Property Registration Cost Calculator

1. Enter the property value

   Use your sale deed or DC/FBR valuation, whichever your registrar requires.

2. Set each local rate

   Stamp duty, CVT, registration fee and town/TMA fee all vary by province and city.

3. See each component

   Individually, so you know exactly what makes up the total.

4. Budget the grand total

   Property value plus every registration charge combined.

The charges here are one-off costs of getting the title moved into your name, and together they are a meaningful percentage of the deal. Buyers who budget only the agreed price and the agent's commission find the shortfall at the registry, which is the worst moment to discover it.

Which value the charges are calculated on

This is where estimates go wrong. Stamp duty and the related charges are generally computed on the value recorded for the transaction under the applicable valuation table, not necessarily on the price you negotiated. Where the two differ, the calculation follows the recorded value, and a figure worked out on the agreed price can be well off.

The federal withholding is separate

Section 236K on the purchase and Section 236C on the sale are federal advance income tax, adjustable against the parties' own tax. The charges on this page are provincial and municipal transfer costs, and they are not recoverable. Keeping them in separate columns is the only way to see the real cost of the transaction.

The Section 236K calculator covers the buyer's advance tax.

Where this stops

Every rate here is editable because these are provincial and local levies that differ by province, by city, and sometimes between urban and rural land in the same district. Use the rates your sub-registrar actually applies; the defaults are a starting point, not an authority.