Salary rate
Annual
Month
Biweekly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$21,375
Federal tax deduction
- $2,810
Provincial tax deduction
- $1,093
CPP deduction
- $1,019
EI deduction
- $338
Total tax
- $5,260
Net pay
* $16,115
Marginal tax rate
31.9%
Average tax rate
24.6%
75.4%
Net pay
24.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$16,115
Net pay
$1,492
Tax the employer pays
$5,260
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$6,751
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $1,492 to pay you $21,375. 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 $21,375 a year living in the region of Ontario, Canada, you will be taxed $5,260. That means that your net pay will be $16,115 per year, or $1,343 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.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Quebec
CAD 16,977
20.6%
1
British Columbia
CAD 16,656
22.1%
2
Nunavut
CAD 16,408
23.2%
3
Ontario
CAD 16,115
24.6%
4
Northwest Territories
CAD 16,028
25.0%
5
Yukon
CAD 16,010
25.1%
6
Newfoundland and Labrador
CAD 15,467
27.6%
7
Nova Scotia
CAD 15,449
27.7%
8
New Brunswick
CAD 15,327
28.3%
9
Prince Edward Island
CAD 15,247
28.7%
10
Alberta
CAD 15,207
28.9%
11
Saskatchewan
CAD 15,107
29.3%
12
Manitoba
CAD 15,047
29.6%
13
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CAD 18,816
12.0%
1
Canada
CAD 16,115
24.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CAD 20,363
4.7%
1
Hong Kong
CAD 20,305
5.0%
2
Thailand
CAD 19,731
7.7%
3
Taiwan
CAD 19,485
8.8%
4
South Korea
CAD 18,621
12.9%
5
Pakistan
CAD 18,500
13.5%
6
New Zealand
CAD 18,151
15.1%
7
Malaysia
CAD 18,135
15.2%
8
Indonesia
CAD 18,084
15.4%
9
Philippines
CAD 17,324
19.0%
10
Japan
CAD 17,313
19.0%
11
Singapore
CAD 17,094
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
CAD 16,961
20.7%
13
Vietnam
CAD 16,395
23.3%
14
India
CAD 15,367
28.1%
15
China
CAD 15,117
29.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CAD 19,427
9.1%
1
Guatemala
CAD 19,325
9.6%
2
Ecuador
CAD 19,175
10.3%
3
Costa Rica
CAD 19,131
10.5%
4
Colombia
CAD 19,040
10.9%
5
Panama
CAD 18,471
13.6%
6
Chile
CAD 17,451
18.4%
7
Mexico
CAD 17,425
18.5%
8
Uruguay
CAD 16,820
21.3%
9
Peru
CAD 16,596
22.4%
10
Brazil
CAD 16,279
23.8%
11
Argentina
CAD 13,884
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CAD 18,320
14.3%
1
Mozambique
CAD 16,158
24.4%
2
Morocco
CAD 15,906
25.6%
3
Angola
CAD 15,792
26.1%
4
Kenya
CAD 15,668
26.7%
5
Ivory Coast
CAD 15,578
27.1%
6
Ghana
CAD 15,508
27.5%
7
Cameroon
CAD 14,748
31.0%
8
Nigeria
CAD 14,712
31.2%
9
Uganda
CAD 14,303
33.1%
10
Senegal
CAD 14,183
33.7%
11
Zambia
CAD 13,552
36.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CAD 20,306
5.0%
1
Qatar
CAD 20,306
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CAD 19,665
8.0%
3
Oman
CAD 19,665
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CAD 19,237
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CAD 19,024
11.0%
6
Israel
CAD 18,564
13.2%
7
Egypt
CAD 16,416
23.2%
8
Lebanon
CAD 16,295
23.8%
9
Turkey
CAD 11,998
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.