With Service Canada EI , Employment Insurance (EI) benefits and leave information for workers, families, fishers and sickness, how to apply and how to submit a report.
- How much does EI pay right now?
- How do I check my EI benefits?
- Who is eligible for EI?
- What is EI and how does it work?
The EI program also provides special benefits to workers who take time off work due to specific life events:
- illness
- pregnancy
- caring for a newborn or newly adopted child
- caring for a critically ill or injured person
- caring for a family member who is seriously ill with a significant risk of death
Workers receive EI benefits only if they have paid premiums in the past year and meet qualifying and entitlement conditions. Self-employed workers may participate in EI and receive special benefits.
The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (CEIC) plays a leadership role in overseeing the EI program. The CEIC is also responsible for setting the annual EI premium rate. Service Canada’s role is:
- to provide timely and accurate EI benefit payments and services
- to support EI clients through each stage of the service delivery process by:
- providing benefit information
- responding to enquiries
- assisting employers
- processing claims and providing the means to appeal decisions
- conducting client authentication and identification, and
- preventing, detecting and deterring fraud and abuse
Employment Insurance(EI) Services
- Employment Insurance regular benefits
- Employment Insurance benefits for self-employed people
- Employment Insurance sickness benefits
- Employment Insurance and teachers
- Caregiving benefits and leave
- Employment Insurance benefits and farmers
- Employment Insurance fishing benefits
- Employment Insurance maternity and parental benefits
- EI – Extended parental benefit period for military families
- EI – Workers and residents outside of Canada
- Submitting EI reports
- EI reconsideration
- Automated Earnings Reporting System
- Request for Payroll Information Forms
- Record of Employment
- Record of Employment on the Web (ROE Web)
- Access Record of Employment on the Web (ROE Web)
- EI – Information for employers
- Work-Sharing
- Working while on claim
- Premium Reduction Program – For employers
- Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Program