Canadian Tax Forms & Filing Tools

Canadian Tax Forms, Sorted by What You're Trying to Do

Nobody wakes up wanting “Form T2091(IND).” They wake up having sold a cottage. So we sorted the forms by the job, not the number. Each form name below is CRA's official title, checked on canada.ca, and links to CRA's own page for it.

Filing Your Personal Return

Form	What it's for
T1 package	The income tax and benefit return itself. Most people file it through certified tax software (NETFILE) instead of on paper.
Schedule 3	Capital Gains or Losses. Anything you sold for a gain or loss: shares, crypto, land, a rental, and since 2016 your home too. See our capital gains tax calculator.
T2091(IND)	Designation of a Property as a Principal Residence by an Individual. Filed when you sell a home or cottage you want to shelter from tax. Our principal residence exemption guide explains it.
T2125	Statement of Business or Professional Activities. Self-employment income and expenses. Pair it with the self-employed tax calculator.
T776	Statement of Real Estate Rentals. Rent, expenses and capital cost allowance. When you sell, recapture goes on line 9947 (see selling a rental property).
T777 and T2200	Statement of Employment Expenses, and the Declaration of Conditions of Employment your employer signs. Employees can only deduct work expenses with the employer's T2200.
T1-M	Moving Expenses Deduction, for a move that brings you closer to a new job or school.
T1032	Joint Election to Split Pension Income between spouses or common-law partners.
T1135	Foreign Income Verification Statement, when the total cost of your specified foreign property was more than $100,000 at any time in the year. The penalties for skipping it are steep.
T2017	Summary of Reserves on Dispositions of Capital Property, for spreading a capital gain over up to five years when the buyer pays you over time.

Slips, Credits and Your Pay Cheque

Form	What it's for
TD1	Personal Tax Credits Returns. You fill these in for an employer or pension payer so they deduct the right amount of tax.
T1213	Request to Reduce Tax Deductions at Source. If you know you'll get a big refund (regular RRSP contributions, support payments), this gets the money on your cheque instead of in April.
T2202	Tuition and Enrolment Certificate. Your school issues it; you use it to claim tuition.
T2201	Disability Tax Credit Certificate. A medical practitioner certifies it; CRA decides eligibility.
RC66	Canada Child Benefit Application, if you didn't apply through your province's birth registration.
T1-OVP	Individual Tax Return for RRSP, PRPP and SPP Excess Contributions. The form nobody wants: it calculates the 1% a month tax on an RRSP over-contribution. The RRSP calculator helps you avoid it.

Fixing a Return or Fighting a Decision

Form	What it's for
T1-ADJ	T1 Adjustment Request. To correct a return CRA has already assessed. Faster online with “Change my return” in My Account.
T400A	Notice of Objection – Income Tax Act. To formally dispute an assessment or reassessment. Check the date first with the CRA objection deadline calculator.
RC4288	Taxpayer Relief Request – Cancel or Waive Penalties and Interest, when circumstances beyond your control caused the problem. It generally covers the last ten calendar years.
RC199	Voluntary Disclosures Program (VDP) Application, to come forward about income or errors before CRA finds them. Get professional help with this one.
AUT-01	Authorize a Representative for Offline Access, so an accountant or family member can deal with CRA for you by phone and mail.

Business, GST/HST and Housing Rebates

Form	What it's for
RC1	Request for a Business Number and Certain Program Accounts. Most people register online instead (Business Registration Online).
GST74	Election and Revocation of an Election to Use the Quick Method of Accounting. Can save small service businesses real money; see our GST/HST $30,000 rule guide.
GST/HST return	Most businesses file the return online (GST/HST NETFILE or My Business Account). Paper filers use the personalized return CRA mails to them, so there is no blank one to download.
T2	Corporation Income Tax Return. Almost every corporation resident in Canada must file one for every tax year, even when there is no tax to pay.
GST190	GST/HST New Housing Rebate Application for Houses Purchased from a Builder.
GST191	GST/HST New Housing Rebate Application for Owner-Built Houses.
GST524	GST/HST New Residential Rental Property Rebate Application. In Ontario, add RC7524-ON for the provincial part.

Building or buying a new home in Ontario? The HST rebates are complicated enough that we gave them their own site: OntarioHSTRebates.ca.

Three Rules for Any CRA Form

1. Get it from canada.ca, this year. CRA revises forms, and an old version can be sent back. The year is usually in the corner, for example “(25)”.
2. Online beats paper when you have the choice. My Account and certified software catch errors before CRA does, and the answer comes back faster. Paper takes weeks just to be opened.
3. Keep a copy of everything you send, and the date. If it goes missing, the person with the copy wins the argument.

Not sure which form fits? Ask the tax assistant, or upload what CRA sent you to the tax document analyzer.

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Form names and numbers checked against canada.ca, October 2026. We are fairly sure about the GST/HST paper return note above: CRA describes paper returns as personalized and mailed, but if you need one, confirm with CRA business enquiries.

Last reviewed October 4, 2026 against CRA and Government of Canada sources. How we check our facts.