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CA
Goods and services tax
Invoicing in Canada
In Canada the general indirect tax is GST/HST, charged at a standard rate of 5%, with invoices issued in CAD. DocsOrigin applies that rate, the local document names and the local numbering conventions from the moment you set the business country to Canada.
Invoicing in Canada is free forever with DocsOrigin: every document type, every export, no card and no trial.
Tax in Canada
GST/HST
Set per jurisdiction
Reduced and zero rates
0%
How reliable is this figure
Graded high: this rate has been checked against a tax-authority or official source. It is still your responsibility to confirm it before you rely on it.
Last checked against a source: 2026-08.
Whatever the grade, your own setting always wins — a rate you enter overrides the registry everywhere, including on documents already dated in the past.
Rates by Province
There is no single national rate in Canada. The rate follows the place of supply, so DocsOrigin keeps a table rather than one number — and charges nothing until you choose one, because a wrong sales-tax rate is worse than an unanswered question.
In Quebec the QST is calculated on the pre-GST amount, so the two taxes are shown as separate lines and never compounded.
| Province | Base rate | Made up of |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta AB | 5% | GST 5% |
| British Columbia BC | 12% | GST 5% PST 7% |
| Manitoba MB | 12% | GST 5% RST 7% |
| New Brunswick NB | 15% | HST 15% |
| Newfoundland and Labrador NL | 15% | HST 15% |
| Nova Scotia NS | 14% | HST 14% |
| Northwest Territories NT | 5% | GST 5% |
| Nunavut NU | 5% | GST 5% |
| Ontario ON | 13% | HST 13% |
| Prince Edward Island PE | 15% | HST 15% |
| Quebec QC | 14.98% | GST 5% QST 9.98% |
| Saskatchewan SK | 11% | GST 5% PST 6% |
| Yukon YT | 5% | GST 5% |
Document types recognised in Canada
These are the documents DocsOrigin will offer a business registered in Canada, under the names used there. A type that has no meaning locally is not offered at all.
Fattura pro forma
Una richiesta di pagamento. Non dà diritto al cliente di detrarre l'imposta.
Fattura
Il documento fiscale vero e proprio. Bloccato una volta emesso.
Fattura-ricevuta
Fattura e pagamento in un unico documento, per quando ricevi il pagamento al momento.
Ricevuta
Conferma il denaro ricevuto a fronte di una fattura.
Nota di credito
L'unico modo legale per annullare o ridurre un documento già emesso.
Documento di trasporto
Beni consegnati senza addebito.
Tax identifier
On a document issued in Canada the identifier is labelled GST/HST number. It is printed in the header of every tax document, isolated left-to-right so it reads correctly in any interface language.
Expected format
^\d{9}\s?RT\s?\d{4}$
DocsOrigin checks this identifier's structure as you type — a wrong number on an issued document cannot be corrected by editing it.
Numbering
Documents in Canada are expected to run in an unbroken sequence. DocsOrigin allocates the number at the moment of issue — never earlier — so a draft that is abandoned does not burn a number and leave a gap you have to explain.
Prefix, padding and yearly reset are configurable per document type, and the series is kept separately for each type.
How Canada writes dates and money
Set the country and these stop being settings you have to think about. The examples below are rendered by the same formatter the documents use.
- Date
- 2026-09-21
- Amount
- $12,345.67
- Currency
- CAD
- Minor units
- 2
CAD is written with 2 decimal places, and every amount is stored as a whole number of minor units. ⛔ Money never touches floating point.
A worked example in Canada
Three lines, priced identically everywhere, run through the real tax engine with the Canada registry entry applied. This is what the document looks like there.
Preventivo
Fattura pro forma
Fattura
Fattura-ricevuta
Ricevuta
Nota di credito
Northwind Studio
GST/HST number 000000000 · Canada
Fattura
N. 2026-0042
| Descrizione | Qtà | Prezzo unitario | Totale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lavoro di design | 12 | $45.00 | $540.00 |
| Linee guida del marchio | 1 | $380.00 | $380.00 |
| Assistenza continuativa | 3 | $60.00 | $180.00 |
Imponibile
$1,100.00
GST/HST 5%
$55.00
Totale
$1,155.00
Invoicing in Canada — questions
What tax rate do I charge in Canada?
Canada has no single national rate: it depends on the place of supply. Choose the Province you are registered in and DocsOrigin uses that rate, including the local add-ons where they apply.
Which document do I issue to a customer in Canada?
The document set recognised in Canada is listed above, under the names used locally. For a paid sale the usual document is Fattura, and a mistake on an issued document is corrected with a credit note rather than an edit.
Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Canada?
No. DocsOrigin is free forever for businesses in Canada as everywhere else: no subscription, no card, no trial, no per-document fee and no export fee. Optional professional services are the only thing that is ever charged for, and they are quoted per project.
What if the rate for Canada is wrong or changes?
Set your own rate in the business settings and it overrides the registry immediately, for new documents and for any date. Rates are applied by document date, so an old document keeps the rate that applied when it was issued.
Issue your first Canada document
Choose Canada once. The tax, the document names, the numbering, the date order and the currency format are configured together, and it costs nothing.
Free forever for businesses Crea la tua prima fatturaThis page describes what DocsOrigin does with the registry entry for Canada. It is not tax advice, and it is not a statement of Canada law. Confirm your obligations with your accountant or the tax authority. Registry data as of 2026-08.