EI maternity and parental benefits
Assurance-emploi - prestations de maternité et parentales
Paid by Employment and Social Development Canada (Service Canada) · 🇨🇦 Canada
What this pays
The published value, how it is calculated, and whether it is cash or a credit ceiling.
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Gated on a personal circumstance. This programme depends on pregnancy, new baby or adoption — a condition the structured eligibility fields below do not capture. Read the official page carefully before assuming you qualify.
Who qualifies
The 4 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.
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The steps, documents and official link are part of the paid plan. Checking how much you're owed is free and always will be.
2 documents you'll need
Exactly what to gather before you start, so nothing sends you back to the beginning.
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Where this comes from
EI maternity benefits are offered to biological mothers who cannot work because they are pregnant or have recently given birth; parental benefits are available to parents of a newborn or newly adopted child.
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/ei-maternity-parental.html
Last checked 2026-08-12 · extracted from the official source, not yet re-read by a human
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