United States
Bahamas
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
Antigua & Barbuda
Barbados
Anguilla
HR & Payroll for Canada
Canadian HR and payroll software. One employee record.
Canadian-owned and operated. Connect HR, payroll, timekeeping and talent on one employee record, with implementation and ongoing support included.
Best fit: Canadian employers with 50 to 5,000 employees.
25+ years in production.
Hosted in Canada on AWS.
Built for CRA · Service Canada.
Deposit files for Canadian banks.
$4 CAD per employee / month / suite.
Workzoom is Canadian HR and payroll software for employers with 50 to 5,000 employees. Canadian-owned, it connects HR, Workforce, Payroll and Talent on one employee record, supports Canadian payroll and offers Canadian data residency. HR is the required foundation; additional suites are $4 CAD per employee per month each. Implementation, migration, training and support are included. Monthly minimums apply.
Read the full answer
The Payroll Suite calculates CPP, EI and federal and provincial taxes, and prepares T4 and ROE files for your team to submit. County of Renfrew brought on 32 hires in three months without adding HR headcount. Northern Sunrise County completed its payroll implementation in under three months. Workzoom is 100% Canadian-owned, with Canadian data residency and implementation included.
Statutory rates verified May 14, 2026 against the issuing authority.
Our clients
Live on Workzoom across Canada. HR and payroll.
The platform
Four suites. Built for Canadian employers.
One employee record. Every Canadian province.
Centralize HR for 50 to 5,000 employees across all 13 provinces and territories. Digital files, position-based org structure, bilingual English and French self-service, and Canadian data residency. Built and supported in Toronto since 2000.
- Centralized employee records with document storage
- Organizational charts and reporting hierarchies
- Bilingual interface (English and French)
- Complete audit trail for compliance documentation
Multi-province visibility. Head office in Toronto, operations in Calgary, teams across the country. See your entire workforce from one dashboard regardless of province.
Schedules, time, and leave with provincial labour rules built in.
Real-time attendance visibility across every shift and department. Provincial labour standards and overtime calculations run on every entry. Web, mobile, and biometric time options for multi-location operations from 50 to 5,000 employees.
- Scheduling with shift coverage and availability tracking
- Time clocking via web, mobile, or biometric devices
- Leave management with provincial entitlements
- Overtime visibility before it impacts payroll
Provincial leave rules. Alberta handles statutory holidays differently than Ontario. Quebec has distinct parental leave rules. Workzoom applies the correct provincial entitlements automatically.
Canadian payroll on the same employee record.
Calculate CPP, EI and federal and provincial taxes from the employee and compensation data already in Workzoom. Prepare T4 slips and ROE files for your team to validate and submit.
- CPP and CPP2 contributions calculated automatically
- EI premiums at current rates for every pay run
- T4 slip generation, ready to file with the CRA
- ROEs prepared for electronic submission to Service Canada
Payroll live in under 3 months. Northern Sunrise County completed its payroll implementation in under three months. A named customer example of the move from configuration to the first live payroll.
Performance, learning, and succession on the same record.
Track certifications, run performance reviews, and plan succession on the same employee record that drives payroll. One platform for every workforce decision, hire to retire.
- Training records linked to employee profiles
- Certification tracking with expiry alerts
- Performance reviews with goal alignment
- Succession planning and talent assessment
A Canadian hiring result. County of Renfrew brought on 32 new hires in three months without adding HR headcount, using its digital onboarding process.
Inside the platform
What Canadian employers run on Workzoom.
Employee self-service, admin dashboards, timesheets, and reports.
Admin Dashboard
Joiners, terminations, movers and leaves at a glance, with the Workforce, Payroll and Talent suites on one home screen.
Organization Chart
The chart maps positions, not people. When someone leaves, the role stays in place along with the certifications and compliance requirements attached to it. Reorganizations stop being chaos.
Timekeeping
Employees clock in from the web, their phone, or a biometric device. Hours flow straight into payroll with overtime already calculated, so the pay run runs without surprises.
Leave Management
Requests come in from a phone, managers approve in a tap, and balances update everywhere at once.
Payroll Financial Reports
Bank transmissions and pay disbursements by department sit in one financial view, built for the way finance teams actually audit.
Benefits Administration
The moment someone enrolls, deductions are already wired into payroll.
Results
Real results from Canadian organizations
Workzoom powers HR and payroll for municipalities, healthcare providers, and mid-market employers across Canada.
County of Renfrew brought on 32 new hires in three months without adding HR headcount. Read the published onboarding story.
Read the full story
Complete HR, Workforce, Payroll, and Talent deployment for an Indigenous government organization.
Read the full story
Silvera for Seniors connects people operations across 36 Calgary buildings. Read the customer story for its move from disconnected systems.
Read the full storyCanadian to the core
Canadian ownership. Canadian data residency.
Workzoom is 100% Canadian-owned and operated by Nortek Solutions Inc., with its operating headquarters in Toronto. Connect Canadian payroll and HR, and choose Canadian data residency on AWS in Montreal.
100% Canadian-owned
Operated by Nortek Solutions Inc., founded in 2000, with its operating headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Canadian payroll on the same record
CPP, EI and federal and provincial taxes are calculated in the Payroll Suite. T4 and ROE files are prepared for your team to submit.
Canadian data residency
Canadian hosting on AWS in Montreal keeps employee data stored in Canada. Role-based access controls govern who can see and update records.
The same team after go-live
The same team that implements Workzoom answers your questions after go-live. Support is included at every tier with no time limit.
Which Canadian banks does Workzoom support for direct deposit?
Workzoom generates your payroll bank file, with the format confirmed and configured during implementation. Your team reviews the pay run and uploads the file to your own bank. The bank processes the payment; Workzoom does not hold or move payroll funds.
- RBC Royal Bank
- TD Canada Trust
- Bank of Nova Scotia
- BMO
- CIBC
- National Bank of Canada
- Desjardins
Have a bank not listed here, or one with custom file requirements? Tell us your bank and we will confirm the setup before your first pay run.
Resources
Everything for Canada in one place.
Compliance deep-dives, free calculators, and per-industry guides for Canadian HR and payroll teams.
Calculator preview · Canada
Payroll calculators →
Free statutory calculators, no signup.
Compare Workzoom →
Explore the alternatives in Canada.
See Workzoom in 30 minutes.
Real product, real questions, no slides. Starts at $4 per employee per month, CAD or USD, with $0 setup fees.
Implementation
Canada go-lives.Most in four to twelve weeks.
Most teams go live in four to twelve weeks. Larger or more complex rollouts, think 500-plus employees, multiple entities or pay groups, or a full payroll migration, typically run twelve to thirty-six weeks. Payroll goes live first, then HR, scheduling, and talent phase in behind it.
Discovery and kickoff
We map your payroll, time, and HR workflows, import employees, and lock tax setup and pay groups. Clean, exportable data here is the single biggest accelerator.
Configure
Earnings, deductions, leave policies, schedules, and compliance alerts built into your tenant. We verify every calculation with your team.
Parallel run
Live payroll runs side by side with your current system. One or two pay cycles reconciled. Gaps fixed before cutover, not after.
Payroll live
First production pay run on Workzoom. Employee self-service opens. HR, scheduling, and talent modules phase in over the following quarters.
Do
- Define your org structure clearly, the clearer the faster
- Hand over a clean Excel export of all employee records
- Decide how you want your workflows to look
- Order your time clocks at kickoff so they ship in time
- Attend the working sessions you schedule
- Use Workzoom between sessions, not only in meetings
Don't
- Turnover on your project team mid-implementation
- Key people on vacation during setup
- Employee data stuck in a legacy system or on paper
- Leaving your org structure or workflows undefined
Between sessions, your implementation specialist builds your setup from what each meeting decides, so the more your team defines up front, the faster you go live.
How it works
What running payroll in Canada actually requires
13 provinces and territories, CPP2 changes, EI rate updates, and ROE submission requirements make specific demands of the system behind the payroll run.
Single database. No sync required.
HR, Workforce, Payroll, and Talent share one employee record. When a rate changes in HR, payroll reads it immediately. No sync job between modules, no reconciliation step.
13 provincial tax tables, maintained automatically.
Federal and provincial income tax is calculated across all provinces and territories. Tax tables update when CRA publishes changes. No manual table entry.
CPP, CPP2, and EI at current rates.
CPP at 5.95% on pensionable earnings to the $74,600 YMPE, CPP2 at 4% between the YMPE and the $85,000 YAMPE, and EI at 1.63% on insurable earnings to the $68,900 maximum. All rates update automatically when CRA publishes changes.
Data hosted in Canada, governed by Canadian law.
Canadian client data is hosted on AWS infrastructure in Canada and stays resident in Canada, with no routine cross-border data transfers for Canadian clients.
Statutory rates 2026
Statutory payroll rates for Canada
Current employee and employer contribution rates, ceilings, and thresholds set by the issuing authority. Workzoom configures and maintains these rates in the platform, reviewed quarterly and on every statutory change, so payroll runs use the current values.
| Contribution | Rate | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPP employee contribution rate | 5.95% | CRA | YMP: $74,600 · YAMPE: $85,000 |
| CPP2 second-tier contribution rate | 4% | CRA | YAMPE: $85,000 |
| EI employee premium rate | 1.63% | CRA | MIE: $68,900 |
| EI employee premium rate (Quebec) | 1.30% | CRA | |
| QPP employee contribution rate (Quebec) | 6.30% | Revenu Québec | |
| QPIP employee premium rate (Quebec) | 0.430% | Revenu Québec | MIE: $103,000 |
Verified May 20, 2026 against the issuing authority for each line. Rates change. If you spot a discrepancy, contact us and we will update within one business day.
Compliance
How does Workzoom handle Canada payroll compliance?
Workzoom stays current with Canada's payroll, tax, and employment regulations so you don't have to.
The filing boundary
What does Canadian HR and payroll software prepare for filing?
Canadian payroll runs on filings with named agencies. Workzoom prepares each one in the format the agency accepts; your team reviews it and submits it. Workzoom never files with the government or moves money on your behalf.
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Workzoom generates T4 slips and the CRA electronic-filing file ahead of the February 28 deadline, and prepares source-deduction remittance amounts on the cadence assigned to your account. Your team submits the filing and the remittance to the CRA.
Service Canada
Workzoom generates Records of Employment electronically in Service Canada's format when earnings are interrupted, with the reason code, last day worked, and insurable earnings recorded. Your team submits the ROE to Service Canada.
Your bank
Workzoom generates the direct-deposit file in the Payments Canada EFT standard (CPA Standard 005). You upload it to your own bank, and net pay moves from your account to your employees' accounts. Workzoom never holds, pools, or impounds funds.
Provincial agencies
Workers' compensation premiums for WSIB, WorkSafeBC, CNESST, and the provincial WCBs, plus employer health taxes where they apply, are calculated on each pay run and prepared for your team to remit to the provincial agency.
From the blog
Field notes.For Canadian HR and payroll.
Compliance guides, workforce insights, and practical advice written for Canadian employers.
How to Choose HR Software: 9 Things to Check Before You Buy
How to choose HR software: 9 things to check before you sign, from published pricing to who owns your data if you leave.
Read article →
Best Canadian Payroll Software 2026: 12 Vendors Compared
Best Canadian payroll software for 2026: 12 vendors sorted into 3 size segments, with ownership, hosting, and pricing sourced from each...
Read article →
Best HR Software in Canada for 2026: An Honest Guide From a Vendor Who Competes Against All of Them
Honest comparison of the 8 best HR software platforms for Canadian businesses in 2026. Updated March 2026 with pricing, CPP2 readiness, and...
Read article →
Canadian Payroll Software: What Actually Makes It Canadian (And Why That Matters)
Most "Canadian payroll software" isn't Canadian-owned. Here's what that means for your data, your compliance, and your employees' SINs. An...
Read article →Get started
See it run on your own Canadian payroll.
Bring a new-hire checklist, a pay change and your current software costs. See the connected workflow, confirm Canadian payroll requirements and leave with the scope to compare.
Start with HR, then add Workforce, Payroll or Talent. Monthly minimums apply. See pricing for your team.
FAQ
Questions about Canada
Specifics on running HR and payroll in Canada with Workzoom.