ImportChecker

Country import guide

Import duty and GST for Canada

A Canadian import estimate needs the ten-digit tariff classification, origin, tariff treatment and value for duty. Federal GST is only one part of the possible sales-tax result.

Official source links checked 5 August 2026.

What makes up the estimate

Customs value
Value for duty normally begins with the price paid or payable for goods sold for export to Canada and applies Canadian valuation adjustments. Currency conversion and additions must follow CBSA rules.
Customs duty
The CBSA Customs Tariff lists the Most-Favoured-Nation rate and preferential tariff treatments. A preferential rate requires qualifying origin and the required certification or records.
Import tax
Federal GST is generally 5% on taxable imports. Provincial HST, PST or QST treatment depends on the destination and transaction. The combined sales-tax outcome can therefore exceed the federal amount shown in a simple estimate.

Worked example

Illustration only: C$1,000 value for duty with an assumed 5% duty rate and 5% federal GST. Provincial sales tax is not included.

Illustrative import calculation for Canada
Step Calculation Amount
Illustrative duty C$1,000 × 5% C$50
Federal GST base C$1,000 + C$50 C$1,050
Illustrative GST C$1,050 × 5% C$52.50

Illustrative total: C$1,102.50 before shipping, brokerage and provincial tax.

Important: The province, importer status and delivery terms can change the sales-tax result. Excise and special import measures may also apply.

Estimate your shipment

Search for the product before relying on a percentage. The estimator uses a national tariff row where available and labels fallback data and known gaps in the result.

What are you importing?

You will need the product, the country you are importing into, where the goods are from, the goods value, and any shipping or insurance costs you want included.

Shipment value

Most duty is a percentage of value. Some products use weight, quantity or volume; those parts are shown as not priced until the required unit can be calculated.

Estimated import cost
Canada
Product row used
Choose a product or enter an HS code to load duty and tax rates.
Estimated totalChoose productGoods, shipping, insurance, calculated duty, known extra duties, and VAT/GST where available.
Customs valueCA$0.00
DutyChoose a product firstNot calculated
Extra dutiesChoose a product firstNot calculated
VAT/GSTChoose a product firstNot calculated
How this was worked out

Duty basis: waiting for a product or HS code.

VAT/GST basis: waiting for a product or HS code

Extra duties are included only where the available data matches this product and route.

Estimate only. Duty and VAT/GST are calculated where the available rate data supports it; unpriced fees, exemptions, quotas, or eligibility rules can still change the final customs bill.

Checks before you order

Ten-digit tariff item
Use the Canadian tariff item, not only the international six-digit code.
Tariff treatment
Check origin evidence before selecting a preferential treatment.
Province
Confirm HST, PST or QST consequences for the destination and transaction.
Special measures
Check surtaxes, trade remedies, excise and regulated-goods requirements.

Official sources

Open these sources and check the current product row before making a customs declaration.