Salary rate
Annual
Month
Biweekly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$20,884
Federal tax deduction
- $2,741
Provincial tax deduction
- $1,041
CPP deduction
- $991
EI deduction
- $330
Total tax
- $5,103
Net pay
* $15,781
Marginal tax rate
31.9%
Average tax rate
24.4%
75.6%
Net pay
24.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$15,781
Net pay
$1,453
Tax the employer pays
$5,103
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$6,556
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $1,453 to pay you $20,884. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $3.14 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
29.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 24.4% tax rate now rises to 29.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $20,884 a year living in the region of Ontario, Canada, you will be taxed $5,103. That means that your net pay will be $15,781 per year, or $1,315 per month. Your average tax rate is 24.4% and your marginal tax rate is 31.9%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of $100 in your salary will be taxed $31.87, hence, your net pay will only increase by $68.13.
Bonus Example
A $1,000 bonus will generate an extra $681 of net incomes. A $5,000 bonus will generate an extra $3,407 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Quebec
CAD 16,655
20.3%
1
British Columbia
CAD 16,303
21.9%
2
Nunavut
CAD 16,039
23.2%
3
Ontario
CAD 15,781
24.4%
4
Northwest Territories
CAD 15,667
25.0%
5
Yukon
CAD 15,652
25.1%
6
Newfoundland and Labrador
CAD 15,120
27.6%
7
Nova Scotia
CAD 15,102
27.7%
8
New Brunswick
CAD 14,983
28.3%
9
Prince Edward Island
CAD 14,905
28.6%
10
Alberta
CAD 14,865
28.8%
11
Saskatchewan
CAD 14,768
29.3%
12
Manitoba
CAD 14,709
29.6%
13
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CAD 20,884
0.0%
1
Ireland
CAD 20,733
0.7%
2
Spain
CAD 19,507
6.6%
3
Switzerland
CAD 19,420
7.0%
4
France
CAD 18,460
11.6%
5
Norway
CAD 18,351
12.1%
6
Russia
CAD 18,169
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
CAD 18,058
13.5%
8
Austria
CAD 17,748
15.0%
9
Italy
CAD 17,499
16.2%
10
Czech Republic
CAD 17,258
17.4%
11
Hungary
CAD 17,020
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CAD 16,812
19.5%
13
Germany
CAD 16,768
19.7%
14
Greece
CAD 15,918
23.8%
15
Sweden
CAD 15,792
24.4%
16
Poland
CAD 15,072
27.8%
17
Portugal
CAD 14,407
31.0%
18
Finland
CAD 14,220
31.9%
19
Belgium
CAD 14,155
32.2%
20
Denmark
CAD 13,966
33.1%
21
Netherlands
CAD 13,142
37.1%
22
Romania
CAD 12,217
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CAD 18,434
11.7%
1
Canada
CAD 15,781
24.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CAD 19,982
4.3%
1
Hong Kong
CAD 19,840
5.0%
2
Thailand
CAD 19,304
7.6%
3
Taiwan
CAD 19,037
8.8%
4
South Korea
CAD 18,208
12.8%
5
Pakistan
CAD 18,132
13.2%
6
Malaysia
CAD 17,760
15.0%
7
New Zealand
CAD 17,753
15.0%
8
Indonesia
CAD 17,698
15.3%
9
Philippines
CAD 16,970
18.7%
10
Japan
CAD 16,924
19.0%
11
Singapore
CAD 16,711
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
CAD 16,567
20.7%
13
Vietnam
CAD 16,043
23.2%
14
India
CAD 15,088
27.8%
15
China
CAD 14,775
29.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CAD 19,008
9.0%
1
Guatemala
CAD 18,882
9.6%
2
Ecuador
CAD 18,754
10.2%
3
Costa Rica
CAD 18,691
10.5%
4
Colombia
CAD 18,663
10.6%
5
Panama
CAD 18,099
13.3%
6
Chile
CAD 17,063
18.3%
7
Mexico
CAD 17,053
18.4%
8
Uruguay
CAD 16,467
21.2%
9
Peru
CAD 16,226
22.3%
10
Brazil
CAD 15,935
23.7%
11
Argentina
CAD 13,565
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CAD 17,957
14.0%
1
Mozambique
CAD 15,805
24.3%
2
Morocco
CAD 15,590
25.4%
3
Angola
CAD 15,434
26.1%
4
Kenya
CAD 15,325
26.6%
5
Ivory Coast
CAD 15,254
27.0%
6
Ghana
CAD 15,168
27.4%
7
Cameroon
CAD 14,453
30.8%
8
Nigeria
CAD 14,378
31.2%
9
Uganda
CAD 13,984
33.0%
10
Senegal
CAD 13,873
33.6%
11
Zambia
CAD 13,250
36.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CAD 19,840
5.0%
1
Qatar
CAD 19,840
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CAD 19,213
8.0%
3
Oman
CAD 19,213
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CAD 18,796
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CAD 18,587
11.0%
6
Israel
CAD 18,138
13.2%
7
Egypt
CAD 16,048
23.2%
8
Lebanon
CAD 15,927
23.7%
9
Turkey
CAD 11,688
44.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Ontario tables of Canada, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.