Annex 4: Program Administration

Official title: Employment Insurance Monitoring and Assessment Report for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021 and ending March 31, 2022: Annex 4:

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List of abbreviations

This is the complete list of abbreviations for the Employment Insurance Monitoring and Assessment Report for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021 and ending March 31, 2022.

Abbreviations
AD
Appeal Division
ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution
AI
Artificial Intelligence
ASETS
Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy
B
Beneficiary
B/C Ratio
Benefits-to-Contributions ratio
B/U
Beneficiary-to-Unemployed (ratio)
B/UC
Beneficiary-to-Unemployed Contributor (ratio)
BDM
Benefits Delivery Modernization
CAWS
Client Access Workstation Services
CCAJ
Connecting Canadians with Available Jobs
CCDA
Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship
CCIS
Corporate Client Information Service
CEGEP
College of General and Professional Teaching
CEIC
Canada Employment Insurance Commission
CERB
Canada Emergency Response Benefit
CESB
Canada Emergency Student Benefit
CEWB
Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
COEP
Canadian Out of Employment Panel Survey
COLS
Community Outreach and Liaison Service
CPP
Canada Pension Plan
CRA
Canada Revenue Agency
CRB
Canada Recovery Benefit
CRCB
Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit
CRF
Consolidated Revenue Fund
CRSB
Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit
CSO
Citizen Service Officer
CWLB
Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit
CX
Client Experience
EAS
Employment Assistance Services
EBSM
Employment Benefits and Support Measures
ECC
Employer Contact Centre
EI
Employment Insurance
EI-ERB
Employment Insurance Emergency Response Benefit
EICS
Employment Insurance Coverage Survey
EIPR
Employment Insurance Premium Ratio
eROE
Electronic Record of Employment
ESDC
Employment and Social Development Canada
eSIN
Electronic Social Insurance Number
FY
Fiscal Year
G7
Group of Seven
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GIS
Guaranteed Income Supplements
HCCS
Hosted Contact Centre Solution
HR
Human Resources
ID
Identification
IQF
Individual Quality Feedback
IS
Income Security
ISET
Indigenous Skills and Employment Training
IVR
Interactive Voice Response
JCP
Job Creation Partnerships
LFS
Labour Force Survey
LMDA
Labour Market Development Agreements
LMI
Labour Market Information
LMP
Labour Market Partnerships
LWF
Longitudinal Worker File
MAR
Monitoring and Assessment Report
MBM
Market Basket Measure
MIE
Maximum Insurable Earnings
MSCA
My Service Canada Account
NAICS
North American Industry Classification System
NESI
National Essential Skills Initiative
NIS
National Investigative Services
NOM
National Operating Model
NQCP
National Quality and Coaching Program
OAG
Office of the Auditor General of Canada
OAS
Old Age Security
OSC
Outreach Support Centre
PAAR
Payment Accuracy Review
PEAQ
Processing Excellence, Accuracy and Quality
PPE
Premium-paid eligible individuals
PRAR
Processing Accuracy Review
PRP
Premium Reduction Program
PTs
Provinces and Territories
QPIP
Quebec Parental Insurance Plan
RAIS
Registered Apprenticeship Information System
RCMP
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
R&I
Research and Innovation
ROE
Record of Employment
ROE Web
Record of employment on the web
RPA
Robotics Process Automation
SAT
Secure Automated Transfer
SCC
Service Canada Centre
SD
Skills Development
SD-A
Skills Development – Apprenticeship
SD-R
Skills Development – Regular
SDP
Service Delivery Partner
SEPH
Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours
SIN
Social Insurance Number
SIR
Social Insurance Registry
SRS
Simple Random Sampling
SST
Social Security Tribunal
STDP
Short-term disability plan
SUB
Supplemental Unemployment Benefit
TRF
Targeting, Referral and Feedback
TTY
Teletypewriter
TWS
Targeted Wage Subsidies
U
Unemployed
UC
Unemployed contributor
UV
Unemployment-to-vacancy
VBW
Variable Best Weeks
VER
Variable Entrance Requirement
VRI
Video Remote Interpretation
WCAG
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
WWC
Working While on Claim

Annex 4.3.1a – Points of service for EI Program delivery

Points of service for EI Program delivery1
Region FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021* FY2122** % Change2
Atlantic 84 84 84 84 57 -32.1%
Quebec 93 92 92 93 75 -19.4%
Ontario 167 165 163 162 87 -46.3%
Western 214 238 240 240 113 -52.9%
Canada 558 579 579 579 332 -42.7%

Annex 4.3.1b – Service delivery: In-person Employment Insurance requests (in millions)

Service delivery: In-person Employment Insurance requests1 (in millions)
Region FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY20213 FY2122 % Change2
Atlantic 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.09 0.14 55.6%
Quebec 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.28 0.36 28.6%
Ontario 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.16 0.17 6.3%
Western 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.18 0.21 16.7%
Canada 3.9 3.8 3.9 0.7 0.88 26.0%

Annex 4.3.1c – Service delivery: eServiceCanada EI requests (in thousands)

Service delivery: eServiceCanada EI requests 1, 2 (in thousands)
Region FY20213 FY2122 %Change4
Atlantic 556 134 -75.8%
Quebec 353 203 -42.5%
Ontario 528 257 -51.3%
Western 160 273 70.8%
Requests from outside of Canada 5 7 40.0%
Canada 1,603 875 -45.4%

Annex 4.3.1d – Community Outreach and Liaison Services: workers facing mass layoffs reached (number)

Community Outreach and Liaison Services: workers facing mass layoffs reached (number)
Region FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change1
Atlantic 807 781 1,437 249 116 -53.4%
Quebec 3,607 2,811 3,018 5,864 2,561 -56.3%
Ontario 3,659 2,363 3,720 1,239 1,158 -6.5%
Western 2,507 1,247 2,494 1,624 51 -96.9%
Canada 10,580 7,202 10,669 8,976 3,886 -56.7%

Annex 4.3.1e – Community Outreach and Liaison Services: All EI information sessions – citizens (number)

Community Outreach and Liaison Services: All EI information sessions – citizens (number)
Region FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change1
Atlantic 106 115 155 116 78 -32.8%
Quebec 274 197 271 381 251 -34.1%
Ontario 440 228 380 208 93 -55.3%
Western 216 156 170 121 44 -63.6%
Canada 1,036 696 976 826 466 -43.6%

Annex 4.3.1f – Community Outreach and Liaison Services: employers reached (number)

Community Outreach and Liaison Services: employers reached (number)
Region FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change1
Atlantic 70 21 109 156 38 -75.6%
Quebec 134 120 272 1,704 716 -58.0%
Ontario 284 105 298 1,943 625 -67.8%
Western 47 32 86 498 90 -81.9%
Canada 535 278 765 4,301 1,469 -65.8%

Annex 4.3.1g – Community Outreach and Liaison Services: work-sharing sessions – citizens (number)

Community Outreach and Liaison Services: work-sharing sessions – citizens (number)
Region FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change1
Atlantic 7 4 12 84 21 -75.0%
Quebec 57 48 65 238 142 -40.3%
Ontario 23 18 48 39 10 -74.4%
Western 0 0 10 3 0 -100.0%
Canada 87 70 135 364 174 -52.2%

Annex 4.3.1h – Community Outreach and Liaison Services: Outreach Support Centre EI requests (in thousands)

Community Outreach and Liaison Services: Outreach Support Centre EI requests1 (in thousands)
Region FY2021 FY2122
Atlantic 1.4 0.8
Quebec 3.3 2.2
Ontario 4.2 1.9
Western 20.8 11.5
Canada 29.7 16.5

Annex 4.3.2a – Call Centres: enquiries resolved via Employment Insurance voice response system (in millions)

Call Centres: enquiries resolved via Employment Insurance voice response system (in millions)
Fiscal Year FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change1
Canada 16.6 15.9 19.8 25.6 14.1 -44.8%

Annex 4.3.2b – Call Centres: calls answered (Employment Insurance call centre) (in millions)

Call Centres: calls answered (Employment Insurance call centre) (in millions)
Fiscal Year FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change1
Canada 4.6 4.6 4.4 5.6 7.2 +27.9%

Annex 4.3.2c – Call Centres: client attempts to contact a call centre agent

Call Centres: client attempts to contact a call centre agent
Fiscal Year FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122
Attempts to speak to an agent 8,817,886 14,006,552 21,580,151 9,429,023
Calls that could not access the agent queue 3,189,609 8,298,993 10,816,735 117,325
Abandoned calls 979,761 1,303,770 5,150,382 2,132,887
Call answered by an agent 4,648,516 4,403,789 5,613,034 7,178,811

Annex 4.3.2d – Call Centres: first contact resolution – Employment Insurance call centre

Call Centres: first contact resolution – Employment Insurance call centre
Fiscal Year FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 Change1
Canada 80.7% 81.5% 77.3% 84.9% 83.4% -1.5%

Annex 4.3.3a - Electronic services: applications submitted online (%)

Electronic services: applications submitted online (%)
Region FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change1
Atlantic 99.2 99.3 99.2 98.6 98.2 -0.4%
Quebec 98.5 98.6 98.9 98.1 97.4 -0.8%
Ontario 98.9 98.8 99.2 98.6 97.8 -0.9%
Western 98.9 99 99.2 98.6 97.9 -0.7%
Canada 98.8 98.9 99.1 98.5 97.7 -0.8%

Annex 4.3.3b – Service delivery: My Service Canada Account logins (in millions)

Service delivery: My Service Canada Account logins1 (in millions)
Fiscal Year FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change2
Canada 28.8 32.2 37.2 80.1 38.2 -52.3%

Annex 4.3.3c – Service delivery: EI claimants who accessed My Service Canada Account (%)

Service delivery: EI claimants who accessed My Service Canada Account (%)
Fiscal Year FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change1
Canada 35.2% 38.0% 39.1% 34.8% 28.0% -19.5%

Annex 4.3.5a – Client experience survey: Evolution of service channel satisfaction

Client experience survey: Evolution of service channel satisfaction
EI service channel satisfaction FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change1
In-Person channel satisfaction 80% 80% 82% 77% 73% -4%
Online channel satisfaction 79% 79% 71% 77% 71% -6%
Specialized Call Centre channel satisfaction 85% 74% 59% 70% 63% -7%

Annex 4.3.5b – Client experience survey: Evolution of overall EI satisfaction by region

Client experience survey: Evolution of overall EI satisfaction by region
Overall and regional EI program satisfaction FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change1
Atlantic 92% 83% 74% 89% 78% -11%
Quebec 88% 85% 84% 81% 75% -6%
Ontario 82% 79% 75% 86% 75% -11%
West/Territories 75% 77% 74% 81% 76% -5%
Canada 83% 80% 77% 84% 76% -8%

Annex 4.3.5c – Client experience survey: Evolution service channel usage of EI clients in the "aware" stage

Client experience survey: Evolution service channel usage of EI clients in the "aware" stage
Service channel FY1718 FY18191 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change2
In-Person 35% - 42% 13% 14% 1%
Online 60% - 71% 83% 83% 0%
Specialized Call Centre 19% - 20% 20% 19% -1%
Mail 8% - 8% 8% 11% 3%
eServiceCanada - - - 7% 6% -1%

Annex 4.3.5d – Client experience survey: Evolution service channel usage of EI clients in the "apply" stage

Client experience survey: Evolution service channel usage of EI clients in the "apply" stage
Service channel FY1718 FY18191 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change2
In-Person 35% - 44% 7% 8% 1%
Online 87% - 69% 94% 94% 0%
Specialized Call Centre 22% - 15% 16% 19% 3%
Mail 6% - 3% 3% 5% 2%
eServiceCanada - - - 5% 6% 1%

Annex 4.3.5e – Client experience survey: Evolution service channel usage of EI clients in the "follow up" stage

Client experience survey: Evolution service channel usage of EI clients in the "follow up" stage
Service channel FY1718 FY18191 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change2
In-Person 35% - 40% 11% 17% 6%
Online 52% - 62% 56% 59% 3%
Specialized Call Centre 61% - 75% 71% 79% 8%
Mail 7% - 11% 9% 6% -3%
eServiceCanada* - - - 34% 31% -3%

Annex 4.4.1a – Electronic records of employment: % Distribution of paper records of employment versus electronic records of employment

Electronic records of employment: % Distribution of paper records of employment versus electronic records of employment
Fiscal Year eROEs – Canada % total Paper – Canada % total
FY1718 90.4 9.6
FY1819 92.3 7.7
FY1920 94.6 5.4
FY2021 95.6 4.4
FY2122 97.5 2.5
Year-by-Year Comparison1 2.0 -

Annex 4.4.1b – Electronic records of employment: new record of employment web registrations (number)

Electronic records of employment: new record of employment web registrations (number)
Fiscal Year FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change1
Canada 42,411 39,949 45,849 84,699 40,231 -52.5%

Annex 4.4.1c – Electronic records of employment: records of employment submitted electronically by employers (number)

Electronic records of employment: records of employment submitted electronically by employers1 (number)
Fiscal Year FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change2
Canada 9,290,983 9,800,954 12,808,991 12,237,632 12,203,454 -0.3%

Annex 4.4.2a – EI claims processing: claims processed (number)

EI claims processing: claims processed (number)
Region FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change1
Atlantic 375,846 382,382 404,778 678,144 407,942 -39.8%
Quebec 764,175 767,231 914,938 2,014,639 917,832 -54.4%
Ontario 865,308 875,406 1,066,065 2,873,316 1,148,588 -60.0%
Western 778,727 786,678 939,753 2,392,358 912,839 -61.8%
Canada 2,784,056 2,811,697 3,325,534 7,958,457 3,387,201 -57.4%

Annex 4.4.2b – EI claims processing: speed of payment (%)

EI claims processing: speed of payment (%)
Region FY1718 FY1819 FY1920 FY2021 FY2122 % Change1
Atlantic 88.0 86.6 86.8 93.1 88.3 -5.2%
Quebec 82.4 80.2 79.5 89.0 84.3 -5.3%
Ontario 81.3 79.3 79.7 88.8 86.2 -2.9%
Western 80.3 77.2 77.4 87.5 84.1 -3.9%
Canada 82.2 80.0 80.0 88.8 85.4 -3.8%

Annex 4.5.1a – EI payment accuracy review: estimated financial impact of errors and estimated error rate, by sources (based on PAAR sample)

EI payment accuracy review: estimated financial impact of errors and estimated error rate, by sources (based on PAAR sample)
Fiscal Year FY2021 FY2122
Total EI Benefit Payout 31.0B 37.8B
EI Payment Accuracy Rate 96.1% 94.0%
Errors by Sources Estimated Financial Impact ($M) FY2021 (not weighted) Estimated Error Rate FY2021 (not weighted) Estimated Financial Impact ($M) FY2122 (weighted) Estimated Error Rate FY2122 (weighted)
Claimant $654.1 2.1% $1.6B 4.2%
Employer $300.4 1.0% $226.0 0.6%
ESDC $245.8 0.8% $427.3 1.1%
Total $1.2B 3.9% $2.2B 6.0%

Annex 4.5.1b – 15-year overview of claimant errors

15-year overview of claimant errors
Annex 4.5.1b – 15-year overview of claimant errors - Text description follows
Text description of Annex 4.5.1b
15-year overview of claimant errors
Fiscal year Error Rate
FY0708 1.8%
FY0809 1.2%
FY0910 1.4%
FY1011 3.0%
FY1112 2.0%
FY1213 2.3%
FY1314 2.4%
FY1415 2.2%
FY1516 2.9%
FY1617 1.9%
FY1718 2.1%
FY1819 1.8%
FY1920 3.0%
FY2021 2.1%
FY2122 4.2% 
  • Note: The error rate is calculated as the sum of projected overpayment and projected underpayment divided by gross total payout. The projected most likely error rate is calculated by applying the appropriate design weight to the errors identified in the monthly MUS and SRS samples.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada.
  • *The FY2122 results are weighted by their design weights, which account for the monthly variation in the total number of beneficiaries, sample size and strata based on benefit-type.

Annex 4.5.1c – 15-year overview of employer errors

15-year overview of employer errors
Annex 4.5.1c – 15-year overview of claimant errors - Text description follows
Text description of Annex 4.5.1c
15-year overview of claimant errors
Fiscal year Error Rate
FY0708 1.4%
FY0809 1.4%
FY0910 1.4%
FY1011 1.1%
FY1112 1.8%
FY1213 2.7%
FY1314 1.7%
FY1415 1.3%
FY1516 2.4%
FY1617 1.5%
FY1718 1.2%
FY1819 1.3%
FY1920 0.8%
FY2021 0.9%
FY2122 0.6%
  • Note: The error rate is calculated as the sum of projected overpayment and projected underpayment divided by gross total payout. The projected most likely error rate is calculated by applying the appropriate design weight to the errors identified in the monthly MUS and SRS samples.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada.
  • *The FY2122 results are weighted by their design weights, which account for the monthly variation in the total number of beneficiaries, sample size and strata based on benefit-type.

Annex 4.5.1d – 15-year overview of Service Canada errors

15-year overview of employer errors
Annex 4.5.1d – 15-year overview of claimant errors - Text description follows
Text description of Annex 4.5.1c
15-year overview of claimant errors
Fiscal year Error Rate
FY0708 2.2%
FY0809 1.6%
FY0910 1.1%
FY1011 1.9%
FY1112 1.0%
FY1213 0.9%
FY1314 0.5%
FY1415 1.0%
FY1516 0.8%
FY1617 1.3%
FY1718 0.8%
FY1819 0.8%
FY1920 1.7%
FY2021 0.8%
FY2122 1.1% 
  • Note: The error rate is calculated as the sum of projected overpayment and projected underpayment divided by gross total payout. The projected most likely error rate is calculated by applying the appropriate design weight to the errors identified in the monthly MUS and SRS samples.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada.
  • *The FY2122 results are weighted by their design weights, which account for the monthly variation in the total number of beneficiaries, sample size and strata based on benefit-type.

Annex 4.6.2a – SST General Division - EI appeals

SST General Division - EI appeals
Appeal information Number of regular files Number of group files Total number of files
Appeals in progress on March 31,2021 265 322 587
Appeals received 3,139 98 3,237
Appeals concluded 2,560 22 2,582
Appeals in progress on March 31, 2022 844 398 1,242

Annex 4.6.2b – SST General Division file complete to decision sent

SST General Division file complete to decision sent
Fiscal Year Average of file complete to decision sent (days) Percentage of Files Meeting Service Standard
FY1819 144 11.7% (538)
FY1920 51 58.9% (2163)
FY2021 37 79.4% (1441)
FY2122 43 68.8% (1661)

Annex 4.6.2c – SST General Division decisions issued within 15 Days of hearing (excluding groups)

SST General Division decisions issued within 15 Days of hearing (excluding groups)
Fiscal Year Average of hearing held to decision sent (days) Percentage of Files Meeting Service Standard (Number of Files)
FY1819 23.6 11.7% (538)
FY1920 14.0 56.9% (2163)
FY2021 8.8 79.4% (1441)
FY2122 9.0 68.8% (1661)

Annex 4.6.2d – SST General Division decisions issued within 15 days of hearing (including groups)

SST General Division decisions issued within 15 days of hearing (including groups)
Fiscal Year Average of hearing held to decision sent (days) Percentage of Files Meeting Service Standard (Number of Files)
FY1819 24.4 11.4% (538)
FY1920 27 50.2% (2164)
FY2021 9.1 77.5% (1442)
FY2122 9.0 68.8% (1662)

Annex 4.6.2e – SST General Division decisions disputed at the Appeal Division

SST General Division decisions disputed at the Appeal Division
Appeal information Number of regular files Number of group files Total number of files
Appeals in progress on March 31,2021 39 0 39
Appeals received 373 0 373
Appeals concluded 272 0 272
Appeals in progress on March 31, 2022 140 0 140

Annex 4.6.2f – SST Appeal Division file complete to Leave to Appeal service standard – FY

SST Appeal Division file complete to Leave to Appeal service standard - FY
Fiscal Year Average of file complete to leave to appeal decision sent (days) Percentage of Files Meeting Service Standard (Number of Files)
FY1819 48.1 74.2% (328)
FY1920 27.6 86.6% (432)
FY2021 21.6 94.8% (183)
FY2122 23.1 94.7% (267)

Annex 4.6.2g – SST Appeal Division leave granted to final decision service standard – FY

SST Appeal Division leave granted to final decision service standard - FY
Fiscal Year Average of leave decision granted to final decision sent (days) Percentage of Files Meeting Service Standard (Number of Files)
FY1819 144.2 62.7% (94)
FY1920 106.3 86.1% (211)
FY2021 77.1 96.5% (111)
FY2122 89.0 93.9% (107)

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