# Canada Sales Tax & CAD Exchange Rates (`canada-dd/canada-sales-tax-exchange-rates`) Actor

GST/HST/PST/QST rates for every Canadian province and territory with effective dates, tax calculation for any amount/date, plus Bank of Canada CAD exchange rates (latest & historical) and currency conversion. Batch input. $0.001 per lookup.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/canada-dd/canada-sales-tax-exchange-rates.md
- **Developed by:** [Yurii Domaranskyi](https://apify.com/canada-dd) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 lookups

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Canada Sales Tax & CAD Exchange Rates

Two things every Canadian invoice, checkout or Super Intelligence agent needs, in one cheap API call:

1. **Sales tax** – GST, HST, PST (Manitoba RST) and QST rates for all 13 provinces and territories, with **effective dates**, and tax calculation for any amount, province and date (from 2013-04-01). Forward (price → tax) or reverse (tax-included total → price + tax).
2. **CAD exchange rates** – Bank of Canada daily average rates (latest or any historical date, falling back to the previous business day), plus amount conversion and cross rates (e.g. EUR→USD via CAD).

Batch input: send hundreds of lookups in one run. Also usable as an MCP tool for Super Intelligence agents via `https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=canada-dd/canada-sales-tax-exchange-rates`.

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.001 per lookup** (one result row). Rows that return an error are not charged.

### Input examples

Single tax calculation:

```json
{"mode": "tax", "province": "QC", "amount": "100"}
```

→ GST 5% $5.00 + QST 9.975% $9.98 = **$114.98**

All current rates:

```json
{"mode": "allRates"}
```

Historical / reverse / FX in one batch:

```json
{"mode": "none", "requests": [
  {"type": "tax", "province": "NS", "amount": 114, "date": "2025-03-01", "taxIncluded": true},
  {"type": "tax", "province": "BC", "amount": 250},
  {"type": "fx", "from": "USD", "to": "CAD", "amount": 100},
  {"type": "fx", "from": "EUR", "to": "USD", "amount": 10, "date": "2026-01-02"}
]}
```

### Output example

```json
{"type": "tax", "province": "QC", "date": "2026-10-09", "effective_from": "2013-04-01", "effective_to": null,
 "gst_rate": 5, "qst_rate": 9.975, "total_rate": 14.975, "components": "GST 5%, QST 9.975%",
 "amount_before_tax": 100.0, "gst_amount": 5.0, "qst_amount": 9.98, "tax_total": 14.98, "amount_with_tax": 114.98,
 "sources": ["https://www.canada.ca/...", "https://www.revenuquebec.ca/..."]}
{"type": "fx", "from": "USD", "to": "CAD", "requested_date": "latest", "rate_date": "2026-10-09", "rate": 1.4271,
 "inverse_rate": 0.700722, "amount": 100.0, "converted_amount": 142.71, "attribution": "Source: Bank of Canada ..."}
```

### Rates included (verified 2026-10-09)

| Province/territory | Current standard rate | History covered |
|---|---|---|
| AB, NT, NU, YT | GST 5% | – |
| ON | HST 13% | – |
| NS | HST 14% | 15% until 2025-03-31 |
| NB, NL | HST 15% | 13% until 2016-06-30 |
| PE | HST 15% | 14% until 2016-09-30 |
| BC | GST 5% + PST 7% | – |
| MB | GST 5% + RST 7% | 8% from 2013-07-01 to 2019-06-30 |
| SK | GST 5% + PST 6% | 5% until 2017-03-22 |
| QC | GST 5% + QST 9.975% | – |

PST/QST are calculated on the price before GST (as required since 2013 in Quebec and in BC/MB/SK).

**Only standard (general) rates are applied.** Exemptions, zero-rated/exempt supplies, BC PST special rates (e.g. vehicles, liquor), MRDT, place-of-supply rules and transitional rules are *not* handled — check the official sources.

#### Official sources

- CRA GST/HST rates: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/gst-hst-businesses/charge-collect-which-rate/calculator.html
- British Columbia PST: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/taxes/sales-taxes/pst
- Manitoba RST: https://www.gov.mb.ca/finance/taxation/taxes/retail.html
- Saskatchewan PST: https://www.saskatchewan.ca/business/taxes-licensing-and-reporting/provincial-taxes-policies-and-bulletins/provincial-sales-tax
- Revenu Québec GST/QST rate tables: https://www.revenuquebec.ca/en/businesses/consumption-taxes/gsthst-and-qst/basic-rules-for-applying-the-gsthst-and-qst/tables-of-gst-and-qst-rates/

### Exchange-rate attribution

Exchange rates: **Source: Bank of Canada** (Valet API, https://www.bankofcanada.ca/valet), used under the Bank of Canada terms of use (https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/). This information is available **free of charge** on the Bank of Canada website: https://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/exchange/daily-exchange-rates/ . This Actor charges for its processing (batching, conversion, tax calculation), not for the data. Rates are indicative daily averages published once per business day (by ~16:30 ET); they are not transaction rates. Conversions and cross rates are derived (changed) by this Actor. The Bank of Canada does not endorse this Actor. Requests are cached per run to keep load on the Valet API low.

### Disclaimer

Informational only — **not tax, legal or financial advice**. Rates may change; always confirm with the CRA, the relevant provincial authority or a qualified professional before filing or invoicing. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Government of Canada, any province, or the Bank of Canada. Provided "as is" without warranty.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Quick single lookup using the fields below. Use 'Batch requests' for many lookups (both can be combined).

## `province` (type: `string`):

For tax lookups

## `amount` (type: `string`):

Optional. Tax: price to calculate tax on. FX: amount to convert. e.g. 100 or 1234.56

## `taxIncluded` (type: `boolean`):

Tax only: back out the tax from a tax-inclusive total

## `date` (type: `string`):

Optional. Tax: rates in effect on this date (from 2013-04-01). FX: Bank of Canada rate for this date (or the latest business day before it). Empty = today / latest.

## `fromCurrency` (type: `string`):

FX: ISO code, e.g. USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CAD

## `toCurrency` (type: `string`):

FX: ISO code (cross rates are computed via CAD)

## `requests` (type: `array`):

List of lookups. Tax: {"type":"tax","province":"BC","amount":100,"date":"2024-05-01","taxIncluded":false}. FX: {"type":"fx","from":"USD","to":"CAD","amount":250,"date":"2025-12-31"}.

## `maxLookups` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on results (and cost)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "tax",
  "province": "ON",
  "amount": "100",
  "taxIncluded": false,
  "fromCurrency": "USD",
  "toCurrency": "CAD",
  "requests": [
    {
      "type": "tax",
      "province": "QC",
      "amount": 100
    },
    {
      "type": "fx",
      "from": "USD",
      "to": "CAD",
      "amount": 100
    }
  ],
  "maxLookups": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `tax` (type: `string`):

No description

## `fx` (type: `string`):

No description

## `fullResults` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "mode": "tax",
    "province": "ON",
    "amount": "100",
    "requests": [
        {
            "type": "tax",
            "province": "QC",
            "amount": 100
        },
        {
            "type": "fx",
            "from": "USD",
            "to": "CAD",
            "amount": 100
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("canada-dd/canada-sales-tax-exchange-rates").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "mode": "tax",
    "province": "ON",
    "amount": "100",
    "requests": [
        {
            "type": "tax",
            "province": "QC",
            "amount": 100,
        },
        {
            "type": "fx",
            "from": "USD",
            "to": "CAD",
            "amount": 100,
        },
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("canada-dd/canada-sales-tax-exchange-rates").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "mode": "tax",
  "province": "ON",
  "amount": "100",
  "requests": [
    {
      "type": "tax",
      "province": "QC",
      "amount": 100
    },
    {
      "type": "fx",
      "from": "USD",
      "to": "CAD",
      "amount": 100
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call canada-dd/canada-sales-tax-exchange-rates --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,canada-dd/canada-sales-tax-exchange-rates"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/j0BJgjGCfugAkFeOH/builds/UXfcZUPiH5oDl06IE/openapi.json