Canada’s Standard Employment Insurance Rates Unchanged for 2022

Canada’s standard Employment Insurance (EI) tax rates are to remain unchanged at 1.58% for employees and 2.212% for employers in 2022, the country’s Employment Insurance Commission said Sept. 14 in a news release.

The EI tax rate for employers is 1.4 times the applicable EI tax rate assessed on employees.

2022 will be the third consecutive year the standard EI tax rate has remained the same, the commission said.

Employees who are residents of Québec receive an EI tax reduction in comparison to the standard rate because the province provides maternity, parental, and adoption benefits under the Québec Parental ...