GST + PST for BC/SK/MB.
Total with GST + PST
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GST (5%)
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Three provinces still run a separate sales tax
Most of Canada has either folded its sales tax into the federal system as HST or, like Alberta and the territories, charges no provincial sales tax at all. British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba are the holdouts that keep a standalone Provincial Sales Tax sitting on top of the 5 percent federal GST. This tool stacks the two for those three provinces. The key point that trips people up is that PST and GST are calculated independently on the pre tax price. They are not compounded, so PST is never charged on the GST, and GST is never charged on the PST.
The rates that apply in 2025
British Columbia and Manitoba both levy 7 percent PST. Saskatchewan sits at 6 percent. Add the federal GST of 5 percent and the combined sticker on a standard taxable purchase is 12 percent in BC and Manitoba and 11 percent in Saskatchewan. That is meaningfully lighter than the 13 to 15 percent HST charged in Ontario and the Atlantic provinces, though the gap narrows once you hit categories where PST applies but GST exemptions would not, or the reverse.
A $100 purchase in British Columbia
Take a $100 item bought in Vancouver. GST is 5 percent of $100, and BC PST is 7 percent of the same $100 base. Neither tax sees the other.
If BC compounded the way Quebec used to before 2013, you would pay PST on $105 and the bill would be a few cents higher. It does not, so $112.00 is the exact figure the calculator returns.
Where PST and GST part ways
The two taxes do not cover the same goods, and that is the real complexity behind a deceptively simple calculation. Basic groceries are exempt from both. Children’s clothing and footwear are PST exempt in BC and Saskatchewan, so only the 5 percent GST applies. BC adds extra PST tiers you will not see here, including 8 percent on accommodation and a luxury rate that climbs to 10, 15, and 20 percent on passenger vehicles above set price thresholds. Manitoba and Saskatchewan tax many services, such as legal fees and certain installation labour, that escape PST in BC. This calculator uses the standard single rate, so for vehicles, lodging, or unusual service categories you should confirm the applicable rate with the provincial finance ministry.
Who this is for and a billing tip
Small business owners and contractors in the three PST provinces use this most, usually to set a shelf price or check an invoice. Here is the practical wrinkle that catches new registrants. The GST you collect is a federal trust amount you remit to the CRA and against which you claim input tax credits on your own purchases. PST works differently. There are generally no input tax credits, so the PST you pay on business inputs is often a real cost rather than a recoverable one, and the PST you collect is remitted to the provincial government on its own schedule. Keep the two streams separate in your bookkeeping from day one. Treating them as one pool is the fastest way to short a remittance and draw a reassessment.
Do I charge PST on shipping?
It depends on the province and how the charge is structured. In British Columbia, delivery charges to bring goods to the buyer are generally part of the taxable purchase price, so PST applies. Where the rules differ is when shipping is separately stated and arranged independently of the sale. Because treatment varies and the provinces interpret bundled versus separate charges differently, confirm the specific case rather than assuming shipping always follows the goods.
When do I have to register to collect PST?
You generally must register once you sell taxable goods or services in the province in the ordinary course of business, and the small supplier thresholds that exist for GST do not map cleanly onto PST. British Columbia, for example, requires many out of province sellers shipping into BC to register once they cross modest sales thresholds. The safe move is to check the specific province’s registration rules before your first taxable sale there, because PST nexus rules are stricter and less forgiving than the federal GST regime.