What can I get back for my rent or property tax?
For the credits claimed with your 2025 tax return (paid from July 2026), and British Columbia’s 2026 home owner grant. Income is your adjusted family net income: line 23600 for you and your spouse.
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The rules. Ontario: the energy and property tax credit counts 20% of rent plus property tax, up to $1,307 ($1,488 for seniors), less 2% of family income over $29,047 for a single person or $36,309 for a family ($36,309 and $43,571 for seniors); the Northern Ontario energy credit is $189 single or $290 for a family, and senior homeowners can get up to $500. BC: the renter’s credit is $400 less 2% of income over $64,764; the 2026 home owner grant is $570 ($845 for seniors), $200 more outside Metro Vancouver, the Capital and Fraser Valley, less $5 per $1,000 of value over $2,075,000. Manitoba: renters get up to $47.91 a month, owners their school taxes up to $1,500. Quebec: the solidarity credit for July 2026 to June 2027, less 6% of family income over $43,195. Sources: CRA, Ontario programs, BC renter’s credit, BC home owner grant, Manitoba and Revenu Québec.
Not included. Student residences, long-term care and reserves (Ontario), part-year residence, shared custody, the Ontario sales tax credit, and Manitoba’s advance on the tax bill. Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador have no rent or property tax credit, and there is no federal one. Check what you can afford with the rent affordability calculator and plan your property tax.