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Employment Insurance statistics

November 2006

October 2006

November 2005

October to November 2006

November 2005 to November 2006

Seasonally adjusted

% change

Regular beneficiaries

483 980^p

488 570^r

501,170

-0.9

-3.4

Regular benefits paid ($ millions)

716.8^p

709.0^r

684.2

1.1

4.8

Initial and renewal claims received ('000)

226.1^p

224.2^r

225.0

0.8

0.5

Unadjusted

All beneficiaries ('000)¹

687.4^p

624.5^p

740.7

Regular beneficiaries ('000)

430.3^p

378.4^p

444.1

Initial and renewal claims received ('000)

280.5

244.5

278.4

Payments ($ millions)

1,044.9

1,130.4

1,050.1

Year-to-date (January to November)

2006

2005

2005 to 2006

Claims received ('000)

2,414.5

2,525.4

-4.4

Payments ($ millions)

13,372.5

13,538.9

-1.2

^r	revised
^p	preliminary
1.	"All beneficiaries" includes all claimants receiving regular benefits (for example, as a result of layoff) or special benefits (for example, as a result of illness) and are representative of data for the Labour Force Survey reference week which is usually the week containing the 15th day of the month.

Number of beneficiaries receiving regular benefits

November 2006^p

October to November 2006

November 2005 to November 2006

Seasonally adjusted

% change

Canada

483,980

-0.9

-3.4

Newfoundland and Labrador

37,150

-2.2

0.4

Prince Edward Island

8,000

-1.5

3.6

Nova Scotia

28,580

-0.6

0.8

New Brunswick

32,540

-0.8

-1.9

Quebec

173,950

-0.3

0.2

Ontario

128,080

0.0

-2.3

Manitoba

10,620

-2.0

-7.6

Saskatchewan

9,830

-2.0

2.5

Alberta

17,240

-3.6

-12.5

British Columbia

37,680

-0.8

-19.9

Yukon Territory

730

-2.7

-15.1

Northwest Territories

660

-2.9

-16.5

Nunavut

370

2.8

-7.5

^p	preliminary
Note:	The number of beneficiaries includes all claimants who received regular benefits for the Labour Force Survey reference week, usually containing the 15th day of the month.