Invoicing in Canada
Canadian invoice template
This generator opens with Canada's own labels, currency and number format already set.
What a Canadian invoice has to say on its face
Required on the document
- Your business name (or trade name), the invoice date and the total amount. Under $100, that is all the input tax credit rules prescribe.
- From $100: your GST/HST registration number, and the tax amount (or, if your prices include tax, a statement that tax is included and the total tax rate). Where supplies are mixed, the status of each one.
- From $500: also the customer’s name (or trade name), the terms of payment, and a description of each supply sufficient to identify it.
- The rate depends on the province (the rates by province are further down this page).
The one people get wrong
Under the input tax credit rules, an invoice of $100 or more needs your GST/HST registration number. Without it, your customer is missing information they need to claim an input tax credit.
The rate
GST is 5%. HST is 13% in Ontario, 14% in Nova Scotia (since 1 April 2025), and 15% in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island. In Quebec, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba a separate provincial tax sits alongside GST, and Quebec asks for both the GST and QST numbers from $100 when a registered customer needs them.
That is the standard rate as a matter of public record. Whether it is the rate for your work, and whether you are registered at all, are questions about your business — this page does not know, the app does not look it up, and neither will guess.
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What a Canadian invoice needs for your customer to claim GST/HST
A registered customer may be able to claim an input tax credit for the GST/HST they paid you. What information your customer needs to claim the credit depends on the size of the invoice. The rules come from the Input Tax Credit Information (GST/HST) Regulations.
Under $100, the invoice needs your name (or trade name), the invoice date and the total amount. From $100 to $499.99, add your GST/HST registration number and the tax amount. If your prices include tax, you can instead state that tax is included and give the total tax rate. Add the status of each supply where they are mixed.
At $500 or more, add the customer’s name (or trade name), the terms of payment, and a description of each supply that is enough to identify it.
These $100 and $500 tiers are treated in law as in force from 20 April 2021, and they replaced the older, lower tiers.
Quebec uses the same tiers for GST and QST. Revenu Québec asks for both registration numbers from $100. Under $100, the tax amount is required for QST only. GST and QST set no special invoice format, except for restaurants and taxis. You give the information when a registered customer asks.
Do you have to charge GST/HST as a small business?
The small supplier threshold is $30,000. The CRA tests it in a single calendar quarter, or over the previous four (or fewer) consecutive quarters.
If you go over in one quarter, your registration takes effect no later than the day of the supply that took you over. If you go over across several quarters, you stop being a small supplier at the end of the month after the quarter in which you crossed it. You charge GST/HST from the effective date of registration.
You can also register voluntarily below the threshold.
GST, HST and provincial tax rates by province
GST is 5% in Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon. It is also 5% in British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec, where a separate provincial tax is charged as well: PST of 7% in British Columbia and Manitoba, PST of 6% in Saskatchewan, and QST of 9.975% in Quebec.
In the HST provinces the rate is 13% in Ontario, 14% in Nova Scotia, and 15% in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island. Nova Scotia’s rate decreased to 14% on 1 April 2025.
In Quebec, GST at 5% and QST at 9.975% sit side by side. So Quebec asks for both registration numbers from $100 when a registered customer needs them. The same $100 and $500 tiers apply to both taxes.
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Common questions
Do I need to charge GST/HST as a small business?
Once you go over $30,000 in a single quarter, or across four consecutive quarters, you must register, and you charge GST/HST from the effective date of registration. Below that, registration is voluntary.
What does an invoice need for the customer to claim an input tax credit?
Under $100: your name, the date and the total. From $100: also your GST/HST registration number and the tax amount. From $500: also the customer’s name, payment terms and a description of each supply.
What is the HST rate in Nova Scotia?
It has been 14% since 1 April 2025. HST is 13% in Ontario and 15% in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island.
Sources
Checked against official sources on 10 October 2026.