Maple supports different ways to share coverage with family members, depending on the type of membership or coverage, and the family member's age. This article outlines each method and links to step-by-step instructions.
For Maple memberships, only the Patient profiles method is available.
Coverage sharing methods
Plan sharing
This option is available for most employer or benefit-sponsored memberships. With this method, dependents over 18 can create their own Maple account and still use your coverage. For instructions, see Sharing your plan with dependents.
If this option isn’t available in your account, or if you have dependents under 18, use the patient profiles method instead.
Patient profiles
This option is available for Maple memberships and some partnerships where Plan sharing is not enabled. It is the required process for any dependents under 18. For instructions, see Adding a patient profile to your Maple account.
For provincial health coverage, all family members must be added as patient profiles under your account. If a family member chooses to transfer and create their own account, they will need to reactivate their public coverage.
See Transferring patient profiles for more information on transferring a dependent to their own account.
Dependent plans
This method allows eligible dependents over 18 to register using a unique link and your employee ID. It is only used in a select few partnerships.