Friday 1 May 2015

Manitoba raises taxes on cigarettes by $1.00 per carton

Manitoba became the most recent province to raise the price of cigarettes through taxation. Effective midnight last night, the provincial tax on a cartoon of cigarettes was increased by $1.00 to $59.00.

Additional excise taxes charged by the federal government ($21.03 per cartoon), provincial sales tax of 7% and GST of 5% gives a total tax bill of somewhere around $90 per carton.

Even before the tax increase, Manitoba had the highest cigarette taxes in Canada, with Nova Scotia close behind. The lowest rates are found in Ontario and Quebec.

Also today, Newfoundland and Labrador increased the provincial sales tax to 15%, which will have a modest effect on cigarette prices in that province.



Fact-sheet can be downloaded here:




Excise Taxes
Sales taxes applied to tobacco
Comparative cost of a package of 20 cigarette)
Per 200 cigarettes
Federal Excise Tax
Prov.
Excise
Total Excise taxes
GST
PST
HST
Total

British Columbia
$21.03
$47.80
$68.83


12%
12%
$11.07
Alberta
$21.03
$45.04
$66.07
5%


5%
$10.09
Saskatchewan
$21.03
$50.00
$71.03
5%
10%

15%
$11.62
Manitoba
$21.03
$59.00
$80.03
5%
7%

12%
$12.32
Ontario
$21.03
$27.94
$48.97


13%
13%
$8.92
Quebec
$21.03
$29.80
$50.83




$8.49
New Brunswick
$21.03
$38.00
$59.03


13%
13%
$10.06
Nova Scotia
$21.03
$51.04
$72.07


15%
15%
$11.74
Prince Edward Island
$21.03
$45.00
$66.03


14%
5%
$10.95
Newfoundland
$21.03
$47.00
$68.03


15%
15%
$11.27
Northwest Territories
$21.03
$57.20
$78.23
5%


5%
$11.36
Nunavut
$21.03
$50.00
$71.03
5%


5%
$10.61
Yukon
$21.03
$42.00
$63.03
5%


5%
$9.77