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Provincial Research and Development Tax Incentives

Rate

Description

British Columbia

1

10%

Refundable and non-refundable tax credit for 

eligible expenditures incurred in British Columbia 

after August 31, 1999 and before September 

1, 2014, by a corporation with a permanent 

establishment (PE) in the province

Alberta

2

10%

Refundable tax credit for eligible expenditures 

incurred in Alberta by a corporation with a PE in 

the province

Saskatchewan

3

15%

Refundable tax credit for eligible expenditures 

incurred in Saskatchewan by a corporation with  

a PE in the province

Manitoba

4

20% 

Non-refundable and refundable tax credit for 

eligible expenditures incurred in Manitoba by a 

corporation with a PE in the province

Ontario

Innovation Tax

Credit (OITC)

5

10%

Refundable tax credit for eligible expenditures 

incurred in Ontario by a corporation with a PE in 

the province

Ontario

Business-Research 

Institute Tax Credit 

(OBRITC)

6

20%

Refundable tax credit for eligible expenditures 

incurred in Ontario by a corporation with a PE in 

the province as part of an eligible contract with 

an eligible research institute

Ontario

Research and 

Development Tax

Credit (ORDTC)

7

4.5%

Non-refundable tax credit for eligible 

expenditures incurred in Ontario by a corporation 

with a PE in the province

Québec 

Credit for contract 

payments to/for R&D 

entities and projects

8

35%

Refundable tax credit for contract and other 

payments to certain eligible entities (only 80% of 

payments to unrelated persons are eligible).

Refer to notes on the following pages.

Current as of May 3, 2013

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