Employers & bookkeepers
You run payroll. We guide the steps.
Add your team, enter hours, check the calculation and download the records. Your next action stays close at hand.
Explore the employer workspacePrepare payroll.
Understand the pay.
Calculate pay, review deductions and share payslips. Clear steps and examples show you what to do next.
Payroll for four provinces only
- ABAlberta
- NSNova Scotia
- ONOntario
- BCBritish Columbia
Simple, transparent pricing
CAD $0/monthUp to 5 active employees · no base fee
CAD $25/month + CAD $2for each employee place above five · selected limits 6–30
10 places: CAD $35/month25 places: CAD $65/month
Free beta now. Paid launch planned January 1, 2027, when ready. Before applicable tax. No automatic upgrade.
See pricing examples and payment availability →No card needed to explore. No payroll subscription starts when you create an account.
Beta Open now · up to 5 employeesPaid launch planned Jan 1, 2027 · once ready
YOUR PAYROLL WORKSPACEIllustration · 2026
A clearer payday starts here.
Ready for your review.
Fictional Alberta businessTwo regular 40-hour weeks
Regular hours80 hours
Hourly rate$25.00
Illustrative regular gross80 hours × CAD $25
$2,000✓ Earnings entered○ Deductions to review○ Your approval
Illustrative regular gross earnings only: no overtime or public holiday in these two weeks. Separate vacation treatment, deductions and net pay depend on the employee’s actual details.
A separate doorway for employees.Linked access to their available documents.
Employees
A private place for your payslips.
Sign in with the account linked by your employer. Find your payslips, available year-to-date totals and issued T4 copies.
Go to the employee portalHow it works
From hours to payslip.
One clear step at a time.
You do not need to know every payroll term before you start. See what to enter, why it matters and what to do next.
Add your people and hours
Save the business and employee details once. For each pay period, enter hours and changes. Explanations beside the fields tell you what to enter.
Understand and check the pay
Review earnings, vacation treatment, deductions and take-home pay. Resolve missing information before an authorised person records payroll.
Download, pay and keep records
Get the payroll register and payslips. Pay staff and CRA through your own accounts. Linked employees can retrieve their own available documents.
Inside the workspace
Prepare, understand and keep records.
Organize the business and employee information. Review the supported calculations. Work with registers, payslips and year-end preparation.
Through your own accounts
You pay staff and CRA.
Employee payments, CRA remittances and government filing remain your responsibility. Use your own bank and CRA accounts. We prepare records and amounts; saving payroll does not send money or file a return.
A payroll example, in plain English
Know what the numbers mean.
Before you approve them.
A fictional Alberta employee works 80 regular hours over two weeks at CAD $25 an hour. There is no overtime or public holiday in this example.
Regular gross earnings
80 hours × $25 = $2,000
The regular earnings before separate vacation treatment and deductions. Gross pay is not the amount to send to the employee.
Review the deductions
Use the employee’s actual details.
Tax declarations, CPP and EI eligibility, previous payroll totals and the pay date affect the result. Missing facts need an answer, not a guess.
Take-home pay
The amount after deductions.
Check the final calculation, record payroll and use the employee’s net amount for payment through your bank.
This explains the process; it does not quote a take-home amount. Actual pay can include other supported earnings and vacation treatment.
For employers & bookkeepers
A useful payroll desk.
Not another spreadsheet to decipher.
Find your people, saved drafts, pay history and next steps in one workspace. Field explanations and worked examples help you enter the right information.
Your policy-manual subscription stays separate. Use the employer entry with your account credentials.
Make the business your starting point
Choose the supported province of employment, confirm the payroll calendar and complete the business details used on documents.
Give each employee the right context
Add the employee record, pay arrangement and required tax, year-to-date and vacation information. Returning users can work from their saved records.
Work through one payroll run
Prepare a draft, enter the period details, calculate and review. Confirmation and permission checks protect sensitive actions.
Finish the practical follow-through
Download records, pay staff through your own banking process, complete CRA payments or filing through the appropriate accounts, and link employee access when needed.
For employees
A simple doorway.
Your personal documents.
Your employer links your verified account to the correct employee record. Sign in through the employee entry to see the documents made available to you.
Employee access follows the linked account and assigned role. It does not grant entry to the employer’s payroll workspace or other employees’ records.
Need an account? Use employee registration, then ask your employer to link your account.
Your employee portal
Illustration · documents depend on employer issuancePDF
PayslipsYour available pay statements
T4
Issued T4 copiesWhen issued and made available
Only records available to your linked account appear here.
Start with a defined scope
Alberta. British Columbia.
Ontario. Nova Scotia.
These are the only four provinces we currently serve for payroll. Current calculation coverage uses an ordinary biweekly (every two weeks) payroll calendar, with supported 2026 payment dates for provincially regulated employment.
Alberta
Supported payroll provinceNova Scotia
Supported payroll provinceOntario
Supported payroll provinceBritish Columbia
Supported payroll province2027 calculations are not enabled. We plan to add them for the January launch after the new-year calculations are ready and tested. Quebec, other jurisdictions, federally regulated employment and unsupported special arrangements require another suitable process.
Ordinary biweekly payroll (every two weeks), subject to the employee eligibility checks. These include ordinary full-year CPP eligibility, standard EI treatment and Canadian tax residency. Taxable benefits, bonuses, commissions, garnishments, unsupported deductions, CPP status changes and other unsupported cases need another suitable process.
Planned payroll pricing
Free for your first five.
Clear pricing when you grow.
The current free beta and planned permanent free tier cover up to 5 active employees. Planned paid limits run from 6 to 30. A sixth active employee requires paid access once launch is available, or an actual complimentary grant. Policy-manual subscriptions stay separate.
Free beta now · up to five active employees.Paid launch is planned from January 1, 2027, once the service and 2027 calculations are ready. You will never be upgraded or charged automatically.
Planned permanent free tier
Your first five employees
CAD $0/ month
Up to 5 active employees across your business’s linked workspaces.
- No monthly base fee on the free plan
- Supported payroll preparation and employee documents
- The same eligibility and review checks apply
Planned paid plan · after launch
6–30 employee limit
CAD $25/ month+CAD $2for each employee place above 5
The first five places have no per-employee charge. The base fee applies only when you explicitly choose a paid plan after launch.
- Select the employee limit you need
- Review any applicable tax before confirming payment
- Changing employee records does not automatically authorise a new charge
| Selected employee limit | Monthly subtotal before tax |
|---|---|
| 5 employees | CAD $0 |
| 6 employees | CAD $27 |
| 10 employees | CAD $35 |
| 25 employees | CAD $65 |
| 30 employees | CAD $75 |
No sign-in needed to estimate
Plan your future monthly price.
Choose a free-plan headcount or a paid employee limit. This estimate is before any applicable tax and does not start a subscription.
Whole numbers from 1 to 30. For a paid plan, billing is based on your selected employee limit.
Selected employee limit
CAD $35/ month
- Monthly base fee
- CAD $25
- 5 places above five × CAD $2
- CAD $10
- Estimated monthly subtotal
- CAD $35
Before any applicable tax. A plan covering up to 10 employees costs this amount even when fewer places are in use.
Keep your records. Manage your plan.
Downgrading your payroll plan does not erase saved records or issued documents. Authorised users retain access under the applicable retention rules.
Moving back to five employees?
Reducing employee numbers to five or fewer does not automatically cancel an existing paid subscription. Review or cancel that subscription in billing to manage future renewals.
Check payment availability for your business
Payment availability is checked from the purchaser’s billing address and where the business, bookkeeper and staff use the software—not the employee’s province of employment. After a qualified launch, initial paid availability is limited to businesses with Canadian billing and software-use locations in Alberta, Nova Scotia or Ontario. British Columbia paid checkout is unavailable; free or complimentary access and retained records remain available to authorised users.
Explore now. Before any future payment, select your business and review the selected employee limit, payment availability and any applicable tax in the protected billing workspace. Payroll access and charges are independent of your policy-manual subscription.
Available today · separate from payroll
Give your workplace policies
a home, too.
Build a company-specific policy-manual preview, compare the plans, and subscribe when you are ready. Policy-manual subscriptions are available today and remain independent of payroll beta access.
Current policy-manual plans
- Quarterly · first jurisdiction
- CAD $99 / quarter
- Six months · first jurisdiction
- CAD $159 / 6 months
- Annual · first jurisdiction
- CAD $249 / year
Additional jurisdictions are priced separately. See plan inclusions, download limits, renewal terms and checkout details on the pricing page. Payroll is not included in these policy-manual prices.
Start now. Know what comes next.
Try the free beta.
Decide when you are ready.
No card is needed to explore. Paid plans are planned for January 1, 2027, once the service is ready for that launch.
Open now
Free beta · up to 5 employees
Use the available beta features for up to five active employees across your business’s linked workspaces, within the current supported scope. No card or payroll payment is needed.
Growing beyond five?
Paid plan planned for launch
Keep using the beta with up to five active employees. Paid plans for larger teams are planned for January; you cannot buy one during the beta.
January 1, 2027
Planned paid launch
We will open paid plans when the service and 2027 calculations are ready. You choose a plan and approve its price before a subscription starts.
Exploration does not start a subscription. You will see and approve a clear price before any future payroll payment.
Start exploringStraight answers before you start
A few things
worth knowing.
Choose the right entry, understand the current coverage, and know which responsibilities stay with the employer or bookkeeper.
Can I explore now, and when do payments start?
The beta is open now, free for up to five active employees across your business’s linked workspaces, within supported coverage. Paid launch is planned no earlier than January 1, 2027, once the service and new-year calculations are ready. Exploring or creating an account does not start a subscription. You will choose a plan and approve the price before any payroll subscription starts.
Are there employee eligibility limits?
Ordinary biweekly payroll (every two weeks), subject to the employee eligibility checks. These include ordinary full-year CPP eligibility, standard EI treatment and Canadian tax residency. Taxable benefits, bonuses, commissions, garnishments, unsupported deductions, CPP status changes and other unsupported cases need another suitable process.
Who is this payroll workspace for?
Employers and bookkeepers working with supported provincially regulated employment in Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario and British Columbia. The current workspace uses an ordinary biweekly (every two weeks) payroll calendar, with 2026 payment dates. Check the actual province of employment and any special employment rules during setup.
Does the app transfer wages or make CRA payments?
You prepare and review payroll records in the workspace. The employer or bookkeeper pays employees using their own banking arrangements, remits amounts through their CRA or banking accounts, and completes government filing. Saving a payroll run does not confirm that a payment or filing occurred.
How does an employee get access?
The employer links a verified Canada Policy Manual account to the correct employee record. The employee signs in with that linked account and opens the employee portal to see documents made available to them. Access is checked by the server; an employee cannot use the portal to open another employee’s payroll records.
Can I use my existing Canada Policy Manual account?
Yes. Use the same account credentials through the employer or employee entry that fits your role. Business membership and server-checked permissions determine which payroll actions and records are available. An employee sign-in does not grant employer access. Policy-manual subscriptions and payroll access are managed separately.
What documents can I work with?
The workspace includes payroll registers, payslips and year-end preparation workflows. Employees can access payslips and issued T4 copies made available to their linked account. The employer completes preparation, review and issuance. Preparing or downloading a document does not confirm government filing.
Are all provinces and future years supported?
No. Current payroll calculation coverage is limited to 2026 in Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario and British Columbia. Quebec, other jurisdictions, federally regulated employment and unsupported special arrangements require another suitable process. Do not reuse a 2026 result for a 2027 payment.
Is payroll included in a policy-manual subscription?
No. Payroll access and charges are independent of your policy-manual subscription. The free tier covers up to 5 active employees across a business’s linked workspaces. Planned paid pricing for a selected employee limit of 6–30 is CAD $25 per month plus CAD $2 for each place above five, before applicable tax. That means 6 employees: CAD $27; 10: CAD $35; 25: CAD $65; 30: CAD $75 per month. Payments remain on hold before the qualified January 2027 launch. BC billing or software use and unsupported purchaser locations have a separate payment hold.
Will changing a plan delete older records?
Changing or downgrading a payroll plan does not erase saved records or issued documents. Access still depends on the user’s role, employer linkage and applicable retention rules. Reducing employee numbers does not automatically cancel an existing paid subscription; use subscription management to manage future renewals.
Where should I start if I am not sure what to enter?
Begin with the guided business setup and use the field explanations and examples. Gather your payroll calendar, employee pay arrangements, tax declarations and any existing year-to-date records. If a case needs additional assessment, resolve it before confirming a run; do not guess missing employee information.
A more understandable payroll routine
Make your next payroll easier to understand.
Free beta for up to five active employees in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia. Check the supported pay arrangements before you start.