spending trends
Compare every programme on one chart, or choose a government to see both programme and category trends. Percentages keep inflation from making every line look larger over time.
24.6%-0.7 pp
All 80 programmes are plotted. Select one to bring its line forward; percentages are each programme's share of its government's total spending.
Sources: Government of Canada Main Estimates and Finance Canada Fiscal Reference Tables and Statistics Canada tables 10-10-0024 and 10-10-0005, CCOFOG.
Government of Canada 2025-26: Main Estimates 2025-26 by organisation, with the Finance and Employment and Social Development lines apportioned across their components using the Annual Financial Report 2024-25 outturn (planned, not audited outturn). The Finance and Employment and Social Development lines are apportioned across their components (transfers, debt interest, pensions, child benefit and EI) using the Annual Financial Report outturn. Without that split, 52% of federal spending sits in two unreadable buckets.
Ontario 2024: Statistics Canada tables 10-10-0024 (provincial and territorial governments, by CCOFOG) for division totals, with sub-function detail apportioned using table 10-10-0005. Provincial and territorial governments only. Municipal and school board spending is excluded, because provincial income tax does not fund it.
- •Allocation is proportional to published spending, not a trace of your actual dollars. No specific payment funds a specific programme.
- •Governments run deficits, so total spending exceeds total tax revenue. These shares show the composition of spending, not a balanced ledger.
- •Provincial figures cover provincial and territorial governments only. Municipal and school board spending is excluded, because provincial income tax does not fund it.
Every provinces and territories at this income
Same CA$100,000 income everywhere else. The gap between best and worst is CA$8,009 a year.
- Federal
- Provincial / territorial
- Local
- Payroll is identical everywhere, so it is excluded here.
What to check before trusting this
- •Figures are for tax year 2025, including the mid-year reduction of the lowest federal rate to 14% (blended 14.5% for the year). Confirm against CRA's published indexation before filing.