Well, the first issue is that there are two separate bankruptcy regimes in Canada, the CCAA and the BIA. The priority and super-priority rules for creditors are different depending on which regime applies. My best recollection is that as an employee, you get super priority under the BIA for $2000 in wages, but you're still behind secured creditors, the fees of the trustee administering the bankruptcy and possibly the CRA (can't remember where they fall generally as far as unpaid taxes but in respect of unremitted GST they take that off the top because it's a deemed trust).
Again that's basically just my recall so don't hold me to that.
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