Sales Tax for M1H — Toronto (Scarborough)

What Postal Code M1H Covers

M1H covers Cedarbrae in central Scarborough. Thomson Memorial Park within the district holds the Scarborough Museum, a collection of 19th-century buildings preserved on the site of the Thomson family farm — among the first European settlements in the area. Cedarbrae Mall serves as the local retail anchor.

Communities & neighbourhoods in M1H

Local landmarks

• Cedarbrae Mall
• Thomson Memorial Park
• Scarborough Museum

Where M1H Sits — and What That Changes at the Till

The centroid of M1H falls roughly 15 km northeast of Toronto, and the code shares its delivery city with 16 other postal areas. Its closest postal neighbours are M1G (Toronto (Scarborough)) about 2 km off and M1P (Toronto (Scarborough)) about 3 km off.

The nearest ground where the rate changes is about 300 km away — J0X in Quebec, at 14.975%. That distance is the useful part: nothing bought or delivered in M1H is a borderline case, so the only rate question worth asking here is whether the sale is taxable at all, not which province's number applies to it.

M1H is suburban ground serving about 30,000 across 3 communities — the settlement pattern where delivered goods matter most. A parcel addressed into M1H carries Ontario's 13% even when the seller is registered in Alberta and charges 5% to every customer at home. General merchandise here concentrates around Cedarbrae Mall, and all of it carries the full 13% — while the basic groceries sold in the same catchment are zero-rated federally and carry nothing at all. Two outcomes on one shopping trip, and the usual source of "why was part of my receipt taxed differently". Visitor spending around Scarborough Museum lands in accommodation, prepared food and admissions rather than durable goods. Admissions are their own category: one supplied by a charity or a municipality can be exempt outright, while a commercial attraction on the same street charges 13%.

The 13% above is set for the whole of Ontario and does not move between postal codes — M1H pays exactly what every other Ontario code pays. Overnight accommodation is where Toronto parts company with them. The city levies a 6% Municipal Accommodation Tax on top of HST, so a $200 room night inside M1H carries $12.00 that the identical room would not carry in an Ontario municipality that never adopted one. The rate came down from 8.5% on 1 August 2026, the temporary increase having lapsed. Hotels and short-term rentals are charged at the same rate.

Everything above is particular to M1H; the rules that are not — registration thresholds, filing frequency, input tax credit recovery, point-of-sale rebates — are set for the whole of Ontario, and they live on the Ontario sales tax guide rather than being restated on M1H's page, where the calculator above is already locked to 13%.

Working the 13% on a Purchase in M1H

FSA M1H Tax Breakdown and Calculation Example

For FSA M1H in the Toronto (Scarborough) area, the sales tax rate is 13%. Here is how tax is calculated on typical purchase amounts:

Selling into M1H: What You Need to Register For

Ontario runs a HST system administered by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), with a registration threshold of $30,000 (HST). Filing frequency, input tax credit recovery, point-of-sale rebates and the full registration walkthrough are set out on the Ontario sales tax guide — they are province-wide rules, identical for every postal code here, so this page links them rather than repeating them.

1. Charge the rate the address decides. A delivery into M1H is an Ontario sale, so charge 13% HST — your own address does not enter into it.
2. Show it the way Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) expects. One HST line and the total tax amount on each invoice.

Everything else about selling here — thresholds, filing frequency, ITC recovery, point-of-sale rebates, and the full province-by-province sourcing rules — is identical for every postal code in Ontario and is set out once on the Ontario sales tax guide and in the Ontario GST/HST calculator.

Postal Codes Near M1H

All 13%, like M1H — what differs is the ground each one covers, and with it the municipal levies on lodging and prepared food worth checking before you invoice.

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