Important dates to help you prepare for the 2026 tax season
The deadline to file your 2025 personal income tax return is April 30, 2026, unless you’re self employed. However, the CRA encourages individuals who expect to receive benefits under the GST Credit or the Canada Child Benefit not to delay the filing of their tax return to ensure their entitlements for the 2026-2027 benefit year are properly determined.
JUNE 15 - Tax filing deadline for self-employed individuals
The deadline to file your 2025 taxes is June 15, 2026 if you’re self employed. Any tax balance owing, however, is still due April 30, 2026.
An approximate timeline of when you can expect tax documents from your investment advisors
JANUARY 26 - RRSP contribution receipt
A statement of all RRSP contributions you made between March and December 2025.
FEBRUARY 27 - Tax slips for individual and corporate accounts (T3, T5, T4A, T5008)
These slips will be issued if you have earned any interest, dividends or capital gains in a Personal, Joint or Business account, depending on the investments you hold in those accounts.
T3 & T5 slips issued on February 27 will be mainly related to mutual funds.
Note: For any of your holdings in external mutual funds, any T3 or T5 slips will be issued directly to you by the external mutual fund company depending on the timeline determined by the issuer.
RRSP, Spousal RRSP, RIF, Spousal RIF, LIF (T4RSP/T4RIF slips): These slips confirm the amounts that have been withdrawn from these accounts and have been reported to the CRA.
FHSA (T4FHSA slip): This slip shows FHSA transactions during the year, such as contributions made to, withdrawals from, and transfers into a First Home Savings Account (FHSA).
FHSA Limits: FHSA contribution room only starts to accrue in a year that the holder has established an FHSA. In that year, the holder is entitled to $8,000 of room. Unused room will accumulate and carry forward, but only to a maximum of $8,000. This means that the maximum contribution in a year can never be higher than $16,000. The FHSA lifetime contribution maximum is $40,000.
Mortgage Statements: If you are looking to claim the mortgage interest on your personal and/or business returns, most financing institutions are expected to mail your mortgage statements by end of January. Alternatively, you may be able to download them online.
The dates provided are accurate as of the day of publication; however, they are subject to change and may be updated. Please follow our continued updates to ensure that you are receiving information regarding any potential changes to this schedule. This is a general source of information only. It is not intended to provide personalized tax advice.
