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Alberta vs Ontario take-home pay
Alberta’s large basic personal amount and different bracket schedule change provincial tax versus Ontario for the same federal baseline. Payroll (CPP/EI) stays aligned; the gap is almost entirely provincial income tax in this model.
At this salary, estimated annual net is $542.45 higher in Ontario.
Default scenario: $85,000.00 annual gross · tax year CA-2026. Alberta: $62,458.27; Ontario: $63,000.72.
Tax year CA-2026 · same salary in both places · illustrative estimate
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Uses each place’s default residency / PAYE assumptions.
Why the estimates differ
- Identical federal + CPP/EI assumptions.
- Alberta vs Ontario provincial brackets and BPA.
- Ontario Health Premium and Alberta K5P not modeled.