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🇨🇦 Canada

Election watch

Next fixed-date federal election: October 2029 under the usual four-calendar-year rule.

This is a timetable inference from the 2025 election and Elections Canada rules, not an election call. An earlier election is possible. Provincial elections are separate.

Election information source ↗

Checked 2026-09-17. The independent 2025 costing archive includes submitted proposals from participating parties; it does not certify entire platforms.

Government and alternative plans

Source documents for reference. A party's costing is its own estimate unless identified as independent. Different years, definitions and government levels are not directly comparable. These documents do not automatically change the simulator.

Government budget collection · See individual publication dates

Federal budget collection ↗

Department of Finance Canada

Federal budgets and fiscal updates. Federal finances exclude provincial and municipal budgets, unlike the landing page general-government baseline.

Independent policy costings · 2025 election

45th general election: proposal cost estimates ↗

Parliamentary Budget Officer

Compare independently costed campaign proposals, including those submitted by opposing parties. Each costing has its own assumptions and coverage; adding them together does not reproduce a whole platform.

Historical manifesto · 2025 election

Canada Strong ↗

Liberal Party of Canada

Party-authored election programme and fiscal framework. Historical reference, not a current statutory budget.

Historical document archive · Multiple elections

Browse original party manifestos ↗

Manifesto Project · WZB / IfDem

Use the document browser to select a country, party and election year. This is an archive of political programmes, not a set of audited alternative budgets.

Tax starting points

Income tax: 14–33% federal + provincial
Corporation tax: 15% federal + provincial
VAT / sales tax: 5–15% GST/HST · ON 13 · AB 5
Tariffs: Rates depend on the product, origin and trade agreement.

2026 federal personal bands; provincial/territorial income tax is additional. General corporate federal rate is 15%; qualifying small Canadian-controlled private businesses may use 9%, plus provincial tax.

Tax sources checked 2026-09-17. These are headline references; marginal rates apply to income bands, not every unit of income. Payroll contributions and allowances are not included in this compact comparison.

Income tax source · Corporation tax source · WTO tariff schedules

Pension schedules still marked “Not yet verified” are missing verified comparison data, not countries without pensions. Pension entitlements depend on contributions, age, residence and scheme.

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