Let's Talk About LEAVES
At a Glance Chart – Maternity and Parental Leave
Please review this chart together with our discussion on this topic posted here: Let's Talk About Leaves - Part I. Maternity and Parental. Please note this chart only outlines the basic entitlements. Further entitlements or exceptions may apply depending on your circumstances.
Province to province comparison on maternity and parental leaves across Canada:
| Length of continuous employment to be eligible | Maternity/Pregnancy /Adoptive Leave | Parental/Child Care Leave | ||
| Earliest start before due date | Length of leave | Length of leave | ||
| Alberta | 90 days | 13 weeks | 16 weeks | 62 weeks |
| British Columbia | N/A | 13 weeks | 17 weeks | 61 weeks for the employee who took maternity leave; 62 weeks for other parents |
| Manitoba | 7 months | 17 weeks | 17 weeks | 63 weeks |
| New Brunswick | N/A | 13 weeks | 17 weeks | 62 weeks; with the amount of combined maternity leave and childcare leave capped at 78 weeks |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 20 weeks | 17 weeks | 17 weeks | 61 weeks |
| Northwest Territories | 12 months | 17 weeks | 17 weeks | 61 weeks |
| Nova Scotia | N/A | 16 weeks | 16 weeks | 61 weeks for the employee who took pregnancy leave; 77 weeks for other parents |
| Nunavut | 12 months | 17 weeks | 17 weeks | 37 weeks; with the combined amount of pregnancy and parental leave capped at 52 weeks |
| Ontario | 13 weeks before the due date for pregnancy leave; 13 weeks before commencing parental leave | 17 weeks | 17 weeks | 61 weeks for the employee who took pregnancy leave; 63 weeks for other parents |
| Prince Edward Island | 20 weeks | 13 weeks | 17 weeks | 62 weeks; with the combined amount of maternity and parental leave capped at 78 weeks |
| Quebec | N/A | 16 weeks for maternity leave; the week of the child's birth for paternity leave | 18 weeks for maternity leave; 5 weeks for paternity leave | 65 weeks |
| Saskatchewan | 13 weeks | 13 weeks | 19 weeks | 59 weeks for the employee who took maternity or adoption leave; 71 weeks for other parents |
| Yukon | 12 months | N/A | 17 weeks | 63 weeks |
