--- title: How to Determine Your TFSA Contribution Limit description: Knowing how much TFSA contribution room you have available will help you take maximum advantage of tax-sheltered growth potential, image: https://blog.accesscu.ca/hubfs/6_ContributionLimit1200x628.jpg --- #003B49 [![AccessCU\_Horizontal\_Colour\_pws-1](https://blog.accesscu.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/AccessCU_Horizontal_Colour_pws-1.png?width=199&height=50&name=AccessCU_Horizontal_Colour_pws-1.png "AccessCU_Horizontal_Colour_pws-1")](https://www.accesscu.ca/) Open main menu Close main menu [Investing](https://blog.accesscu.ca/tag/investing) [TFSA](https://blog.accesscu.ca/tag/tfsa) [Financial Literacy](https://blog.accesscu.ca/tag/financial-literacy) # How to Determine Your TFSA Contribution Limit ![Access Credit Union](https://blog.accesscu.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Access_LogoMark.jpg?width=45&name=Access_LogoMark.jpg) [Access Credit Union](https://blog.accesscu.ca/author/access-credit-union) [Share this blog post on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+found+this+interesting+blog+post&url=https://blog.accesscu.ca/how-to-determine-your-tfsa-contribution-limit) [Share this blog post on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://blog.accesscu.ca/how-to-determine-your-tfsa-contribution-limit) [Share this blog post on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.accesscu.ca/how-to-determine-your-tfsa-contribution-limit) ![A person working on his finances with a notebook and laptop.](https://blog.accesscu.ca/hubfs/6_ContributionLimit1200x628.jpg) ### Take full advantage of tax-sheltered growth potential. Knowing how much [Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)](https://www.accesscu.ca/en/personal/investing) contribution room you have available will help you take maximum advantage of tax-sheltered growth potential, and also help you avoid over-contribution penalties. How much contribution room do you have? Your contribution room carries over each year from when you turned 18 and onwards. For a given year, your TFSA contribution room is the total of: - your annual TFSA contribution limit - any unused contribution room from the previous, eligible years (starting the year you turned 18) - any withdrawals made from your TFSA in the previous year If you have multiple TFSAs, your combined contributions to all of them cannot exceed your available contribution room for the current year. | 2025 | $7,000 | | --- | --- | | 2024 | $7,000 | | 2023 | $6,500 | | 2022 | $6,000 | | 2021 | $6,000 | | 2020 | $6,000 | | 2019 | $6,000 | | 2018 | $5,500 | | 2017 | $5,500 | | 2016 | $5,500 | | 2015 | $10,000 | | 2014 | $5,500 | | 2013 | $5,500 | | 2012 | $5,000 | | 2011 | $5,000 | | 2010 | $5,000 | | 2009 | $5,000 | | **Total:** | **$102,000** |   How to check your TFSA contribution room The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) tracks your contribution room. You can see your TFSA balance as of January 1 of the current year by logging in to your online "My Account" on the CRA website. Or you can get your balance by phoning CRA's Tax Information Phone Service: 1-800-267-6999. Check after mid-February, to allow time for your financial institution to report all your TFSA transactions from the previous year. Ideally, keep track of those transactions yourself to ensure you don't over-contribute. Contribution room carry-forward If you can't contribute the maximum allowable in a given year, you can catch up in the future. Unused contribution amounts can be carried forward indefinitely and used in subsequent years. Withdrawals can be re-contributed TFSAs are flexible. You can withdraw funds any time and the amounts withdrawn in a given year are added back to your contribution room for the next year. For example, you can withdraw an amount in December, then re-contribute that amount in January. Over-contribution penalty There is a penalty if you accidentally contribute more than your allowable limit. In that case, a tax equal to 1% of the highest excess TFSA amount in the month will be applied for each month that you are in an excess contribution position. *For more information about contribution limits, visit the [TFSA section of the Canada Revenue Agency website.](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/tax-free-savings-account.html)* --- Interested in investing using a TFSA? 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