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 information for individuals.

Online

You can complete the following tasks online:

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 for assistance with:

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 2, 2024.

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 2, 2024 7 minutes
Tuesday December 3, 2024 16 minutes
Wednesday December 4, 2024 8 minutes
Thursday December 5, 2024 5 minutes
Friday December 6, 2024 2 minutes
Average wait time for the week of December 2, 2024 8 minutes

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 November 25 to 29 6 minutes
The week of November 18 to 22 3 minutes
The week of November 11 to 15 2 minutes
The week of November 4 to 8 38 seconds
Monthly average wait times
Months Average wait time
November 2024 3 minutes
October 2024 1 minute
September 2024 3 minutes
August 2024 3 minutes
July 2024 2 minutes
June 2024 53 seconds
May 2024 1 minute
April 2024 5 minutes
March 2024 8 minutes
February 2024 3 minutes
January 2024 8 minutes
December 2023 10 minutes

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