diff --git a/src/ui/taskCardProperties.ts b/src/ui/taskCardProperties.ts
index 9a1c5bedc..cc2ee9f7a 100644
--- a/src/ui/taskCardProperties.ts
+++ b/src/ui/taskCardProperties.ts
@@ -222,8 +222,11 @@ function calculateChecklistProgress(cache: unknown): ChecklistProgress | null {
 		const isNested = typeof item.parent === "number" && item.parent >= 0;
 		if (isNested) continue;
 
+		const marker = item.task.toLowerCase();
+		if (marker === "-") continue; // cancelled — excluded from progress count
+
 		total += 1;
-		if (item.task.toLowerCase() === "x") {
+		if (marker === "x") {
 			completed += 1;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tests/unit/issues/issue-1576-display-progress-bar.test.ts b/tests/unit/issues/issue-1576-display-progress-bar.test.ts
index abc3124fd..0d189b00b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/issues/issue-1576-display-progress-bar.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/issues/issue-1576-display-progress-bar.test.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ describe("Issue #1576 - Display Progress Bar on task cards", () => {
 		expect((card.querySelector(".task-card__progress-fill") as HTMLElement).style.width).toBe("100%");
 	});
 
-	it("treats non-x task markers as incomplete", () => {
+	it("treats non-x, non-dash task markers as incomplete", () => {
 		const task = TaskFactory.createTask({
 			path: "tasks/custom-marker-task.md",
 			title: "Custom marker",
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ describe("Issue #1576 - Display Progress Bar on task cards", () => {
 		app.metadataCache.setCache(task.path, {
 			frontmatter: { title: task.title },
 			listItems: [
-				listItem("-", -1, 10), // not completed
+				listItem("/", -1, 10), // not completed
 				listItem("x", -1, 11), // completed
 			],
 		});
@@ -218,4 +218,45 @@ describe("Issue #1576 - Display Progress Bar on task cards", () => {
 		expect(card.querySelector(".task-card__progress-label")?.textContent).toBe("1/2");
 		expect((card.querySelector(".task-card__progress-fill") as HTMLElement).style.width).toBe("50%");
 	});
+
+	it("excludes cancelled (- [-]) items from both numerator and denominator", () => {
+		const task = TaskFactory.createTask({
+			path: "tasks/cancelled-marker-task.md",
+			title: "Cancelled marker",
+		});
+
+		MockObsidian.createTestFile(task.path, "# Cancelled marker");
+		app.metadataCache.setCache(task.path, {
+			frontmatter: { title: task.title },
+			listItems: [
+				listItem("-", -1, 10), // cancelled — excluded entirely
+				listItem("x", -1, 11), // completed
+			],
+		});
+
+		const card = createTaskCard(task, plugin, ["checklistProgress"]);
+		expect(card.querySelector(".task-card__progress-label")?.textContent).toBe("1/1");
+		expect((card.querySelector(".task-card__progress-fill") as HTMLElement).style.width).toBe("100%");
+	});
+
+	it("does not render checklist progress when only cancelled checkboxes exist", () => {
+		const task = TaskFactory.createTask({
+			path: "tasks/all-cancelled-task.md",
+			title: "All cancelled",
+		});
+
+		MockObsidian.createTestFile(task.path, "# All cancelled");
+		app.metadataCache.setCache(task.path, {
+			frontmatter: { title: task.title },
+			listItems: [
+				listItem("-", -1, 10),
+				listItem("-", -1, 11),
+			],
+		});
+
+		const card = createTaskCard(task, plugin, ["checklistProgress"]);
+		expect(card.querySelector(".task-card__progress")).toBeNull();
+		const metadata = card.querySelector(".task-card__metadata") as HTMLElement;
+		expect(metadata.style.display).toBe("none");
+	});
 });