GoKawiilThe company bringing goods across the border pays it, and customs records every dollar. Some of that cost reaches shelf prices, which is what households end up carrying. American exporters take a different hit, on whatever Canada has added to its list. This page puts a number on each of the three, from public trade data, and flags the one that is a model rather than a count.
In 2025 Washington began taxing imports, Canada's included. Canada answered by taxing American goods going the other way. A tariff is a tax, and somebody hands over the money.
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What you have already paid Customs logs the duty on every shipment as it crosses. These are those logs, added up. — Duty collected on Canadian goods, January to June each year Where the duty falls, and the rate actually charged Goods Imported Duty paid Rate
Modelled estimate — not measured duty What tariffs cost your household Everything above is money customs actually collected on Canadian goods. This number is a model instead, and it is broader. It covers tariffs on all U.S. imports since 2025: China, Mexico, the EU, Canada, everyone. And it rests on something no dataset measures, which is how much of a duty a business adds to the shelf price rather than absorbing. That assumption is sourced in Method, below, along with every other one behind it. — Estimated added cost, by category of goods Estimated added cost per household, by state State Per household Total
Your state Choose a state Choose a state… Choose an industry …and an industry (optional) Pick a state to see what the tariffs and the energy trade mean there.
And Canada is taxing you back
Whose jobs are on the line If you work in any industry — show what Canada taxes Dollars Share Today From 8 Sept
What Canada is taxing What Canada taxes are American exports, the things American workers grow and build. Today the list is steel and almost nothing else. September's includes groceries. Tariff lines by product category
The rates Every line Canada taxes today is 25%. September adds a 50% tier and puts hundreds of American steel and aluminum lines in it. Tariff lines by rate, from September 8
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