Helping you keep more of what’s yours
$1,600 savings
each year, on average, for GTA commuters with One Fare
$1,760 savings
per child in annual tax-free payments through the Ontario Child Benefit
$500
savings
for households, on average, since July 2022 by cutting gas and fuel taxes
Keeping costs down for families
Saving up to $200,000 on new homes
Ontario’s expanded Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) relief on new homes could save eligible buyers, including first-time home buyers, up to $130,000. Combined with lower development fees, this can save up to $200,000 on new homes.
The expanded HST relief builds on the Ontario HST rebate for first-time home buyers and enhances the HST New Housing Rebate and New Residential Rental Property Rebate for one year.
Find out if your home is eligible for HST relief.
Tax-free payments per child
We’re also providing families with up to $1,760 in annual tax-free payments per child through the Ontario Child Benefit.
Tax credits
We’re keeping costs down for families with the Ontario Trillium Benefit. For example, a family of four could save up to $2,819 a year.
Find out if you qualify for the Ontario Trillium Benefit.
Capping ticket resale prices
New rules under the Ticket Sales Act, 2017, are now in effect that make it illegal for tickets to concerts, cultural events, sporting events and other live entertainment in Ontario to be resold for more than the original price paid to the primary seller. The only added costs can be the applicable taxes and the resale platform’s standard service fees.
These changes aim to protect fans from inflated resale ticket prices and keep live events more affordable.
Keeping costs down for seniors
Income support
We’re keeping costs down for seniors with monthly, non-taxable GAINS payments. For example, eligible seniors with no private income could save up to $1,104 a year.
Learn more about GAINS (Ontario Guaranteed Annual Income System).
Tax credits
Seniors may also be eligible for up to $500 in property tax grants through the Ontario Senior Homeowners’ Property Tax Grant.
Keeping costs down for drivers
Providing tax relief at the pumps
We have permanently cut the:
- gas tax by 5.7 cents per litre
- fuel (diesel) tax by 5.3 cents per litre
These cuts have saved households an average of $500 since they were first introduced on July 1, 2022.
Eliminated licence plate renewal fees
We eliminated the licence plate renewal fee for passenger vehicles in March 2022, saving households an average of $720 to date.
Banning road tolls
We’re also keeping costs down by banning highway tolls province-wide.
Tolls were permanently removed from the provincial-owned Highway 407 East on June 1, 2025. This saves daily commuters up to $7,200 annually.
We also permanently removed tolls on Highway 412 and Highway 418 in April 2022, saving daily commuters up to $2,100 annually.
Eliminated the Drive Clean program
We are also keeping costs down for taxpayers by eliminating the Drive Clean program, saving taxpayers over $40 million a year.
Keeping costs down for commuters
We’re keeping costs down for families, workers and commuters who take public transit.
With One Fare, transit riders only pay once when transferring between GO Transit, TTC, Brampton Transit, Durham Region Transit, MiWay, Peel TransHelp and York Region Transit.
This is saving commuters an average of $1,600 annually.
Keeping costs down for Northern Ontario families
Saving up to $3,109 annually
We’re keeping costs down for families with the Ontario Trillium Benefit. For example, a family of four in Northern Ontario could save up to $3,109 annually because an additional Northern Ontario Energy Credit may apply.
Find out if you qualify for the Ontario Trillium Benefit.
Saving up to $200,000 on new homes
Ontario’s expanded Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) relief on new homes could save eligible buyers, including first-time home buyers, up to $130,000. Combined with lower development fees, this can save up to $200,000 on new homes.
The expanded HST relief builds on the Ontario HST rebate for first-time home buyers and enhances the HST New Housing Rebate and New Residential Rental Property Rebate for one year.
Keeping costs down for small businesses
We cut the small business corporate income tax rate from 3.2% to 2.2% starting July 1, 2026.
This tax cut provides more than 375,000 small businesses $1.1 billion in tax relief over three years and saves an eligible small business up to $5,000 annually.
Find more benefits and tax credits
Explore additional benefits and tax credits by topic or for different groups of people, including tax credits to help you with living and business costs.
You can also answer a few questions to learn about benefits and programs you may be eligible for to help with costs for post-secondary education, skills training, dental care, housing, child care and more.
