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Miscellaneous labour statistics — Miscellaneous labour statistics

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Miscellaneous labour statistics: Part 1
  Employment insurance 1
Persons covered Beneficiaries Initial and renewal claims received Benefits data
Total Regular Number of weeks paid Average weekly payment
v844 v384606 v384652 v1992295 v384270 v384452
  thousands dollars
2009 14,195 1,056 745 3,506 55,269 337.56
2010 14,489 983 681 2,922 52,398 341.22
May 2009 14,333 1,050 791 328 5,075 343.46
June 2009 14,492 998 829 300 4,207 333.28
July 2009 14,365 1,078 794 276 4,257 330.85
August 2009 14,433 1,090 768 292 5,351 342.16
September 2009 14,195 920 813 276 4,056 328.78
October 2009 14,181 929 801 268 3,850 326.20
November 2009 14,247 998 778 268 4,854 332.25
December 2009 14,132 1,076 745 257 4,454 334.30
January 2010 13,948 1,220 705 240 5,935 341.92
February 2010 14,067 1,208 694 235 4,983 340.22
March 2010 14,084 1,192 673 230 5,135 338.07
April 2010 14,240 1,081 675 231 4,554 340.05
May 2010 14,630 941 680 236 4,768 340.54
June 2010 14,880 863 707 243 3,652 336.45
July 2010 14,796 928 676 250 3,656 338.75
August 2010 14,757 954 675 258 4,829 346.99
September 2010 14,588 796 689 249 3,493 340.75
October 2010 14,664 804 679 257 3,858 342.61
November 2010 14,618 865 667 247 3,653 341.35
December 2010 14,600 941 654 247 3,882 346.92
January 2011 14,306 1,073 639 240 5,162 354.33
February 2011 14,357 1,068 627 237 4,241 353.75
March 2011 14,329 1,045 606 225 4,279 350.93
April 2011 14,453 935 595 235 .. ..
May 2011 14,856 787 577 238 .. ..
Miscellaneous labour statistics: Part 2
  Wage settlements 2
All industries Private Public Employees
v4327078 v4327222 v4327234 v4327079
  percent thousands
2009 2.2 2.0 2.4 787 
2010 1.9 1.9 1.7 1,265 
First quarter 2008 3.4 3.9 3.3 179 
Second quarter 2008 2.2 1.4 3.1 159 
Third quarter 2008 4.1 3.0 4.5 144 
Fourth quarter 2008 3.3 2.9 3.4 193 
First quarter 2009 2.4 2.9 2.4 314 
Second quarter 2009 2.6 1.9 2.8 242 
Third quarter 2009 1.9 1.6 2.2 111 
Fourth quarter 2009 2.1 1.6 2.3 119 
First quarter 2010 2.1 1.9 2.2 181 
Second quarter 2010 2.1 2.5 1.8 235 
Third quarter 2010 1.8 2.2 1.3 348 
Fourth quarter 2010 1.5 1.1 1.5 501 
First quarter 2011 1.3 2.2 1.2 129 
Miscellaneous labour statistics: Part 3
  Thousands of person-days lost in work stoppages 3
All industries Primary Construction Manufacturing Trade Transportation Education, health and social services Public administration
v4391647 v4391648 v4391650 v4391651 v4391652 v4391653 v4391656 v4391658
  thousands
2009 2,169.4   15.6   0.0   866.1   85.0   112.4   95.0   763.5  
2010 1,209.4   33.9   9.8   738.7   58.2   69.5   127.2   7.5  
May 2009 96.8  0.6  0.0  36.8  1.6  7.1  4.2  29.8 
June 2009 262.5  0.6  0.0  50.1  1.4  6.7  2.5  185.1 
July 2009 601.8  0.6  0.0  76.9  13.2  4.3  3.7  485.0 
August 2009 154.0  2.4  0.0  111.2  10.4  0.0  4.2  5.6 
September 2009 162.1  2.3  0.0  118.4  10.8  0.0  3.3  9.1 
October 2009 199.4  2.3  0.0  136.5  2.6  2.2  2.5  13.7 
November 2009 184.6  2.3  0.0  132.4  2.1  15.0  2.6  10.0 
December 2009 181.0  2.3  0.0  132.9  1.3  18.1  0.4  9.2 
January 2010 126.1  2.2  0.0  108.6  1.7  0.0  0.3  1.4 
February 2010 128.3  2.1  0.0  96.0  1.8  0.0  11.2  2.7 
March 2010 182.8  2.3  0.0  108.6  1.5  0.0  56.2  0.5 
April 2010 143.9  2.5  0.0  99.8  9.1  7.5  15.3  0.0 
May 2010 122.6  2.5  7.5  85.4  9.8  7.1  1.5  0.1 
June 2010 146.7  2.2  1.9  78.3  7.4  7.9  30.2  0.3 
July 2010 81.2  2.2  0.0  41.3  6.1  11.8  1.3  0.1 
August 2010 55.8  5.4  0.2  20.8  7.6  7.7  2.2  0.2 
September 2010 53.2  5.7  0.0  19.7  3.5  7.6  3.3  0.1 
October 2010 57.3  2.2  0.1  23.2  4.3  7.3  3.3  0.2 
November 2010 59.3  2.2  0.1  29.2  2.8  7.2  2.0  0.1 
December 2010 52.2  2.2  0.0  27.7  2.4  5.3  0.3  1.9 
January 2011 52.7  4.1  0.0  26.4  2.6  4.9  0.0  1.3 
February 2011 77.9  16.5  0.0  26.0  2.6  7.6  0.7  13.7 
March 2011 64.8  17.3  0.0  29.1  0.9  4.9  11.2  0.1 
April 2011 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
May 2011 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1.
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.
2.
Effective annual percentage increase in base rates.
3.
Includes all strikes and lockouts, legal or illegal, lasting one-half day or more and amounting to 10 or more person-days. Time lost by workers indirectly affected, such as those laid off because of a stoppage by other employees, is not included.
Note(s):
Monthly data, when presented in this table, are unadjusted for seasonality, except regular beneficiaries and initial and renewal claims received.
Source(s):
For Employment insurance, contact: Client services (613-951-4090), (1-866-873-8788). For person days lost in work stoppages and wage settlements, contact Human Resources Development Canada. Client Services (1 800-567-6866). Cansim tables: 276-0011, 276-0001, 276-0004, 276-0015, 276-0016, 278-0009, and 278-0007.