OpinionIs Quebec actually the most taxed jurisdiction in North America?:
With the rising cost of living front and centre in the Quebec election campaign ...
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Quebec’s Tax Burden Depends on the MeasureA study found Quebec’s overall tax burden reached 38.6% of GDP in 2024, highest among Canada’s 10 provinces.
- Quebec’s overall tax burden reached 38.6% of GDP in 2024, exceeding the figures for the United States and Mexico.
- Quebec’s gross individual tax burden exceeded every province’s except Nova Scotia’s; applying its system would cost Quebecers more overall.
- A single-parent family earning $56,714 received 12% more government transfers than taxes paid, recording Canada’s lowest net tax burden.
- A childless individual earning $141,362 faces a net tax burden of nearly 35%, the highest figure in Canada.
Quebecers face the highest tax burden in North America. It is now the government's turn to tighten its belt.— Éric Duhaime, Leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec, said in a news release last Friday.
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