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Personal income tax
Get a T1 income tax package
You can get an income tax package online or by mail. Certain tax situations may require a specific return or form.
For tax filing information, go to Get ready to do your taxes.
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- Get a 2023 income tax package
- Check CRA processing times
- Situations requiring a specific return or form
- Situations requiring a specific guide
- Get a previous year’s income tax package
Get a 2023 income tax package
Find the income tax package for the province or territory where you resided on December 31, 2023.
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Choose your province or territory:
If you were a non-resident or a deemed resident of Canada- Use the Income tax package for non-residents and deemed residents of Canada.
- And, if you were a non-resident of Canada throughout 2023 carrying on business in more than one province or territory or were receiving income from an office or employment that can reasonably be attributed to duties performed in more than one province or territory (or both) use Form T2203, Provincial or territorial Taxes for Multiple Jurisdictions to calculate your provincial and territorial taxes.
If you resided in a province or territory on December 31, 2023 (or the date you left Canada if you emigrated in 2023) and all or part of your 2023 business income was earned and can be allocated to a permanent establishment outside that province or territory, or outside Canada, use Form T2203, Provincial and Territorial Taxes for Multiple Jurisdictions.
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Order copies of publications to be mailed to you:
- Order the 2023 income tax package
- Order the 2023 income tax package and benefit package for non-resident and deemed residents of Canada
- Order alternate formats for persons with disabilities
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- electronic text (E-text)
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Check CRA processing times
To find standard processing times for tax returns and other tax-related requests sent to the Canada Revenue Agency, use the Check CRA processing times tool.
Situations requiring a specific return or form
In certain cases, you will need to complete a specific tax return. These following exceptions may be based on your residential ties or changes to your tax situation:
- You were a Quebec resident on December 31, 2023
Use the Quebec income tax package to calculate your federal tax only.
You will also need to file a provincial income tax return for Quebec.
- You are filing a return for a person who died in 2023
Use the income tax package for the province or territory where the person resided at their time of death.
For details: What to do when someone has died
- You were a newcomer to Canada in 2023
Use the income tax package for the province or territory where you resided on December 31, 2023. For information for newcomers, see Pamphlet T4055, Newcomers to Canada.
- You left Canada permanently (emigrated) in 2023
Use the income tax package for the province or territory where you lived on the date you left Canada.
For details: Leaving Canada (emigrants)
- You have residential ties in more than one province or territory on December 31, 2023
Use the income tax package for the province or territory with your most important residential ties.
For example, if you usually live in Ontario, but were going to school in Quebec, use the income tax package for Ontario.
- You lived outside of Canada on December 31, 2023, but kept residential ties with Canada
Factual resident
You may be considered a factual resident of Canada and if so use:
- You stayed in Canada for 183 days or more in 2023 and do not have significant residential ties with Canada
You may be considered a deemed resident of Canada if you:
- do not have significant residential ties with Canada
- are not considered a resident of another country under a tax treaty between Canada and that country
Use the Income tax package for non-residents and deemed residents of Canada.
- You do not have significant residential ties and lived in Canada throughout 2023
If you are not a factual resident of Canada, or a deemed resident of Canada, you may be considered a non-resident of Canada for tax purposes. Use the Income tax package for non-residents and deemed residents of Canada.
If you earned employment income or business income with a permanent establishment in a certain province or territory, complete the following instead:
- You do not have significant residential ties and lived outside Canada throughout 2023 as a government employee, member of the Canadian Forces or Global Affairs Canada worker
Deemed resident
You may be considered a deemed resident of Canada and if so use:
This may also apply to your spouse or common-law partner, dependant children, and other family members.
Situations requiring a specific guide
If you were a non-resident or only resided in Canada for a portion of the year, you may also need one of the following guides:
- Guide T4058, Non-Residents and Income Tax, if you were a non-resident who was employed in Canada, carried on business in Canada or disposed of a taxable Canadian property
- Guide T4144, Income Tax Guide for Electing under Section 216, if you were a non‑resident who received rental income from real or immovable property in Canada
- Guide T4145, Electing under Section 217 of the Income Tax Act, if you were a non‑resident who received certain other types of income from Canada (including pensions and annuities)
- Guide T4155, Old Age Security Return of Income (OASRI) Guide for Non-Residents, if you were a non-resident of Canada receiving an old age security pension from Canada at any time in 2023
Get a previous year’s income tax package
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Order copies of publications to be mailed to you:
- Order forms and publications
- Order alternate formats for persons with disabilities
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Related links
Forms and publications
- Form T1243, Deemed Disposition of Property by an Emigrant of Canada
- Form T1244, Election, Under Subsection 220(4.5) of the Income Tax Act, to Defer the Payment of Tax on Income Relating to the Deemed Disposition of Property
- Form NR73, Determination of Residency Status (Leaving Canada)
- Form NR74, Determination of Residency Status (Entering Canada)
- Income Tax Folio S5-F1-C1, Determining an Individual’s Residence Status
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- 2024-01-23