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Taxes and benefits in Ontario

Rates, deadlines, and the credits and benefits you can claim.

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  • Ontario tax reduction — what lowers or wipes out your Ontario tax (2026 tax year) is now Basic reduction $294, plus $544 per dependent child. Source
7 facts · Ontario
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Ontario Sales Tax Credit maximum per person (July 2026 to June 2027, 2025 tax year)378 CAD/year2026-07-01Government of Ontario, Ontario Trillium Benefit
✓ 2026-09-09
What the Ontario Trillium Benefit is made of (2026-27 benefit year)Energy and property tax credit, Northern Ontario energy credit, sales tax credit2026-07-01Government of Ontario, Ontario Trillium Benefit
✓ 2026-09-09
When the Ontario Trillium Benefit arrives as one payment instead of monthly (2026-27)Entitlement of $500 or less is paid as one lump sum2026-07-01Government of Ontario, Ontario Trillium Benefit
✓ 2026-09-09
When the Ontario Trillium Benefit is paid (2026-27 benefit year)10th of each month, July 2026 to June 20272026-07-10Government of Ontario, Ontario Trillium Benefit
✓ 2026-09-09
Most anyone pays in Ontario Health Premium in a year (2026 tax year)900 CAD/year2026-01-01Government of Ontario, Health premium
✓ 2026-09-09
Ontario Health Premium — income below which you pay nothing (2026 tax year)No premium if taxable income is $20,000 or less2026-01-01Government of Ontario, Health premium
✓ 2026-09-09
Ontario tax reduction — what lowers or wipes out your Ontario tax (2026 tax year)Basic reduction $294, plus $544 per dependent child2026-01-01Government of Ontario, 2025 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review — tax provisions
✓ 2026-09-09

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