I had NO idea about this until I recently sharing my stress and worries to a friend about how we would plan our 3rd baby and how we would ever make it work with no EI/mat leave and what I would do with trying to run the daycare with a newborn because I could never afford to just be off without pay....well here is my saving grace and I feel SO much better now!! Did anyone else not know about this?! Perhaps I am behind haha. Haven't read the whole thing yet but you pay into it for 1 year and then are entitled to EI benefits the same as if you were employed. You pay $1.88 on every $100 you make to qualify!


http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/e...ublication.pdf