Salary rate
Annual
Month
Biweekly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$5,410
Federal tax deduction
- $589
Provincial tax deduction
- $27.90
CPP deduction
- $109
EI deduction
- $85.48
Total tax
- $812
Net pay
* $4,598
Marginal tax rate
28.0%
Average tax rate
15.0%
85.0%
Net pay
15.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$4,598
Net pay
$229
Tax the employer pays
$812
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$1,040
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $229 to pay you $5,410. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $1.92 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15% tax rate now rises to 18.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $5,410 a year living in the region of Ontario, Canada, you will be taxed $812. That means that your net pay will be $4,598 per year, or $383 per month. Your average tax rate is 15.0% and your marginal tax rate is 28.0%. 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 $27.99, hence, your net pay will only increase by $72.01.
Bonus Example
A $1,000 bonus will generate an extra $720 of net incomes. A $5,000 bonus will generate an extra $3,601 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Quebec
CAD 4,711
12.9%
1
British Columbia
CAD 4,626
14.5%
2
Ontario
CAD 4,598
15.0%
3
Nunavut
CAD 4,418
18.3%
4
Yukon
CAD 4,375
19.1%
5
Northwest Territories
CAD 4,319
20.2%
6
Newfoundland and Labrador
CAD 4,173
22.9%
7
Nova Scotia
CAD 4,168
23.0%
8
New Brunswick
CAD 4,136
23.5%
9
Prince Edward Island
CAD 4,115
23.9%
10
Alberta
CAD 4,105
24.1%
11
Saskatchewan
CAD 4,079
24.6%
12
Manitoba
CAD 4,063
24.9%
13
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CAD 4,941
8.7%
1
Canada
CAD 4,598
15.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CAD 5,410
0.0%
1
Singapore
CAD 5,410
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
CAD 5,410
0.0%
3
Pakistan
CAD 5,335
1.4%
4
Philippines
CAD 5,141
5.0%
5
Thailand
CAD 5,139
5.0%
6
Indonesia
CAD 4,954
8.4%
7
Taiwan
CAD 4,931
8.9%
8
South Korea
CAD 4,822
10.9%
9
Malaysia
CAD 4,771
11.8%
10
New Zealand
CAD 4,767
11.9%
11
India
CAD 4,761
12.0%
12
Vietnam
CAD 4,523
16.4%
13
Japan
CAD 4,396
18.7%
14
China
CAD 4,380
19.0%
15
Kazakhstan
CAD 4,285
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
CAD 5,132
5.2%
1
Colombia
CAD 5,427
7.4%
2
Puerto Rico
CAD 4,980
8.0%
3
Brazil
CAD 4,974
8.1%
4
Ecuador
CAD 4,899
9.5%
5
Guatemala
CAD 4,891
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
CAD 4,842
10.5%
7
Panama
CAD 4,815
11.0%
8
Peru
CAD 4,734
12.5%
9
Chile
CAD 4,458
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CAD 4,330
20.0%
11
Argentina
CAD 3,671
32.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CAD 5,356
1.0%
1
Morocco
CAD 4,962
8.3%
2
Kenya
CAD 4,553
15.8%
3
Ivory Coast
CAD 4,534
16.2%
4
Cameroon
CAD 4,532
16.2%
5
Mozambique
CAD 4,383
19.0%
6
Zambia
CAD 4,216
22.1%
7
Ghana
CAD 4,200
22.4%
8
Angola
CAD 4,115
23.9%
9
Senegal
CAD 3,946
27.1%
10
Uganda
CAD 3,926
27.4%
11
Nigeria
CAD 3,853
28.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
CAD 5,410
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
CAD 5,139
5.0%
2
Qatar
CAD 5,139
5.0%
3
Bahrain
CAD 4,977
8.0%
4
Oman
CAD 4,977
8.0%
5
Kuwait
CAD 4,815
11.0%
6
Israel
CAD 4,699
13.2%
7
Lebanon
CAD 4,321
20.1%
8
Egypt
CAD 4,270
21.1%
9
Turkey
CAD 3,415
36.9%
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.