Etsy fees in Canada
Canada is the country where a single national answer is wrong, because the tax charged on Etsy’s fees depends on your province. Below is every line on a real order, in the order Etsy charges them, with nothing folded together to make the total look smaller.
Fee mechanics only. Nothing here is tax advice — registration and liability questions belong with an accountant. Not affiliated with Etsy, Inc.
A $30 item with $6 shipping, sold from Canada
Costing you $8 in materials, labour and packaging. Every figure is generated from the same dataset as our calculator, so this page and the tool can never disagree.
| Line | Amount | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Item price | $30.00 | |
| Shipping charged to the buyer | $6.00 | Etsy charges its transaction fee on this too — a point that surprises most sellers |
| Gross order value | $36.00 | |
| Listing fee | −$0.20 | Flat $0.20 per listing, charged in USD everywhere, and again on every renewal |
| Transaction fee (6.5%) | −$2.34 | On item price and shipping |
| Payment processing (3.0% + $0.18) | −$1.26 | The fixed part is 0.25 CAD, shown here converted to USD |
| Regulatory operating fee (0.50%) | −$0.18 | Charged on the same base as the transaction fee |
| VAT / tax on Etsy fees (5.0%) | −$0.20 | Applied to the fees above, not to your sale price |
| Total Etsy takes | −$4.18 | 11.6% of the gross order |
| Your cost — materials, labour, packaging | −$8.00 | |
| What you actually keep | $23.82 |
Etsy takes 11.6% of the gross order. A US seller pays 10.8% on the identical order — the difference is explained below.
What is specific to Canada
The headline 6.5% is the same everywhere. These are the lines that actually differ.
The same order, sold from every country Etsy supports
Same $30 item, same $6 shipping, same $8 cost. Sorted from cheapest to most expensive. This is the table that shows how much of your margin is decided by geography.
| Seller country | Etsy takes | % of gross | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $3.87 | 10.8% | $24.13 |
| Australia | $4.18 | 11.6% | $23.82 |
| Canada ← | $4.18 | 11.6% | $23.82 |
| New Zealand | $4.37 | 12.1% | $23.63 |
| Singapore | $4.80 | 13.3% | $23.20 |
| Switzerland | $4.97 | 13.8% | $23.03 |
| Germany | $5.15 | 14.3% | $22.85 |
| Brazil | $5.18 | 14.4% | $22.82 |
| Austria | $5.19 | 14.4% | $22.81 |
| Bulgaria | $5.19 | 14.4% | $22.81 |
| Belgium | $5.24 | 14.5% | $22.76 |
| Czech Republic | $5.24 | 14.5% | $22.76 |
| Netherlands | $5.24 | 14.5% | $22.76 |
| Romania | $5.24 | 14.5% | $22.76 |
| United Kingdom | $5.31 | 14.7% | $22.69 |
| Norway | $5.31 | 14.8% | $22.69 |
| Ireland | $5.32 | 14.8% | $22.68 |
| Poland | $5.32 | 14.8% | $22.68 |
| Portugal | $5.32 | 14.8% | $22.68 |
| South Africa | $5.36 | 14.9% | $22.64 |
| Greece | $5.37 | 14.9% | $22.63 |
| Sweden | $5.37 | 14.9% | $22.63 |
| Mexico | $5.37 | 14.9% | $22.63 |
| Finland | $5.43 | 15.1% | $22.57 |
| India | $5.45 | 15.2% | $22.55 |
| Denmark | $5.46 | 15.2% | $22.54 |
| Japan | $5.50 | 15.3% | $22.50 |
| Spain | $5.62 | 15.6% | $22.38 |
| Italy | $5.63 | 15.6% | $22.37 |
| France | $5.69 | 15.8% | $22.31 |
| Hungary | $6.40 | 17.8% | $21.60 |
| Turkey | $6.92 | 19.2% | $21.08 |
Local-currency fixed fees are converted to USD at a stored reference rate, so treat the last decimal as indicative. Excludes Etsy Ads and Offsite Ads — those are a chosen budget and an order-specific fee, not a cost on every sale.
Three things that surprise almost everyone
- Etsy charges its transaction fee on shipping. The 6.5% applies to the postage you charge the buyer, not just the item. Pricing shipping at cost still costs you 6.5% of it.
- The listing fee is charged again on renewal. $0.20 is per listing per four months, and again every time an item sells if auto-renew is on. A 100-listing shop is paying $20 every cycle before a single sale.
- Offsite Ads can take 12–15% of an order on top of everything above, and once your shop passes the revenue threshold it is mandatory. It is order-specific, so it is deliberately excluded from the table above — but it is real, and it lands on your biggest orders.
Free tools — no account, nothing stored
- Etsy fee & policy changes — dated log of what Etsy changed and when, every entry linked to Etsy’s own page. The regulatory operating fee moved in seven markets on 22 June 2026.
- Etsy fee calculator — all 32 seller countries, every fee on its own line.
- Etsy title checker — the 140-character limit and the first 40 characters a buyer actually sees.
- Etsy tag checker — all 13 slots, the 20-character limit, duplicate coverage.
- Etsy photo checker — size, upload limits, and what the thumbnail crop cuts off.
Common questions
What are Etsy fees in Canada in 2026?
A Canadian seller pays a $0.20 listing fee, a 6.5% transaction fee on item price plus shipping, payment processing of 3% + CA$0.25, a 0.50% Regulatory Operating Fee, and sales tax on those fees. Using the 5% federal GST baseline, a $30 item with $6 shipping costs about $4.18 in total fees, or roughly 11.6% of the gross order.
Does my province change what I pay in Etsy fees?
It changes the tax charged on those fees, which is a real part of the total. Etsy's own fees are the same nationwide, but the sales tax applied to them follows your province: 5% GST in Alberta and the territories, 13% HST in Ontario, 15% in the Atlantic provinces, and GST plus a separate provincial tax in BC, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec.
Can I claim back the tax Etsy charges on its fees?
If you are registered for GST/HST, tax paid on Etsy's fees is generally an input tax credit and may be recoverable on your return. If you are under the CA$30,000 small-supplier threshold and not registered, you absorb it. Which side of that line you want to be on is a real business decision — talk to an accountant, not a calculator.
Are Etsy fees higher in Canada than in the US?
Slightly, and the difference is almost entirely the sales tax applied to Etsy's fees. Etsy's transaction rate is the same 6.5%, but Canada carries a 0.50% Regulatory Operating Fee that the US does not, plus sales tax on fees. On a $36 gross order a US seller pays about 10.8% and an Alberta seller about 11.6%; an Ontario seller pays more because HST is 13%.
Does Etsy charge fees on shipping in Canada?
Yes. The 6.5% transaction fee applies to shipping charged to the buyer as well as to the item price. Offering "free shipping" by building the cost into the item price does not avoid this — the fee applies to the total either way.
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