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An estimated 484,330 Canadians (seasonally adjusted) received regular Employment Insurance benefits in January, down 0.2% from December.
Nationally, the January number was 4.4% lower than for the same month a year earlier. All provinces and territories showed declines over the 12-month period, with the largest percentage decreases occurring in Alberta (-15.1%), Yukon (-14.8%) and British Columbia (-14.5%).
In the last five years, the number of regular beneficiaries in Canada has fallen by almost 15%.
Regular benefit payments in January totalled $719.2 million, while 233,740 people made initial and renewal claims.
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 for this month is a measure of all persons who received Employment Insurance benefits from the 14th to the 20th of the month. This coincides with the reference week of the Labour Force Survey. The regular benefit payments figure measures the total of all monies paid to individuals from the 1st to the end of 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 February will be released on April 24, 2007.
For general information or to order data, contact Client Services (613-951-4090 or, call toll-free 1-866-873-8788; 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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