Please Note: Services may be impacted in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
- Description
- Compensates eligible workers for unpaid wages, vacation, severance and termination pay they are owed when their employer declares bankruptcy or becomes subject to a receivership under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
- Provides a maximum compensation payment of the equivalent of four weeks of insurable Employment Insurance (EI) earnings, minus amounts prescribed by regulations
- Delivered by Service Canada on behalf of the Labour Program
- Eligibility
- Individuals whose employment has ended, whose former employer has filed for bankruptcy or is subject to a receivership, and who are owed wages, vacation pay, termination or severance pay
- Must have a valid Social Insurance Number (SIN)
- Individuals whose employment has ended, whose former employer has filed for bankruptcy or is subject to a receivership, and who are owed wages, vacation pay, termination or severance pay
- Application Process
- Apply to this program only after a copy of the information from the trustee or receiver appointed in the employer's bankruptcy/receivership has been received
- Submit a proof of claim to the trustee/receiver
- Apply online or obtain a paper application from the Service Canada Centre
- the date of bankruptcy/receivership;
- the date that employment ended due to termination, resignation, retirement or expiry of term; or
- the date on which the receiver terminated employment
- Office
- 1-866-683-6516 - Mon-Fri 7 am-8 pm
- TTY
- 1-800-926-9105 - Mon-Fri 7 am-8 pm
- Web Site
- https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/wage-earner-protection.html
- Fees
- None
- Documents Required
- Valid Social Insurance Number (SIN) required
- Accessibility
- Fully Accessible
- Agency Information
- View Agency Profile
- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- March 5, 2023
- Address
- 721 Centre St, Suite 2
Espanola, ON, P5E 1T3
Service Canada Centre located in Suite 2 of 721 Centre Street at Algoma Street in Espanola
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon0830 to 1600Tue0830 to 1600Wed0830 to 1600Thu0830 to 1600Fri0830 to 1600
Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4 pm - Service Area(s)
- Espanola
- Sudbury District
