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Canada Workers Benefit — Quebec, Alberta & Nunavut.
Our main CWB calculator covers every other province and territory. These three file their OWN Schedule 6 — different base amounts, different rates — so they get their own tool.
Pick your province below. Each has a genuinely different formula: Alberta phases in at 21% above a $2,760 threshold, Nunavut at 14% above $6,000, and Quebec runs four separate family-status brackets instead of two.
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Why these three provinces get a separate calculator
CRA's Schedule 6 (Canada Workers Benefit) has FIVE versions, not one. Every province and territory except Quebec, Alberta and Nunavut files the same base worksheet (5000-S6). Those three negotiate their own CWB parameters with the federal government and publish their own schedule — 5005-S6 (Quebec), 5009-S6 (Alberta) and 5014-S6 (Nunavut) — with base amounts, phase-in rates and phase-out thresholds that don't match the federal version or each other.
Alberta and Nunavut: same shape, different numbers
Both provinces use the federal calculator's two-bucket family-status structure (single vs. spouse-or-dependant) but with their own numbers. Alberta phases in the basic CWB at 21% above a $2,760 threshold (federal: 27% above $3,000), capping at $1,750/$2,619; Nunavut phases in at just 14% above a $6,000 threshold, capping at $1,621/$2,435 but with a much lower phase-out rate (4%/8% vs. the federal 15%), so Nunavut claimants stay eligible up to a much higher income.
Quebec: four family-status brackets, not two
Quebec is the outlier. Instead of "single" vs. "spouse or dependant," Quebec's Schedule 6 recognizes four combinations — no spouse/no dependant, spouse only, dependant only, and spouse+dependant — and the base amount (driven by whether there's a spouse) and the phase-in rate (driven by whether there's a dependant) vary independently of each other. A single parent with a dependant but no spouse gets a 20% rate; a couple with no dependant gets 37.3%; a couple with a dependant gets 23.9%. The phase-out itself is a flat 20% across all four buckets, a rate roughly comparable to the federal 15%.
Sources, read 26 September 2026: CRA T1-2025 Schedule 6, Quebec (5005-S6), CRA T1-2025 Schedule 6, Alberta (5009-S6), CRA T1-2025 Schedule 6, Nunavut (5014-S6), each read directly (including the fillable form's own filled-in rate/threshold fields) and cross-checked against the AFNI elimination charts each schedule publishes.
Frequently asked questions
Why doesn't the main CWB calculator just include my province?
It explains why on that page: Quebec, Alberta and Nunavut are excluded there specifically because their numbers are different enough that reusing the federal formula would give a wrong answer. This tool has the real numbers for each of the three.
Can both spouses claim the basic CWB?
No, in all three provinces — only one spouse claims the basic CWB per family, same as the federal rule. The disability supplement is different: each DTC-eligible spouse claims their own, on their own Schedule 6.
Does the Advanced Canada Workers Benefit (ACWB) work the same way in these provinces?
Yes — the quarterly advance-payment mechanism (RC210 slip, Step 4 of Schedule 6) is identical across all versions of the schedule. This tool estimates the annual entitlement, not the advance-payment reconciliation.
Why is Quebec's phase-out rate the same for all four family-status buckets?
That's what CRA's own Schedule 6 (5005-S6) specifies — a flat 20% reduction rate on adjusted family net income above the bucket-specific threshold, regardless of which of the four family-status combinations applies. Only the base amount, phase-in rate and threshold vary by bucket.
Estimate only
This reproduces CRA's Quebec, Alberta and Nunavut Schedule 6 formulas for the 2025 tax year. It does not model the Advanced Canada Workers Benefit reconciliation, reserve-earned tax-exempt income, UCCB/RDSP repayment adjustments to net income, or the full-time-student/incarceration/age eligibility gates. Confirm your exact entitlement with CRA or a tax professional.