Setting up Shopify Tax in Canada isn't Straight forward and Need Help

Topic summary

Shopify tax configuration for Canadian provinces is not applying provincial sales tax (PST) for Saskatchewan and Manitoba; only Goods and Services Tax (GST) is being charged on orders to those provinces. The store owner has entered PST, Quebec Sales Tax (QST), and GST/Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) registration numbers for relevant regions.

Expected behavior: Saskatchewan and Manitoba orders should charge both GST + PST. Current behavior: only GST is shown at checkout for customers in these provinces.

Key terms: GST (federal goods and services tax), PST (provincial sales tax), HST (combined federal-provincial tax used in certain provinces), QST (Quebec’s provincial sales tax). These registrations are typically required for proper tax collection per province.

Status: No resolution or confirmed fix in the thread. The poster requests assistance to ensure PST is correctly applied in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Note: The user avoided writing “Manitoba” normally due to a community word filter, using “Maneetoba” instead.

Summarized with AI on February 3. AI used: gpt-5.

I need help trying to Understand how Shopify has set up its taxes for Canadian Provinces. I’ve added PST, QST, and GST/HST numbers to reflect areas where to collect tax but for some reason, When someone in Saskatchewan or Maneetoba tries to buy something they only get charged GST tax.

Maneetoba should charge:

GST + PST

Saskatchewan Should charge

GST + PST

would need some assistance, thanks

  • sorry I had to write Maneetoba like this because shopify says the word is not permitted in this community.