esdc.gc.ca Apply Online for Employment Insurance Canada : Citizenship and Immigration

Name of the Organization : Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Type of Facility : Apply Online for Employment Insurance
Country : Canada

Website : https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei.html

Applying for Employment Insurance Benefits Online :

** Important Notice for Employment Insurance Claimants Impacted by the Fire Evacuation in Fort McMurray
** Please review the eligibility criteria before starting your application.

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** It takes about 60 minutes to complete the Employment Insurance application online.
** Read the following Privacy Notice Statement before you access the “Start application” located at the bottom of this page.

Helpful tips for applying for Employment Insurance (EI) benefits online :
** Always apply for EI benefits as soon as you stop working. You can apply for benefits even if you have not yet received your Record of Employment (ROE).
** If you delay filing your claim for benefits for more than four weeks after your last day of work, you may lose benefits.
** If you have questions as you complete the application online, please consult the help instructions of each page of the application.

Start Application :
** You have chosen to complete your application in English.
** You will not be able to change to French once you start your online session.
** If you wish to change language , you must do so before you begin.
** Answers to fields and questions with an asterisk (*) are mandatory
** Only use the buttons provided at the bottom of the screens to navigate through the application.

Type of Employment Insurance Application :
Benefits for employees:
** You can apply for benefits for employees if you worked in insurable employment as an employee, including if you are a fisher.

** These benefits provide temporary financial assistance if you have lost your job (through no fault of your own), if you are sick, pregnant, caring for a newborn or adopted child, caring for a family member who is seriously ill with a significant risk of death or providing care or support to a critically ill child.

Benefits for self-employed people :
** As a self-employed person, you can apply for benefits if you have voluntarily registered into the EI program.

** These benefits provide temporary financial assistance if you are sick, pregnant, caring for a newborn or adopted child, caring for a family member who is seriously ill with a significant risk of death or providing care or support to a critically ill child.

Benefits for self-employed people :
Benefit Type :
Sickness benefits:
** you are unable to work due to illness, injury or quarantine.
** This option also allows you to receive sickness benefits prior to maternity benefits.

Maternity benefits:
** you are pregnant or have recently given birth.
** This option also allows you to receive maternity followed by parental benefits.

Parental benefits :
** you are caring for a newborn or newly adopted child.

Compassionate Care benefits :
** you are caring or supporting a family member who is gravely ill with a significant risk of death within 26 weeks.

Benefits for Parents of Critically III Children:
** you are providing care or support to your critically ill child.

Benefit Type :
Benefits for employees :
Regular benefits :
** you have lost your job (through no fault of your own) and you are available for and able to work, but can’t find a job.

Fishing benefits :
** you are a self-employed person engaged in fishing.

Sickness benefits :
** you are unable to work due to illness, injury or quarantine.
** This option also allows you to receive sickness benefits prior to maternity benefits.

Maternity benefits:
** you are pregnant or have recently given birth.
** This option also allows you to receive maternity followed by parental benefits.

Parental benefits:
** you are caring for a newborn or newly adopted child.

Compassionate Care benefits:
** you are caring or supporting a family member who is gravely ill with a significant risk of death within 26 weeks.

Benefits for Parents of Critically III Children:
** you are providing care or support to your critically ill child.