Income Security (Legal Information for Indigenous People)

Employment Insurance

The EI Application is online and takes about 40 minutes. As a general rule, apply within 4 weeks of stopping work https://www.canada.ca/en/ services/benefits/ei/ei-regular-benefit/apply.html

Regular Benefits

• Eligible if you lise work through no fault of your own (shortage of work, laid off, etc.) and
• You have the required amount of hours in the last 52 weeks (a minimum of 420 hours) but changes back to pre-Covid rules September 24, 2022

Sickness Benefits

• Eligible if unable to work for medical reasons
• Have enough hours
• Medical note

Maternity

• Eligible when pregnant or caring for newborn
• Have enough hours

Caregiver Benefits

• Providing care for critically ill or injured family member
• Have enough hours
• Medical note

Parental Benefits

• Eligible when parents are away from work to care for their newborn or newly adopted child
• Have enough hours

Fishing EI

• Have made the required earnings $2500 from fishing
• Apply within four weeks from end of fishing

Compassionate Care Benefits

• Providing care for family member in need of end-of- life care
• Have enough hours
• Medical note

A person who is younger than the legal age of majority, 19 in British Columbia. See "age of majority."