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.
Email and a six-digit code, then €50 a year. No password to forget.
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
UnlockThe 4 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.
The steps, documents and official link are part of the paid plan. Checking how much you're owed stays free.
2 documents you'll need
UnlockExactly what to gather before you start, so nothing sends you back to the beginning.
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
A researcher has read this record against the official page.
Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.canada.ca
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Other family & children support in Canada
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- B.C. Family Benefit
- B.C. Affordable Child Care Benefit
- Quebec Family Allowance (Allocation famille)
- Quebec subsidized childcare (reduced contribution spaces)
- Quebec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP/RQAP)
- Alberta Child and Family Benefit
- Nova Scotia Child Benefit
- New Brunswick Child Tax Benefit
- Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit
- Child Care Expense Deduction
- Ontario Autism Program (OAP)
- Special Services at Home (Ontario)
- Alberta Child Care Subsidy
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