05/22/2026
One of most common questions we get is regarding tax rates here in Canada vs the US. This was published by TD this week and this chart does a good job of summarizing the data.
-Green bars — Income bracket, shown for U.S. jurisdictions.
-Red dashes — Income threshold where the top marginal tax rate kicks in
-Green diamonds — Marginal tax rate (MTR) at that income bracket
-Orange diamonds — Top marginal tax rate
The takeaway: it's not that Canada's top tax rate is higher — it's that we hit it so much sooner. A ~50% marginal rate kicks in at around US$165K in Canada. Compare that to the U.S., where you'd need to earn over US$20M to face a comparable rate in New York, while in California the top rate doesn't apply until you're well into seven figures. And in states like Florida and Washington — with no state income tax at all — top earners cap out around 37%, no matter how much they make.