Additional weeks may not applied to single Parental claimant. If the mother wishes to collect 35 or 61 weeks all on her own, the father may then be qualified for the additional 5 or 8 weeks of Parental benefits under the new rule.

Standard parental benefits are paid at a weekly benefit rate of 55% of your average weekly insurable earnings, up to a maximum amount. This means that you can receive a maximum amount of $562 per week for up to 35 weeks.

Effective March 17th, 2019, parents who shares the standard parental benefits will be eligible to obtain an additional of 5 extra weeks of benefits. If no sharing of benefits exist, individual parent may not receiving additional weeks.

You may collect the standard parental benefits within 52 weeks of child’s birth or adoptive arrival week.

Extended parental benefits are paid at a weekly benefit rate of 33% of your average weekly insurable earnings, up to a maximum amount. For 2018, this means that you can receive a maximum amount of $337 per week for up to 61 weeks. (The amount of $328 can be increased if you are eligible to receive the Family Supplement).

Effective March 17th, 2019, parents who shares the extended parental benefits will be eligible to obtain an additional of 8 extra weeks of benefits. If no sharing of benefits exist, individual parent may not receiving additional weeks.

You may collect the extended parental benefits within 78 weeks of child’s birth or adoptive arrival week. If specific conditions are met, the parental benefits period may be extended to allow the claimant more time to collect weeks of entitlement.

This additional weeks applies to Parental benefits claimants across all regions of Canada except claimants who are entitled to Quebec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP)

No extra weeks of parental benefits are available to parents of children born or placed for the purpose of adoption before March 17, 2019

The maximum number of entitlement weeks for each claimant remains at 35 weeks for standard parental benefits and 61 weeks for the extended parental benefits.