Whether you re taking maternity leave in ontario maternity leave in alberta maternity leave in manitoba or maternity leave in british columbia we all have the same access to 12 months or 18 months of parental leave.
Ei mat leave 18 months.
We are very lucky in canada to have a 12 month parental leave and now 18 month parental leave.
The costliest option of course is to offer the same top up benefit for the full 18 months.
Maternity leave in canada.
Let s do some number crunching.
At the end of your 12 month mat leave you d collect about 27 150 or about 2 263 per month.
Based on these numbers a mother receiving the maximum amount of ei will received 28 100 over the span of 12 months or 28 987 over 18 months.
Will 18 month parental leave reduce pressures on working families.
As of september 27 2020 there are some temporary changes to the ei program to help you access ei maternity and parental benefits.
8 extra weeks of extended parental benefits.
5 extra weeks of standard parental benefits or.
In other words if you opt to take an 18 month parental leave you will receive 225 less per week at maximum earnings than with the 12 month option.
If your child was born or placed with you for the purpose of adoption on or after march 17 2019 and you share employment insurance parental benefits with another parent you may be eligible for.
Say you want to take your 15 weeks maternity leave and all 35 weeks of parental leave and let s say you earn more than 51 300.