Prince Edward Island HST Calculator

HST on Prince Edward Island

PEI is a participating province, so the provincial portion is harmonized into a single HST rate collected and administered by the CRA. One rate, one tax line, one return.

A note for seasonal and tourism businesses

A large share of PEI’s small businesses are seasonal, and tax questions cluster around two things: pricing so a tax-included total lands on a round number, and splitting accommodation bills that carry more than just HST.

Accommodation is the common case. Charlottetown and Summerside each levy a municipal Tourism Accommodation Levy on top of the HST, charged on the accommodation portion of the bill. Summerside exempts establishments under ten rooms; Charlottetown applies its levy to every tourism establishment regardless of size, and both exempt long stays of roughly a month or more. Charlottetown has also moved to raise its rate, so confirm the current figure with the city rather than reusing last season’s. Those levies are not sales taxes, they are outside what this calculator covers, and the HST still applies to the room rate underneath.

For the first case, reverse calculation is the tool. Enter the round total you want the customer to pay, and the calculator tells you the pre-tax price to quote.

Regional rates no longer match

If you operate across the Maritimes, note that the rates diverged when Nova Scotia lowered its provincial portion on April 1, 2025. A single saved rate for “the Maritimes” will now produce a wrong number for one province.