Last carbon tax rebate arrives Tuesday, but Finance Canada won't say how much it costs

David Thurton · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 21, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

The past Canada Carbon Rebate arrives connected Tuesday aft Liberal Leader Mark Carney killed the national user terms connected carbon.

Only those who filed their 2024 income taxes electronically by April 2 volition person the outgo connected Tuesday. Otherwise, the last outgo volition beryllium deposited erstwhile the Canada Revenue Agency assesses their return.

The quarterly federal rebate was covered by c taxation revenues, but the c taxation connected substance ended April 1.

In different words, Tuesday's outgo could beryllium considered a bonus oregon authorities transportation — since it's not being recouped from taxes collected astatine the pump.

For much than a month, CBC News has been asking Finance Canada, the national section which oversees the postulation of the substance charge, to disclose the full outgo of this last payment. The section declined to accidental however overmuch the rebate would interaction Ottawa's bottommost line.

But based connected erstwhile payouts, the full outgo could be at least $2 billion.

A Finance Canada spokesperson suggested the authorities continued the other outgo arsenic an affordability measure.

"The authorities has decided to support the April outgo to individuals fixed that Canadian families, particularly low-income families, person been counting connected the April rebate," said Finance Canada spokesperson Benoit Mayrand.

Green Party co-Leader Jonathan Pedneault said Canadians are "entitled" to the last payment, but acknowledged its timing — conscionable days earlier Canadians caput to the polls connected April 28 — is not ideal.

"It's not the champion clip erstwhile it happens successful the mediate of an predetermination campaign," Pedneault said. "I deliberation that a batch of radical volition knock this arsenic being a spot of a Liberal gift."

University of Alberta economics Prof. Andrew Leach said the Liberals apt had nary prime but to sorb the nonaccomplishment due to the fact that the c taxation was truthful misunderstood.

"I consciousness that radical didn't truly callback that the archetypal rebate was paid earlier the c terms took effect," helium said.

"I don't deliberation radical truly believed this to beryllium existent oregon had internalized it."

WATCH | Quebec has Canada's past user c tax: 

While the Finance Department won't accidental however overmuch the outgo volition cost, it has released the April 2025 rebate amounts.

Here's what eligible adults volition beryllium receiving successful provinces wherever the national c rebate applies:

• Newfoundland and Labrador: $149.
• Prince Edward Island: $110.
• Nova Scotia: $110.
• New Brunswick: $165.
• Ontario: $151.
• Manitoba: $150.
• Saskatchewan: $206.
• Alberta: $228.

Canadians successful provinces that suffice for an further agrarian supplement volition person a 20 per cent top-up. The agrarian supplement has already been factored into PEI's payment.

Small businesses that were eligible for the Canada Carbon Rebate volition inactive get their reimbursement for carbon taxation paid implicit the past 12 months.

"The Minister of Finance volition specify outgo rates to instrumentality the antecedently specified $623.1 cardinal successful proceeds for the 2024-25 substance complaint year," according to Finance Canada's website.