Service targeted to parents:

• who are legally responsible for the child or children involved in the incident
• who earned at least $5,000 in the previous calendar year, or in the 52 weeks prior to the incident
• who are on leave from employment or only working up to 50 % of your regular work week, up to a maximum of 20 hours per week
• who have a valid social insurance number
• no receiving any type of Employment Insurance benefits
• who have not been charged with committing a probable Criminal Code offence that led to the death or disappearance of the child

The incident must meet the following criteria:

• the child is deceased or missing as a result of a probable Criminal Code offence that occurred on or after September 30, 2018
• the child was under 25 years of age
• in the case of a missing child, the child has been missing for over a week

To access service:

• by phone, request information, forms and help completing applications 
• visit website to apply online
• visit website to download the form, which can be mailed or dropped of at a Service Canada Centre

To complete application, submit the following forms:

• employment form
• incident report form