Salary rate
Annual
Month
Biweekly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$31,960
Federal tax deduction
- $4,282
Provincial tax deduction
- $1,807
CPP deduction
- $1,622
EI deduction
- $505
Total tax
- $8,216
Net pay
* $23,744
Marginal tax rate
25.9%
Average tax rate
25.7%
74.3%
Net pay
25.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$23,744
Net pay
$2,329
Tax the employer pays
$8,216
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$10,545
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $2,329 to pay you $31,960. 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 $31,960 a year living in the region of Ontario, Canada, you will be taxed $8,216. That means that your net pay will be $23,744 per year, or $1,979 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 24,358
23.8%
1
British Columbia
CAD 24,173
24.4%
2
Quebec
CAD 23,926
25.1%
3
Northwest Territories
CAD 23,791
25.6%
4
Ontario
CAD 23,744
25.7%
5
Yukon
CAD 23,724
25.8%
6
Newfoundland and Labrador
CAD 22,955
28.2%
7
Nova Scotia
CAD 22,783
28.7%
8
New Brunswick
CAD 22,747
28.8%
9
Prince Edward Island
CAD 22,580
29.3%
10
Alberta
CAD 22,568
29.4%
11
Saskatchewan
CAD 22,419
29.9%
12
Manitoba
CAD 22,325
30.1%
13
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
CAD 29,269
8.4%
1
Switzerland
CAD 29,216
8.6%
2
United Kingdom
CAD 28,819
9.8%
3
Russia
CAD 27,805
13.0%
4
France
CAD 27,365
14.4%
5
Norway
CAD 26,904
15.8%
6
Luxembourg
CAD 26,394
17.4%
7
Austria
CAD 26,236
17.9%
8
Hungary
CAD 26,047
18.5%
9
Spain
CAD 25,914
18.9%
10
Ukraine
CAD 25,728
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CAD 25,454
20.4%
12
Italy
CAD 23,853
25.4%
13
Germany
CAD 23,606
26.1%
14
Greece
CAD 23,297
27.1%
15
Sweden
CAD 23,214
27.4%
16
Poland
CAD 22,144
30.7%
17
Denmark
CAD 21,418
33.0%
18
Finland
CAD 21,293
33.4%
19
Portugal
CAD 20,969
34.4%
20
Netherlands
CAD 20,112
37.1%
21
Belgium
CAD 19,769
38.2%
22
Romania
CAD 18,697
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CAD 26,919
15.8%
1
Canada
CAD 23,744
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CAD 30,225
5.4%
1
Taiwan
CAD 28,771
10.0%
2
Thailand
CAD 28,668
10.3%
3
Australia
CAD 28,407
11.1%
4
South Korea
CAD 27,027
15.4%
5
New Zealand
CAD 26,736
16.3%
6
Pakistan
CAD 26,300
17.7%
7
Indonesia
CAD 25,982
18.7%
8
Malaysia
CAD 25,699
19.6%
9
Kazakhstan
CAD 25,523
20.1%
10
Japan
CAD 25,475
20.3%
11
Singapore
CAD 25,337
20.7%
12
Philippines
CAD 24,590
23.1%
13
Vietnam
CAD 23,601
26.2%
14
China
CAD 22,501
29.6%
15
India
CAD 21,379
33.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CAD 28,896
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CAD 28,559
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
CAD 28,462
11.0%
3
Ecuador
CAD 27,742
13.2%
4
Colombia
CAD 27,037
15.4%
5
Panama
CAD 26,478
17.2%
6
Chile
CAD 25,824
19.2%
7
Mexico
CAD 25,243
21.0%
8
Peru
CAD 24,561
23.2%
9
Brazil
CAD 23,953
25.1%
10
Uruguay
CAD 23,361
26.9%
11
Argentina
CAD 20,764
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CAD 25,919
18.9%
1
Mozambique
CAD 23,770
25.6%
2
Angola
CAD 23,492
26.5%
3
Kenya
CAD 23,078
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
CAD 22,545
29.5%
5
Ghana
CAD 22,531
29.5%
6
Morocco
CAD 22,515
29.6%
7
Nigeria
CAD 21,912
31.4%
8
Uganda
CAD 21,184
33.7%
9
Cameroon
CAD 21,176
33.7%
10
Senegal
CAD 20,751
35.1%
11
Zambia
CAD 20,062
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CAD 30,362
5.0%
1
Qatar
CAD 30,362
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CAD 29,403
8.0%
3
Oman
CAD 29,403
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CAD 28,764
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CAD 28,444
11.0%
6
Israel
CAD 27,392
14.3%
7
Egypt
CAD 24,355
23.8%
8
Lebanon
CAD 24,234
24.2%
9
Turkey
CAD 18,692
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.