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If you sold, swapped, spent or were paid in crypto this year, the Canada Revenue Agency expects to see it on your return. The rules are not new, but they are scattered across CRA guides, tax court decisions and the fine print of what a registered account can hold. This page gathers everything CryptoCanucks has published on the subject, newest first, and points you to the one guide to read before you file.
Nothing here is tax advice. It is sourced reporting on what the rules say, dated, so you can check them against the CRA's own pages and take the questions that remain to an accountant.
Capital gain or business income, adjusted cost base, the superficial loss rule, T1135 and what a TFSA can hold: what the CRA expects from crypto holders this year, with every rule linked and dated.
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A bitcoin-backed loan turns coins into cash without a sale, and in Canada without a taxable disposition. But every lender sets a price at which your bitcoin gets sold anyway. Here is who actually lends to Canadians in 2026, what they charge, what a 30 percent drop does to the loan, and the tax and regulatory lines the American explainers skip.
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CARF requires Canadian crypto exchanges, brokers, dealers and crypto ATM operators to collect tax-residency details from every customer and report annual…
Verified Sep 4, 2026The CRA treats crypto as a commodity, not money, so selling it, trading one coin for another, or spending it is a 'disposition' that can create a capital…
Verified Sep 4, 2026By: Amanda Rosenstock and Aaron Grinhaus Thinking about buying or selling digital, or “cryptographic” assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies? Does your business already deal with…
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Government operations aren’t a sexy thing. Most people don’t pay attention to what governments are doing because the day-to-day operations of a bureaucracy aren’t nearly as interesting as the…
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The town of Innisfil has made history by becoming the first Canadian city to permit its citizens to pay their municipal taxes (income and property taxes) in Bitcoin. A few nights ago, Innisfil…
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Vancouver, B.C. – iComply Investor Services (iComply), a RegTech software company that has created the world’s first global regulatory automation service for blockchain securities, is today…
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By: Aaron Grinhaus – Grinhaus Law Firm Although investing in cryptocurrencies has been very volatile since their inception, the trend until very recently has been up. And for those who have been…
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By: Aaron Grinhaus – Grinhaus Law Firm The use of Cryptocurrencies in Canada continues to gain popularity, but as its use cases proliferate, the regulators, including the Canada Revenue Agency…
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