What percentage of your gross salary does unemployment insurance pay in the province of Quebec?

Question

What percentage of your gross salary does unemployment insurance pay in the province of Quebec?

Answer 1

A full-time employee must have contributed for 12 to 20 weeks (depending on the unemployment rate in the region) within the last 52 weeks or since the start of the last claim, whichever is more recent.

The basic benefit rate is 55% of your average insured earnings up to a yearly maximum insurable amount of $41,100. This means you can receive a maximum payment of $435 per week. Your EI payment is a taxable income, meaning federal and provincial or territorial, if it applies, taxes will be deducted. There is a 2 week waiting period.

Regular benefits can be paid from 14 to a maximum of 45 weeks. The number of weeks of benefits which may be paid are determined at the start date of the benefit period, based on the unemployment rate in your region and the amount of insurable hours you have accumulated in the qualifying period.