Deductions
What does deduction mean?
What is taken off your earnings.
rate of pay
This is how much you are paid an hour.
EI?
Employment insurance
What is gross pay?
This is your earnings before EI,CPP and taxes are taken off.
Who pays into EI?
You and your boss.
Net pay?
This is your pay after CPP,EI and taxes are taken off.
CPP?
Canadian Pension plan
Jan 10- Jan 24 2026
Pay period
What does the goverment do with the taxes they tax off? Provincial and federal EI and CPP is not a tax.
Schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, WBP and so much more.
What does year to date mean?
How much you have made gross pay as well as how much has been deducted from you pay for the year.
For example pay in april will show 4 months worth.