Editorial and corrections policy

An EI estimate is often the number someone uses to plan rent and groceries for the next few months after a layoff. Six commitments follow from that, and this page states each one so that you can hold us to it.

1. A named publisher answers for every page

Radif Partners researches the rules, writes the English and French guides and maintains the calculation engine. Any question about a figure or a text can be sent to contact@myeicanada.com.

2. Federal sources, not second-hand summaries

Rates, thresholds and the weeks table come from the Employment Insurance Act and its regulations, from the Canada Employment Insurance Commission for premiums and maximum insurable earnings, from Service Canada’s pages on benefit amounts, and from the Canada Revenue Agency where tax or premium remittance is concerned. The regional unemployment rates behind the 62 economic regions are those Service Canada publishes for each rate period, derived from Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey. Figures repeated by other calculators or by the press are used only as leads to check against those texts.

3. Data you can trace

The national parameters file records the year, the dates it is valid for, the day it was read and the address of each source page. The regional file keeps the Service Canada table address, its download date and the period it covers, currently October 11, 2026 to November 7, 2026. The methodology shows how both feed the calculation.

4. Tested arithmetic

The engine has an automated test suite. Among other checks, it compares the minimum and maximum weeks obtained from Schedule I with the figures Service Canada publishes for every region, and checks the hours required and the number of best weeks across the unemployment rate bands.

5. A known refresh rhythm

The regional table is downloaded again for each new rate period. The yearly parameters, which usually change on January 1, and everything else are reread in full at least every 12 months, and earlier when the government announces a change such as a temporary measure. The update date on each page shows when its content was last revised.

6. Corrections in the open

When a reader reports a discrepancy, we check it against the source. If we were wrong, the value or the code is fixed, a test covering the case is added and the page date moves. A result that was significantly off gets a visible note explaining the change; pages are not deleted to bury an error.

Funding and conflicts of interest

Using the site is free. Advertising spaces may appear on some pages, never above the calculator, and they have no influence on any figure or ranking. We do not pass readers on to lenders, paid claim services or law firms, and nobody pays to be mentioned. A link with an organisation named on the site would be disclosed where it is named.

What an estimate cannot do

Only Service Canada decides whether you qualify and how much you receive; the calculator applies the general rules to the figures you give it and is not professional advice. Its blind spots are listed in the methodology.

Policy dated 2026-10-01.