2026 Canadian tax filing and payment deadlines for the middle market

Timely action key to receiving refunds or benefits—and avoiding penalties

November 24, 2025
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As tax season nears, Canadian taxpayers may have to file numerous returns and forms to ensure compliance.

Keeping track of the annual tax filing and payment deadlines is increasingly difficult due to the changing tax landscape—so the following breakdown of key dates can help simplify the process for 2026 filings.

Timely filing and payment can help taxpayers avoid delays in refunds, benefits or credits. Thoughtful planning, in consultation with the appropriate advisors, can also prevent late filing or penalties and interest that could place further cost burdens on taxpayers.

Return or form type

Taxpayer Type

Due date of filing or payment

T1 Returns

Self-employed individuals or those whose spouses or common-law partners are self-employed

Return due June 15, 2026

Tax owing due April 30, 2026

Other individuals

Return due April 30, 2026

Tax owing due April 30, 2026

Deceased individuals whose date of death is before Nov. 1, 2025

Return for self-employed individuals due June 15, 2026

Return for others due April 30, 2026

Tax owing due April 30, 2026

Deceased individuals whose date of death is on or after Nov. 1, 2025

Return due six months after the date of death

Tax owing due six months after the date of death

Non-resident individuals with a Canadian filing obligation (Section 216/217 returns)

Return due June 30, 2026

Tax owing in excess of withheld amounts due April 30, 2026

T2 Corporate Tax returns

For corporations with a Dec. 31, 2025 calendar year-end

Return due June 30, 2026

Tax owing due three months after year-end for Canadian-controlled private corporations (CCPCs) claiming a small business deduction (SBD) with taxable income less than the small business limit, including from all associated corporations

Tax owing due two months after year-end for all other corporations

For corporations with a non-calendar year-end

Return due no later than six months after the end of the corporation’s taxation year

Tax owing due three months after year-end for CCPCs claiming SBD with taxable income less than the small business limit, including from all associated corporations

Tax owing due two months after year-end for other corporations

T3 Trust returns

Inter-vivos trusts (required to have a calendar year-end)

Return due 90 days after the trust’s year-end on March 31, 2026

Testamentary trusts and Non-resident trusts with a filing obligation in Canada (not required to have a calendar year-end)

Return due no later than 90 days after the trust’s year-end date

Bare trust: An arrangement where a trustee acts as an agent of the trust beneficiaries in respect of trust property

Per the new federal budget, the CRA administratively expanded its exemption for bare trusts. Bare trusts do not have to report their 2023, 2024 and 2025 taxation years.

Reporting requirement for bare trusts will resume for taxation years ending on or after Dec. 31, 2026.

T4, T4A-NR, T5

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Due Feb. 28, 2026*

NR4 Non-Resident information returns

For an estate or trust

Return due no later than 90 days after year-end

Other taxpayers

Return due March 31, 2026

T5013 Partnership returns

Partnerships where partners are individuals, trusts, professional corporations or a combination thereof 

Partnerships that are tax shelters 

Return due March 31, 2026

Partners are corporate partners (not including professional corporations)

Return due five months after the end of the taxation year of the partnership

All other cases

Return due on the earlier date of the following options:

31 after the calendar year in which the fiscal period of the partnership ended

The day that is five months after the end of the partnership’s fiscal period

T1134 Information return relating to foreign affiliates

For individuals and other taxpayers with Dec. 31, 2025 as their year-end

Return due Oct. 31, 2026*

For other taxpayers with a taxation year beginning in 2025

Return due no later than 10 months after the year-end

T1135 Foreign income verification statement

Self-employed individuals or those whose spouses or common-law partners are self-employed

Return due June 15, 2026

Other individuals

Return due April 30, 2026

For corporations with a Dec. 31, 2025 calendar year-end

Return due June 30, 2026

For corporations with a non-calendar year-end

Return due no later than six months after the end of the corporation’s taxation year

Partnerships where partners are individuals, trusts, professional corporations or a combination thereof

Partnerships that are tax shelters 

Return due March 31, 2026

Partnerships where partners are corporate partners (not including professional corporations)

Return due five months after the end of the taxation year of the partnership

All other partnerships

Return due on the earlier date of the following options:

March 31 after the calendar year in which the fiscal period of the partnership ended

The day that is five months after the end of the partnership’s fiscal period

Inter-vivos trusts with a Dec. 31, 2025 year-end

Return due on or before March 31, 2026

Testamentary trusts

Return due no later than 90 days after the trust’s year-end date

T106 Information return of non-arm’s length transactions with non-residents

Self-employed individuals or those whose spouses or common-law partners are self-employed

Return due June 15, 2026

Other individuals

Return due April 30, 2026

For corporations with a Dec. 31, 2025 calendar year-end

Return due June 30, 2026

For other corporations

Return due no later than six months after the end of the corporation’s taxation year

Partnerships where partners are individuals, trusts, professional corporations or a combination thereof

Partnerships that are tax shelters

Return due March 31, 2026

Partnerships where partners are corporate partners (not including professional corporations)

Return due five months after the end of the taxation year of the partnership

All other partnerships

Return due on the earlier date of the following options:

March 31 after the calendar year in which the fiscal period of the partnership ended

The day that is five months after the end of the partnership’s fiscal period

Inter-vivos trusts with a Dec. 31, 2025 year-end

Return due on or before March 31, 2026

Testamentary trusts and non-resident trusts with a filing obligation in Canada

Return due no later than 90 days after the trust’s year-end date

UHT-2900 underused housing tax (UHT) return and election form (repealed)

Certain taxpayers owning a residential property in Canada

Per the new federal budget, no UHT return is required to be filed for 2025 and subsequent calendar years.

However, taxpayers are still required to file returns for the 2022–2024 calendar years.

Form T661 Scientific research and experimental development (SR&ED)

Self-employed individuals

Form due no later than 12 months after the filing due date of T1

Corporations (except for non-profit SR&ED corporations)

Form due no later than 12 months after the filing due date of T2 or 18 months from the end of the taxation year

Non-profit SR&ED corporations

Form due no later than six months after the end of the corporation’s taxation year

Partnerships

Form due no later than 12 months after the earliest of all filing due dates for each member’s income tax return deadline for the tax year in which the partnership’s fiscal period ends.

Trusts

Form due no later than 12 months after the filing due date of T3

RC312 Reportable Transaction and Notifiable Transaction Information return

Every person or entity for whom a tax benefit results from the reportable transactions or the person who enters into the reportable transaction on behalf of that person

Information return due 90 days from the earlier of the following options:

When the transaction is entered into

When the person or entity is contractually obligated to enter the transaction

RC313 Reportable uncertain tax treatment (RUTT) Information return 

For corporations with a Dec. 31, 2025 year-end that are required to disclose RUTT

Information return due no later than June 30, 2026

For corporations with a non-calendar year-end that are required to disclose RUTT

Information return due no later than six months after the end of the taxation year

Schedule 130 (or information to be contained therein) for entities with interest and financing expenses or interest and financing revenues under EIFEL

For corporations having December 31, 2025 year-end

Information return due on June 30, 2025

For corporations with non-calendar year-end

Information return due within 6 months after the end of the corporation’s taxation year

Trusts

Information return due within 90 days after the trust’s tax year-end.

Partnerships where partners are trusts, professional corporations or a combination thereof—including tax-shelter partnerships

Information return due March 31, 2026

Partnerships where partners are corporate partners (not including professional corporations)

Information return due five months after the after the end of the partnership’s fiscal period

All other partnerships

Return due on the earlier date of the following options:

March 31 after the calendar year in which the fiscal period of the partnership ended

The day that is five months after the end of the partnership’s fiscal period

GloBE Information return (GIR) for Global Minimum Tax (GMT)

Registration for a global minimum tax program account (PT program account) is required by a member of a qualifying multinational enterprise (MNE) group if:

It must file one or more prescribed returns or notifications

It has a tax liability under the Global Minium Tax Act.

Registrations opened on Oct. 20, 2025 and must be completed before filing any prescribed returns in June 2026.

If the ultimate parent entity (UPE) or designated filing entity files GIR outside Canada and that jurisdiction has a qualifying competent authority agreement with Canada

U.S.-headquartered MNE groups are exempt from income inclusion as there are existing U.S. minimum tax measures.

Return is not required to be filed in Canada. Each Canadian entity of the MNE group must notify the CRA of the identity and jurisdiction of the filing entity.

If the UPE or designated entity is located in Canada or there is no qualifying competent authority agreement with the relevant foreign jurisdiction

U.S.-headquartered MNE groups are exempt from income inclusion as there are existing U.S. minimum tax measures.

Return must be filed within 18 months from the end of the taxation year if it is the first year the MNE group is subject to GMT

Return must be filed within 15 months from the end of the taxation year for all other years

* When a due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), the return is considered filed and the payment is considered to be made on time if the CRA receives the filing—or the payment or filing is postmarked—on or before the next business day. In these instances, since the due date falls on a weekend or a federal holiday, the filing or payment deadline is the first working day that follows.

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