Taxing Energy Use 2018 Canada
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Canada – 1 Taxing Energy Use 2018 Canada This note describes the taxation of energy use in Canada. It contains the country’s energy tax profiles, followed by country-specific information to complement the general discussion in Taxing Energy Use 2018 (OECD, 2018). The note contains four energy tax profiles for Canada: Figure 1: Effective tax rates on energy use in national currency and EUR/GJ, 2015, including electricity output taxes and energy use from biomass Figure 2: Effective tax rates on energy use in national currency and EUR/tCO2, 2015, including electricity output taxes and energy use from biomass Figure 3: Effective tax rates on energy use in national currency and EUR/tCO2, 2015, excluding taxes on electricity output, including carbon emissions from biomass Figure 4: Effective tax rates on energy in national currency and EUR/tCO2, 2015, excluding taxes on electricity output and carbon emissions from biomass The main insights from the second vintage of the Taxing Energy Use database, including a systematic comparison of patterns of the taxation of energy use across countries, sectors and fuels are available in Taxing Energy Use 2018 (OECD, 2018) at: http://oe.cd/TEU2018. TAXING ENERGY USE 2018 © OECD 2018 TAXING ENERGY USE 2018 © OECD 2018 OECD © 2018 USE ENERGY TAXING 1. Energy tax Canada Energy profiles 1. for T a 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 x r 0 a t Biofuels, natural gas and LPG e – C A D pe R Gasoline r G O J A D T a x Diesel O FF 2 Figure 400 - Oil products R O A 00 Biofuels and natural gas D 0 1. 1. F Effective tax rates energy on use in national currency and EUR/GJ, 2015, ue including electricity output taxes and energy use from biomass l Other oil products t a x c r ed i t o r t a x I NDU e x pen 4 S 800 T d R i Natural gas t u Y r 00 e 0 Coal, coke and coal gases S t a Biomass, waste and renewables t e r a t Oil products (predominantly), natural gas AGRICULTURE & FISHING es 7 : Oil products R C 200 ES O Alberta MM I D 00 E E N 0 RC T Natural gas I A + I A L British Columbia L & Biomass, waste and renewables Coal, coke and coal gases Natural gas ⬦ Ontario 9 Hydro 600 E L 00 E Quebec C 0 Oil products T R I C I Coal, coke and coal gases TY T a x E r a ne Biomass, waste and other renewables t e r g – y E u UR s e pe – 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 i n r G TJ J 2 anada C – TAXING ENERGY USE 2018 © OECD 2018 OECD © 2018 USE ENERGY TAXING T a 10 12 x 2 4 6 8 r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a t e 0 – Biofuels, natural gas and LPG C A D pe r t onne Gasoline R o O T f A a C x D O Figure 127 Diesel 10 2. 0 including electricity output taxes and carbon emissions from biomass Effective tax rates energy on use in national currency and EUR/tCO F ue Oil products l t OFF-ROAD a x Biofuels and natural gas c r ed i t o r t a Oil products x e x pen 254 d i t u 20 r e 0 I NDU Natural gas S T R Y S t a t e r a t es 381 : 30 Coal, coke and coal gases Alberta 0 + Biomass and waste British Columbia Oil products (predominantly) AGRICULTURE & FISHING Oil products R C ES O ⬦ MM I D C Ontario E 508 a E N 2 r RC T , 2015, , 2015, bon Natural gas I 40 A I A L 0 e L & m Quebec i ss i on Biomass and waste T s a f x r o Natural gas E r m a L t Oil products E e en C – e T E r R g UR I y C u I TY s Coal, coke and coal gases pe e r – t onne i n 1 00 o 0 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 f t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C C O O 3 – – anada C TAXING ENERGY USE 2018 © OECD 2018 OECD © 2018 USE ENERGY TAXING T a 10 12 x 2 4 6 8 r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a t e 0 – Biofuels, natural gas and LPG C A D pe r t onne Gasoline R o O T f A a C x D O Figure 127 excluding taxes electricity on output, including carbon emissions from biomass Diesel 10 3. 3. 0 Effective tax rates energy on use in national currency and EUR/tCO F ue Oil products l t OFF-ROAD a x Biofuels and natural gas c r ed i t o r t a Oil products x e x pen 254 d i t u 20 r e 0 I NDU Natural gas S T R Y S t a t e r a t es 381 : 30 Coal, coke and coal gases Alberta 0 + Biomass and waste British Columbia Oil products (predominantly) AGRICULTURE & FISHING Oil products R C ES O ⬦ MM I D C Ontario E 508 a E N 2 r RC T , 2015, , 2015, bon Natural gas I 40 A I A L 0 e L & m Quebec i ss i on Biomass and waste T s a f x r o Natural gas E r m a L t Oil products E e en C – e T E r R g UR I y C u I TY s Coal, coke and coal gases pe e r – t onne i n 1 00 o 0 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 f t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C C O O 4 anada C – TAXING ENERGY USE 2018 © OECD 2018 OECD © 2018 USE ENERGY TAXING T a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 x 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 r a t e 0 – C A D pe r t onne Gasoline R o O T f a C A x O D Figure 114 90 Diesel excluding taxes electricity on output and carbon emissions from biomass 4. 4. 0 Effective tax rates energy on use in national currency and EUR/tCO F O ue FF l t - R Oil products a x O c A r D Natural gas ed i t o r t a x e Oil products x pen 229 d i t 80 u r e 0 I NDU S T R Y S t Natural gas a t e r a t es 344 : 70 Alberta 0 Coal and coke (predominantly), non-renewable waste + British Columbia Oil products (predominantly), natural gas AGRICULTURE & FISHING Oil products R C ES O MM I ⬦ D E C Ontario 459 E N a RC T 2 r I , 2015, , 2015, bon A 60 Natural gas (predominantly), coal and coke I A L L 0 & e m Quebec i ss i on T s a f x r E o L r m a E t C e en Coal, coke and coal gases T – e R E r I g C UR y I TY u s pe e r – t Natural gas onne i n 1 00 Oil products (predominantly), non-renewable waste o 0 0 5 4 3 2 1 f t 0 0 0 0 0 C C O O 5 – – anada C 6 – Canada 2. Country-specific notes This note describes the taxation of energy use in Canada. It contains the country’s energy tax profiles, accompanied by country-specific information to complement the general discussion in Taxing Energy Use 2018 (OECD, 2018). Tax rates are those applicable in April 2015, energy use data are for 2014. The data shown in the energy tax profiles is from the OECD’s Taxing Energy Use (TEU) Database. More detail on the TEU Database, the calculation of effective tax rates on energy use and the interpretation of the energy tax profiles can be found in Taxing Energy Use 2018 (OECD, 2018). Emissions trading systems1 (ETS) are not shown in the energy tax profiles. Energy and carbon taxes In Canada, at the federal level, an excise tax applies to gasoline and diesel, with no distinction made by sector. These federal rates are included in the energy tax profiles of Canada, and they translate into effective tax rates on energy use and carbon emissions from energy use, as described below. Since provinces impose their own specific taxes on energy use, federal taxes represent only a portion of total energy taxes in Canada. In most instances, the provincial taxes on energy use are higher than the excise tax levied at national level. To illustrate the important role of the taxation of energy use at provincial level, provincial tax rates of the four most populous provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec) are marked in the energy tax profiles. Since the Taxing Energy Use database only includes federal rates, these rates do not enter the effective tax rates calculated for Canada at the federal level. A brief overview of the structure of these subnational taxes is given in the text below. Effective tax rates on energy use for different fuels and users The tax rates on different fuels and uses are linked to Canada’s energy use2 to calculate effective tax rates on energy use (in EUR/TJ and CAD/TJ) or CO2 emissions from energy use (in EUR/tCO2 and CAD/tCO2).