Official title: Employment Insurance Monitoring and Assessment Report for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2019 and ending March 31, 2020: Annex 5: Employment Insurance financial information
This is the complete list of abbreviations for the Employment Insurance Monitoring and Assessment Report for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2019 and ending March 31, 2020.
Abbreviations
ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution
ASETS
Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy
B/C Ratio
Benefits-to-Contributions ratio
B/U Ratio
Benefits-to-Unemployed ratio
B/UC Ratio
Benefits-to-Unemployed Contributor ratio
BDM
Benefit Delivery Modernization
CAWS
Citizen Access Workstation Services
CCAJ
Connecting Canadians with Available Jobs
CCDA
Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship
CCIS
Call Centre Improvement Strategy
CEIC
Canada Employment Insurance Commission
CERB
Canada Emergency Response Benefit
COLS
Community Outreach and Liaison Service
CPI
Consumer Price Index
CPP
Canada Pension Plan
CRA
Canada Revenue Agency
CRF
Consolidated Revenue Fund
CX
Client Experience
EBSMs
Employment Benefits and Support Measures
ECC
Employment Contact Centre
EI
Employment Insurance
EICS
Employment Insurance Coverage Survey
EIR
Employment Insurance Regulations
EI SQR
Employment Insurance Service Quality Review
eROE
Electronic Record of Employment
ESDC
Employment and Social Development Canada
FLMM
Forum of Labour Market Ministers
FY
Fiscal Year
FY *
Fiscal Year excluding the month of March
G7
Group of Seven
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
HCCS
Hosted Contact Centre Solution
HRSDC
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
IQF
Individual Quality Feedback
IQP
Integrated Quality Platform
ISET
Indigenous Skills and Employment Training
IVR
Interactive Voice Response
LFS
Labour Force Survey
LMDA
Labour Market Development Agreements
LMI
Labour Market Information
LMP
Labour Market Partnerships
MAEST
Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training
MIE
Maximum Insurable Earnings
MSCA
My Service Canada Account
MTESS
Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale
NAICS
North American Industry Classification System
NESI
National Essential Skills Initiative
NIS
National Investigative Services
NOS
National Occupational Standards
NWS
National Workload System
OAS
Old Age Security
OECD
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Statement of operations and accumulated surplus (deficit) for the year ending March 31Footnote 1
Table 1: Revenues and funding ($ million)
Category
FY1718
FY1819
FY1920
Premiums
21,533.0
22,698.4
22,636.6
Interest*
16.6
21.2
22.4
Penalties
64.4
62.0
54.7
Total revenues and funding
21,614.0
22,781.6
22,713.7
Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding.
* This interest includes interest accrued on overdue accounts receivable.
Source: Government of Canada, Public Accounts of Canada 2020, Volume I: Summary Report and Consolidated Financial Statements (Ottawa: Receiver General for Canada, 2020) and past year versions of the Public Accounts report.
Table 2: Part I Employment Insurance benefits expenditures* ($ million)
Category
FY1718
FY1819
FY1920
Regular benefits
11,751.0
10,639.3
11,131.3
Fishing benefits
326.9
332.8
342.0
Work-Sharing benefits
12.9
5.8
16.7
Special benefits for insured employees
5,755.2
5,878.6
6,248.5
Parental benefits**
2,805.0
2,771.9
2,972.6
Sickness benefits
1,681.6
1,781.3
1,904.8
Maternity benefits
1,175.3
1,191.6
1,229.0
Other special benefits***
93.3
133.8
142.1
Special benefits for self-employed
9.7
9.9
11.4
Total income benefits
17,855.6
16,866.3
17,749.9
Less: Benefit repayments****
(308.6)
(286.2)
(237.0)
Total Part-I: Employment Insurance benefits
17,547.1
16,580.0
17,987.0
Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding.
* Expenditures reported in Chapter II of this report are based on administrative data and may differ from the ones reported in the financial statements of the Employment Insurance Operating Account that are included in the Public Accounts of Canada, due to methodological differences.
** Include parental benefits paid to biological parents and adoptive parents.
*** Include compassionate care benefits, benefits for parents of critically ill children (only for FY1718) and family caregiver benefits.
**** These repayments correspond to benefit repayments from higher income claimants.
Source: Government of Canada, Public Accounts of Canada 2020, Volume I: Summary Report and Consolidated Financial Statements (Ottawa: Receiver General for Canada, 2020) and past year versions of the Public Accounts report.
Table 3: Part II Employment benefits and support measures expenditures ($ million)
Category
FY1718
FY1819
FY1920
Employment benefits*
2,048.6
2,171.0
2,329.2
Support measures
119.2
137.0
146.9
Labour market partnerships
112.6
133.3
144.2
Research and innovation
6.6
3.7
2.7
Total Part-II: Employment benefits and support measures
2,167.8
2,307.9
2,476.2
Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding.
* These benefits correspond to transfer payments to provinces and territories related to labour market development agreements, net of previous fiscal years’ over-contribution.
Source: Government of Canada, Public Accounts of Canada 2020, Volume I: Summary Report and Consolidated Financial Statements (Ottawa: Receiver General for Canada, 2020) and past year versions of the Public Accounts report.
Table 4: Administration costs ($ million)
Category
FY1718
FY1819
FY1920
Employment and Social Development Canada – Personnel related-costs
985.1
950.3
973.4
Employment and Social Development Canada – Non-personnel related costs
384.0
379.3
432.8
Canada Revenue Agency – Collection of premiums and rulings
214.5
212.8
212.7
Treasury Board Secretariat – Health Insurance Plan and Public Service Insurance
92.6
83.3
89.0
Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada – Social Security Tribunal
14.2
18.2
14.1
Courts Administration Services
1.0
1.0
1.1
Less: Recovery of costs from the Canada Pension Plan for maintaining the social insurance number registry
(5.3)
(4.1)
(4.6)
Total administration costs: Related parties
1,686.2
1,640.7
1,718.4
Total administration costs: External parties (administration costs incurred by provinces and territories under the LMDA)
191.6
189.7
190.7
Total administration costs
1,877.8
1,830.4
1,909.0
Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding.
Source: Government of Canada, Public Accounts of Canada 2020, Volume I: Summary Report and Consolidated Financial Statements (Ottawa: Receiver General for Canada, 2020) and past year versions of the Public Accounts report.
Accumulated surplus (deficit) at beginning of year
2,999.4
2,951.4
4,915.6
Accumulated surplus (deficit) at end of year
2,951.4
4,915.6
3,904.5
Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding.
* The Employment Insurance Emergency Response Benefit is the portion of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit that was administered by Employment and Social Development Canada. Expenses related to the EI Emergency Response Benefit were paid from the EI Operating Account and those incurred before March 31, 2020 are included in this financial statement.
** On September 14, 2020, the Government announced that it will credit the Account for costs associated with the EI Emergency Response Benefit. This is expected to generate a surplus in the Account for FY1920 rather than a deficit.
Source: Government of Canada, Public Accounts of Canada 2020, Volume I: Summary Report and Consolidated Financial Statements (Ottawa: Receiver General for Canada, 2020) and past year versions of the Public Accounts report.
