Performance
Cascade company goals to every department and employee, and build 9-Box talent grids from performance and potential ratings on a configurable competency library.
Workzoom Talent helps Canadian employers with 50 to 5,000 employees connect performance reviews, learning, career plans and succession on one employee record. Managers can set goals and complete reviews, while administrators map competencies, plan development and record successors against positions using the same employee information.
Workzoom Talent connects performance, learning, career planning and succession on one Canadian employee record. Managers can set goals and complete reviews; administrators can map competencies, plan development and record successors against positions. County of Renfrew runs performance reviews and goal tracking in the same platform.
Our clients
Real product screens from the performance, learning, career planning and succession tools running behind County of Renfrew's talent program.
Performance
Learning
Career planning
Compliance gets the headlines. The architecture is why it actually works on every pay run.
Reviews and ratings live on the same employee record an administrator uses for compensation requests, development plans and succession, so a review is a documented input to those decisions.
Standardized competency frameworks and structured assessment templates keep every manager evaluating against the same criteria for the same position.
Succession plans are built against a position, so the plan for a critical role stays in place when the person who holds it changes.
Every requirement below is handled by the platform on every pay run, not configured per-customer.
Succession plans are recorded against a position rather than the person who holds it, so the plan for a critical municipal or nonprofit role stays in place when the incumbent changes. Plans are created and maintained by an administrator, not generated automatically.
An administrator assigns a readiness level to each potential successor and can compare their recorded skills and certifications against the target job profile, so the bench for a role approaching retirement is visible in one place.
A configurable competency library maps to roles, so every manager evaluates against the same criteria for the same position. 9-Box talent grids build from performance and potential ratings recorded on that framework.
Career pathing records the originating role and the roles it can lead to, building on the positions already defined in the organization module, with development plans recorded on the employee profile an administrator manages.
Proof
A Workzoom customer running this suite in Canada today.
The story
The story
A municipality or nonprofit with a wave of retirements ahead needs named successors against its critical roles, not a plan that lives in one manager's head. Workzoom records succession plans against the position, so the plan for a critical role stays in place when the person holding it changes.
An administrator assigns one or more potential successors to each plan and sets a readiness level, so the bench for a role is visible in one place rather than a private spreadsheet. The comparison against a target job profile's recorded skills and certifications is one an administrator runs, not an automatic score. Ask any talent management software vendor to show what happens to the plan when an incumbent moves.
The story
A configurable competency library maps to roles, so every manager evaluates against the same criteria for the same position rather than an inconsistent, subjective standard. 9-Box talent grids build from performance and potential ratings recorded on that framework.
County of Renfrew, Ontario's largest county, runs performance tracking and goal cascading on the same platform that brought on 32 new hires in three months without increasing HR headcount. Its published story shows performance and recruiting connected on one record rather than separate tools.
The story
Career pathing records the originating role and the roles it can lead to, building on the positions already defined in the organization module rather than a manager's private notes. Development plans, with a program title, type, description and start and end dates, are recorded directly on the employee profile.
Learning connects to the same record: a course set to apply to a role assigns automatically when someone moves into it, and certifications are recorded with a notification before they lapse, so a manager is not chasing a spreadsheet of who is due for renewal.
The story
The Talent Suite is $4 CAD per employee per month and requires the HR foundation. HR and Talent together have a $500 CAD monthly minimum. Payroll and Workforce can be added at $4 CAD each. All four suites are $16 CAD per employee per month with a $700 CAD monthly minimum. Implementation, migration, training and support are included.
Evaluate talent management software with a critical role approaching retirement, a review cycle and a certification renewal. Ask to see readiness levels, competency mapping and the 9-Box grid built from your own sample data before comparing providers.
Real product, real questions, no slides. Starts at $4 per employee per month, CAD or USD, with $0 setup fees.
Canada pricing
No setup fees, no long-term contracts. Implementation, migration, and training included.
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Statutory rates 2026
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.
How Workzoom talent runs day to day in Canada, with the local statutory specifics teams ask about.