Property and land transfer tax calculator

Calculate the amount of transfer tax on property in Canada

This transfer tax calculator provides an overview of the annual property tax of many cities in Canada.

Formula for calculating land transfer tax

Most of the province has his own method to calculate the land transfer tax.

Here is the list of calculation for each province or territory in Canada

Percentage of the Land/Property value

This method applies to: British Columbia, Manitoba, New-Brunswick, Ontario, Prince-Edward Island

Some of these provinces has multiple range of percentage: British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and other only have a fixed percentage.

A variation of this method with a fixed price applies to: Alberta, NewfoundLand and Labrador, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.

Nova Scotia gives municipalities the power to set their own Municipal Deed Transfer Tax rates.

Range of percentage

Used by British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario

For this exemple we use 3 ranges of percentage

When the lowest number used is the Land/Property value, the calculation stops.

Range 1 = Lowest number between (Land/Property value or Range 1 maximum) x ( Provincial rate Range 1 / 100)
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Range 2 = Lowest number between (Land/Property value or Range 2 maximum) - (Range 1 maximum) x ( Provincial rate Range 2 / 100)
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Range 3 = Lowest number between (Land/Property value or Range 3 maximum) - (Range 2 maximum) x ( Provincial rate Range 3 / 100)
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Total of transfer tax = Range 1 + Range 2 + Range 3

Calculation exemple

John just bouth a house for 550 000$ in British columbia.

Range 1 = Lowest number between (550 000$ or 200 000$) x ( 1 / 100) = 2000$
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Range 2 = Lowest number between (550 000$ or 2 000 0000$) - (200 000$) x ( 2 / 100) = 7000$
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Range 3 = Lowest number between (Land/Property value or Range 3 maximum) - (Range 2 maximum) x ( Provincial rate Range 3 / 100)
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Total of transfer tax = 2000$ + 7000$ + Range 3 = 9000$

Fixed percentage

Used by New-Brunswick and Prince-Edward Island

Property/Land transfer tax = Land/Property value x ( Provincial rate / 100)

Calculation exemple

William just bouth a house for 250 000$ in New-Brunswick.

Property/Land transfer tax = 250 000$ x ( 1 / 100) = 2500$

Tables of property or Land tax rate by Province

Alberta (AB)

Base fee of 50$ + 2$/5000$ of the land value.

For more details, please download the PDF document Transfer of land from the Ministry of Service Alberta website

British Columbia (BC)

• 1% of $1 to $200 000
• 2% on the portion $200 000.01 to $2 000 000
• 3% on the portion $2 000 000.01 to $3 000 000
• 5% on the portion $3 000 000.01 and more (for residential property)

Please visit the page: Property transfer tax, of the British Columbia government website for more details.

Manitoba (MB)

• 0% of $0 to $30 000
• 0.5% on the portion $30 000,01 to $90 000
• 1% on the portion $90 000,01 to $150 000
• 1.5% on the portion $150 000.01 to $200 000
• 2% on the portion $200 000,01 and more

Please visit the page: Land transfer Tax, of the Manitoba government website for more details.

NewBrunswick (NB)

Basic percentage fee of 1% of the assessed value.

Please visit the page: Housing and property, of the Public legal education and informations ervice of New Brunswick website for more details.

NewFoundLand and Labrador (NL)

Basic fee of 100$ + 0.40$/100$ of actual value of the property over 500$

Please visit the page: Registering a Deed document, or download the Shedule of Fees of NewfoundLand Labradord for more details.

Nova Scotia

Percentage set by each Municipality based on the sale price of the property

The percentage vary from 0% to 1.5%

Please visit the page: Deed transfer & Property tax, or download the Municipal Deed Transfer tax Rates for more details.

Northwest Territories

Value of the land <= $1 000 000

$1.50 for each $1000 of value with a minimum of 100$

Value of the land > $1 000 000

$1500 + $1 for each $1000 of value over $1 000 000

Please visit the page: Land titles, or download the Land Titles Office Schedule of Fees for more details.

Nunavut

Nunavut do not charge any property or land transfer tax

Ontario

• 0.5% on the portion $0 to $55 000
• 1% on the portion $55 000,01 to $250 000
• 1.5% on the portion $250 000.01 to $400 000
• 2% on the portion $400 000,01 and more
• 2.5% on the portion $2 000 000,01 and more where land contains 1 or 2 single family residence(s)

Please visit the page: Calculating Land transfer Tax, of the Ontario Ministry of finance website for more details.

Prince Edward Island

1% of the greater of: purchased price or assessed value

Please visit the page: Real property transfer tax Introduction, of the Prince Edward Island website for more details.

Saskatchewan

• Free for value of $0 to $500
• $25 for value of $500,01 to $8 400
• 0.3% for value of $8 401 and greater

Please visit the page: Land Titles Fees, of the Saskatchewan Registry Services website for more details.

Yukon (update May 2019)

• $50 for $0 to $99 999.99
• $100 for $100 000 to $499 999.99
• $200 for $500 000 to $999 999.99
• $400 for $1 000 000 to $4 999 999.99
• $600 for $5 000 000 to $9 999 999.99
• $800 for $10 000 000 to $19 999 999.99
• $1000 for $20 000 000 and greater

Please download the pdf: Yukon Land titles Office schedule of fees (point 41) for more details.