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Chart II-Coverage of Laws, cont.
Employment1 Covered
Jurisdiction

Private

Public

Exceptions2, 3

Special Coverage Provisions

Newfoundland and
Labrador

Compulsory as to all employment,
except as excluded by regulation.

All provincial and federal
employees are covered.

Employment by a person in construction
or renovation of a private residence that
is or shall be used as a private residence
of that person, employment by a person,
employment by a person in a function in
a private residence of that person, and
professional sports competitors.

WorkplaceNL may accept excluded
employer or worker.

Northwest
Territories
and
Nunavut

Compulsory as to all employment.
Elective as to self-employed persons.

Compulsory as to all territorial
and municipal employment.

Nova
Scotia

Compulsory as to employment listed
in regulations. Employers of two
or fewer exempt, including active
corporate executives. Employer may
elect coverage for self.

Firefighters and police are
excluded from mandatory
coverage but may apply for
voluntary coverage.

Casual laborers (when they are employed
other than for the purpose of the employer's
trade or business), outworkers, servants,
farm laborers, educational institutions,
persons in medical work and dental surgery,
veterinarians, athletes, barbers, taxicab
drivers, florists, horticultural employment,
and entertainers.

Voluntary as to excepted
employments. Board may include or
exclude any industry or set numerical
exemption by regulation.

Ontario

Compulsory as to all employment
listed in Schedules 1 and 2. Elective
as to independent operators, sole
proprietors, partners, and executive
officers who do not work in the
construction industry. Compulsory
for most independent operators, sole
proprietors, partners, and executive
officers in the construction industry
(with certain exemptions).

Compulsory as to all provincial
and municipal employment, as
well as related agencies, boards,
and commissions.

Exceptions include casual workers,
outworkers, and most volunteer workers.

Voluntary as to unenumerated and
excepted employment with some
exceptions. Special provisions exist
regarding unpaid training participants
and voluntary emergency workers.

Prince
Edward
Island

Compulsory as to all employment
except as excluded by regulation.

Compulsory except for elected
officials of a city, town, or
municipality.

Outworkers; artists; entertainers; volunteer
workers; taxi drivers; fishing; performers;
circus operations; traveling shows; trade
shows; clergy; demonstrators or exhibitors;
persons employed in a private residence;
newspaper and other publications' delivery
persons; sports professionals, players,
instructors, and coaches; peddlers or doorto-door salespersons; and salespersons
not restricted to selling goods for one
manufacturer or supplier. Selling or similar
canvassing on streets; elected officials of
a city, town, or municipality; and president,
vice president, directors, and other officials
of a company (except where the occupation
is carried on as part of an industry to which
the Workers' Compensation Act applies).

Voluntary as to excepted employment.
The board may include any excepted
employer or worker, a director or
officer of a corporation, and an
independent operator. Volunteers
excluded by regulations except
volunteer firefighters.

Québec

Compulsory as to all employment.

Compulsory as to all provincial
and municipal employment.

Domestics,25 sole proprietors, family-type
resource, intermediate resource and
corporate officers covered upon request.
Persons who play sports as main source of
income specifically excluded.

Voluntary as to unenumerated
independent operators and excepted
employment.

Saskatchewan

Compulsory as to all employment
unless specifically excluded by
legislation.

Compulsory as to all provincial
and municipal employment.
Municipalities and corporations
may elect coverage of mayor and
members of governing bodies.

Over 30 specific industries and occupations
excluded, including farm and ranch
laborers, professional sports players, and
school teachers.

Voluntary as to excepted industries.
Lieutenant Governor-in-Council may
exclude any industry, employer, or
worker.

Volunteer employees may on
application be deemed workers.
Coverage exists for harvesters of
country foods in the two territories.
Cost of coverage is provided by the
governments of the territories while
administration of the program is done
by the commission.

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