Most estimating apps a Canadian contractor finds are American: prices in USD, tax that means state sales tax, and an invoice that has never heard of HST or an e-Transfer. Estiquik is made by a small Ontario company for the renovation contractor who quotes in CAD, charges GST or HST, and gets paid by card or e-Transfer — with the estimating, invoicing and plan takeoff in one plan.
Pick your province on the Account page and every estimate and invoice starts with the right rate and the right label. Both stay editable, and the tax can apply to the whole document or to materials only.
| Province / territory | Pre-filled rate | Label on the document |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 5% | GST |
| British Columbia | 12% | GST + PST |
| Manitoba | 12% | GST + PST |
| New Brunswick | 15% | HST |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 15% | HST |
| Nova Scotia | 14% | HST |
| Ontario | 13% | HST |
| Prince Edward Island | 15% | HST |
| Quebec | 14.975% | GST + QST |
| Saskatchewan | 11% | GST + PST |
| Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon | 5% | GST |
Rates are the published base rates from the Canada Revenue Agency's GST/HST pages and the provincial agencies (Quebec's QST is administered by Revenu Québec), as listed in our help centre. Whether PST applies to a given contract, and whether labour is taxable, varies by province and by job — confirm with your accountant. Estiquik is a calculation tool, not tax advice, and is not affiliated with any government body.
The business block on every invoice is yours to write — legal name, address, phone, and your GST/HST registration number — and it prints on every document.
Put your e-Transfer email in the notes or terms, and when the money lands, record the payment with E-transfer as the method. The invoice balance, job costing and QuickBooks all follow.
Connect your own Stripe account and emailed invoices carry a Pay by card button. Stripe charges 2.9% + 30¢ CAD and pays out to your Canadian bank; Estiquik adds nothing.
Deposit, draws and completion as a payment schedule on the estimate, one invoice per stage. Set a holdback percentage and it is retained from every stage and billed as a final release invoice.
Canadians say quote as often as estimate. The document is priced the same way either way: line items, markup, contingency, tax, terms, and an Approve button or e-signature link when you email it.
The seven renovation templates carry labour and material rates scaled to your province, as a researched starting point you correct once. Your edits become your baseline; a price list keeps your own rates.
Both are fine products with a Canadian following. The side-by-side pages carry their published prices, checked and dated.
| Estiquik | Joist | Jobber | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billed in | CAD, at a CAD price | USD pricing published; check your statement | USD only on its pricing page |
| Card fee in Canada | 2.9% + 30¢ CAD via your own Stripe | 2.9% + 30¢ CAD via Joist Payments | 2.9% + 30¢ via Jobber Payments |
| Free plan | ✓ 3 estimates, no expiry | ✕ withdrawn; $10 Basics capped at 5 documents | ✕ |
| Plan takeoff | ✓ Pro | ✕ | ✕ |
| Change orders | ✓ Pro, e-signed | Elite tier | ✕ no dedicated tool |
| Team of ten | Crew, one flat price | Single user per account | Per-seat pricing |
| Import your existing data | ✓ from Joist and Jobber exports | Both export CSV; the importer reads them | |
Vendor facts as published on 3 September 2026 and detailed on Estiquik vs Joist and Estiquik vs Jobber, where each side's wins are listed honestly. Joist and Jobber are trademarks of their owners.
Yes. Canadian accounts are charged in CAD: Starter CA$24.99 a month or CA$249.99 a year, Pro CA$34.99 or CA$349.99, Crew CA$79.99 or CA$799.99. The price shown at checkout is the price charged, not a US price converted on the day. Sales tax on the subscription is added where it applies. Every plan is on the pricing page.
Estiquik fills in the published base rate for your province or territory — HST in Ontario and the Atlantic provinces, GST + PST in BC, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, GST + QST in Quebec, GST alone in Alberta and the territories. The rate and its label are editable on every estimate and invoice, and the tax can apply to everything or to materials only. It is a calculation tool, not tax advice.
Your e-Transfer email or instructions go in the invoice's business block or notes, and a payment received by e-Transfer is recorded on the invoice with its own method, so the balance and your job costing stay right. Estiquik does not process e-Transfers itself. Card payments run through your own Stripe account at Stripe's Canadian rate of 2.9% + 30¢ CAD, with nothing added by Estiquik.
Yes. Set a holdback percentage on the payment schedule and that share is kept back from every stage invoice and billed as a final holdback-release invoice when the job is done. Whether and how much holdback your contract requires is a legal question for your province; Estiquik does the arithmetic.
On Google Cloud in the United States, in a multi-region Firestore deployment, with Stripe handling payments. Estiquik is owned and run from Ontario, but the data itself is not stored in Canada. The privacy policy and sub-processor list say so plainly, so you can decide with the facts in front of you.
Not yet. The app and the documents it produces are in English. Quebec's GST + QST rate is supported.
The seven templates ship with researched starting prices that are scaled by a regional index for your province. Treat them as a starting point, not a quote: every price is editable, your edits become your baseline, and your own price list can fill an estimate's unit prices in a click.
Yes. Export clients and invoices from either app and drop the files on Estiquik's Import page — it reads their headers, shows a preview, and writes nothing until you say so. Step-by-step in the help centre.
Free to start, no card. Pick your province and price a real job tonight.