Salary rate
Annual
Month
Biweekly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$21,302
Federal tax deduction
- $2,800
Provincial tax deduction
- $1,086
CPP deduction
- $1,015
EI deduction
- $337
Total tax
- $5,236
Net pay
* $16,066
Marginal tax rate
31.9%
Average tax rate
24.6%
75.4%
Net pay
24.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$16,066
Net pay
$1,486
Tax the employer pays
$5,236
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$6,722
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $1,486 to pay you $21,302. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $3.16 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
29.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 24.6% tax rate now rises to 29.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $21,302 a year living in the region of Ontario, Canada, you will be taxed $5,236. That means that your net pay will be $16,066 per year, or $1,339 per month. Your average tax rate is 24.6% 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 16,929
20.5%
1
British Columbia
CAD 16,604
22.1%
2
Nunavut
CAD 16,353
23.2%
3
Ontario
CAD 16,066
24.6%
4
Northwest Territories
CAD 15,974
25.0%
5
Yukon
CAD 15,957
25.1%
6
Newfoundland and Labrador
CAD 15,415
27.6%
7
Nova Scotia
CAD 15,397
27.7%
8
New Brunswick
CAD 15,276
28.3%
9
Prince Edward Island
CAD 15,196
28.7%
10
Alberta
CAD 15,156
28.9%
11
Saskatchewan
CAD 15,056
29.3%
12
Manitoba
CAD 14,996
29.6%
13
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CAD 21,302
0.0%
1
Ireland
CAD 21,143
0.8%
2
Switzerland
CAD 19,801
7.0%
3
Spain
CAD 19,713
7.5%
4
France
CAD 18,796
11.8%
5
Norway
CAD 18,686
12.3%
6
Russia
CAD 18,533
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
CAD 18,383
13.7%
8
Austria
CAD 18,073
15.2%
9
Italy
CAD 17,754
16.7%
10
Czech Republic
CAD 17,567
17.5%
11
Hungary
CAD 17,361
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CAD 17,148
19.5%
13
Germany
CAD 17,078
19.8%
14
Greece
CAD 16,198
24.0%
15
Sweden
CAD 16,073
24.6%
16
Poland
CAD 15,338
28.0%
17
Portugal
CAD 14,660
31.2%
18
Finland
CAD 14,510
31.9%
19
Belgium
CAD 14,376
32.5%
20
Denmark
CAD 14,247
33.1%
21
Netherlands
CAD 13,405
37.1%
22
Romania
CAD 12,462
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CAD 18,759
11.9%
1
Canada
CAD 16,066
24.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CAD 20,306
4.7%
1
Hong Kong
CAD 20,236
5.0%
2
Thailand
CAD 19,667
7.7%
3
Taiwan
CAD 19,418
8.8%
4
South Korea
CAD 18,560
12.9%
5
Pakistan
CAD 18,445
13.4%
6
New Zealand
CAD 18,092
15.1%
7
Malaysia
CAD 18,079
15.1%
8
Indonesia
CAD 18,027
15.4%
9
Philippines
CAD 17,271
18.9%
10
Japan
CAD 17,255
19.0%
11
Singapore
CAD 17,037
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
CAD 16,902
20.7%
13
Vietnam
CAD 16,343
23.3%
14
India
CAD 15,326
28.1%
15
China
CAD 15,067
29.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CAD 19,365
9.1%
1
Guatemala
CAD 19,259
9.6%
2
Ecuador
CAD 19,113
10.3%
3
Costa Rica
CAD 19,065
10.5%
4
Colombia
CAD 18,984
10.9%
5
Panama
CAD 18,415
13.6%
6
Chile
CAD 17,393
18.4%
7
Mexico
CAD 17,370
18.5%
8
Uruguay
CAD 16,767
21.3%
9
Peru
CAD 16,541
22.4%
10
Brazil
CAD 16,226
23.8%
11
Argentina
CAD 13,837
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CAD 18,266
14.3%
1
Mozambique
CAD 16,106
24.4%
2
Morocco
CAD 15,859
25.6%
3
Angola
CAD 15,739
26.1%
4
Kenya
CAD 15,617
26.7%
5
Ivory Coast
CAD 15,530
27.1%
6
Ghana
CAD 15,459
27.4%
7
Cameroon
CAD 14,704
31.0%
8
Nigeria
CAD 14,663
31.2%
9
Uganda
CAD 14,256
33.1%
10
Senegal
CAD 14,137
33.6%
11
Zambia
CAD 13,507
36.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CAD 20,237
5.0%
1
Qatar
CAD 20,237
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CAD 19,598
8.0%
3
Oman
CAD 19,598
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CAD 19,172
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CAD 18,959
11.0%
6
Israel
CAD 18,501
13.2%
7
Egypt
CAD 16,361
23.2%
8
Lebanon
CAD 16,240
23.8%
9
Turkey
CAD 11,952
43.9%
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.