Table 2
Coverage and eligibility of the unemployed for Employment Insurance benefits by gender, Canada, 2024
| Number | Unemployed | Contributors | Contributors with valid job separation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | % | % | % | |
| Men+1 | ||||
| Unemployed | 743.2 | 100.0 | ... | ... |
| Contributors | 505.1 | 68.0 | 100.0 | ... |
| Contributors, valid job separation | 470.2 | 63.3 | 93.1 | 100.0 |
| Eligible contributors | 407.0 | 54.8 | 80.6 | 86.6 |
| Not eligible due to not enough insurable hours | 63.2E | 8.5E | 12.5E | 13.4 |
| Contributors, invalid job separation | 34.9E | 4.7E | 6.9E | ... |
| Invalid job separation: quit to go back to school | 21.7E | 2.9E | 4.3E | ... |
| Invalid job separation: other reasons deemed invalid | F | F | F | ... |
| Non-contributors | 238.1 | 32.0 | ... | ... |
| Had no insurable employment | 31.9E | 4.3E | ... | ... |
| Had not worked in previous 12 months/never worked | 206.2 | 27.8 | ... | ... |
| Women+1 | ||||
| Unemployed | 629.2 | 100.0 | ... | ... |
| Contributors | 380.6 | 60.5 | 100.0 | ... |
| Contributors, valid job separation | 341.4 | 54.3 | 89.7 | 100.0 |
| Eligible contributors | 267.5 | 42.5 | 70.3 | 78.4 |
| Not eligible due to not enough insurable hours | 73.8E | 11.7E | 19.4E | 21.6E |
| Contributors, invalid job separation | 39.2E | 6.2E | 10.3E | ... |
| Invalid job separation: quit to go back to school | 12.0E | 1.9E | 3.2E | ... |
| Invalid job separation: other reasons deemed invalid | F | F | F | ... |
| Non-contributors | 248.6 | 39.5 | ... | ... |
| Had no insurable employment | 20.9E | 3.3E | ... | ... |
| Had not worked in previous 12 months/never worked | 227.7 | 36.2 | ... | ... |
...
not applicable
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
Source(s):
Employment Insurance Coverage Survey (4428).
Table note 1
The category "Men+" includes men, as well as some non-binary persons, while the category "Women+" includes women, as well as some non-binary persons. Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses provided. Individuals in the category "non-binary persons" are distributed into the other two gender categories and are denoted by the "+" symbol.
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