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Classification sub-group 103-04 - Beekeeping and hatcheries

Industry sector 1 – Agriculture and forestry

Rate risk category 100%

Farmers and family members of farmers are exempt from mandatory coverage.

Please refer to relevant exclusion excerpt from The Workers Compensation Act (the Act) under Regulation 169/2008 below.

IncludedSimilar but classified elsewhere
  • Raising/keeping bees in apiaries for the production of honey/beeswax products or to pollinate crops.
  • The operation of a poultry hatchery. Fertilized eggs are purchased, incubated and hatched
  • Coverage for farmers (personal) and/or their family members (optional farm family) is available by application.
  • Poultry farming and the production of eggs are found under 103-02 – Hog and poultry farming.
  • The operation of a fish hatchery – fish eggs are fertilized and provided the proper environment for hatching.
  • The operation of a fish farm.
  • Coverage for farmers (personal) and/or their family members (optional farm family) is available by application

Relevant Exclusion(s): Schedule A, Regulation 169/2008, WCA

 

Farmers and family members of farmers

15(1) A farmer or someone in their family who works on a farm that is owned or operated

  1. by the farmer
  2. by a family farm corporation – being a corporation
    1. that is primarily engaged in the business of farming
    2. that is under the control of the farmer or a family member of the farmer
    3. a combination of which a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of each class of shares are legally and beneficially owned by the farmer or a family member of the farmer

15(2) The following definitions apply in this section.

“family member of a farmer” means:

  1. a spouse or common-law partner of the farmer
  2. a child of the farmer or a child of the farmer’s spouse or common-law partner
  3. a brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, grandchild or grandparent of the farmer or of the farmer’s spouse or common-law partner
  4. a parent of the farmer’s spouse or common-law partner
  5. a current or former foster parent of the farmer or of the farmer’s spouse or common-law partner
  6. a current or former foster child, ward or guardian of the farmer or of the farmer’s spouse or common-law partner
  7. the spouse or common-law partner of a person mentioned in any of clauses (d) to (g)
  8. any other person whom the farmer considers to be like a close relative, whether or not they are related by blood, adoptions, marriage or common-law relationship

“farming” means the primary production of livestock, poultry, livestock and poultry products, fruits, vegetables, grains, oilseeds, pulse, forage, market garden or horticultural products or other agricultural products, and includes the cutting of timber or lumber ties, cordwood or pulpwood.

“farmer” means an individual who:

  1. receives a significant portion of his or her income either directly or indirectly from his or her occupation of farming
  2. spends a significant portion of his or her time actively engaged in farming