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Amortization schedule calculator

Enter an amount, a rate, a term and a first payment date. The table lists what each payment covers and what is still owed afterwards.

Canada compounds a mortgage rate semi annually; the United States compounds monthly.

Yearly rows fit a phone screen. Payment rows scroll inside the table.

Drawn up to 50 years.

Payments are monthly, on the same day each month.

Results

Monthly payment

$2,213.89

On $400,000 at 4.5% over 25 years.

Payments
300 (25 years)
Total interest
$264,168
Total paid
$664,168
Last payment
01 Aug 2051
Interest, principal and closing balance for each calendar year.
YearInterestPrincipalBalance
20264 payments$5,928$2,927$397,073
202712 payments$17,520$9,047$388,026
202812 payments$17,108$9,459$378,567
202912 payments$16,678$9,889$368,678
203012 payments$16,227$10,339$358,338
203112 payments$15,757$10,810$347,529
203212 payments$15,265$11,302$336,227
203312 payments$14,751$11,816$324,411
203412 payments$14,213$12,354$312,058
203512 payments$13,651$12,916$299,142
203612 payments$13,063$13,504$285,638
203712 payments$12,449$14,118$271,520
203812 payments$11,806$14,760$256,760
203912 payments$11,135$15,432$241,328
204012 payments$10,432$16,134$225,193
204112 payments$9,698$16,869$208,324
204212 payments$8,930$17,636$190,688
204312 payments$8,128$18,439$172,249
204412 payments$7,289$19,278$152,971
204512 payments$6,412$20,155$132,816
204612 payments$5,494$21,072$111,744
204712 payments$4,535$22,031$89,713
204812 payments$3,533$23,034$66,679
204912 payments$2,485$24,082$42,597
205012 payments$1,389$25,178$17,419
20518 payments$292$17,419$0

Assumptions

  • Payments are monthly, level, and land on the same day of the month as the first one. A day that a shorter month does not have rolls back to that month's last day.
  • The rate holds for the whole term. Nothing here models a renewal, a rate reset or a payment holiday.
  • Canada converts the quoted rate through semi annual compounding, as section 6 of the Interest Act requires. The United States divides the quoted rate by twelve.
  • Interest is charged on the balance at the start of each period, then the payment is applied. The final payment is trimmed so the balance lands exactly on zero.
  • Property tax, insurance and any amount a lender collects alongside the payment are not shown. The table covers principal and interest.
  • The table is drawn over 50 years at most.

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How this works

An amortization schedule is the loan agreement written out one payment at a time. Each row starts with the balance you owe, adds the interest that balance earned over the period, takes the payment off, and carries what is left to the next row. The payment itself never moves, but what it buys changes every month.

On a 25 year mortgage at a middling rate, the first payment is roughly two thirds interest. Ten years in, the split is close to even. In the final year, almost the whole payment reduces the balance. That shape is why paying a lump sum early saves so much more than the same sum paid late: it removes principal that would otherwise have been earning interest for decades.

The yearly view adds up every payment inside a calendar year and reports the closing balance at the end of it. It answers two questions people usually want from a schedule: how much interest did this loan cost me last year, and how much do I still owe. Switch to the payment view when you need to check a specific instalment, for example to confirm a lender statement.

One quirk worth knowing: the last payment on a real loan is rarely equal to the others. Rounding each payment to the cent leaves a small remainder that has to go somewhere, so lenders adjust the final instalment up or down by a few dollars. This table does the same, which is why the last row can look short.

Rates and thresholds on this page apply to 2026. Last updated .

This is a calculation tool, not financial, tax, or legal advice.