The average family in the province earning $112,418 will pay $49,623 in total taxes.
Atlantic Canada Prosperity
July 13, 2023
8:00AM
The unemployment rate in Atlantic Canada was 8.7 per cent compared to 5.5 per cent in the rest of the country.
July 7, 2023
2:30AM
The average family in the province will pay more than 45 per cent of its income in taxes this year.
May 22, 2023
3:30AM
The province's unemployment rate remained significantly above the national average throughout the entire 2010s.
April 29, 2023
4:30AM
Residents in the region pay some of the highest tax rates on personal income, goods and services.
March 21, 2023
12:58PM
The province will record a $40 million budget surplus this year.
February 22, 2023
9:24AM
Among nine P.E.I. premiers since 1965, Premier King has overseen the third-highest average annual increase in per-person spending.
December 26, 2022
3:30AM
In all four Atlantic provinces, workers at the national average income level must earn more than $152 to boost their after-tax income by $100.
December 20, 2022
2:38PM
Between 2010 and 2020, the percentage of tax filers giving to charity decreased by 24.7 per cent in Nova Scotia.
August 10, 2022
9:53AM
Government spending in Nova Scotia encompassed 60.2 per cent of the economy.
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