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In August, 487,500 Canadians received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, virtually unchanged from July. During the month, regular benefit payments increased 2.7% to $729.8 million.
The number of Canadians receiving regular EI benefits rose by 12,400 between August 2007 and August 2008, a 2.6% increase. The number of men receiving benefits increased 4.6%, and the number of women, 1.0%.
The number of regular beneficiaries increased in the majority of census metropolitan areas. The largest year-over-year increases occurred in Windsor (+19.9%), Trois-Rivières (+17.7%) and Oshawa (+17.0%).
Note: Employment Insurance Statistics Program data are produced from an administrative data source and may, from time to time, be affected by changes to the Employment Insurance Act or administrative procedures. The number of beneficiaries is a measure of all persons who received Employment Insurance benefits from the 10th to the 16th of August. This coincides with the reference week of the Labour Force Survey for August. The regular benefit payments figure measures the total of all monies paid to individuals during the month.
Available on CANSIM: tables 276-0001 to 276-0006, 276-0009, 276-0011, 276-0015 and 276-0016.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2604.
Data on Employment Insurance for September will be released on November 25.
For more information, or to order data, contact Client Services (toll-free 1-866-873-8788; 613-951-4090; labour@statcan.gc.ca). To enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Gilles Groleau (613-951-4091), Labour Statistics Division.
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