KDP on Amazon.ca: prices, royalties and taxes

Amazon.ca sells to readers in Canada in CAD. KDP sells ebooks and paperbacks here. These are its prices, royalties and taxes.

The facts

Currency

CAD

Formats KDP sells here

ebooks and paperbacks

Ebook 70% royalty band

List prices from C$2.99 to C$12.99

Ebook delivery cost

C$0.15 per MB, on the 70% plan only

Tax inside the ebook price

None: the royalty is worked out from the list price

Paperback royalty

50% of the list price below C$13.99, 60% from it, less printing; the highest list price is C$350.00

Worked examples

A 2 MB ebook at C$2.99, the lowest price on the 70% plan, earns about C$1.88 a sale.

A 300-page 6 × 9 inch paperback in black ink costs about C$6.06 to print here, and KDP accepts it from C$12.12. At C$13.99, where the 60% rate starts, it earns about C$2.33 a copy.

Estimates the way KDP's help pages describe them; KDP's own calculator has the final word.

Other marketplaces

All 17 marketplaces side by side, or your own book's numbers in the free KDP royalty calculator.

Sources

Checked on 17 October 2026 against KDP ebook list prices, KDP ebook pricing, KDP printing cost, KDP paperback royalty. Stores, agencies and laws change their rules: their own pages have the final word.