What to do if you are hurt at work?
Step 1 - Contact the worker's compensation board of your province
Step 2 - Contact an immigration consultant if you are a temporary foreign worker on a closed work permit. You might be eligible for a vulnerable open work permit.
Safety is always the top priority in Canada. A safe workplace is your employer's responsibility and it is illegal to terminate a person's employment for refusing to do an unsafe work.
If you get injured at work then the workers' compensation board investigates the incident and compensates for your wages while recovering. You must not let the injury go unreported to them even if your employer insists not to report it.
Federal Workers' Compensation Service
Federal Workers' Compensation Service (FWCS)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) [previously HRDCC]
Ottawa, ON, K1A 0J2
Employment and Social Development Centre
Alberta
Workers' Compensation Board of Alberta
9912 - 107 Street
PO Box 2415
Edmonton, AB T5J 2S5
Telephone: (780) 498-3999 or (403) 517-6000 (Calgary)
Toll-Free: 1-866-922-9221 (Alberta) 1-800-661-9608 (Canada)
Fax: (780) 427-5863 (Edmonton) or (403) 517-6201 (Calgary)
British Columbia
WorkSafeBC (Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia)
6951 Westminster Highway
Richmond, BC V7C 1C6
Claims Call Centre
Telephone: (604) 231-8888 or Toll-Free: 1-888-967-5377
Prevention Information Line
Telephone: (604) 276-3100 or Toll-Free: 1-888-621-SAFE (7233)
Emergency and Accident Reporting
Telephone: (604) 273-7711 or Toll-Free: 1-888-621-SAFE (7233)
Manitoba
Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba
333 Broadway Street
Winnipeg, MB R3C 4W3
Telephone: (204) 954-4321 or Toll-Free: 1-800-362-3340
Fax: (204) 954-4999
New Brunswick
WorkSafeNB
1 Portland Street
PO Box 160
Saint John, NB E2L 3X9
Telephone: (506) 632-2200 or Toll-Free: 1-800-999-9775
Fax: (506) 632-6972
Newfoundland and Labrador
WorkplaceNL
146 - 148 Forest Road
PO Box 9000
St John's, NL A1A 3B8
Telephone: (709) 778-1000 or Toll-Free: 1-800-563-9000
Fax: (709) 738-1714
Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Workers' Compensation Board of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut
5022 49th Street 5th Floor
Centre Square Tower P O Box 8888
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R3
Telephone: (867) 920-3888 or Toll-Free: 1-800-661-0792
Fax: (867) 873-4596
Iqaluit
Telephone: (867) 979-8500 or Toll-Free: 1-877-404-4407
Inuvik
Telephone (Industrial Safety) (867) 678-2311
Nova Scotia
Workers' Compensation Board of Nova Scotia
5668 South Street
PO Box 1150
Halifax, NS B3J 2Y2
Telephone: (902) 491-8999 or Toll-Free: 1-800-870-3331 (mainland NS); 1-800-880-0003 (Sydney)
Fax: (902) 491-8002
Ontario
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
200 Front Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 3J1
Telephone: (416) 344-1000 or Toll-Free: 1-800-387-0750
Fax: (416) 344-4684
Prince Edward Island
Workers' Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island
14 Weymouth Street
PO Box 757
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7L7
Telephone: (902) 368-5680 or Toll-Free: 1-800-237-5049 (in Atlantic Canada)
Fax: (902) 368-5705
Quebec
Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST)
[Administrative Head Office]
524, rue Bourdages
Québec, QC G1K 7E2
Telephone: 1-844-838-0808
https://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/Pages/accueil.aspx
Regional Offices: http://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/nous-joindre/pages/nous-joindre.aspx#bureau_regionaux
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board
Head Office
200-1881 Scarth Street
Regina, SK S4P 4L1
Saskatoon Office
115 - 24th Street East
Saskatoon, SK S7K 1L5
Telephone: (306) 787-4370 or Toll-Free: 1-800-667-7590
Fax: (306) 787-4311 or Toll-Free: 1-888-844-7773
Yukon
Yukon Workers' Compensation, Health and Safety Board
401 Strickland Street
Whitehorse, YK Y1A 5N8
Telephone: (867) 667-5645 or Toll-free: 1-800-661-0443
Fax: (867) 393-6279
Association of WCBs of Canada
AWCBC
40 University Avenue, Suite 1007
Toronto, ON M5J 1T1
Telephone: (416) 581-8875 or Toll-Free: 1-855-282-9222
Fax: (416) 581-1635
E-mail: contact@awcbc.org
