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Excise duties are imposed under the Excise Act, 2001 on spirits, wine, tobacco products, cannabis products and vaping products produced in Canada. For more information on the application of excise duties on those products, go to Excise duties technical information under the Excise Act, 2001.

Excise duty is a form of tax imposed on goods for their production, licensing and sale.

Excise taxes are taxes required on specific goods or services like fuel, tobacco, and alcohol. They are primarily taxes that must be paid by businesses, usually increasing prices for consumers indirectly. Excise taxes can be ad valorem (paid by percentage) or specific (cost charged by unit).

An excise or excise tax (sometimes called an excise duty) is a type of tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country). It is a tax on the production or sale of a good. This tax is now known as the Central Value Added Tax (CENVAT).

The Excise Tax Act sets out the excise tax rate for each of these goods. When goods are made in Canada, excise tax is payable when the goods are delivered to the buyer. When they are imported, excise tax is payable by the importer, at the time the goods were imported.

This enactment introduces a modern framework for the taxation of spirits, wine and tobacco. It re-enacts existing provisions in the Excise Act and the Excise Tax Act relating to the excise levies on these products, together with technical improvements, and incorporates a range of new provisions.

Excise duty on spirits ProductRate effective April 1, 2022Spirits containing not more than 7% absolute ethyl alcohol by volume1$0.330Spirits containing more than 7% absolute ethyl alcohol by volume2$13.0421 Rates are per litre of spirits 2 Rates are per litre of absolute ethyl alcohol