Paying taxes: Time in Canada
Canada: Paying taxes: Time was 131 hours per year in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time in Canada, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for paying taxes: time in Canada is 131 hours per year, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Canada peaked at 131 hours per year in 2010 and was at its lowest, 119 hours per year, in 2005.
Canada ranks 150th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Canada, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 119 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 119 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 119 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 119 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 119 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 131 hours per year | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 131 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 131 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 131 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 131 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 131 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 131 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 131 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 131 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 131 hours per year | +0.0% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 131 hours per year is below the median for high income countries, which is 141.5 hours per year, 93% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 119 hours per year | 119 hours per year | 119 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 131 hours per year | 131 hours per year | 131 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More reference data data for Canada
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.92 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 20.47 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.92 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 20.47 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 6.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 7.45 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 22.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 99.83 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 15.88 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Canada?
- Paying taxes: time in Canada was 131 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 131 hours per year in 2010.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 119 hours per year in 2005.
- How does Canada rank for paying taxes: time?
- Canada ranks 150th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time (hours per year). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The time to comply with tax laws measures the time taken to prepare, ?le and pay three major types of taxes and contributions: the corporate income tax, value added or sales tax and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social contributions.