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If you are filing a paper return or need tax forms or schedules, you can get an income tax package online or by mail. Some tax situations may require specific forms.

Get a 2025 tax package

Use the income tax package if you are filing a paper return. You do not have to download the tax package if you are filing with certified tax software.

Select the province or territory where you lived on December 31, 2025.

If you are not sure which tax package may apply to you, you can find out which package to use for special situations.

Documents for additional calculations

Depending on your tax situation, you may need additional forms, schedules, or publications to help complete your tax return.

Get a previous year's tax package

For older tax packages, refer to All personal income tax packages.

Get a tax package in an alternate format

Tax packages, forms, and publications are available in:

E-text and large print may be included in the online tax packages. If not, or if you need MP3 or braille, you can order an alternate format.

If you need a tax package by mail

Starting with the 2025 tax year, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will no longer automatically mail the income tax package to certain individuals. Some federal and provincial or territorial schedules have also been removed from the mailed tax package.

Schedules no longer included in mailed tax packages
  • Schedule 2, Federal Amounts Transferred from your Spouse or Common-Law Partner
    • Schedule (S2), Provincial or Territorial Amounts Transferred from your Spouse or Common-Law Partner (except QC)
  • Schedule 3, Capital Gains or Losses
  • Schedule 5, Amounts for Spouse or Common-Law Partner and Dependants
  • Schedule 6, Canada Workers Benefit
  • Schedule 7, RRSP, PRPP, and SPP Contributions and Transfers, and HBP and LLP Activities
  • Schedule 9, Donations and Gifts
  • Schedule 11, Federal Tuition Amounts and Canada Training Credit
    • Schedule (S11), Provincial or Territorial Tuition, Education, and Textbook Amounts (except QC)
  • Schedule 12, Multigenerational Home Renovation Tax Credit
    • Schedule (S12), Provincial Home Renovation Tax Credit (for BC, NB, and SK)
  • Schedule 13, Employment Insurance Premiums on Self-Employment and Other Eligible Earnings
  • Schedule 15, FHSA Contributions, Transfers, and Activities

If you need a tax package or any of these schedules, additional forms, or publications not included in the package, you can request them using one of the following methods:

Find out which package to use for special situations

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Some exceptions may apply depending on your residential ties with Canada.

You were a newcomer to Canada in 2025

Use the 2025 income tax package for the province or territory where you resided on December 31, 2025.

For more information about benefits and credits that may be available to you, refer to Newcomers to Canada.

You left Canada permanently (emigrated) in 2025

Use the 2025 income tax package for the province or territory where you resided on the date you left Canada.

For guidance on your tax obligations as an emigrant, refer to Leaving Canada (emigrants).

You are filing for someone who died in 2025

Use the 2025 income tax package for the province or territory where the person resided at their time of death.

For instructions on how to file, refer to Doing taxes for someone who died.

You lived outside of Canada on December 31, 2025, but kept residential ties with Canada

You may be considered a factual resident of Canada for tax purposes.

Use the 2025 income tax package for the province or territory where you kept residential ties. You must also complete Form T1248, Schedule D, Information About Your Residency Status.

For more information, refer to Factual residents temporarily outside Canada.

You had no residential ties with Canada on December 31, 2025

You may be considered a deemed resident or non-resident of Canada for tax purposes.

Use the income tax package for non-residents and deemed residents of Canada.

If you earned income in Canada

If you were in Canada for part of 2025 and earned employment income or business income with a permanent establishment in a province or territory of Canada:

Residential ties with Canada

Significant residential ties to Canada include:

  • A home in Canada
  • A spouse or common-law partner in Canada
  • Dependants in Canada

Secondary residential ties that may be relevant include:

  • Personal property in Canada, such as a car or furniture
  • Social ties in Canada, such as memberships in Canadian recreational or religious organizations
  • Economic ties in Canada, such as Canadian bank accounts or credit cards
  • A Canadian driver's licence
  • A Canadian passport
  • Health insurance with a Canadian province or territory

For more information about residency, refer to determining your residency status.

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2026-01-20