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| A. Employment insurance2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Persons covered (844) | 14,020 | 14,289 | 14,029 | 14,345 | 14,566 | 14,590 | 14,546 | 14,369 | 14,441 | 14,429 | 14,337 | 14,161 | 14,252 | 14,293 | 14,334 | |||
| Beneficiaries (384606) | 762 | 734 | 802 | 667 | 609 | 732 | 717 | 580 | 602 | 657 | 745 | 876 | 880 | 863 | 784 | |||
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494 | 478 | 480 | 474 | 476 | 534 | 476 | 461 | 456 | 451 | 461 | 461 | 456 | 464 | 462 | |||
| Claims received (383886) | 2,674 | 2,649 | 177 | 166 | 174 | 303 | 155 | 171 | 233 | 248 | 317 | 306 | 158 | 208 | 180 | |||
| Weeks paid (384270) | 40,226 | 39,077 | 4,018 | 2,899 | 2,531 | 3,112 | 3,001 | 2,985 | 2,544 | 2,743 | 3,509 | 3,742 | 3,592 | 4,273 | 3,381 | |||
| $ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Average weekly payment (384452) | 308.73 | 317.65 | 321.15 | 315.30 | 313.19 | 315.53 | 319.80 | 318.11 | 314.20 | 317.05 | 319.80 | 335.56 | 331.08 | 331.31 | 331.73 | |||
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| B. Person days lost in work stoppages3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| All industries (4391647) | 791.4 | 1,791.4 | 65.2 | 149.0 | 237.7 | 166.6 | 323.5 | 291.2 | 194.9 | 90.4 | 37.2 | 42.5 | 47.0 | 47.7 | .. | |||
| Primary (4391648) | 74.2 | 45.6 | 17.3 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .. | |||
| Construction (4391650) | 2.6 | 222.3 | 0.1 | 61.4 | 159.0 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .. | |||
| Manufacturing (4391651) | 339.3 | 655.4 | 12.4 | 10.8 | 21.3 | 72.2 | 164.7 | 156.9 | 118.4 | 21.6 | 19.4 | 20.5 | 18.6 | 16.7 | .. | |||
| Trade (4391652) | 43.2 | 18.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | .. | |||
| Transportation (4391653) | 33.8 | 163.1 | 9.7 | 52.5 | 30.1 | 11.7 | 15.1 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .. | |||
| Education, health and social services (4391656) | 160.9 | 188.7 | 13.5 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 21.4 | 13.2 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 53.7 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 9.0 | .. | |||
| Public administration (4391658) | 31.4 | 287.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 40.4 | 98.1 | 81.9 | 36.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 9.0 | 5.3 | .. | |||
| 1 | Unadjusted for seasonality, except regular beneficiaries. |
| 2 | Annual data are averages of the monthly estimates except for benefit weeks and claims received, where the sums are used. Another estimate of EI coverage, derived from annual tax returns filed with Revenue Canada, is also available on request. |
| 3 | Includes all strikes and lockouts, legal or illegal, lasting one-half day or more and amounting to 10 or more person-days lost. Time lost by workers indirectly affected, such as those laid off because of a stoppage by other employees, is not included. |