Welcome tax calculator

Estimate your land transfer duties and, if it's your first home, how much Quebec refunds you.

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The tax is based on the higher of the price and the assessment × your town's factor (Saint-Lin–Laurentides: 1.05 in 2026).

Each town sets its own. Saint-Lin–Laurentides charges 3%.

Neither you nor your spouse owned a home you lived in this year or in the previous 4 years, and it will be your principal residence.

Results

Welcome tax —
Amount it's calculated on —
First-time buyer refund (est.) —
Net cost to you —
You could get this refund in advance, soon after paying the tax: apply to Revenu Québec before December 1 of the year you buy.
The refund shrinks for homes above $750,000 and disappears at $1,000,000.

For guidance only — not a pre-approval or pre-qualification. Actual figures depend on your file, the lender and the market.

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2026 brackets

$0 – $62,900 0.5%
$62,900 – $315,000 1%
Over $315,000 1.5%

Above $500,000, each town may set a higher rate, up to 3%.

This calculator doesn't cover Montréal, which has its own brackets.

The first-time buyer refund

Since January 1, 2026, Quebec refunds first-time buyers 100% of the first $5,000 of welcome tax and 25% of the next $3,500, up to $5,875. It shrinks above $750,000 and disappears at $1,000,000. Buying together, you share a single refund.

Rates and rules checked on September 22, 2026 against Québec.ca and Quebec's Ministère des Finances (information bulletin 2026-2).

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