Employment Insurance Regulations (SOR/96-332)

4 Employment on a ship outside Canada or partly outside Canada that would be insurable employment if it were in Canada is included in insurable employment if that employment is

• (a) on a ship of Canadian registry or licence, except where that ship is regularly employed in voyages between ports outside Canada and has been chartered to a person resident outside Canada; or

• (b) on a ship, other than a ship of Canadian registry or licence, where

  • (i) the ship has been chartered to a person resident in Canada and is regularly employed in voyages from a port in Canada,

  • (ii) the operation of the ship is principally controlled in Canada and regularly employed in voyages from a port in Canada and the owner or managing owner of the ship resides or has a place of business in Canada, or

  • (iii) any employment on that ship is subject to the provisions of the Act by virtue of an agreement between the Government of Canada and the government of the jurisdiction in which that ship is registered.