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Canada government reference data

12 series, each cited to the official source it was verified against. Currency CAD.

SeriesCurrentIn force fromOfficial sourceLast verified
Policy Interest Rate 2.25 percent 2025-10-29 Bank of Canada, Fixed Announcement Date press release 15 July 2026… 2026-09-11
Statutory default interest (Interest Act) 5 percent — Interest Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-15, s. 3: 'Whenever any interest is… 2026-08-10
Goods and Services Tax (GST) 5 percent 2008-01-01 Excise Tax Act, RSC 1985, c. E-15, Part IX, s. 165(1) (GST imposed at… 2026-09-09
VAT registration threshold 30000 CAD 1991-01-01 Excise Tax Act s 148 (Justice Laws consolidated text, current to… 2026-08-08
Federal Minimum Wage 18.15 CAD/hour 2026-04-01 Canada Labour Code, RSC 1985, c. L-2, Part III, s. 178(1) (federal… 2026-07-20
General (Statutory) Holidays (free) 20 days held 2026-01-01 Canada Labour Code, RSC 1985, c. L-2, Part III, s. 166 (definition of… 2026-09-09
Consumer Price Index (Inflation Rate) 2.8 percent 2026-06-01 Statistics Canada, The Daily, 'Consumer Price Index, June 2026'… 2026-09-09
Federal Corporate Income Tax Rate 15 percent 2012-01-01 Income Tax Act, RSC 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), s. 123(1)(a) (basic Part… 2026-07-20
Withholding tax rates 25% across 5 withholding taxes — no single rate 2008-01-01 Income Tax Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)), s.212(1): 'Every… 2026-08-10
Federal Personal Income Tax Rates 14–33% across 5 bands 2026-01-01 Income Tax Act, RSC 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), s. 117(2) (rates on… 2026-07-20
Statutory social-insurance contributions 0–12.6% across 14 contribution branches 2026-01-01 Canada Pension Plan, RSC 1985, c. C-8, ss. 8, 9, 11.1(2), 11.2, 16… 2026-08-08
Bank of Canada exchange rates 1.3866 USD; 4 currencies held 2026-09-11 Bank of Canada — daily exchange rates (Valet API), fix of 2026-09-11 2026-09-13

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What makes this different

Every value above names the official instrument it came from and the date it takes effect, and we record when we last checked it. Where a value could not be verified against its own statute we do not publish an estimate — the series is simply absent. Where a question falls outside what we hold, the API refuses and explains, free of charge, rather than returning a number that looks right.