Canada employment facts
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These are the 18 statutory values we hold for Canada in Global Employment Facts (Employ Borderless), 8 of them read from a statute or the government that administers it. Each row names the page it came from, the date the figure took effect and the date a person last checked it. They are legal minimums, not what employers in Canada actually offer, and they are what our three published indexes score Canada on.
Robbin Schuchmann
Co-founder, Employ Borderless
What the law requires in Canada
CA| Field | Value | Unit | Tier | Source | Effective | Verified | Caveats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory paid annual leaveannual_leave_days | 10 | working days a year | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-16 | - |
| National public holidayspublic_holidays | 9 | days a year | Extracted | Editorially reviewed secondary research | 2026-01-01 | 2026-06-11 | public holidays set regionally, not nationally |
| Statutory notice periodnotice_weeks | 5 | weeks | Official | World Bank Employing Workers | 2019-05-01 | 2026-06-22 | - |
| Statutory severanceseverance_weeks | 5 | weeks | Official | World Bank Employing Workers | 2019-05-01 | 2026-06-22 | - |
| Employer social contributionsemployer_ssc_rate | 9.6 | % of gross pay | Official | OECD | 2025-01-01 | 2026-09-13 | - |
| Employee social contributionsemployee_ssc_rate | 6.77 | % of gross pay | Official | OECD | 2025-01-01 | 2026-09-13 | - |
| Statutory minimum wagemin_wage_monthly | CAD 2,884 | a month | Official | ilostat | 2024-01-01 | 2026-09-01 | - |
| Income tax bracketsincome_tax_brackets | 1 band | - | Official | OECD | 2025-01-01 | 2026-09-13 | - |
| Top personal income tax ratepersonal_income_tax_top_rate | 33 | % | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | - |
| Corporate tax ratecorporate_tax_rate | 15 | % | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | - |
| Standard VAT ratevat_rate | 5 | % | Secondary | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries | 2026-06-12 | 2026-08-03 | - |
| Statutory maternity leavematernity_leave_weeks | 17 | weeks | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | federal jurisdiction only |
| Statutory paternity leavepaternity_leave_weeks | 0 | weeks | Extracted | Editorially reviewed secondary research | 2026-01-01 | 2026-06-11 | - |
| Statutory parental leaveparental_leave_weeks | 63 | weeks | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | federal jurisdiction only |
| Maximum probation periodprobation_months | 3 | months | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | federal jurisdiction only |
| Statutory weekly hoursavg_weekly_hours | 40 | hours a week | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | federal jurisdiction only |
| Overtime premiumovertime_premium_pct | 50 | % above base pay | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | federal jurisdiction only |
| State pension ageretirement_age | 65 | years | Official | OECD Pensions at a Glance | 2024-01-01 | 2026-06-23 | - |
Where a field is missing from this table, we hold no sourced value for Canada and publish the gap rather than filling it. Where a statute and a compilation disagree, the statute wins.
Source tiers on this page: Statute is statute or government source · Extracted is machine-extracted, editorially reviewed · Official is official multilateral compilation · Secondary is secondary compiler.
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For what these rules mean in practice, who can employ under them and what hiring there actually costs, read our guide to hiring in Canada.
Schuchmann, R. (2026). Global Employment Facts (Employ Borderless) [Data set]. Employ Borderless. https://employborderless.com/hiring-intelligence/global-employment-facts/
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