How to Create a Paystub for Yourself in Canada

If you own a Canadian corporation and pay yourself salary, creating a paystub for yourself is not strange — it is basic payroll record-keeping. You are the employer through your corporation and the employee personally.

## What to include

A self-issued Canadian paystub should show your corporation name, your name, pay period dates, pay date, gross pay, itemized CPP, EI, income tax withheld, any other deductions, and net pay. Keep the PDF with your payroll remittance records.

## Calculate deductions first

The hard part is not the layout. It is calculating deductions consistently. CPP uses the annual basic exemption spread across pay periods. EI applies to insurable earnings up to the annual maximum. Federal income tax is based on annualized pay and credits.

A tool like [PaystubHero](https://paystubhero.ca) handles those calculations and creates the PDF, so you are not rebuilding formulas in a spreadsheet every month.

## When to create it

Generate the paystub on the same day you move salary from your corporation to your personal account. That gives you a clean paper trail: bank transfer, paystub, and CRA remittance amount all line up.

## Why it matters

Paystubs help with mortgage applications, rentals, T4 preparation, accountant review, and CRA payroll questions. Bank transfers alone do not show gross salary or deductions.

For more detail, read [what must be on a Canadian paystub](/blog/what-must-be-on-a-canadian-paystub) and [CPP/EI deduction rates for 2026](/blog/cpp-ei-deduction-rates-canada-2026).