200 Cigarettes 200 roll-your-own
cigarettes (100g)
NS $70.63 ($59.04) $46.00 ($40.00)
Man $68.18 ($60.00) $50.09 ($45.50)
PEI $65.11 ($55.04) $31.80 ($27.52)
NB $61.83 ($51.04) $30.07 ($25.52)
NWT $60.80 $27.20
Sask $60.65 ($54.00) $29.82 ($27.00)
Nun $60.00 $40.00
Yuk $60.00 $30.00
N&L $59.58 ($49.00) $46.00 ($40.00)
BC $59.00 $39.50
Alta $55.00 $41.25
Ont $44.45 ($36.95) $21.56 ($18.475)
Que $29.80 $14.90
federal ~$29.53 ($24.84) ~$17.45 ($15.53)
Notes re the table:
Inflationary increases are implemented federally each April 1 beginning in 2019. An inflation increase is to be implemented in the Yukon each January 1, beginning in 2019, provided that the inflation rate is above a minimum threshold, which was not the case for Jan. 2019 nor Jan. 2020.
Here are the tax increases for cigarettes and roll-your-own so far in 2020, with the effective dates:
Jan. 1, 2020 BC $4.00 $2.00
Feb. 26, 2020 NS $4.00 $14.00
April 1, 2020 Fed $0.46 $0.29 federal annual inflationary increase
July 15, 2020 PEI $5.04 $6.02
PEI has increased tobacco taxes by $5.04 per carton of 200 cigarettes, and by $6.02 per 200 roll-your-own cigarettes (100g), effective July 15, 2020.
Here is a PEI Department of Finance Tobacco Tax Notice regarding the tobacco tax increase: