How to apply for EI regular benefits — and autofill your details with my-id.ca
Apply for EI regular benefits without re-keying your employment history
Employment Insurance (EI) regular benefits support you when you lose your job through no fault of your own. You apply online through Service Canada — there is no PDF form — and you should apply promptly after your last day of work. This guide is an example of keeping your details ready in my-id.ca — it is not legal advice, and my-id.ca is not affiliated with Service Canada or the Government of Canada.
Official form and source
Start from the official Service Canada source and always use the current process — rules and timelines change:
- Apply for EI: EI regular benefits — apply — canada.ca
- Application checklist: EI regular benefits application checklist — canada.ca
What you're applying for
The EI regular benefits application is entirely online. The slow part for most people is gathering the employment history — each employer's name, address, dates, and reason for separation — and re-typing identity details. That is exactly what my-id.ca keeps ready.
Before you start: what to gather
- Your full legal name, address, SIN, and date of birth.
- Banking details for direct deposit.
- Your employment over the past year — employer names, addresses, dates, and reasons for separation — plus your Records of Employment (ROEs).
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Store your details once. Save your name, address, SIN, and date of birth in my-id.ca, along with your recent employers' names and addresses.
- Autofill the application. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension to fill matching identity and employer fields in the online application.
- Enter claim-specific details yourself — dates, reason for separation, and banking details.
- Review and submit yourself, and keep your access code for the reports that follow.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Your identity details and your employer list reappear across the EI application, job applications, and other government forms. Stored once in my-id.ca — in Canada, with self-hosted AI — each one starts mostly filled.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a paper EI form to fill out?
- No — you apply for EI regular benefits online through Service Canada. There is no PDF form to download. my-id.ca helps by keeping your identity and employer details ready to autofill into the online application.
- What do I need to apply?
- Your name, address, SIN, date of birth, banking details for direct deposit, and details of your employment over the past year — each employer's name, address, dates, and reason for separation. Your Records of Employment (ROEs) support the application.
- Does my-id.ca submit my EI claim?
- No. my-id.ca autofills your repeating details into the online application. You review everything and submit the claim to Service Canada yourself, and complete any required reports afterward.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.