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Employment Insurance statistics

January 2007

December 2006

January 2006

December 2006 to January 2007

January 2006 to January 2007

Seasonally adjusted

% change

Regular beneficiaries

484,330^p

485,170^r

506,400

-0.2

-4.4

Regular benefits paid ($ millions)

719.2^p

702.6^r

685.9

2.4

4.9

Initial and renewal claims received (thousands)

233.7^p

206.7^r

228.9

13.1

2.1

Unadjusted

All beneficiaries (thousands)¹

889.4^p

759.2^p

957.6

Regular beneficiaries (thousands)

630.7^p

499.0^p

656.0

Initial and renewal claims received (thousands)

351.5

259.5

330.8

Payments ($ millions)

1,576.8

1,126.5

1,619.3

year-to-date (January to January)

2007

2006

2006 to 2007

Claims received (thousands)

351.5

330.8

6.2

Payments ($ millions)

1,576.8

1,619.3

-2.6

^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 of the month.

Number of beneficiaries receiving regular benefits

January 2007^p

December 2006 to January 2007

January 2006 to January 2007

Seasonally adjusted

% change

Canada

484,330

-0.2

-4.4

Newfoundland and Labrador

36,740

0.6

-3.8

Prince Edward Island

7,660

-0.4

-1.8

Nova Scotia

27,680

-1.5

-4.8

New Brunswick

31,800

0.3

-3.2

Quebec

173,800

-0.7

-1.5

Ontario

129,900

2.2

-1.5

Manitoba

10,630

-1.9

-6.2

Saskatchewan

9,440

-2.6

-3.4

Alberta

16,340

-5.3

-15.1

British Columbia

38,680

-4.2

-14.5

Yukon Territory

750

1.4

-14.8

Northwest Territories

700

0.0

-10.3

Nunavut

390

2.6

-7.1

^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.