Quick Guide to Canadian Maternity Leave

Thank you for your interest in my quick (and completely non-authoritative, but totally fun) guide to maternity leave in Canada! It’s a very pretty PDF, complete with pictures and lovely graphics and my own personal sense of style. And it is all updated for 2010! I am really rather proud of it.

Not sure if it’s the guide for you? Here is what the guide offers:

  • It explains how maternity and parental leave work in Canada.
  • It outlines who qualifies for maternity and parental benefits, and who doesn’t.
  • It includes a flow chart and links to help you plan your leave.
  • It explains when and how to apply for EI.
  • It incorporates the phrase ‘show me the money’, which really never gets old.
  • It includes some fun facts about maternity and parental leave.

    • And if that’s not enough, my guide has press! You can ready my interview with the amazing Ann Douglas where we talk about the guide and why I wrote it at The Quick Guide to Maternity Leave – and the Mom Who Wrote It. You can also see it profiled on the fabulous maternity resource yoyobelly in By Your Leave or at the Invest in Kids Prenatal Corner in Guide to Maternity Leave in Canada.

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