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The Daily. Wednesday, December 20, 2000
The estimated number of Canadians (unadjusted for seasonal trends) who received regular Employment Insurance benefits was 356,870 in October, a decrease of 9.6% from October 1999. In all provinces and territories except Nunavut the number of regular employment insurance benefit recipients decreased from a year ago.
Number of beneficiaries receiving regular benefits
| Oct. 1999 | Oct. 2000(p) | Oct. 1999 to Oct. 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| unadjusted for seasonality | |||
| % change | |||
| Canada | 394,920 | 356,870 | -9.6 |
| Newfoundland | 29,620 | 27,340 | -7.7 |
| Prince Edward Island | 5,800 | 5,470 | -5.7 |
| Nova Scotia | 23,000 | 22,570 | -1.9 |
| New Brunswick | 24,650 | 23,400 | -5.1 |
| Quebec | 146,200 | 131,430 | -10.1 |
| Ontario | 76,220 | 69,840 | -8.4 |
| Manitoba | 9,020 | 7,950 | -11.9 |
| Saskatchewan | 7,640 | 7,430 | -2.7 |
| Alberta | 24,560 | 18,850 | -23.2 |
| British Columbia | 46,250 | 40,770 | -11.8 |
| Yukon Territory | 860 | 760 | -11.6 |
| NorthWest Territories | 770 | 680 | -11.7 |
| Nunavut | 260 | 320 | 23.1 |
| p | Preliminary figures. |
Regular benefit payments (adjusted for seasonal trends) decreased by 11.9% from October 1999, but were up 0.4% from September to $587.4 million. From September to October, the number of claims received increased by 2.2% to 212,200.
Statistics Canada and Human Resources Development Canada have discovered an underestimation in the calculation of the number of beneficiaries of Employment Insurance. This affects the beneficiaries file from January 1997 to April 2000. Consequently, the departments have agreed to correct the underestimation and conduct an historical revision to correct the data series dating back to January 1997.
The preliminary data on the number of beneficiaries, aggregated at the provincial level for September and October were tabulated by Human Resources Development Canada and provided to Statistics Canada. These preliminary data are unadjusted for seasonal trends.
Note: Users are cautioned against making any analytical comparisons between these data and any monthly or historical data previously released in The Daily and on CANSIM.
Employment Insurance statistics
| Oct. 1999 | Sept. 2000 | Oct. 2000 | Sept. to Oct. 2000 | Oct. 1999 to Oct. 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| seasonally adjusted | |||||
| % change | |||||
| Regular benefits paid ($ millions) | 666.6 | 585.2 | 587.4 | 0.4 | -11.9 |
| Claims received ('000) | 220.6 | 207.7 | 212.2 | 2.2 | -3.8 |
| unadjusted for seasonality | |||||
| % change | |||||
| All beneficiaries ('000) | 565.0 | 495.3(p) | 523.6(p) | 5.7 | -7.3 |
| Regular beneficiaries ('000) | 394.9 | 335.4(p) | 356.9(p) | 6.4 | -9.6 |
| Claims received ('000) | 231.0 | 168.1 | 255.6 | 52.1 | 10.6 |
| Payments ($ millions) | 755.9 | 665.9 | 780.5 | 17.2 | 3.3 |
| year-to-date (January to October) | |||||
| 1999 | 2000 | 1999 to 2000 | |||
| % change | |||||
| Claims received ('000) | 2,054.6 | 2,021.4 | -1.6 | ||
| Payments ($ millions) | 9,943.7 | 9,390.1 | -5.6 | ||
| p | Preliminary figures. |
| Note: | All beneficiaries includes all claimants receiving regular benefits (e.g., due to layoff) or special benefits (e.g., due to illness). |
Available on CANSIM: matrices 5700-5704.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Justin Lacroix (613-951-4090, fax: 613-951-4087; labour@statcan.gc.ca), Labour Statistics Division.