Quebec · French HR and Payroll, 2026

Quebec payroll software, with HR self-service in French.

Quebec payroll software has to run two remittance agencies, two tax slips, and four provincial amounts, alongside the CRA and the T4. Workzoom applies Revenu Québec's rules on the same pay run as every other province, and gives employees and managers self-service in French.

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Quebec payroll adds a second agency, Revenu Québec beside the CRA.

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It adds a second slip, RL-1 beside the T4. Four provincial amounts also apply: QPP, QPIP, CNESST and the health services fund. Workzoom calculates them on the same pay run as the federal amounts. Employee and manager self-service runs in French.

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La paie au Québec ajoute un deuxième organisme : Revenu Québec, en plus de l'ARC.

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Elle ajoute aussi un deuxième feuillet, le relevé 1, en plus du T4. Quatre montants provinciaux s'appliquent aussi : le RRQ, le RQAP, la CNESST et le Fonds des services de santé. Workzoom les calcule sur la même paie que les montants fédéraux. Le libre-service pour les employés et les gestionnaires fonctionne en français.

The Quebec layer

What Quebec adds to a pay run.

Item	What it is	Who receives it	Source	Checked
QPP (Quebec Pension Plan)	Replaces CPP for a Quebec employee's retirement contributions. A separate plan, not a provincial top-up of the federal one.	Administered by Retraite Québec; contributions remit through Revenu Québec.	quebec.ca	2026-09-02
QPIP (Quebec Parental Insurance Plan)	Covers maternity, paternity, parental, and adoption benefits for Quebec workers instead of the parental portion of federal EI, which is why Quebec employees pay a reduced EI rate.	Revenu Québec collects the QPIP premium.	canada.ca	2026-09-02
CNESST premiums	Employer-paid workers' compensation premium, calculated from Quebec payroll each year to fund the province's occupational health and safety regime.	CNESST.	quebec.ca	2026-09-02
Health Services Fund (FSS)	A Quebec payroll contribution that helps fund the province's health and social services system, alongside general tax revenue.	Revenu Québec, on behalf of the Fonds des services de santé.	quebec.ca	2026-09-02
RL-1 slip and RL-1 summary	Quebec's year-end tax slip, filed for every Quebec employee alongside the federal T4, with its own box codes and deadline.	Revenu Québec.	quebec.ca	2026-09-02
TP-1015.3 source deductions form	Sets the personal tax credit amount an employer uses to calculate provincial source deductions, Quebec's counterpart to the federal TD1.	Employer keeps it on file; Revenu Québec sets the form.	quebec.ca	2026-09-02
Labour standards contribution	The contribution related to labour standards: a small employer contribution on remuneration, separate from the workers' compensation premium, that finances the administration of the Act respecting labour standards.	Revenu Québec, which collects it for the CNESST.	revenuquebec.ca	2026-09-02

Read this table as: what a Quebec pay run adds beyond CPP, EI, and the T4. This table names each item and who it is remitted to; it does not repeat a 2026 rate or ceiling. For the current numbers, see the Quebec QPP/QPIP calculator, the QPP and QPIP glossary terms, and the Quebec payroll compliance guide.

French, specifically

French, where people do their work.

"Full French-language support" has to mean specific things, not a general promise. Workzoom's employee and manager self-service is available in English and French. Ongoing support runs in English and Canadian French, and Workzoom's interface is bilingual, English and French. For a public tender from a Quebec or federally regulated organization, Workzoom prepares bilingual Quebec-French RFP responses, including the questionnaire and capability matrix. What this page does not claim: a French administrator interface, French-language reports, or French payslips. Those are configuration and roadmap questions worth asking us directly, not assumptions this page makes for you.

Separately, the Charter of the French Language sets the employer's own obligation in Quebec, and it is the employer's to meet, not something payroll or HR software satisfies on its own. A business with 25 or more employees in the province for six months must register with the Office québécois de la langue française and complete a francization process, ending in either a certificate or an approved francization program covering workplace communication, employment documents, and job postings.

Employee data

Law 25 and employee data.

Law 25 (formerly Bill 64) is Quebec's private-sector privacy statute, phased in from September 2022 through September 2024. A business needs a designated person responsible for protecting personal information. Before communicating personal information outside Quebec, the business needs a privacy impact assessment showing the destination offers adequate protection. Consent has to be clear, tied to a specific purpose, and requested separately for each use, and personal information carries its own retention, breach-notification, and destruction rules once its purpose is served.

What software has to make possible is different from what the law asks of the employer directly. A data region election, a published subprocessor list, retention and deletion on request, and access logging are what a vendor supplies. The candid part: the privacy impact assessment before an out-of-province transfer is the employer's own to complete; Workzoom supplies the region election and the subprocessor list it needs to do that. Canadian clients elect the AWS Canada (Central) region at onboarding, and Workzoom's subprocessor list, data processing agreement, and privacy policy are published for review. Never described here as "Law 25 compliant" or "Law 25 certified": no software earns either label, because the law is a set of obligations on the business, not a certification a vendor passes.

The multi-province question

Quebec, Ontario, and BC on one payroll.

Category	Quebec	Ontario	British Columbia
Retirement plan	QPP, administered by Retraite Québec	CPP	CPP
Parental insurance	QPIP (RQAP), a separate plan from EI	EI	EI
Workers' compensation board	CNESST	WSIB	WorkSafeBC
Health levy	Health Services Fund (FSS)	Employer Health Tax (EHT)	BC Employer Health Tax
Year-end slip	RL-1, alongside the T4	T4	T4

Read this table as: the shared prompt behind the traffic, an Ontario or BC head office with Quebec staff, or the reverse. Every row names an agency or a form, not a rate; see our Ontario payroll software page for the Ontario and BC figures sourced this session.

The rule underneath all three columns is the same: for payroll purposes, an employee's province of employment sets which tax tables, pension plan, and workers' compensation board apply to them, not where the employer's head office sits. Workzoom applies each province's rules to the employee assigned to it, on one employee record, whether that record sits in Montreal, Toronto, or Vancouver.

The candid part

Where Workzoom stops.

Your team submits the remittance

Workzoom calculates federal and Quebec source deductions on every pay run and schedules the remittance amounts for the CRA and Revenu Québec. Your team reviews the prepared amounts and submits the remittance and payment. Workzoom never files with either agency or moves money on your behalf.

Built for 50 to 5,000 employees

Workzoom fits organizations from 50 to 5,000 employees, and the deepest fit sits between 100 and 900. Below 50 employees a monthly minimum applies. Above 5,000, ask us directly rather than assuming.

No PEO or employer-of-record service

Workzoom is HR, payroll, workforce, and talent software that you run. It is not a professional employer organization or an employer-of-record service, and it does not co-employ your staff or take on employer liability for you.

FAQ

Quebec payroll and French-language questions.

Does Workzoom handle Quebec payroll compliance, including QPP, QPIP, and CNESST?

Yes. Workzoom applies Quebec payroll rules on the same pay run as every other province. Provincial payroll regulations cover Quebec, including QPP, QPIP, and Releve-1 reporting. CNESST workers compensation premiums calculate from each pay run, ready for your team to remit. Rates change every year. See the Quebec QPP and QPIP calculator and the glossary terms for the current 2026 numbers.

Does Workzoom support French for Quebec employees?

Workzoom employee and manager self-service is available in English and French. Ongoing support runs in English and Canadian French, and the interface itself is bilingual. For a Quebec or federally regulated tender, Workzoom prepares bilingual Quebec-French RFP responses, including the questionnaire and capability matrix. This page does not claim a French administrator interface, French reports, or French payslips, since canon does not carry that claim yet.

What does Law 25 mean for where our Quebec employee data is stored?

Law 25 obligations belong to you as the employer, not to your software vendor. You need a designated person responsible for personal information. You also need a privacy impact assessment before sending data outside Quebec. Workzoom supplies what a vendor can supply instead: Canadian clients elect the AWS Canada (Central) region at onboarding. A subprocessor list, data processing agreement, and privacy policy are published for you to review.

Why do Quebec employees pay a reduced EI rate?

Quebec employees pay a reduced Employment Insurance rate because the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan, not federal EI, covers their maternity, parental, and adoption benefits. Employers pay a reduced rate too, on the same insurable earnings. Workzoom applies the correct Quebec EI rate automatically, alongside the QPIP premium, on every pay run. See the Canadian payroll deductions guide for the current 2026 rate.

Do I need to file an RL-1 in addition to the T4 for Quebec employees?

Yes. Quebec employers file an RL-1 slip with Revenu Québec for every Quebec employee, alongside the T4 filed with the CRA. Both are due by the same February deadline, and they use different box codes for the same pay run. Workzoom generates both slips from one employee record, so a Quebec hire never means a manual second filing. See our Quebec payroll compliance guide for the full checklist.

Can Workzoom run payroll for employees in Quebec, Ontario, and BC on one system?

Yes. Workzoom assigns every employee a province of employment. It applies that province's rules, from CPP or QPP through to the right statutory holiday formula. An employee in Quebec, Ontario, and BC each calculate correctly on the same pay run, from one employee record. See our Ontario payroll software page for how the Ontario, BC, and Alberta rules sit alongside Quebec's own rules.

Two agencies, one pay run, self-service in French.

30-minute walkthrough. Bring your Quebec, Ontario, and BC payroll questions.