Contact the Employer Contact Centre

For more information on Employment Insurance (EI) for employers, please consult EI information for employers.

Not an employer? Consult EI contact information for individuals.

Online

You can use the following online self-service options:

By phone

The Employer Contact Centre's automated service provides specific information on some of Service Canada's employer-related programs and services. It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

During business hours, you can call the Employer Contact Centre to obtain:

We will ask you for the following information when you call:

  • your Business Number (BN), or the BN of the business you are calling about
  • the postal code associated with the BN (as registered with CRA)

Canada and the United States:

  • Toll-free: 1-800-367-5693
  • TTY: 1-855-881-9874

Outside Canada and the United States:

  • 506-546-7569 (collect calls accepted)
  • hours of operation: 7:00 am to 8:00 pm, Eastern Time, Monday to Friday

Average wait times

Our service standard is to answer your call within 10 minutes. Please see below our average wait times for the week of December 22, 2025.

Definition of average wait time

This is the average length of time that callers wait in queue before speaking to an agent.

Days Average wait time
Monday December 22, 2025 1 second
Tuesday December 23, 2025 1 second
Wednesday December 24, 2025 0 seconds
Thursday December 25, 2025 Closed for holiday
Friday December 26, 2025 Closed for holiday
Average wait time for the week of December 22, 2025 1 second

To resolve your enquiry without waiting to speak to a representative, you may use one of our online self-service options described above.

Weekly average wait times
Weeks Average wait time
The week of December 15 to 19 4 seconds
The week of December 8 to 12 59 seconds
The week of December 1 to 5 5 seconds
The week of November 24 to 28 10 seconds
Monthly average wait times
Months Average wait time
November 2025 6 seconds
October 2025 3 seconds
September 2025 5 seconds
August 2025 13 seconds
July 2025 5 seconds
June 2025 3 seconds
May 2025 2 seconds
April 2025 16 seconds
March 2025 4 seconds
February 2025 15 seconds
January 2025 54 seconds
December 2024 4 minutes

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