I-E23: Spread over the households counted in 2021, Canada's 2024-25 import duties equal about $420 per household. This is a way to show the size of the tax take. It is not a family's bill or promised saving.

What this covers

Place: Canada
Time covered: 2024-25 duties; household count from 2021

What this does not prove

It divides $6.264 billion by 14,978,941 occupied private homes. It includes duties on goods bought by firms. We have not measured each household's share or its gain from repeal.

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Annual Financial Report of the Government of Canada 2024-25 ↗

Department of Finance Canada · 2025

Where to look: Table 4, Revenues: customs import duties $6,264 million; total revenues $510,951 million

Population and dwelling counts, 2021 Census (table 98-10-0002-01) ↗

Statistics Canada · 2022-02-09

Where to look: Private dwellings occupied by usual residents, 2021: 14,978,941

Adapted from Statistics Canada, Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2022-02-09. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. Source terms ↗

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Spread over the households counted in 2021, Canada's 2024-25 import duties equal about $420 per household. This is a way to show the size of the tax take. It is not a family's bill or promised saving.