A Transformational Tax Policy for Atlantic Canada: Corporate Income Tax Relief is a new study that finds reducing the corporate income tax (CIT) rate in all four Atlantic provinces to eight per cent—which would match the current lowest rate in Alberta—would result in large economic benefits, including economic growth and higher wages.

Tax Freedom Day measures the total annual tax burden imposed on Canadian families by federal, provincial, and municipal governments. This year, it arrives on Thursday, June 13—four days later than in 2019, the last year before the pandemic.

Canada’s Rising Personal Tax Rates and Falling Tax Competitiveness, 2024 is a new study that finds recent personal income tax rate increases at the federal and provincial levels have helped widen the income tax rate gap between the U.S. and Canada—among all 61 provinces and states, at $50,000 of annual income, the top 10 highest combined (federal plus provincial/state) personal income tax rates are in nine Canadian provinces—with all provinces in the top 15.