Canadian Pay Stubs: Provinces, T4s, and CRA Compliance
Pay stub guides for all 13 Canadian provinces and territories, with CPP, EI, QPIP, and provincial tax handled.
Canadian payroll runs on CRA rules plus each province's employment standards. These articles are written for small employers: federal CRA requirements, the per-province differences in income tax, CPP/QPP and vacation pay, when a paycheque stub generator is enough, how pay stubs reconcile to year-end T4s, and how to read stubs from the dominant Canadian payroll providers (Ceridian, Wagepoint, Payworks). Quebec gets its own treatment because of QPP, QPIP, and Revenu Québec. When February comes, the T4 and T4A generators below produce the slips from the same figures.
Articles and tools in this topic
Canadian Pay Stub Requirements for 2026
What provincial employment standards usually require on Canadian pay statements, how CPP, EI, QPP, and QPIP appear, and what's optional but standard.
Vacation Pay on Canadian Pay Stubs: 4% or 6%, Paid Out or Banked
Minimum vacation pay by province, what wages it applies to, and how to show it on the statement whether it is paid each cheque or accrued.
Pay Stub Generator vs Payroll Software in Canada
What Wagepoint, Wave, and PaymentEvolution cost in 2026, what they file that a generator doesn't, and which fits an owner-manager or household employer.
Record of Employment (ROE): A Guide for Employers
Interruption of earnings, five-day deadlines, Block 15 lookbacks, Block 16 codes, Block 17 vacation pay, and what to check before you submit.
Canadian Pay Stub vs T4: How They Connect at Year-End
How YTD figures on your December stub map to T4 boxes 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, and 44 — and what to do if they don't match.
CPP, EI, and QPIP Maximums for 2026
2026 CRA contribution rates and ceilings — YMPE, YAMPE, EI MIE, and Quebec's QPIP — plus when each maxes out mid-year.
Reading Canadian Pay Stubs from Ceridian, Wagepoint, and Payworks
Field-by-field guide to the three dominant Canadian payroll providers' pay stub layouts.
Canadian pay stubs landing
Paystub Pilot's Canadian generator for all 13 provinces and territories, with federal and provincial tax from the CRA tables.
How to Fill Out a T4 Slip, Box by Box (2026)
Employer-side guide to every T4 box, the 2026 CPP, CPP2 and EI ceilings, box 45 dental codes, and the March 1, 2027 deadline.
T4 vs T4A: Which Slip to Issue
Employees get a T4, contractors a T4A with box 048 over $500. Who gets which, the GST rule, and the CRA's box 048 policy.
T4 other information codes
Codes 30 through 87 and the box 29 employment codes, with which amounts sit inside box 14 and which do not.
T4 slip generator
Employee copies of the T4 for 2025 or 2026, with CPP, CPP2, EI and dental-benefit boxes checked against CRA ceilings, and the RL-1 figures shown for Quebec.
T4A slip generator
Recipient copies of the T4A for contractors paid fees for services (box 048), commissions, pension and lump-sum income.
Ontario pay stub generator
Province-specific Ontario pay stub generator with Ontario provincial tax brackets.
Quebec pay stub generator
Quebec-specific generator with QPP, QPIP, and Revenu Québec provincial tax handling.
British Columbia pay stub generator
BC-specific generator with provincial tax brackets and CPP/EI calculations.
Alberta pay stub generator
Alberta-specific generator with the province's flat-rate-skewed income tax structure.
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