Alberta Sales Tax (GST) Calculator 2026

Alberta Sales Tax (GST) Calculator

You can quickly calculate the Alberta 5% GST sales tax with this calculator. You can either calculate the total after tax amount or use this calculator as a reverse sales tax calculator to calculate the before tax amount.

Results are estimates as rounding may differ from the total by a couple of cents. Alberta charges 5% GST on most goods and services.

Alberta Sales Tax

Alberta does not charge a provincial sales tax and only has the federal GST of 5% applied to sales. This GST rate is applied to most of the goods and services with some exemptions and rebates. Alberta has the lowest sales tax of all the provinces in Canada, with only the three territories also charging just the 5% federal sales tax.

Compared to other provinces that have HST of 15%, Alberta’s sales tax rate is 10% less which can be a difference of thousands of dollars when comparing taxes on large purchases such as automobiles.

Alberta GST Example

For a full understanding of how sales tax working in Alberta we can work through an example. We will calculate the sales tax on the purchase of a $800 phone in Alberta.

Since a phone is subject to sales tax in Alberta, this means that we will have to apply the 5% federal GST to the purchase price.

• Federal GST (5%): $800 x 5% = $40.00

This means that the total purchase price of this phone in Alberta will be $840 when adding the sales tax to the purchase price.

Why does Alberta Only Have 5% GST?

Alberta has been able to use revenue from oil and gas royalties to support the province. This has allowed Alberta to have the lowest tax burden of all the Provinces in Canada. For this reason only GST of 5% has been charged as sales tax in Alberta.

Often referred to as the “Alberta Advantage” is an identity that is build around the favourable tax environment Alberta offers.

Alberta is unlikely to introduce any Provincial Sales Tax (PST) in the near future. The Alberta Taxpayer Protection Act protects the introduction of new taxes with the public needing to vote in its favour before a bill can be introduced to create a provincial sales tax (PST).

Alberta tax revenue

We can take a look at the revenue Alberta earned in 2024-2025 (in millions of dollars) to see how Alberta is able to support their budget without the introduction of a provincial sales tax.

Their main source of revenue was Tax Revenue, which includes personal income tax, corporate income tax, education property tax and other tax revenue. While their Non-renewable resource revenue accounted for 21,986 million dollars or 26.66% of their revenue.

Here is a breakdown of their non-renewable resource revenue (millions of dollars):

These actuals show how Alberta made 21,986 million dollars off of their natural resources, which in valuable revenue in helping to support their budget.