Canada Income Tax Federal and Provincial Credit
Revenue Canada(CRA) allows various tax credit for children, spouse, seniors and dependents. These tax credits reduce your tax owing and increase your tax refund. You can find the applicable tax credit amount based on your income tax profile and province. Amount for these tax credits is fixed by CRA every year.
To estimate your income tax for 2020, you can use Income Tax Bracket Table.
Province \ Tax Credit (Line) |
Credit Type | Federal | Alberta (AB) |
British Columbia (BC) |
Manitoba (MB) |
New Brunswick (NB) |
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) |
Nova Scotia (NS) |
Ontario (ON) |
Prince Edward Island (PE) |
Saskatchewan (SK) |
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Basic Personal Amount (Line 300) | All | $11,809 | $18,915 | $10,412 | $9,382 | $10,043 | $9,247 | $8,481 | $10,354 | $9,160 | $16,065 | |
Max Age Amount (Line 301) | Senior | $7,333 | $5,271 | $4,669 | $3,728 | $4,904 | $5,903 | $4,141 | $5,055 | $3,764 | $4,894 | |
Max Spouse Amount (L303 /L5812) | Spouse | $11,809 | $18,915 | $8,915 | $9,134 | $8,528 | $7,556 | $8,481 | $8,792 | $7,780 | $16,065 | |
Max Dependent Amount (L305 / L5816) | Dependent | $11,809 | $18,915 | $8,915 | $9,134 | $8,528 | $7,556 | $8,481 | $8,792 | $7,780 | $16,065 | |
Caregiver amount (L307/ L5820/ L5819) | Dependent | $6,986 | $10,949 | $4,467 | $3,605 | $4,743 | $2,936 | $2,798 | $4,881 | $2,446 | $9,464 | |
Volunteer firefighters' amount (L362/L5830) | All | $3,000 | $3,000 | $3,000 | $3,000 | $500 | $500 | |||||
Home buyer's Amount (L369/L5837) | All | $5,000 | $10,000 | |||||||||
Max Adoption Expense (L313/L5833) | Child | $15,905 | $12,936 | $15,905 | $10,000 | N/A | $12,479 | N/A | $12,632 | N/A | N/A | |
Max Pension Income Amount (L314/L5836) | Senior | $2,000 | $1,456 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,173 | $1,432 | $1,000 | $1,000 | |
Max Provincial Caregiver Amount (L5840) | Dependent | $10,949 | $3,605 | $4,743 | $2,937 | $4,898 | $2,446 | $9,464 | ||||
Max Disability Amount (L316/L5844) | All | $8,235 | $14,590 | $7,809 | $6,180 | $8,131 | $6,240 | $7,341 | $8,365 | $6,890 | $9,464 |