Benefits

Below you can find tables summarizing Benefits at each Workers’ Compensation Board / Commission in Canada.

Workers’ Compensation – Temporary Total Disability Compensation
Workers’ Compensation – Temporary Total Disability Compensation

This comparative table outlines the treatment of temporary total compensation disability in each workers’ compensation boards/commission in Canada. | Last updated February 12, 2021
Key Benefits Information
Key Benefits Information

This table identifies some of the key benefits information for the current year, including: maximum compensation earnings; percentage of earnings benefits are based on; whether there is a waiting period; whether employer is required to pay worker for day of injury and/or period after injury. | Last updated January 17, 2024
Waiting Periods
Waiting Periods - Summary

This table describes the waiting periods in each jurisdiction. The waiting period is the amount of time or the amount of remuneration that a worker is not compensated for following an injury. | Last Updated May 7, 2021
Temporary Disability Benefits – Wage Loss Benefits
Employment Earnings Considered When Establishing the Compensation Rate

This table describes the worker’s earnings that are taken into account when determining the amount of wage-loss compensation a worker receives. | Last updated January 17, 2024
Permanent Disability Awards
Permanent Disability Awards

This table identifies permanent disability benefits available at each WCB. These are benefits workers may receive if they are found to have a permanent impairment due to a work injury. This table also includes information on lump sum payments and maximum and minimum monthly payments. | Last updated January 17, 2024
Dependency Benefits and Fatalities
Dependency Benefits and Fatalities

These tables describe benefits for dependants of fatally injured workers and identify benefits related to workplace fatalities such as immediate lump sum payments, funeral costs; transportation of body and lump sums payable on remarriage. | Last updated January 17, 2024
Healthcare Service Providers Fees
Healthcare Service Providers - Policy, Report Fees and Treatment Fees

These tables give healthcare service providers' treatment and report fees for: acupuncture; audiologist; chiropractor; dentist; dietitian/nutritionist; hospitals; massage therapy; naturopathy; nurses/nursing; occupational therapy; optometry; physician; physical therapy/physiotherapy; podiatry; prosthetics/orthotics; psychologist; specialist and speech pathologist. | Last updated February 28, 2022
Payment of Compensation Benefits
Types of Compensation (Payment of compensation benefits)

These tables are quick jurisdictional comparisons of types of compensation payments including: wage or earnings loss, functional impairment, annuities and supplemental benefits. | Last updated January 17, 2024