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.

报价单

定价要约。不是税务文件,未被接受前不在账簿中记录。

形式发票

付款请求。不赋予客户税务扣除权。

增值税发票

税务文件本身。发行后被锁定。

发票-收据

发票和付款合二为一的文件,用于现场付款的情况。

收据

确认针对发票收到的款项。

贷项通知单

取消或减少已发行文件的唯一合法方式。

送货单

交付的货物不收费。

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.

报价单 形式发票 增值税发票 发票-收据 收据 贷项通知单
北风工作室
GST/HST number 000000000 · Canada
增值税发票
编号 2026-0042
开具给 河岸咖啡馆
描述 数量 单价 合计
设计工作 12 $45.00 $540.00
品牌指南 1 $380.00 $380.00
支持保留费 3 $60.00 $180.00
合计金额(不含税) $1,100.00
GST/HST 5% $55.00
合计 $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 增值税发票, 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 创建您的第一张发票

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.