CA-FEDOfficial-source verified
Federal
Pay period, number of hours, wage rate.
View Federal requirements10 provinces · 3 territories · federal
Canadian pay statement rules.Find your jurisdiction.
Canada does not use one universal employment-standards rule for every workplace. Choose the employee’s governing province, territory, or federal regime to review the statement fields, delivery guidance, retention summary, official sources, and last-verified date.
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All Canadian jurisdiction pages.
Select the jurisdiction that governs the workplace. The federal page is for federally regulated workplaces; it is not the default rule for every Canadian employer.
ABOfficial-source verified
Alberta
Pay period, regular and overtime hours, wage and overtime rates.
View Alberta requirementsBCOfficial-source verified
British Columbia
Employer name/address, hours, wage rate or basis.
View British Columbia requirementsMBOfficial-source verified
Manitoba
Regular wages and hours, overtime wages and hours, deductions with date and reason.
View Manitoba requirementsNBOfficial-source verified
New Brunswick
Dates of the pay period, gross pay, particulars and amount of each deduction.
View New Brunswick requirementsNLOfficial-source verified
Newfoundland and Labrador
Gross wages in Canadian dollars, pay period, rates and hours at each rate.
View Newfoundland and Labrador requirementsNSOfficial-source verified
Nova Scotia
Pay period, number of hours, wage rate.
View Nova Scotia requirementsONOfficial-source verified
Ontario
Pay period, wage rate if any, gross wages.
View Ontario requirementsPEVerified; detail limited
Prince Edward Island
Employer name/address, employee name, pay period or work.
View Prince Edward Island requirementsQCOfficial-source verified
Quebec
Employer name, employee name and occupation, pay date and work period.
View Quebec requirementsSKOfficial-source verified
Saskatchewan
Employee name, pay-period dates, regular, overtime and public-holiday hours.
View Saskatchewan requirementsNTOfficial-source verified
Northwest Territories
Pay period, hours, statutory-holiday hours.
View Northwest Territories requirementsNUVerification in progress
Nunavut
Not published as a 2026 classification pending the current-law amendment sweep.
View Nunavut requirementsYTOfficial-source verified
Yukon
Pay period, hours, wage rate.
View Yukon requirementsResearch reference only, not legal advice. Narrow language is intentional where the source does not support a broader claim.
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Use province or territory of employment and the employer’s regulatory regime—not simply the employee’s home address.
Review the source record
Check required fields, delivery guidance, retention, cited authority, and the visible last-verified date.
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Open the Canada Pay Run, select the correct jurisdiction and enter each employee’s payroll details. Statements come from the calculated run.
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