Some, but it’s limited, and it isn’t built to replace your income:
- EI sickness benefits pay just over half your earnings, up to a weekly maximum, for up to 26 weeks, if you’ve worked enough insured hours. Self-employed people are covered only if they registered for EI special benefits at least 12 months before claiming.
- The CPP disability benefit is only for a long-term condition that stops you working at any job on a regular basis, and only if you contributed in enough recent years.
- The Canada Disability Benefit and provincial disability programs are for people with low incomes.
Most workplace disability plans also subtract CPP disability from what they pay.