Salary rate
Annual
Month
Biweekly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$31,901
Federal tax deduction
- $4,274
Provincial tax deduction
- $1,804
CPP deduction
- $1,619
EI deduction
- $504
Total tax
- $8,200
Net pay
* $23,701
Marginal tax rate
25.9%
Average tax rate
25.7%
74.3%
Net pay
25.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$23,701
Net pay
$2,325
Tax the employer pays
$8,200
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$10,525
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $2,325 to pay you $31,901. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $3.30 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
30.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25.7% tax rate now rises to 30.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $31,901 a year living in the region of Ontario, Canada, you will be taxed $8,200. That means that your net pay will be $23,701 per year, or $1,975 per month. Your average tax rate is 25.7% and your marginal tax rate is 25.9%. 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 $25.87, hence, your net pay will only increase by $74.13.
Bonus Example
A $1,000 bonus will generate an extra $741 of net incomes. A $5,000 bonus will generate an extra $3,707 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Nunavut
CAD 24,313
23.8%
1
British Columbia
CAD 24,131
24.4%
2
Quebec
CAD 23,888
25.1%
3
Northwest Territories
CAD 23,748
25.6%
4
Ontario
CAD 23,701
25.7%
5
Yukon
CAD 23,681
25.8%
6
Newfoundland and Labrador
CAD 22,914
28.2%
7
Nova Scotia
CAD 22,745
28.7%
8
New Brunswick
CAD 22,705
28.8%
9
Prince Edward Island
CAD 22,540
29.3%
10
Alberta
CAD 22,527
29.4%
11
Saskatchewan
CAD 22,378
29.9%
12
Manitoba
CAD 22,284
30.1%
13
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CAD 26,875
15.8%
1
Canada
CAD 23,701
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CAD 30,171
5.4%
1
Taiwan
CAD 28,720
10.0%
2
Thailand
CAD 28,619
10.3%
3
Australia
CAD 28,361
11.1%
4
South Korea
CAD 26,980
15.4%
5
New Zealand
CAD 26,688
16.3%
6
Pakistan
CAD 26,260
17.7%
7
Indonesia
CAD 25,939
18.7%
8
Malaysia
CAD 25,659
19.6%
9
Kazakhstan
CAD 25,475
20.1%
10
Japan
CAD 25,430
20.3%
11
Singapore
CAD 25,291
20.7%
12
Philippines
CAD 24,550
23.0%
13
Vietnam
CAD 23,561
26.1%
14
China
CAD 22,459
29.6%
15
India
CAD 21,346
33.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CAD 28,842
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CAD 28,507
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
CAD 28,411
10.9%
3
Ecuador
CAD 27,695
13.2%
4
Colombia
CAD 26,994
15.4%
5
Panama
CAD 26,434
17.1%
6
Chile
CAD 25,778
19.2%
7
Mexico
CAD 25,199
21.0%
8
Peru
CAD 24,516
23.2%
9
Brazil
CAD 23,911
25.1%
10
Uruguay
CAD 23,321
26.9%
11
Argentina
CAD 20,726
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CAD 25,879
18.9%
1
Mozambique
CAD 23,731
25.6%
2
Angola
CAD 23,449
26.5%
3
Kenya
CAD 23,036
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
CAD 22,506
29.5%
5
Ghana
CAD 22,492
29.5%
6
Morocco
CAD 22,479
29.5%
7
Nigeria
CAD 21,872
31.4%
8
Uganda
CAD 21,145
33.7%
9
Cameroon
CAD 21,140
33.7%
10
Senegal
CAD 20,715
35.1%
11
Zambia
CAD 20,026
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CAD 30,306
5.0%
1
Qatar
CAD 30,306
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CAD 29,349
8.0%
3
Oman
CAD 29,349
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CAD 28,711
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CAD 28,392
11.0%
6
Israel
CAD 27,347
14.3%
7
Egypt
CAD 24,311
23.8%
8
Lebanon
CAD 24,189
24.2%
9
Turkey
CAD 18,655
41.5%
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.