About a third (30 per cent) of plan members say they’d use pet insurance if it was offered as a workplace benefit, up from 23 per cent who said the same in 2020, according to the 2026 Benefits Canada Healthcare Survey.

It also found more than half (52 per cent) of plan sponsors would be interested in covering this benefit. Pet insurance was a high priority for heavy users of mental-health benefits (53 per cent), those with poor or very poor mental health (42 per cent), Albertans (39 per cent), public sector employees (38 per cent) and those who reported chronic pain (38 per cent).

The interest in pet insurance skewed younger with stronger........

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