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Home Office CanadaPractical home-office planning with a room-and-desk footprint planner, a measured desk-height tool, and source-led tax guidance.

A Canadian home-office field guide

A room for the work.

Start with the space you have. Measure the room, set a work surface to your posture, and compare a chair by fit before features.

Plan a room and desk footprint
Room and desk plan illustrationA simple room outline contains one desk rectangle. The drawing is decorative and not to scale.deskROOM
Illustrative plan · not to scale

01 / Measure a footprint

Room first.
Desk second.

Enter the room and desk dimensions to compare area and separate edge differences. Measurements stay in this page.

Room and desk dimensions

Room

Desk

Enter the desk in the orientation you want to compare.

02 / Field notes

Tools and guides
for the workday.

Tool / 01

Standing desk height calculator

Convert your own seated and standing elbow measurements into desk-surface references. No body-height formula is used.

Standing desk height calculator

Explainer / 04

Home office deduction in Canada

Separate federal guidance for employees and self-employed people, with a distinct section for Quebec.

Home office deduction in Canada

Explainer / 05

Is there a work-from-home tax credit?

The federal home-office claim is a deduction. The temporary flat-rate method covered 2020-2022 only.

Work-from-home tax credit in Canada?

CRA guide / 15

CRA home-office expenses

A source map to the CRA employee rules and the separate self-employed claim.

CRA home-office expenses

Tax source date

The tax guides cite CRA and Revenu Québec material retrieved 2026-10-28. The 2026 tax-year guide and forms were not available in that source review; check the agencies again before filing.

First-hand data is not available

A home-office floor-area and bills case study is planned only. No bills, measurements, worked claim, or results are present.

All guides and tools