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.

見積書

価格提示。税務書類ではなく、受け入れられるまで帳簿に記録されません。

形式請求書

支払い請求。取引先は税金控除の権利がありません。

税務請求書

税務書類そのもの。発行後はロックされます。

請求書兼領収書

請求と支払いが1つの書類。現場で支払われる場合用。

領収書

請求書に対して受け取った金銭を確認します。

貸方票

既発行書類をキャンセル、減額する唯一の適法な方法。

納品書

請求なしで引き渡された商品。

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.

見積書 形式請求書 税務請求書 請求書兼領収書 領収書 貸方票
Northwind Studio
GST/HST number 000000000 · Canada
税務請求書
No. 2026-0042
請求先 Riverbank Coffee
説明 数量 単価 合計
デザイン作業 12 $45.00 $540.00
ブランドガイドライン 1 $380.00 $380.00
サポート保守契約 3 $60.00 $180.00
税抜合計 $1,100.00
GST/HST 5% $55.00
合計 $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 税務請求書, 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 最初の請求書を作成

This 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.