Manulife Financial (MFC) 40-F 2024 FY Annual report (Canada)

Exhibit 99.8

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Interests of Experts”, which appears in the Annual

Information Form of Manulife Financial Corporation (the Company) in Exhibit 99.3, and to the use in this Annual

Report on Form 40-F of our reports dated February 19, 2025, with respect to the consolidated statements of financial

position as at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 and the consolidated statements of income, consolidated

statements of comprehensive income, consolidated statements of changes in equity and consolidated statements of

cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial

reporting of the Company as of December 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our reports dated February 19, 2025 in the following

Registration Statements of the Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

• Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-12610) of Manulife Financial Corporation pertaining to the Manulife

Financial Corporation Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors and Executive Stock Option Plan;

• Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-13072) of Manulife Financial Corporation pertaining to the Manulife

Financial Corporation Global Share Ownership Plan;

• Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-157326) of Manulife Financial Corporation pertaining to the Stock Plan

for Non-Employee Directors, Executive Stock Option Plan and Global Share Ownership Plan;

• Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-114951) of Manulife Financial Corporation pertaining to the John

Hancock Financial Services, Inc. 1999 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and the John Hancock

Financial Services, Inc. Non-Employee Directors’ Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan;

• Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-129430) of Manulife Financial Corporation pertaining to the Deferred

Compensation Plan for Certain Employees of John Hancock and the Deferred Compensation Plan of the John

Hancock Financial Network;

• Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-211366) of Manulife Financial Corporation pertaining to the Deferred

Compensation Plan for Certain Employees of John Hancock and the Deferred Compensation Plan for the John

Hancock Financial Network;

• Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-272672) of Manulife Financial Corporation pertaining to the Deferred

Compensation Plan for Certain Employees of John Hancock and the Deferred Compensation Plan for the John

Hancock Financial Network;

• Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-277446) of Manulife Financial Corporation pertaining to the Stock Plan

for Non-Employee Directors, Executive Stock Option Plan and Global Share Ownership Plan;

• Registration Statement (Form F-10 No. 333-274698) of Manulife Financial Corporation pertaining to Manulife

Financial Corporation’s shelf prospectus offering Debt Securities, Preferred Shares, Common Shares, Subscription

Receipts, Warrants, Share Purchase Contracts and Units; and,

• Registration Statement (Form F-3D No. 333-159176) of Manulife Financial Corporation pertaining to the Manulife

Financial Corporation Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan for U.S. Shareholder of Manulife Financial

Corporation (the “Company”).

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Toronto, Canada

February 19, 2025