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)

Business hours:

  • 7 am to 8 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 February 2, 2026.

Definition of average wait time

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

Days Average wait time
Monday February 2, 2026 1 second
Tuesday February 3, 2026 1 second
Wednesday February 4, 2026 4 seconds
Thursday February 5, 2026 0 seconds
Friday February 6, 2026 2 seconds
Average wait time for the week of February 2, 2026 2 seconds

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 January 26 to 30 1 second
The week of January 19 to 23 3 seconds
The week of January 12 to 16 4 seconds
The week of January 5 to 9 16 seconds
Monthly average wait times
Months Average wait time
January 2026 6 seconds
December 2025 20 seconds
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

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