Rent Rewards Calculator Canada

Find out what paying rent by card actually earns after fees. Then check the referral offer before you sign up.

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Calculate Your Rent Rewards

Use the effective reward rate you expect to earn. Keep one-time signup or referral bonuses separate from this recurring calculation.

If the calculator is unavailable, use the formula and worked example below.

Use the monthly rent or housing payment you plan to route through the service.
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Use the cash-equivalent rate your issuer allows for these payments, after any caps or exclusions.
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Enter the percentage fee charged by the payment route.
Advanced OptionsPlatform rewards and fixed costs
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Enter the effective rate you can realistically redeem, not necessarily the advertised rate. Use 0% if credits are unusable.
Include a fixed annual cost only if you would incur it because of this rent-payment setup.

Estimated Result Before Tax

Estimated Annual Net Value

Break-Even Reward Rate
Annual Rent

Enter rent, card rewards, and processing fee to calculate.

How Your Result Is Calculated Card and platform rewards minus processing fees and additional annual costs equals estimated annual net value.

Break-even reward rate is the minimum nonnegative card reward rate needed to avoid an estimated annual loss after the other inputs above. A 0% threshold can already produce a gain when platform rewards cover all costs.

Check Rent Referral Offers Before Signup

These one-time offers are separate from your recurring estimate. Choose a payment route only after checking its current fees, card eligibility and payment timing.

We may receive a referral benefit if you qualify. A signup reward does not remove an ongoing annual loss.

$25 Chexy Cash

Use the Chexy invite code REF-UHXENW through the referral link before signup, then complete your first payment in the Chexy mobile app to get $25 in Chexy Cash toward future Chexy payments, not withdrawable cash.

To Qualify
Complete the first qualifying mobile-app payment
Reward Timing
About 2 Weeks

Use the Chexy referral link during signup to claim $25 Chexy Cash, preferably on the same device in one session. The current mobile route requires the first payment to complete in-app.

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$50 Off Payments

Use the Neobanc referral link before signup, then make a qualifying payment over $1,000 to get $50 off payments.

To Qualify
qualifying payment over $1,000
Reward Timing
Timing Not Published

Use the referral link before signup; no retroactive process is published.

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How the Rent Rewards Calculator Works

Monthly rent × 12 gives annual rent. The calculator applies your effective reward and fee rates, then subtracts any fixed annual cost. It does not choose a payment service or credit card for you.

Worked Example

At $2,500 monthly rent, earning 2.00% in card rewards with a 1.75% processing fee:

Annual Rent: $30,000
Card Rewards+$600
Processing Fees$525
Estimated Annual Net Value+$75 / year

Break-Even1.75%Minimum card reward rate needed to avoid an estimated annual loss.

What This Calculator Does Not Know

  • Card & Issuer RulesYour issuer may apply category caps, exclusions, statement-credit rules, or merchant treatment that changes the effective reward rate.
  • Interest & Financing CostCarrying a balance or paying interest can make the payment route cost substantially more than this calculator shows.
  • Reward Value & TimingDelayed or restricted platform credits may be worth less than cash. Keep one-time bonuses separate from recurring economics.