Sun Life becomes the City of Saskatoon’s new Benefits Provider.

January 1, 2026: Go Live Date
The new plans takes effect and becomes available.

Details of the new plan
The flex plan includes three levels of coverage for both health and dental benefits:

• Option 1 – Base level of coverage
• Option 2 – Higher level of coverage
• Option 3 – Greatest level of coverage

Eligible employees can choose the level of coverage under each of the health and dental plan options that works best for them and can select their coverage type – single, couple, or family.

Regardless of the coverage type, Option 1 for both health and dental will be fully paid by City.
If an employee chooses to upgrade to Option 2 or 3 – for either health, dental, or both – they will only pay the difference in cost.

As part of the updated health and dental plan, employees will be provided with access to a virtual Employee Assistance Program (EAP). The EAP is intended to supplement services that employees already have with our own City EFAP program and will include supportive tools and access to short-term support including financial planning support, work and career support, legal support, mental health support, family and relationship support, women’s health support, manager coaching support, and more.
Sun Life has industry-leading technology so we expect that much of the enrollment processes and ongoing access and support will be available fully online.

Participating Groups

Currently CUPE 47, CUPE 859, ESA, SCMMA  (TSOUP Local 222) and CUPE 59, are the groups that have committed to these new benefits plans.

As amended at the 2025 National Convention. The CUPE Constitution determines the union’s objectives and how the union operates. It forms the basis for the functioning of the more than 2,100 CUPE local unions across Canada.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees is Canada’s largest union. CUPE represents 800,000 workers in a wide range of occupations from coast to coast. CUPE is a democratic union in which the members make the decisions and set the policies. At all levels, it is the rank and file members who determine by majority vote what the Union does.

The CUPE Constitution came into existence at the Founding Convention in 1963 when the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) and the National Union of Public Service Employees (NUPSE) merged to form the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Changes to the Constitution can only be made by the delegates at the Union’s Biennial Convention.

The CUPE Constitution accordingly belongs to the members of CUPE. It determines the Union’s objectives and how the Union operates. It forms the basis for the functioning of the more than 2,100 CUPE local unions across Canada.