Markup and Margin Calculator (Canada)
Price a job from your cost, see the markup and the margin side by side, and get the GST/HST figure that goes on the invoice. Everything runs on your device.
- Free
- No sign-up
- Nothing uploaded
- Updated for 2026
- Last reviewed October 2026
- Reviewed by the Owoode team
- C$ CAD
- GST/HST 5%
- Business number (BN)
- US Letter
- English
Charge
$1,400.00
excluding GST/HST
- Cost
- $1,000.00
- Profit
- $400.00
- GST/HST at 5%
- $70.00
- Total on the invoice
- $1,470.00
That is a 40% markup and a 28.57% margin.
Price rules that affect your markup
Canada has no general price controls on goods, but the Competition Act regulates how prices are displayed. A price shown in an advertisement must be the price the customer actually pays. Under section 74.01(1.1), advertising a price that cannot be obtained because of fixed obligatory charges or fees is a false or misleading representation, so a mandatory service fee, booking fee or delivery charge has to be in the headline price. The one exception is a charge imposed on the buyer only by or under an Act of Parliament or a provincial law, such as sales tax, which may be added separately (Competition Bureau Canada, "Drip pricing", updated 24 August 2026).
Quebec adds a price accuracy policy for stores that do not label each item and use scanners instead. If an item scans at more than the shelf price, the customer gets it free when it was advertised at $15 or less, and otherwise pays the advertised price with a further $15 off. The policy excludes clothing and shoes, items without a barcode, pharmacy-only medications, tobacco and online purchases, among others (Office de la protection du consommateur, December 2025).