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Annex 2: Employment Insurance benefits data tables

Official title: Employment Insurance Monitoring and Assessment Report for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024, and ending March 31, 2025: Annex 2: Employment Insurance benefits data tables

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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, 2024 and ending March 31, 2025.

ACG
Apprenticeship Completion Grants
ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution
AI
Artificial Intelligence
AIG
Apprenticeship Incentive Grants
B/C
Benefits-to-Contributions
B/U
Beneficiary-to-Unemployed (rate)
B/UC
Beneficiary-to-Unemployed Contributor (rate)
BDM
Benefits Delivery Modernization
CAL
Canada Apprenticeship Loans
CEEDD
Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database
CCB
Compassionate Care Benefits
CCDA
Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship
CEIC
Canada Employment Insurance Commission
CEIFB
Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board
CFP
Call for Proposals
CIRNAC
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
COLS
Community Outreach and Liaison Service
CPI
Consumer Price Index
CPP
Canada Pension Plan
CRA
Canada Revenue Agency
CRF
Consolidated Revenue Fund
CSO
Citizen Service Officers
CWDP
Community Workforce Development Program
CX
Client Experience
EAS
Employment Assistance Services
EB
Employment Benefits
EBSM
Employment Benefits and Support Measures
ECC
Employer Contact Centre
EDI
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
EI
Employment Insurance
EI-A
Employment Insurance Regular Benefits - Apprentices
EIACC
Employment Insurance Appeals Consultative Committee
EICS
Employment Insurance Coverage Survey
ELMLP
Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform
eROE
Electronic Record of Employment
ES
Employment Services
ESDC
Employment and Social Development Canada
FS
Family Supplement
FTE
Full-Time Equivalent
FY
Fiscal Year
G7
Group of 7
GC
Government of Canada
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
HCCS
Hosted Contact Centre Solution
HR
Human Resources
IBD
Integrity-by-Design
IC
Individual Counselling
IQF
Individual Quality Feedback
ISET
Indigenous Skills and Employment Training
IVR
Interactive Voice Response
IWW
Integrated Workload and Workforce
JCP
Job Creation Partnership
KPI
Key Performance Indicators
LFS
Labour Force Survey
LMDA
Labour Market Development Agreements
LMI
Labour Market Information
LMIA
Labour Market Impact Assessment
LMP
Labour Market Partnerships
LTU
Long-Term Unemployed
MIE
Maximum Insurable Earnings
MSCA
My Service Canada Account
MUS
Monetary Unit Sampling
NEET
Not in Employment, Education or Training
NERE
New Entrant and Re-Entrant
NESI
National Essential Skills Initiative
NHQ
National Headquarters
NIS
National Investigative Services
NOC
National Occupation Classification
OAS
Old Age Security
OASIS
Occupational and Skills Information System
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
p.p.
Percentage point
PAAR
Payment Accuracy Review
PCIC
Parents of Critically Ill Children
PCS
Post Call Survey
PEAQ
Processing, Excellence, Accuracy and Quality
PPE
Premiums-paid Eligible Individuals
PRAR
Processing Accuracy Review
PRP
Premium Reduction Program
PSPC
Public Services and Procurement Canada
PT
Provinces and Territories
QPIP
Quebec Parental Insurance Plan
R&I
Research and Innovation
RAIS
Registered Apprenticeship Information System
RN
Registered Nurse
ROE
Record of Employment
RPA
Robotics Processing Automation
SCC
Service Canada Centre
SCT
Skills and Competency Taxonomy
SD
Skills Development
SD-A
Skills Development - Apprentices
SD-R
Skills Development - Regular
SE
Self-Employment
SEAQ
Service, Excellence, Accuracy and Quality
SEPH
Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours
SFS
Skills for Success
SIN
Social Insurance Number
SIP
Sectoral Initiatives Program
SIR
Social Insurance Register
SM
Support Measures
SME
Small and medium enterprise
SRI
Service Referral Initiative
SRS
Simple Random Sampling
SST
Social Security Tribunal
STDP
Short-Term Disability Plan
SUB
Supplemental Unemployment Benefit
SWSP
Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program
TES
Targeted Earning Supplements
TFW
Temporary Foreign Worker
TIS
Telephone Interpretation Service
TRF
Targeting, Referral and Feedback
TTY
Teletypewriter
TWS
Targeted Wage Subsidies
UTIP
Union Training and Innovation Program
VBW
Variable Best Weeks
VER
Variable Entrance Requirement
VET
Vocational Education and Training
VRI
Video Remote Interpretation
VRS
Video Relay Service
WCAG
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
WISE
Work Integration Social Enterprises
WWC
Working While on Claim

List of tables

Annex 2.1: Employment Insurance benefits - Concepts and definitions

Chapter 2 and Annex 2 provide information on the numbers of new Employment Insurance (EI) claims established, the average actual duration, the average weekly benefit rate, the amount paid in EI benefits, EI claimant categories (long-tenured workers, occasional claimants, frequent claimants), seasonal regular claimants and claim status (active, open, completed, terminated, dormant and combined). These concepts are defined below.

New claims established

New claims established refer to new EI claims that have been received, processed and approved by Employment and Social Development Canada (via Service Canada) for which at least $1 in benefits was paid to an EI claimant.

To avoid double counting, each claim established is counted only once. Thus, a claim that was established, for example, in November 2024 (in 2024-25) and for which benefits paid to an EI claimant began in December 2024 (in 2024-25) and ended in June 2025 (in 2025-26) is included in the 2024-25 statistics, but is not counted in the 2025-26 statistics.

New claims established designate a different concept from new applications submitted to Employment and Social Development Canada (and received by the organization). An application may be submitted, but not necessarily established. This is the case, for example, when the application is rejected because not all of the eligibility requirements are met.

It should be noted that the number of new claims established during a fiscal year does not necessarily correspond to the number of new EI claimants because a claimant can have more than one EI claim established annually.

New claims established are also referred to under other names such as: new claims established, benefits, claims and claims established. The terms "new," "benefits" and "established" are sometimes omitted so as not to complicate the text. In all cases, these terms refer to the same concept.

Average actual duration

The average actual duration of EI claims refers, in regard to these claims, to the average number of weeks of benefits per claim during which at least one dollar in benefits was paid to an EI claimant.

For claims associated with most benefits types, the average actual duration is calculated by dividing the sum of the number of weeks of benefits during which at least one dollar was paid per claim by the number of claims that were completed based on the variable assessed (that is, the average actual duration for Ontario is equal to the sum of the number of weeks of benefits paid in Ontario for all claims completed during a fiscal year divided by the number of claims that were completed in Ontario during the same period).

Average actual duration for claims for EI fishing benefits is calculated using claims established during the reference period rather than claims completed during the reference period.

The average actual duration is a different concept than the average maximum entitlement: the latter is the maximum number of weeks during which benefits may be paid (under sections 12 and 152.14 of the Employment Insurance Act, and Section 8 of the Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations), while the former is the number of weeks for which benefits are actually paid.

Average weekly benefit rate

The average weekly benefit rate, or level of EI benefits, refers to the rate of weekly benefits payable on average for an EI claim.

The average weekly benefit rate is calculated by dividing the sum of the entitled weekly benefit rate of each claim by the number of claims that were established.

The Family Supplement is always included in the calculation of the average weekly benefit rate, unless otherwise specified.

The average weekly benefit rate is not necessarily equal to the amount of benefits actually paid on average per claim established. The amount paid may be less than the benefit rate, especially if the weekly benefits are reduced because the claimant worked while on claim (for more information, consult subsection 2.2.7 of Chapter 2 relating to the Working While on Claim provision).

Amount paid

The amount paid refers to the sum of benefit payments that claimants who have established an EI claim have received. In other words, it is the value of EI benefits that were paid to EI claimants. The Family Supplement is always included in the amount paid.

The amount paid is always reported on a cash basis, meaning that they are reported in the year in which they were paid regardless of when the claim was established. Thus, the amount paid in benefits to an EI claimant who, for example, had a claim established in November 2024 (in 2024-25) and received payment starting in December 2024 (in 2024-25) and ending in June 2025 (in 2025-26) are included in the fiscal year statistics for 2024-25 and 2025-26. If this claimant received $400 per week for 17 weeks between December 2024 and March 2025, and $400 per week for 12 weeks between April and June 2025, an amount of $6,800 will be allocated to 2024-25 and $4,800 will be allocated to 2025-26.

Long-tenured workers

Long-tenured workers are EI claimants who have paid at least 30% of the maximum annual EI premiums in 7 of the past 10 years and who, over the last 5 years, have collected EI regular or fishing benefits for 35 weeks or less.

Frequent claimants

Frequent claimants are EI claimants who have had 3 or more EI regular or fishing claims and have collected benefits for a total of more than 60 weeks in the past 5 years.

Occasional claimants

Occasional claimants are EI claimants who do not meet the requirements for either long-tenured workers or frequent claimants.

Seasonal claimants

EI claimants who had at least 3 regular or fishing claims in the 5 years preceding the reference year, with at least 2 of these claims having started during the same period of the year as the current claim, are referred to as seasonal claimants.

A claim is considered to have been established at the same period of the year if it was established between 8 weeks before and 8 weeks after the week in which the reference year claim was established.

Active claims

Active claims are claims for which benefits are still being paid during the reference period.

Open claims

Open claims are those for which the claimants are still receiving or can still receive EI benefits.

Completed claims

Completed claims refer to claims that are terminated and those that are dormant.

Terminated claims

Terminated claims are those that have ended and for which claimants are no longer eligible to receive EI benefits. The main reasons associated with the termination of claims are either that all weeks of benefits the claimant was entitled have been paid or that the claim reached the last week of the benefit period, which is the last week for which EI benefits could be paid.

Dormant claims

Dormant claims are those that, as of August of the reference year following the reporting fiscal year, are open but are not active.

Combined or mixed claims

A combined or mixed claim refers to an EI claim for which the claimant receives more than one type of benefit during the claimant's benefit period. The 9 types of benefits available under the EI program as stipulated in Chapter 2 and Annex 2 are: regular benefits, fishing benefits, maternity benefits, parental benefits, sickness benefits, compassionate care benefits, family caregiver benefits for adults, family caregiver benefits for children and Work-Sharing benefits. Regular and fishing benefits can never be combined in the same claim.

A claim for which a claimant receives both regular benefits and maternity benefits during its benefit period is treated as 2 separate claims in cases where information on regular benefits or maternity benefits is reported separately (as in the case of Annexes 2.5 and 2.14, which report data on the 2 types of benefits separately; in this example, each of the 2 annexes would add one claim to its totals). Conversely, if aggregated information is presented, the claim is considered a single claim (as in the case of Annex 2.3, which presents data on all EI benefits).

Annex 2.2: Employment Insurance maximum number of benefit weeks entitlement – 2024-25

Annex 2.2.1: Employment Insurance maximum numbers of benefit weeks entitlement – 2024-25
Number of hours of insurable employment in qualifying period Regional rate of unemployment of 6% and under Regional rate of unemployment of more than 6% but not more than 7% Regional rate of unemployment of more than 7% but not more than 8% Regional rate of unemployment of more than 8% but not more than 9% Regional rate of unemployment of more than 9% but not more than 10% Regional rate of unemployment of more than 10% but not more than 11% Regional rate of unemployment of more than 11% but not more than 12% Regional rate of unemployment of more than 12% but not more than 13% Regional rate of unemployment of more than 13% but not more than 14% Regional rate of unemployment of more than 14% but not more than 15% Regional rate of unemployment of more than 15% but not more than 16% Regional rate of unemployment of more than 16%
420-454 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 28 30 32
455-489 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 26 28 30 32
490-524 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 25 27 29 31 33
525-559 0 0 0 0 0 21 23 25 27 29 31 33
560-594 0 0 0 0 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34
595-629 0 0 0 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34
630-664 0 0 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35
665-699 0 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35
700-734 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36
735-769 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36
770-804 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37
805-839 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37
840-874 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38
875-909 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38
910-944 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39
945-979 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39
980-1,014 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40
1,015-1,049 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40
1,050-1,084 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41
1,085-1,119 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41
1,120-1,154 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42
1,155-1,189 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42
1,190-1,224 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43
1,225-1,259 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43
1,260-1,294 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44
1,295-1,329 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44
1,330-1,364 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45
1,365-1,399 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45
1,400-1,434 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 45
1,435-1,469 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 45
1,470-1,504 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 45 45
1,505-1,539 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 45 45
1,540-1,574 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 45 45 45
1,575-1,609 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 45 45 45
1,610-1,644 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 45 45 45 45
1,645-1,679 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 45 45 45 45
1,680-1,714 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 45 45 45 45 45
1,715-1,749 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 45 45 45 45 45
1,750-1,784 34 36 38 40 42 44 45 45 45 45 45 45
1,785-1,819 35 37 39 41 43 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
1,820+ 36 38 40 42 44 45 45 45 45 45 45 45

Source: Employment Insurance Act, Schedule I.

Annex 2.3: Employment Insurance benefits

Annex 2.3.1: Employment Insurance benefits: New claims established
Category Total of 2020-211,2 Total of 2021-222 Total of 2022-232 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 100,110 85,720 82,880 79,013 78,706 -0.4
Prince Edward Island 25,190 24,040 22,730 22,757 22,595 -0.7
Nova Scotia 103,060 91,660 78,430 77,989 77,040 -1.2
New Brunswick 110,670 97,090 83,600 81,299 81,133 -0.2
Quebec 749,310 538,340 476,480 498,005 500,180 +0.4
Ontario 1,067,890 680,230 610,670 663,134 691,786 +4.3
Manitoba 102,110 71,470 67,350 70,247 73,098 +4.1
Saskatchewan 77,500 57,850 53,270 54,582 55,847 +2.3
Alberta 364,420 210,600 196,200 215,429 223,895 +3.9
British Columbia 340,390 237,110 223,610 234,916 238,478 +1.5
Yukon 3,210 2,620 2,280 2,398 2,439 +1.7
Northwest Territories 2,860 2,290 1,860 2,418 2,031 -16.0
Nunavut 1,970 1,580 1,360 1,373 1,287 -6.3
Men 1,605,540 1,104,940 1,006,590 1,087,830 1,117,252 +2.7
Women 1,443,150 995,660 894,130 915,730 931,263 +1.7
24 years old and under 440,960 238,000 174,870 182,520 181,883 -0.3
25 to 44 years old 1,382,320 1,033,500 956,370 1,027,472 1,059,580 +3.1
45 to 54 years old 524,550 358,210 327,820 339,581 346,082 +1.9
55 years old and over 700,860 470,890 441,660 453,987 460,970 +1.5
Canada 3,048,690 2,100,600 1,900,720 2,003,560 2,048,515 +2.2
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI benefits was paid.
  • 1 Claims for regular or sickness benefits could not be established during the first half of 2020-21 due to the implementation of the Canada Emergency Response Benefits (CERB).
  • 2 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.3.2: Employment Insurance benefits: Average weekly benefit rate1 ($)
Category 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 525 546 571 +4.5
Prince Edward Island 502 534 556 +4.0
Nova Scotia 501 529 553 +4.6
New Brunswick 515 540 563 +4.2
Quebec 535 558 580 +3.9
Ontario 539 564 588 +4.3
Manitoba 501 529 550 +4.0
Saskatchewan 527 551 571 +3.6
Alberta 549 572 587 +2.6
British Columbia 544 574 594 +3.6
Yukon 603 615 634 +3.0
Northwest Territories 590 601 633 +5.3
Nunavut 561 603 626 +3.8
Men 565 587 608 +3.4
Women 500 526 549 +4.5
24 years old and under 476 510 530 +3.9
25 to 44 years old 551 576 596 +3.6
45 to 54 years old 544 567 592 +4.3
55 years old and over 515 539 562 +4.3
Canada 535 560 581 +3.9
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI benefits was paid.
  • 1 Excludes extended parental benefits which are paid at a lower benefit rate. Results for 2020-21 and 2021-22 are not reported because EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.3.3: Employment Insurance benefits: Amount paid ($ millions)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,274.8 1,552.8 1,141.1 1,089.0 1,129.5 +3.7
Prince Edward Island 293.8 361.2 279.7 272.9 286.3 +4.9
Nova Scotia 1,187.6 1,542.7 933.0 904.1 958.5 +6.0
New Brunswick 1,248.4 1,542.6 1,054.6 981.6 1,029.3 +4.9
Quebec 6,547.8 7,249.5 3,653.0 3,926.4 4,267.7 +8.7
Ontario 11,347.0 13,143.7 6,554.1 7,233.1 8,339.7 +15.3
Manitoba 1,082.2 1,257.5 725.5 739.5 793.5 +7.3
Saskatchewan 952.5 1,101.4 654.9 650.4 683.6 +5.1
Alberta 4,304.4 4,562.1 2,334.7 2,491.4 2,754.0 +10.5
British Columbia 3,734.2 4,300.3 2,308.5 2,601.7 2,775.2 +6.7
Yukon 39.5 50.1 28.7 30.7 32.9 +7.1
Northwest Territories 37.0 49.4 28.9 29.5 30.3 +2.5
Nunavut 25.7 38.7 22.5 22.5 21.6 -3.7
Men 16,252.2 17,838.7 9,581.6 10,483.4 11,634.3 +11.0
Women 15,822.8 18,913.2 10,137.6 10,489.3 11,467.8 +9.3
24 years old and under 3,601.1 4,297.4 1,521.9 1,488.7 1,591.4 +6.9
25 to 44 years old 15,819.2 17,803.7 10,929.3 11,829.6 13,043.6 +10.3
45 to 54 years old 5,272.4 5,893.0 2,969.3 3,164.0 3,497.5 +10.5
55 years old and over 7,382.4 8,757.8 4,298.6 4,490.4 4,969.6 +10.7
Canada 32,075.0 36,751.9 19,719.2 20,972.7 23,102.1 +10.2
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI benefits was paid.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Annex 2.4: Employment Insurance benefits (by Employment Insurance region)

Annex 2.4.1: Employment Insurance benefits (by Employment Insurance region): New claims established
EI region Total of 2020-211,2 Total of 2021-222 Total of 2022-232 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
St. John's 24,230 16,510 15,400 14,866 14,966 +0.7
Newfoundland-Labrador 75,880 69,210 67,480 64,147 63,740 -0.6
Charlottetown 8,600 7,220 5,860 5,709 5,728 +0.3
Prince Edward Island (excluding Charlottetown) 16,590 16,820 16,870 17,048 16,867 -1.1
Eastern Nova Scotia 30,220 29,690 27,450 26,200 25,144 -4.0
Western Nova Scotia 40,970 36,360 31,470 31,769 31,118 -2.0
Halifax 31,870 25,610 19,510 20,020 20,778 +3.8
Fredericton-Moncton-Saint-John 41,760 33,480 27,970 27,581 28,324 +2.7
Madawaska-Charlotte 17,270 15,030 12,610 11,937 11,705 -1.9
Restigouche-Albert 51,640 48,580 43,020 41,781 41,104 -1.6
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 26,720 25,710 24,610 23,273 22,104 -5.0
Quebec 67,730 45,900 38,350 39,793 40,059 +0.7
Trois-Rivières 15,930 11,490 9,370 9,739 9,846 +1.1
South Central Quebec 16,220 11,920 11,860 12,451 12,080 -3.0
Sherbrooke 17,290 12,680 10,610 11,349 11,835 +4.3
Montérégie 55,830 38,840 36,570 38,574 37,842 -1.9
Montréal 324,500 201,960 174,000 189,601 194,413 +2.5
Central Quebec 109,250 94,470 86,410 89,217 88,842 -0.4
North Western Quebec 24,660 21,640 19,360 19,432 18,875 -2.9
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 54,330 46,450 40,810 39,882 39,244 -1.6
Hull 21,440 15,210 12,880 13,540 14,051 +3.8
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 15,410 12,070 11,650 11,154 10,989 -1.5
Ottawa 65,530 43,110 38,610 42,432 44,654 +5.2
Eastern Ontario 32,720 27,750 24,570 25,343 26,010 +2.6
Kingston 11,050 7,450 7,260 7,260 7,529 +3.7
Central Ontario 99,240 69,080 60,270 64,238 67,197 +4.6
Oshawa 31,480 21,910 19,340 21,605 22,225 +2.9
Toronto 455,220 249,730 227,530 257,523 267,735 +4.0
Hamilton 58,950 37,280 34,210 35,154 37,556 +6.8
St. Catharines 44,760 27,590 21,440 23,465 25,027 +6.7
London 40,500 26,870 24,340 25,549 26,995 +5.7
Niagara 23,750 17,660 16,350 17,105 18,339 +7.2
Windsor 35,230 25,520 20,840 18,098 21,028 +16.2
Kitchener 40,540 27,410 24,220 28,172 30,380 +7.8
Huron 25,470 19,300 18,500 20,156 18,775 -6.9
South Central Ontario 37,800 27,290 27,650 30,063 32,041 +6.6
Sudbury 14,340 11,200 8,220 8,739 9,091 +4.0
Thunder Bay 10,160 6,640 6,280 6,419 6,314 -1.6
Northern Ontario 41,150 34,440 31,040 31,813 30,890 -2.9
Winnipeg 66,440 41,450 39,370 39,788 42,978 +8.0
Southern Manitoba 24,070 18,880 17,890 20,081 20,057 -0.1
Northern Manitoba 11,600 11,140 10,090 10,378 10,063 -3.0
Regina 17,050 10,860 10,660 10,471 11,104 +6.0
Saskatoon 21,860 15,800 13,870 14,548 15,077 +3.6
Southern Saskatchewan 17,920 14,690 12,860 13,487 13,997 +3.8
Northern Saskatchewan 20,670 16,500 15,880 16,076 15,669 -2.5
Calgary 124,830 67,590 63,350 69,938 73,379 +4.9
Edmonton 126,950 75,220 69,410 77,112 81,044 +5.1
Northern Alberta 24,080 15,730 15,230 16,572 16,628 +0.3
Southern Alberta 88,560 52,060 48,210 51,807 52,844 +2.0
Southern Interior British Columbia 60,500 45,530 43,300 44,110 44,051 -0.1
Abbotsford 14,550 12,080 10,880 11,397 11,341 -0.5
Vancouver 168,240 106,150 101,900 110,046 112,597 +2.3
Victoria 22,140 15,710 13,590 14,371 15,222 +5.9
Southern Coastal British Columbia 45,400 34,010 31,390 32,755 33,054 +0.9
Northern British Columbia 29,560 23,630 22,550 22,237 22,213 -0.1
Whitehorse 2,140 1,760 1,550 1,661 1,733 +4.3
Yukon (excluding Whitehorse) 1,070 860 730 737 706 -4.2
Yellowknife 1,050 880 710 1,076 848 -21.2
Northwest Territories (excluding Yellowknife) 1,810 1,410 1,150 1,342 1,183 -11.8
Iqaluit 350 330 260 259 242 -6.6
Nunavut (excluding Iqaluit) 1,620 1,250 1,100 1,114 1,045 -6.2
Canada 3,048,690 2,100,600 1,900,720 2,003,560 2,048,515 +2.2
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI benefits was paid.
  • 1 Claims for regular or sickness benefits could not be established during the first half of 2020-21 due to the implementation of the Canada Emergency Response Benefits (CERB).
  • 2 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.4.2: Employment Insurance benefits (by Employment Insurance region): Average weekly benefit rate1 ($)
EI region 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
St. John's 514 544 567 +4.1
Newfoundland-Labrador 527 547 572 +4.6
Charlottetown 452 511 533 +4.2
Prince Edward Island (excluding Charlottetown) 519 542 563 +4.0
Eastern Nova Scotia 514 542 562 +3.7
Western Nova Scotia 486 515 544 +5.6
Halifax 505 533 555 +4.1
Fredericton-Moncton-Saint-John 509 534 557 +4.3
Madawaska-Charlotte 490 524 551 +5.1
Restigouche-Albert 526 548 569 +4.0
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 535 558 579 +3.6
Quebec 547 570 589 +3.3
Trois-Rivières 524 548 576 +5.1
South Central Quebec 541 566 586 +3.6
Sherbrooke 536 557 580 +4.0
Montérégie 538 560 582 +3.8
Montréal 534 557 579 +3.9
Central Quebec 532 556 579 +4.0
North Western Quebec 530 559 580 +3.7
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 531 553 577 +4.3
Hull 544 563 587 +4.2
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 538 561 582 +3.7
Ottawa 550 575 598 +4.0
Eastern Ontario 522 553 579 +4.7
Kingston 520 549 576 +4.9
Central Ontario 528 554 581 +4.9
Oshawa 551 574 600 +4.6
Toronto 545 569 590 +3.7
Hamilton 545 567 595 +4.9
St. Catharines 513 541 564 +4.3
London 530 551 580 +5.2
Niagara 534 555 582 +5.0
Windsor 543 550 581 +5.7
Kitchener 544 568 594 +4.7
Huron 536 561 584 +4.2
South Central Ontario 544 568 594 +4.6
Sudbury 546 573 593 +3.5
Thunder Bay 560 575 600 +4.4
Northern Ontario 530 554 582 +4.9
Winnipeg 506 534 556 +4.1
Southern Manitoba 492 529 549 +3.7
Northern Manitoba 498 509 527 +3.7
Regina 543 560 579 +3.5
Saskatoon 522 552 572 +3.7
Southern Saskatchewan 518 549 565 +2.9
Northern Saskatchewan 528 546 568 +4.0
Calgary 545 569 584 +2.7
Edmonton 555 577 592 +2.6
Northern Alberta 564 586 601 +2.6
Southern Alberta 540 563 577 +2.4
Southern Interior British Columbia 540 570 589 +3.3
Abbotsford 507 540 561 +3.9
Vancouver 549 576 599 +3.9
Victoria 546 579 600 +3.7
Southern Coastal British Columbia 543 571 591 +3.5
Northern British Columbia 554 584 602 +3.0
Whitehorse 612 615 633 +3.0
Yukon (excluding Whitehorse) 586 617 635 +3.0
Yellowknife 591 601 638 +6.2
Northwest Territories (excluding Yellowknife) 589 601 629 +4.7
Iqaluit 610 641 663 +3.3
Nunavut (excluding Iqaluit) 552 595 618 +3.9
Canada 535 560 581 +3.9
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI benefits was paid.
  • 1 Excludes extended parental benefits which are paid at a lower benefit rate. Results for 2020-21 and 2021-22 are not reported because EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.4.3: Employment Insurance benefits (by Employment Insurance region): Amount paid ($ millions)
EI region 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
St. John's 246.8 311.8 162.2 163.7 177.3 +8.3
Newfoundland-Labrador 1,028.1 1,241.0 979.0 925.3 952.2 +2.9
Charlottetown 79.5 115.6 59.7 56.7 60.8 +7.2
Prince Edward Island (excluding Charlottetown) 214.4 245.6 220.0 216.2 225.5 +4.3
Eastern Nova Scotia 402.6 514.8 379.2 349.3 360.8 +3.3
Western Nova Scotia 445.7 588.4 346.1 339.0 358.0 +5.6
Halifax 339.4 439.5 207.6 215.8 239.6 +11.0
Fredericton-Moncton-Saint-John 421.1 525.3 302.6 286.8 313.0 +9.1
Madawaska-Charlotte 171.8 223.0 136.3 124.0 136.0 +9.7
Restigouche-Albert 655.5 794.2 615.8 570.7 580.3 +1.7
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 339.3 401.4 317.8 293.1 288.9 -1.4
Quebec 537.5 555.3 250.5 280.0 299.1 +6.8
Trois-Rivières 132.4 143.9 70.6 71.6 79.3 +10.8
South Central Quebec 113.6 127.0 67.4 79.8 83.2 +4.3
Sherbrooke 126.5 142.6 70.3 78.6 90.8 +15.6
Montérégie 433.6 478.9 249.7 282.2 297.7 +5.5
Montréal 2,891.9 3,099.8 1,306.9 1,464.6 1,663.2 +13.6
Central Quebec 938.4 1,066.9 626.1 682.0 738.4 +8.3
North Western Quebec 220.6 292.8 167.9 167.8 177.8 +5.9
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 497.6 576.1 340.0 334.0 342.2 +2.4
Hull 192.4 220.2 98.4 105.6 117.9 +11.6
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 123.9 144.5 87.4 87.0 89.2 +2.5
Ottawa 687.7 827.9 422.3 487.2 550.3 +13.0
Eastern Ontario 333.3 418.6 238.8 252.4 279.1 +10.6
Kingston 112.8 138.3 70.4 74.9 83.6 +11.5
Central Ontario 991.7 1,188.5 613.3 649.6 732.3 +12.7
Oshawa 346.2 409.9 216.8 240.2 277.4 +15.5
Toronto 5,115.9 5,677.4 2,608.5 2,978.5 3,508.1 +17.8
Hamilton 594.0 695.7 358.8 384.2 462.1 +20.3
St. Catharines 460.5 519.2 209.3 228.3 278.6 +22.0
London 377.8 483.9 246.7 262.1 296.4 +13.1
Niagara 248.0 283.9 164.5 173.6 199.7 +15.0
Windsor 356.1 433.0 214.8 195.9 212.5 +8.5
Kitchener 410.8 471.2 255.9 297.1 357.5 +20.3
Huron 249.0 296.4 182.0 202.6 209.5 +3.4
South Central Ontario 358.8 431.2 268.5 311.6 352.0 +13.0
Sudbury 136.8 187.0 87.3 91.0 103.0 +13.2
Thunder Bay 101.1 114.9 61.3 66.0 69.9 +5.9
Northern Ontario 466.4 566.7 334.8 337.6 367.8 +8.9
Winnipeg 674.4 755.4 401.0 403.8 441.9 +9.4
Southern Manitoba 249.5 288.0 177.1 194.5 211.4 +8.7
Northern Manitoba 158.3 214.1 147.5 141.2 140.2 -0.7
Regina 198.3 222.2 121.9 119.9 128.5 +7.1
Saskatoon 259.2 284.7 158.8 159.1 171.6 +7.8
Southern Saskatchewan 221.1 253.9 152.3 151.2 160.9 +6.4
Northern Saskatchewan 273.9 340.5 221.9 220.2 222.7 +1.1
Calgary 1,470.8 1,573.1 771.7 824.8 914.5 +10.9
Edmonton 1,512.8 1,588.3 817.1 880.2 998.9 +13.5
Northern Alberta 313.3 331.6 205.3 211.7 231.4 +9.3
Southern Alberta 1,007.5 1,069.1 540.5 574.7 609.2 +6.0
Southern Interior British Columbia 624.7 742.5 414.0 447.8 481.0 +7.4
Abbotsford 152.4 188.7 110.8 119.8 130.6 +9.0
Vancouver 1,899.7 2,120.6 1,093.3 1,290.3 1,362.5 +5.6
Victoria 233.0 271.2 142.8 153.8 170.2 +10.7
Southern Coastal British Columbia 484.5 570.6 306.6 332.9 361.7 +8.6
Northern British Columbia 339.9 406.8 240.9 257.0 269.1 +4.7
Whitehorse 25.3 32.7 20.2 20.6 22.8 +10.7
Yukon (excluding Whitehorse) 14.2 17.3 8.5 10.1 10.1 -0.3
Yellowknife 12.9 17.9 12.2 11.6 11.8 +1.7
Northwest Territories (excluding Yellowknife) 24.2 31.5 16.7 18.0 18.5 +3.1
Iqaluit 5.3 6.5 4.7 4.0 4.0 -0.5
Nunavut (excluding Iqaluit) 20.4 32.2 17.7 18.5 17.6 -4.4
Canada 32,075.0 36,751.8 19,719.2 20,972.7 23,102.1 +10.2
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI benefits was paid.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Annex 2.5: Regular benefits

Annex 2.5.1: Regular benefits: New claims established
Category Total of 2020-211,2 Total of 2021-222 Total of 2022-232 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 81,400 63,620 59,630 57,643 56,005 -2.8
Prince Edward Island 18,820 16,470 14,340 14,985 14,862 -0.8
Nova Scotia 81,630 66,670 55,050 53,649 52,611 -1.9
New Brunswick 91,520 72,500 63,210 61,104 60,871 -0.4
Quebec 653,980 431,360 376,680 395,053 396,116 +0.3
Ontario 848,920 436,290 377,100 423,113 446,542 +5.5
Manitoba 76,120 46,700 43,200 44,835 45,446 +1.4
Saskatchewan 60,370 39,390 35,360 36,188 36,794 +1.7
Alberta 296,840 138,620 125,980 140,200 144,457 +3.0
British Columbia 257,310 141,910 134,280 143,956 145,030 +0.7
Yukon 2,440 1,670 1,450 1,553 1,532 -1.4
Northwest Territories 2,200 1,600 1,190 1,720 1,323 -23.1
Nunavut 1,310 950 770 814 798 -2.0
Men 1,371,140 846,940 759,990 829,115 847,962 +2.3
Women 1,101,720 610,810 528,250 545,698 554,425 +1.6
24 years old and under 381,160 174,040 117,230 127,012 127,431 +0.3
25 to 44 years old 1,042,340 638,470 581,850 640,386 656,795 +2.6
45 to 54 years old 445,220 275,570 249,830 260,187 266,103 +2.3
55 years old and over 604,140 369,670 339,330 347,228 352,058 +1.4
Long-tenured workers 671,790 341,630 278,840 312,990 326,422 +4.3
Occasional claimants 1,511,990 839,210 729,900 783,196 796,220 +1.7
Frequent claimants 289,080 276,910 279,500 278,627 279,745 +0.4
Canada 2,472,860 1,457,750 1,288,240 1,374,813 1,402,387 +2.0
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 Claims for EI regular benefits could not be established during the first half of 2020-21 due to the implementation of the Canada Emergency Response Benefits (CERB).
  • 2 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.5.2: Regular benefits: Average actual duration (number of weeks)
Category Claims established before March 15, 2020 and completed in 2020-21 Claims established on or after September 27, 2020 and completed in 2020-211 Claims established between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021 and completed in 2021-221 Claims established on or after September 26, 2021 and completed in 2021-22 Claims established between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021 and completed in 2022-231 Claims established on or after September 26, 2021 and completed in 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 30.0 7.6 33.7 9.7 37.8 26.4 26.3R 25.9 -1.4
Prince Edward Island 24.6 8.9 28.2 11.4 27.9 22.2 21.5R 22.0 +2.2
Nova Scotia 24.8 9.5 31.2 11.2 37.2 21.3 21.2R 21.2 -0.2
New Brunswick 24.0 8.8 29.8 9.9 28.7 21.9 21.8R 21.7 0.0
Quebec 18.1 7.4 26.7 8.9 30.3 14.6 14.6R 15.1 +3.5
Ontario 20.2 9.0 31.1 8.5 33.5 15.7 16.0R 17.5 +9.0
Manitoba 21.6 9.4 30.4 11.1 32.8 17.2 17.6R 17.9 +1.5
Saskatchewan 23.6 10.3 31.6 11.2 36.5 19.0 19.2R 19.2 +0.3
Alberta 23.5 9.4 31.7 10.3 34.7 17.4 17.0R 17.9 +4.9
British Columbia 20.4 9.4 31.8 10.4 30.9 15.4 16.5R 16.9 +2.6
Yukon 20.6 9.3 32.8 15.5 40.0 17.9 18.2R 18.1 -0.8
Northwest Territories 26.7 11.6 36.8 13.2 40.6 17.2 15.4 22.1 +43.3
Nunavut 33.6 8.1 36.9 6.2 41.4 23.2 26.7R 26.3 -1.3
Men 21.2 8.7 29.7 9.3 34.5 17.1 17.4R 18.0 +3.7
Women 20.9 8.6 30.7 9.2 31.1 16.3 16.2R 16.9 +4.3
24 years old and under 18.9 8.1 26.7 8.3 29.7 14.7 15.3R 15.6 +2.3
25 to 44 years old 20.3 8.7 28.9 8.6 31.7 15.7 16.1R 16.8 +4.8
45 to 54 years old 21.4 8.8 30.4 9.3 32.1 17.0 16.9R 17.6 +4.1
55 years old and over 22.8 8.8 34.1 11.4 36.3 19.2 19.1R 19.8 +3.4
Long-tenured workers 19.7 8.1 29.0 6.8 30.0 14.6 14.3R 15.5 +8.0
Occasional claimants 20.6 8.8 30.9 9.2 33.5 15.9 16.5R 17.3 +4.8
Frequent claimants 23.7 11.2 29.0 13.9 36.5 20.9 20.8R 21.0 +1.0
Canada 21.1 8.6 30.2 9.3 32.7 16.8 16.9R 17.6 +4.0
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the maximum number of entitlement weeks were in effect during this period.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 and 2021-22 and 100% of data for 2022-23 to 2024-25.
Annex 2.5.3: Regular benefits: Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Category Second half of 2020-211 First half of 2021-221 2 months in fall 20211 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 536 535 496 493 510 537 558 +3.8
Prince Edward Island 528 530 488 488 499 524 545 +3.9
Nova Scotia 530 530 492 473 491 519 544 +4.7
New Brunswick 531 528 496 494 517 540 562 +4.1
Quebec 534 546 490 511 544 567 588 +3.7
Ontario 532 552 497 509 538 563 588 +4.4
Manitoba 529 535 495 495 500 525 543 +3.4
Saskatchewan 540 542 520 532 525 550 567 +3.2
Alberta 542 554 533 549 551 577 590 +2.2
British Columbia 535 552 506 523 543 576 596 +3.5
Yukon 549 565 558 530 597 615 635 +3.0
Northwest Territories 557 568 555 575 583 598 634 +6.0
Nunavut 550 557 543 567 579 603 627 +3.9
Men 544 555 524 540 564 588 607 +3.2
Women 522 541 459 453 494 522 546 +5.6
24 years old and under 514 519 454 443 484 515 535 +3.3
25 to 44 years old 539 553 512 527 552 577 597 +3.4
45 to 54 years old 541 555 514 530 546 570 595 +4.3
55 years old and over 534 548 493 498 517 542 565 +4.3
Long-tenured workers 547 566 543 564 583 601 624 +3.7
Occasional claimants 526 538 475 483 512 543 564 +3.8
Frequent claimants 547 550 516 530 547 567 589 +3.7
Canada 534 547 500 511 535 561 583 +3.8
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.5.4: Regular benefits: Amount paid1 ($ millions)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,029.1 1,258.3 843.7 784.9 799.6 +1.9
Prince Edward Island 211.6 270.0 189.1 177.9 187.9 +5.6
Nova Scotia 905.1 1,213.5 632.5 573.7 608.2 +6.0
New Brunswick 989.9 1,251.4 782.1 691.1 721.8 +4.4
Quebec 5,906.0 6,464.9 3,000.0 3,075.7 3,332.4 +8.3
Ontario 8,352.1 9,766.4 3,412.9 3,808.1 4,651.7 +22.2
Manitoba 785.2 920.0 430.1 424.4 453.1 +6.8
Saskatchewan 700.7 819.1 403.0 389.7 410.2 +5.3
Alberta 3,304.1 3,477.9 1,354.7 1,433.5 1,605.6 +12.0
British Columbia 2,675.9 3,081.6 1,216.1 1,403.7 1,470.6 +4.8
Yukon 27.6 35.7 16.5 18.0 18.8 +4.0
Northwest Territories 26.4 36.3 16.0 18.1 18.0 -0.3
Nunavut 16.4 27.0 13.2 13.4 13.0 -3.1
Men 14,578.4 15,982.2 7,860.1 8,421.9 9,401.0 +11.6
Women 10,351.7 12,639.8 4,449.9 4,390.2 4,889.9 +11.4
24 years old and under 3,157.6 3,759.0 1,139.3 1,099.4 1,198.6 +9.0
25 to 44 years old 10,578.0 11,843.5 5,358.9 5,910.0 6,638.8 +12.3
45 to 54 years old 4,660.7 5,191.2 2,358.9 2,406.5 2,683.0 +11.5
55 years old and over 6,533.9 7,828.3 3,452.9 3,396.2 3,770.4 +11.0
Long-tenured workers 6,533.0 6,885.5 2,551.1 2,627.1 3,128.1 +19.1
Occasional claimants 14,933.4 17,856.2 6,650.0 7,044.7 7,891.9 +12.0
Frequent claimants 3,463.6 3,880.4 3,108.9 3,140.3 3,270.9 +4.2
Canada 24,930.1 28,622.1 12,310.0 12,812.1 14,290.9 +11.5
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 Includes benefits paid for training purposes under section 25 of the Employment Insurance Act.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Annex 2.6: Regular benefits (by industry)

Annex 2.6.1: Regular benefits (by industry): New claims established
Industry Total of 2020-211,2 Total of 2021-222 Total of 2022-232 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Goods-producing industries 667,470 500,780 474,160 513,992 512,313 -0.3
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 59,370 55,550 51,410 48,672 46,646 -4.2
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 33,730 21,730 20,260 23,064 22,202 -3.7
Utilities 3,980 4,250 3,690 3,467 4,058 +17.0
Construction 350,210 285,790 279,670 306,784 303,878 -0.9
Manufacturing 220,180 133,460 119,130 132,005 135,529 +2.7
Services-producing industries 1,671,510 912,730 774,430 831,039 854,888 +2.9
Wholesale and retail trade 369,350 127,280 97,250 108,873 113,120 +3.9
Transportation and warehousing 114,250 69,100 63,330 67,084 70,558 +5.2
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 62,070 31,000 26,920 32,958 34,666 +5.2
Professional, scientific and technical services 87,120 58,260 65,120 74,932 78,164 +4.3
Business, building and other support services3 170,190 95,540 84,470 97,566 98,205 +0.7
Educational services 120,670 191,150 193,530 185,799 187,712 +1.0
Health care and social assistance 105,120 62,290 49,980 49,827 52,288 +4.9
Information, culture and recreation4 110,510 50,820 37,330 49,278 46,407 -5.8
Accommodation and food services 317,070 105,100 55,430 62,020 62,546 +0.8
Other services (excluding public administration) 116,740 45,530 36,800 37,219 39,389 +5.8
Public administration 98,420 76,660 64,270 65,483 71,833 +9.7
Unclassified industries5 133,880 44,240 39,650 29,782 35,186 +18.1
Canada 2,472,860 1,457,750 1,288,240 1,374,813 1,402,387 +2.0
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 Claims for EI regular benefits could not be established during the first half of 2020-21 due to the implementation of the Canada Emergency Response Benefits (CERB).
  • 2 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • 3 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 4 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 5 For some claims, this information was not available in the data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.6.2: Regular benefits (by industry): Average actual duration (number of weeks)
Industry Claims established before March 15, 2020 and completed in 2020-21 Claims established on or after September 27, 2020 and completed in 2020-211 Claims established between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021 and completed in 2021-221 Claims established on or after September 26, 2021 and completed in 2021-22 Claims established between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021 and completed in 2022-231 Claims established on or after September 26, 2021 and completed in 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Goods-producing industries 20.4 8.1 26.6 9.1 31.9 16.7 16.8R 17.4 +3.2
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 23.5 10.6 30.1 13.8 34.3 21.1 20.7R 20.8 +0.5
Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction 23.9 9.6 29.6 9.9 34.0 18.3 18.7R 18.5 -1.0
Utilities 21.1 6.7 23.2 5.6 29.9 13.9 15.0R 14.9 -0.7
Construction 19.8 7.7 24.8 8.8 32.7 15.7 15.8R 16.2 +2.7
Manufacturing 19.9 7.9 27.9 7.7 30.2 17.1 17.4R 18.7 +7.3
Services-producing industries 21.5 8.9 31.4 9.4 32.7 16.8 16.9R 17.6 +4.4
Wholesale and retail trade 23.0 7.5 32.6 10.1 37.5 19.1 19.6R 20.4 +4.0
Transportation and warehousing 21.5 9.1 31.0 9.9 34.8 17.4 17.1R 17.9 +4.1
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 24.6 9.7 35.1 9.9 39.9 19.1 19.8R 21.1 +6.6
Professional, scientific and technical services 23.4 9.8 30.5 10.1 36.1 17.5 19.4R 19.9 +2.6
Business, building and other support services2 22.1 9.6 33.6 10.8 38.0 17.9 18.7R 19.4 +3.8
Educational services 14.8 8.7 19.1 7.6 20.5 11.3 10.6 10.7 +1.4
Health care and social assistance 21.4 7.9 32.2 9.4 33.6 17.9 17.9R 18.1 +0.8
Information, culture and recreation3 22.1 10.3 32.7 9.2 35.0 17.2 18.2R 19.8 +8.5
Accommodation and food services 23.0 10.0 35.8 7.5 38.5 18.1 19.2R 19.7 +2.5
Other services (excluding public administration) 22.2 8.4 32.6 9.7 36.0 18.2 18.9R 19.4 +3.1
Public administration 23.3 9.5 29.7 11.5 37.4 19.3 19.4R 19.5 +0.3
Unclassified industries4 23.2 9.1 34.5 9.7 40.1 19.2 20.0R 20.3 +1.7
Canada 21.1 8.6 30.2 9.3 32.7 16.8 16.9R 17.6 +4.0
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the maximum number of entitlement weeks were in effect during this period.
  • 2 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 3 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 4 For some claims, this information was not available in the data.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 and 2021-22 and 100% of data for 2022-23 to 2024-25.
Annex 2.6.3: Regular benefits (by industry): Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Industry Second half of 2020-211 First half of 2021-221 2 months in fall 20211 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Goods-producing industries 555 564 539 562 580 601 622 +3.4
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 542 555 522 505 524 556 578 +4.0
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 571 588 579 597 622 641 662 +3.3
Utilities 567 585 567 596 620 633 658 +3.9
Construction 562 571 552 575 601 621 640 +3.1
Manufacturing 545 557 519 533 546 565 588 +4.1
Services-producing industries 526 544 482 470 509 537 561 +4.5
Wholesale and retail trade 522 531 464 457 485 513 581 +4.3
Transportation and warehousing 537 541 511 463 476 514 537 +4.4
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 537 556 490 507 540 574 618 +4.0
Professional, scientific and technical services 549 563 534 553 577 606 626 +3.3
Business, building and other support services2 531 537 473 489 513 539 559 +3.6
Educational services 533 552 499 515 529 549 583 +6.1
Health care and social assistance 524 539 458 460 487 517 539 +4.3
Information, culture and recreation3 525 540 425 457 500 547 559 +2.2
Accommodation and food services 513 518 423 395 428 461 474 +2.9
Other services (excluding public administration) 525 536 481 456 490 521 543 +4.2
Public administration 537 545 518 506 533 560 583 +4.1
Unclassified industries4 527 538 487 482 518 537 557 +3.6
Canada 534 547 500 511 535 561 583 +3.8
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • 2 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 3 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 4 For some claims, this information was not available in the data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.6.4: Regular benefits (by industry): Amount paid1 ($ millions)
Industry 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Goods-producing industries 7,138.4 7,965.0 4,858.9 5,189.5 5,661.4 +9.1
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 689.3 940.2 615.6 573.3 575.6 +0.4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 430.8 417.2 251.5 274.9 280.8 +2.1
Utilities 46.8 46.7 35.9 34.0 42.6 +25.2
Construction 3,691.3 4,012.0 2,762.5 3,056.9 3,263.9 +6.8
Manufacturing 2,280.1 2,549.0 1,193.4 1,250.4 1,498.6 +19.8
Services-producing industries 16,428.9 19,915.0 7,080.3 7,331.2 8,247.1 +12.5
Wholesale and retail trade 3,343.2 3,950.6 1,073.3 1,078.2 1,270.3 +17.8
Transportation and warehousing 1,131.8 1,410.9 571.7 570.1 663.1 +16.3
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 704.4 810.2 320.6 360.8 448.6 +24.3
Professional, scientific and technical services 996.0 1,140.4 647.2 901.3 963.3 +6.9
Business, building and other support services2 1,845.5 2,275.7 872.9 964.8 1,076.1 +11.5
Educational services 793.5 1,823.9 1,059.3 963.3 1,024.9 +6.4
Health care and social assistance 978.2 1,383.4 530.4 438.2 494.9 +12.9
Information, culture and recreation3 1,156.8 1,116.3 343.9 472.5 515.6 +9.1
Accommodation and food services 3,383.5 3,300.9 526.7 531.9 582.2 +9.5
Other services (excluding public administration) 1,126.7 1,315.9 385.5 366.9 430.3 +17.3
Public administration 969.2 1,386.8 748.8 683.2 777.7 +13.8
Unclassified industries4 1,362.9 742.0 370.7 291.4 382.4 +31.2
Canada 24,930.1 28,622.1 12,310.0 12,812.1 14,290.9 +11.5
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 Includes benefits paid for training purposes under section 25 of the Employment Insurance Act.
  • 2 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 3 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 4 For some claims, this information was not available in the data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Annex 2.7: Regular benefits (by regional unemployment rate and hours of insurable employment from previous employment)

Annex 2.7.1: Regular benefits (by regional unemployment rate1 and hours of insurable employment from previous employment): New claims established2
Category 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Regional unemployment rate: 6.0% and under 835,500 846,289 490,616 -42.0
Regional unemployment rate: 6.1% to 7.0% 227,280 288,333 366,322 +27.0
Regional unemployment rate: 7.1% to 8.0% 43,960 44,994 222,189 +393.8
Regional unemployment rate: 8.1% to 9.0% 13,810 38,974 166,059 +326.1
Regional unemployment rate: 9.1% to 10.0% 18,280 39,313 56,832 +44.6
Regional unemployment rate: 10.1% to 11.0% 43,630 34,502 22,090 -36.0
Regional unemployment rate: 11.1% to 12.0% 25,350 16,581 19,744 +19.1
Regional unemployment rate: 12.1% to 13.0% 6,850 13,085 8,549 -34.7
Regional unemployment rate: 13.1% to 14.0% 3,630 31,405 27,925 -11.1
Regional unemployment rate: 14.1% to 15.0% 50,970 10,328 8,747 -15.3
Regional unemployment rate: 15.1% to 16.0% 4,260 2,510 5,757 +129.4
Regional unemployment rate: 16.1% or greater 14,720 8,499 7,557 -11.1
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 420 to 559 47,400 8,986 7,553 -15.9
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 560 to 699 54,600 27,081 38,326 +41.5
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 700 to 839 104,470 113,886 110,523 -3.0
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 840 to 979 104,920 111,762 112,393 +0.6
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 980 to 1,119 107,400 117,351 118,289 +0.8
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,120 to 1,259 114,030 126,027 128,321 +1.8
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,260 to 1,399 110,560 118,079 122,914 +4.1
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,400 to 1,539 130,010 136,667 140,612 +2.9
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,540 to 1,679 105,530 116,687 119,520 +2.4
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,680 to 1,819 106,350 120,187 120,998 +0.7
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,820 or more 302,970 378,100 382,938 +1.3
Canada 1,288,240 1,374,813 1,402,387 +2.0
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 Unemployment rates used for the Employment Insurance program are a 3-month moving average of seasonally adjusted monthly rates of unemployment produced by Statistics Canada, as per section 17 of the Employment Insurance Regulations.
  • 2 Results for 2020-21 and 2021-22 are not presented because EI temporary measures affecting the EI unemployment rate and hours of insurable employment were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.7.2: Regular benefits (by regional unemployment rate1 and hours of insurable employment from previous employment): Average actual duration2 (number of weeks)
Category Claims established on or after September 26, 2021 and completed in 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Regional unemployment rate: 6.0% and under 13.3 15.5R 16.4 +5.4
Regional unemployment rate: 6.1% to 7.0% 15.7 16.0R 17.6 +10.0
Regional unemployment rate: 7.1% to 8.0% 18.2 18.8R 16.3 -13.2
Regional unemployment rate: 8.1% to 9.0% 21.5 16.1R 15.5 -3.9
Regional unemployment rate: 9.1% to 10.0% 21.9 21.2R 22.0 +4.0
Regional unemployment rate: 10.1% to 11.0% 18.2 24.1 24.8 +3.0
Regional unemployment rate: 11.1% to 12.0% 21.4 25.6R 25.8 +0.7
Regional unemployment rate: 12.1% to 13.0% 26.8 25.5R 28.3 +10.8
Regional unemployment rate: 13.1% to 14.0% 25.5 21.2R 26.4 +25.0
Regional unemployment rate: 14.1% to 15.0% 21.1 28.3 24.1 -15.0
Regional unemployment rate: 15.1% to 16.0% 29.0 28.0R 25.8 -7.8
Regional unemployment rate: 16.1% or greater 28.5 26.6R 27.0 +1.2
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 420 to 559 16.5 22.4 26.2 +17.2
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 560 to 699 16.7 21.0R 20.4 -2.6
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 700 to 839 16.8 15.7R 16.2 +3.0
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 840 to 979 17.5 16.8R 17.1 +1.7
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 980 to 1,119 18.0 17.1R 17.3 +1.2
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,120 to 1,259 17.8 17.0R 17.0 +0.1
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,260 to 1,399 17.2 16.5R 16.6 +0.6
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,400 to 1,539 15.4 14.9R 15.1 +1.7
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,540 to 1,679 15.8 16.0R 16.3 +2.4
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,680 to 1,819 15.7 16.5R 17.4 +5.6
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,820 or more 16.9 18.1R 19.6 +8.4
Canada 16.8 16.9R 17.6 +4.0
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 Unemployment rates used for the Employment Insurance program are a 3-month moving average of seasonally adjusted monthly rates of unemployment produced by Statistics Canada, as per section 17 of the Employment Insurance Regulations.
  • 2 Results for 2020-21 and 2021-22 are not presented because EI temporary measures affecting the EI unemployment rate and hours of insurable employment were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.7.3: Regular benefits (by regional unemployment rate1 and hours of insurable employment from previous employment): Average weekly benefit rate2 ($)
Category 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Regional unemployment rate: 6.0% and under 540 563 584 +3.7
Regional unemployment rate: 6.1% to 7.0% 530 565 584 +3.4
Regional unemployment rate: 7.1% to 8.0% 521 564 581 +3.1
Regional unemployment rate: 8.1% to 9.0% 558 570 596 +4.5
Regional unemployment rate: 9.1% to 10.0% 526 548 572 +4.3
Regional unemployment rate: 10.1% to 11.0% 533 552 571 +3.5
Regional unemployment rate: 11.1% to 12.0% 525 533 551 +3.5
Regional unemployment rate: 12.1% to 13.0% 497 531 537 +1.1
Regional unemployment rate: 13.1% to 14.0% 480 552 573 +3.8
Regional unemployment rate: 14.1% to 15.0% 517 536 555 +3.5
Regional unemployment rate: 15.1% to 16.0% 497 535 583 +8.8
Regional unemployment rate: 16.1% or greater 494 507 520 +2.6
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 420 to 559 328 391 411 +5.1
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 560 to 699 394 442 458 +3.6
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 700 to 839 439 454 476 +4.9
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 840 to 979 482 493 514 +4.2
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 980 to 1,119 504 518 539 +3.9
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,120 to 1,259 525 538 560 +4.0
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,260 to 1,399 549 561 585 +4.3
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,400 to 1,539 570 582 609 +4.7
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,540 to 1,679 579 590 612 +3.8
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,680 to 1,819 589 599 620 +3.5
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,820 or more 606 620 639 +3.1
Canada 535 561 583 +3.8
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 Unemployment rates used for the Employment Insurance program are a 3-month moving average of seasonally adjusted monthly rates of unemployment produced by Statistics Canada, as per section 17 of the Employment Insurance Regulations.
  • 2 Results for 2020-21 and 2021-22 are not presented because EI temporary measures affecting the EI unemployment rate and hours of insurable employment were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.7.4: Regular benefits (by regional unemployment rate1 and hours of insurable employment from previous employment): Amount paid2,3 ($ millions)
Category 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Regional unemployment rate: 6.0% and under 5,513.6 7,670.4 5,335.2 -30.4
Regional unemployment rate: 6.1% to 7.0% 2,267.1 2,371.8 3,564.9 +50.3
Regional unemployment rate: 7.1% to 8.0% 1,240.1 322.2 2,032.2 +530.7
Regional unemployment rate: 8.1% to 9.0% 644.1 351.9 1,202.0 +241.5
Regional unemployment rate: 9.1% to 10.0% 364.0 377.1 620.8 +64.6
Regional unemployment rate: 10.1% to 11.0% 341.1 557.4 312.1 -44.0
Regional unemployment rate: 11.1% to 12.0% 277.8 230.6 322.1 +39.7
Regional unemployment rate: 12.1% to 13.0% 229.2 126.8 181.9 +43.4
Regional unemployment rate: 13.1% to 14.0% 343.6 195.7 455.0 +132.5
Regional unemployment rate: 14.1% to 15.0% 449.1 422.4 95.6 -77.4
Regional unemployment rate: 15.1% to 16.0% 46.3 66.2 61.7 -6.7
Regional unemployment rate: 16.1% or greater 594.0 119.5 107.4 -10.1
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 420 to 559 447.7 102.9 85.5 -16.8
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 560 to 699 528.2 267.3 327.6 +22.6
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 700 to 839 837.5 810.2 852.6 +5.2
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 840 to 979 932.6 908.8 978.4 +7.7
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 980 to 1,119 990.7 1,015.9 1,087.8 +7.1
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,120 to 1,259 1,049.9 1,094.2 1,176.1 +7.5
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,260 to 1,399 1,005.6 1,043.3 1,134.5 +8.7
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,400 to 1,539 1,101.8 1,143.1 1,236.6 +8.2
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,540 to 1,679 938.5 1,066.8 1,154.6 +8.2
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,680 to 1,819 982.0 1,161.5 1,309.4 +12.7
Hours of insurable employment from previous employment: 1,820 or more 3,495.7 4,198.1 4,947.7 +17.9
Canada 12,310.0 12,812.1 14,290.9 +11.5
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid. Totals include amounts paid for claims where data on hours of insurable employment are missing.
  • 1 Unemployment rates used for the Employment Insurance program are a 3-month moving average of seasonally adjusted monthly rates of unemployment produced by Statistics Canada, as per section 17 of the Employment Insurance Regulations.
  • 2 Includes benefits paid for training purposes under section 25 of the Employment Insurance Act.
  • 3 Results for 2020-21 and 2021-22 are not presented because EI temporary measures affecting the EI unemployment rate and hours of insurable employment were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Annex 2.8: Regular benefits (by Employment Insurance region)

Annex 2.8.1: Regular benefits (by Employment Insurance region): New claims established
EI region Total of 2020-211,2 Total of 2021-222 Total of 2022-232 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
St. John's 20,320 11,900 10,470 10,146 9,979 -1.6
Newfoundland-Labrador 61,080 51,720 49,160 47,497 46,026 -3.1
Charlottetown 6,670 4,870 3,230 3,594 3,651 +1.6
Prince Edward Island (excluding Charlottetown) 12,150 11,600 11,110 11,391 11,211 -1.6
Eastern Nova Scotia 24,760 23,290 21,040 19,719 18,693 -5.2
Western Nova Scotia 32,160 26,640 22,410 22,233 21,739 -2.2
Halifax 24,710 16,740 11,600 11,697 12,179 +4.1
Fredericton-Moncton-Saint-John 33,220 22,890 18,480 18,304 18,933 +3.4
Madawaska-Charlotte  14,090 10,750 9,340 8,636 8,508 -1.5
Restigouche-Albert 44,210 38,860 35,390 34,164 33,430 -2.1
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la Madeleine 23,980 22,640 21,720 20,352 19,204 -5.6
Québec 58,860 36,270 29,440 30,670 30,703 +0.1
Trois-Rivières  13,820 8,650 7,110 7,454 7,657 +2.7
South Central Quebec 13,190 9,140 8,940 9,507 8,914 -6.2
Sherbrooke 14,730 9,400 8,230 8,836 9,052 +2.4
Montérégie  47,530 30,160 28,470 29,774 29,497 -0.9
Montreal 285,330 162,640 136,750 151,285 155,381 +2.7
Central Quebec 94,470 74,840 68,230 70,344 69,874 -0.7
North Western Quebec 21,950 17,330 15,710 15,672 15,112 -3.6
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 47,950 39,170 33,560 32,506 31,768 -2.3
Hull 18,950 11,880 9,720 10,189 10,722 +5.2
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 13,220 9,240 8,800 8,464 8,232 -2.7
Ottawa 50,390 25,020 21,730 24,079 25,964 +7.8
Eastern Ontario 24,930 18,470 15,690 16,558 16,800 +1.5
Kingston 8,690 4,880 4,440 4,507 4,724 +4.8
Central Ontario  78,060 45,750 38,320 42,144 44,792 +6.3
Oshawa 24,710 13,460 11,100 13,080 13,765 +5.2
Toronto 368,300 157,100 138,950 166,014 174,538 +5.1
Hamilton 45,520 23,190 20,050 21,208 23,653 +11.5
St. Catharines 37,690 19,880 13,840 15,721 16,871 +7.3
London 32,370 16,840 15,180 16,039 17,026 +6.2
Niagara 18,040 11,260 10,150 10,614 11,616 +9.4
Windsor 29,740 19,110 14,560 12,258 14,197 +15.8
Kitchener 30,750 16,600 13,920 16,943 18,957 +11.9
Huron 19,730 12,480 12,410 13,883 12,710 -8.4
South Central Ontario  27,280 15,990 15,510 17,619 19,640 +11.5
Sudbury  11,060 7,430 5,120 5,576 5,747 +3.1
Thunder Bay 8,270 4,360 3,990 4,121 4,010 -2.7
Northern Ontario 33,390 24,470 22,140 22,749 21,532 -5.3
Winnipeg 50,200 26,560 24,460 24,763 26,037 +5.1
Southern Manitoba 16,420 11,550 10,860 12,102 11,852 -2.1
Northern Manitoba 9,500 8,590 7,880 7,970 7,557 -5.2
Regina  12,710 6,610 6,220 6,035 6,478 +7.3
Saskatoon  16,530 9,990 8,310 8,936 9,333 +4.4
Southern Saskatchewan  14,030 10,120 8,590 9,082 9,287 +2.3
Northern Saskatchewan  17,100 12,670 12,240 12,135 11,696 -3.6
Calgary 101,330 42,990 39,570 43,826 45,523 +3.9
Edmonton 103,540 50,890 45,220 51,057 53,527 +4.8
Northern Alberta 20,300 11,090 10,570 11,926 11,986 +0.5
Southern Alberta 71,670 33,650 30,620 33,391 33,421 +0.1
Southern Interior British Columbia 48,000 31,440 29,190 30,375 29,922 -1.5
Abbotsford 9,950 6,900 6,300 6,349 6,312 -0.6
Vancouver 125,580 58,310 57,460 63,899 65,135 +1.9
Victoria 15,900 7,980 7,120 7,565 8,059 +6.5
Southern Coastal British Columbia  34,170 21,050 18,410 20,041 19,939 -0.5
Northern British Columbia  23,710 16,230 15,800 15,727 15,663 -0.4
Whitehorse 1,470 970 800 944 952 +0.8
Yukon (excluding Whitehorse) 970 700 650 609 580 -4.8
Yellowknife 720 510 400 683 429 -37.2
Northwest Territories (excluding Yellowknife) 1,480 1,090 790 1,037 894 -13.8
Iqaluit 170 170 70 93 98 +5.4
Nunavut (excluding Iqaluit) 1,140 780 700 721 700 -2.9
Canada 2,472,860 1,457,750 1,288,240 1,374,813 1,402,387 +2.0
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 Claims for EI regular benefits could not be established during the first half of 2020-21 due to the implementation of the Canada Emergency Response Benefits (CERB).
  • 2 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.8.2: Regular benefits (by Employment Insurance region): Average actual duration (number of weeks)
EI region Claims established before March 15, 2020 and completed in 2020-21 Claims established on or after September 27, 2020 and completed in 2020-211 Claims established between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021 and completed in 2021-221 Claims established on or after September 26, 2021 and completed in 2021-22 Claims established between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021 and completed in 2022-231 Claims established on or after September 26, 2021 and completed in 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
St. John's 21.7 7.4 31.2 11.1 34.7 17.2 17.6R 18.0 +2.4
Newfoundland-Labrador 31.4 7.9 34.6 7.8 38.6 28.6 28.0R 27.6 -1.7
Charlottetown 21.0 8.0 26.8 12.0 26.8 17.3 17.3R 17.6 +2.0
Prince Edward Island (excluding Charlottetown) 25.5 9.8 28.9 10.7 29.0 23.7 22.7R 23.4 +2.7
Eastern Nova Scotia 28.5 9.9 32.5 11.1 37.5 25.7 24.9R 25.2 +1.2
Western Nova Scotia 22.9 9.2 30.8 12.2 37.5 20.0 19.9R 19.6 -1.1
Halifax 20.9 9.6 30.3 10.0 36.3 16.3 17.2R 17.5 +2.2
Fredericton-Moncton-Saint-John 20.7 8.5 29.7 9.5 27.7 17.0 17.4R 17.3 -0.2
Madawaska-Charlotte  21.8 8.9 28.4 13.5 25.5 19.6 19.7R 20.3 +3.4
Restigouche-Albert 26.1 9.4 30.3 7.2 30.3 25.1 24.4R 24.6 +0.6
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la Madeleine 27.0 8.0 30.0 10.6 34.8 24.3 23.1R 22.9 -0.9
Québec 16.4 7.6 23.4 7.9 27.7 12.3 12.4R 12.9 +3.7
Trois-Rivières  17.1 7.1 26.7 8.9 28.6 13.8 14.0R 14.1 +0.6
South Central Quebec 13.9 6.4 21.1 8.2 25.5 11.3 11.8R 12.1 +2.6
Sherbrooke 15.9 6.6 22.6 7.7 29.4 12.3 12.8R 13.2 +3.2
Montérégie  16.2 6.8 24.9 9.0 27.0 13.1 13.5R 13.6 +0.4
Montreal 18.2 7.7 28.7 8.5 30.6 14.2 14.4R 15.3 +6.4
Central Quebec 17.0 7.3 25.1 9.5 29.8 14.1 14.3R 14.8 +3.3
North Western Quebec 18.3 7.0 27.0 10.2 31.9 16.5 15.6R 16.4 +5.6
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 18.4 7.2 24.9 10.6 31.7 15.4 15.1R 15.5 +2.8
Hull 17.5 8.8 27.8 8.5 30.8 14.1 14.1R 14.8 +4.9
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 17.0 7.1 25.0 8.8 32.4 14.3 14.1R 14.4 +2.1
Ottawa 19.6 9.0 30.1 9.2 35.2 14.6 15.3R 16.2 +5.9
Eastern Ontario 18.6 8.3 29.2 9.3 32.8 15.4 15.6R 15.8 +1.6
Kingston 20.9 8.2 30.9 10.1 36.3 16.0 15.8R 16.4 +3.8
Central Ontario  19.7 8.4 29.3 9.5 32.3 15.3 15.3R 16.2 +5.8
Oshawa 21.1 8.7 31.0 7.8 32.3 14.9 15.1R 17.2 +13.7
Toronto 20.9 9.5 33.2 7.8 34.4 16.2 16.9R 18.9 +11.6
Hamilton 19.5 9.0 29.3 8.5 33.2 14.6 14.8R 17.1 +15.3
St. Catharines 19.8 9.1 32.0 8.0 35.2 15.2 15.6R 17.4 +11.4
London 18.1 8.2 28.8 7.9 32.2 15.4 15.7R 16.2 +2.6
Niagara 19.6 8.2 29.1 7.9 33.1 15.1 15.1R 15.8 +4.5
Windsor 17.8 8.5 29.2 6.7 28.6 16.2 15.0R 16.6 +10.9
Kitchener 19.6 8.4 27.8 7.6 31.3 14.7 15.6R 16.7 +7.6
Huron 18.0 7.9 27.7 9.2 34.5 15.4 15.7R 16.8 +7.3
South Central Ontario  17.5 8.2 26.8 8.1 27.1 13.5 14.6R 15.2 +4.5
Sudbury  20.4 8.4 26.9 8.2 34.2 15.1 15.7R 16.5 +5.7
Thunder Bay 19.2 8.6 28.6 8.3 34.0 14.7 14.8R 15.3 +3.1
Northern Ontario 24.5 8.6 30.7 11.5 36.4 17.8 17.6R 18.6 +5.7
Winnipeg 19.5 9.4 30.2 11.0 29.3 15.4 15.5R 16.0 +3.3
Southern Manitoba 19.8 9.2 28.3 12.1 31.8 15.5 15.3R 16.2 +5.7
Northern Manitoba 29.1 9.4 34.1 7.6 41.1 25.8 27.0R 26.8 -0.9
Regina  20.0 10.4 31.5 11.2 34.7 15.6 16.1R 16.4 +2.1
Saskatoon  19.6 10.4 31.3 11.1 33.7 16.2 15.9R 16.2 +2.0
Southern Saskatchewan  21.9 10.0 30.2 12.3 36.9 17.6 17.1R 17.5 +2.5
Northern Saskatchewan  29.0 10.4 33.2 9.4 38.7 24.2 24.6R 24.4 -0.9
Calgary 23.7 9.9 32.5 9.7 34.5 17.2 17.1R 17.8 +4.3
Edmonton 22.9 9.2 31.1 10.5 34.4 16.7 16.3R 17.5 +7.6
Northern Alberta 26.3 8.9 31.9 9.1 34.5 20.8 20.7R 21.3 +2.8
Southern Alberta 23.0 9.3 31.5 10.9 35.6 17.4 16.8R 17.3 +2.6
Southern Interior British Columbia 20.4 10.1 30.1 11.6 31.7 15.3 15.9R 16.5 +3.5
Abbotsford 17.9 9.4 31.0 9.7 35.3 15.3 15.7R 16.3 +3.4
Vancouver 20.2 9.3 33.2 9.8 30.8 15.3 17.2R 17.3 +0.8
Victoria 19.6 9.3 31.7 9.8 26.8 14.2 15.0R 15.3 +1.6
Southern Coastal British Columbia  20.1 9.2 30.5 9.8 32.4 15.4 15.5R 16.0 +3.8
Northern British Columbia  22.7 8.5 30.1 11.8 28.8 16.8 17.2R 18.5 +7.8
Whitehorse 19.5 8.8 31.8 14.0 40.1 16.5 16.3R 15.9 -2.8
Yukon (excluding Whitehorse) 22.0 11.6 34.2 17.7 39.8 19.4 21.2R 21.3 +0.3
Yellowknife 21.2 11.5 34.6 8.7 45.9 17.2 11.1R 17.3 +55.3
Northwest Territories (excluding Yellowknife) 28.5 11.7 37.8 14.6 38.3 17.2 19.0R 24.1 +26.5
Iqaluit 24.3 4.0 33.4 3.5 28.0 18.9 17.1R 20.0 +16.9
Nunavut (excluding Iqaluit) 35.5 8.4 37.4 7.5 43.5 24.2 27.8R 27.3 -1.7
Canada 21.1 8.6 30.2 9.3 32.7 16.8 16.9R 17.6 +4.0
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the maximum number of entitlement weeks were in effect during this period.
  • p Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 and 2021-22 and 100% of data for 2022-23 to 2024-25.
Annex 2.8.3: Regular benefits (by Employment Insurance region): Average weekly benefit rate ($)
EI region Second half of 2020-211 First half of 2021-221 2 months in fall 20211 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
St. John's 535 543 486 481 515 547 565 +3.2
Newfoundland-Labrador 536 532 497 496 509 535 556 +4.0
Charlottetown 520 528 454 450 478 513 530 +3.3
Prince Edward Island (excluding Charlottetown) 532 532 495 501 506 527 549 +4.2
Eastern Nova Scotia 536 531 507 492 503 532 553 +4.0
Western Nova Scotia 529 529 479 463 476 507 535 +5.6
Halifax 526 531 481 468 495 523 545 +4.3
Fredericton-Moncton-Saint-John 527 525 465 487 518 539 562 +4.1
Madawaska-Charlotte  527 528 463 471 489 525 550 +4.7
Restigouche-Albert 534 531 512 505 523 544 566 +4.0
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la Madeleine 539 545 519 527 537 559 579 +3.5
Québec 535 546 502 516 560 584 602 +3.0
Trois-Rivières  531 547 474 492 540 561 588 +4.8
South Central Quebec 539 548 465 516 550 576 594 +3.2
Sherbrooke 534 546 481 506 546 571 591 +3.4
Montérégie  536 546 475 514 550 570 592 +3.9
Montreal 532 546 494 507 542 565 586 +3.7
Central Quebec 534 545 467 511 541 566 588 +3.8
North Western Quebec 538 551 501 512 536 568 590 +3.7
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 538 542 484 518 539 561 585 +4.2
Hull 535 542 510 519 552 570 592 +3.9
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 532 548 484 499 550 573 595 +3.8
Ottawa 528 548 492 499 538 567 592 +4.5
Eastern Ontario 533 543 477 509 521 553 580 +4.9
Kingston 528 539 493 478 508 543 571 +5.2
Central Ontario  532 547 483 504 527 555 583 +5.1
Oshawa 533 552 493 510 547 572 600 +5.0
Toronto 531 555 510 511 545 569 589 +3.5
Hamilton 533 556 515 523 544 567 597 +5.2
St. Catharines 528 547 457 470 510 541 562 +3.9
London 530 544 485 491 528 551 579 +5.0
Niagara 536 548 497 511 534 555 583 +5.1
Windsor 537 559 472 531 551 555 583 +5.2
Kitchener 532 554 499 507 541 566 595 +5.1
Huron 537 546 494 521 545 567 591 +4.3
South Central Ontario  537 554 503 517 543 566 594 +5.0
Sudbury  536 568 523 514 554 578 597 +3.3
Thunder Bay 536 559 534 548 570 580 608 +4.7
Northern Ontario 536 547 496 520 526 553 582 +5.2
Winnipeg 527 537 498 495 507 534 551 +3.3
Southern Manitoba 531 529 485 486 487 521 538 +3.1
Northern Manitoba 534 535 498 511 495 502 520 +3.7
Regina  538 555 511 533 542 561 579 +3.3
Saskatoon  535 543 525 522 524 552 570 +3.3
Southern Saskatchewan  545 536 512 536 514 549 560 +2.1
Northern Saskatchewan  542 540 526 538 526 544 565 +3.8
Calgary 539 552 521 542 546 574 586 +2.2
Edmonton 544 557 544 552 559 585 598 +2.2
Northern Alberta 550 560 550 563 565 587 600 +2.3
Southern Alberta 543 550 525 547 539 567 577 +1.8
Southern Interior British Columbia 537 546 489 525 543 574 592 +3.1
Abbotsford 528 538 494 487 489 532 552 +3.8
Vancouver 532 555 509 517 545 578 600 +3.8
Victoria 534 547 527 515 542 578 598 +3.5
Southern Coastal British Columbia  535 550 504 526 545 578 597 +3.2
Northern British Columbia  547 555 535 555 559 588 606 +3.0
Whitehorse 552 567 574 545 609 614 634 +3.3
Yukon (excluding Whitehorse) 545 562 543 509 583 618 637 +3.1
Yellowknife 557 576 574 584 585 595 642 +7.9
Northwest Territories (excluding Yellowknife) 557 563 548 571 582 600 631 +5.1
Iqaluit 557 580 n/a 539 623 632 653 +3.3
Nunavut (excluding Iqaluit) 549 554 543 583 574 600 623 +3.9
Canada 534 547 500 511 535 561 583 +3.8
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.8.4: Regular benefits (by Employment Insurance region): Amount paid1 ($ millions)
EI region 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
St. John's 191.5 247.8 106.9 96.3 104.7 +8.7
Newfoundland-Labrador 837.7 1,010.5 736.9 688.6 694.9 +0.9
Charlottetown 58.7 86.7 38.7 34.6 37.4 +8.2
Prince Edward Island (excluding Charlottetown) 152.9 183.3 150.4 143.3 150.4 +5.0
Eastern Nova Scotia 322.9 421.4 286.0 250.5 257.6 +2.8
Western Nova Scotia 335.4 461.3 235.8 217.6 231.2 +6.3
Halifax 246.8 330.8 110.8 105.7 119.4 +13.0
Fredericton-Moncton-Saint-John 315.9 402.7 194.5 167.6 183.6 +9.6
Madawaska-Charlotte 136.5 180.3 98.4 84.7 94.1 +11.1
Restigouche-Albert 537.5 668.4 489.2 438.8 444.1 +1.2
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la Madeleine 308.7 367.5 286.1 252.5 246.8 -2.3
Québec 477.9 488.3 195.9 209.0 220.4 +5.5
Trois-Rivières  116.4 124.1 56.0 52.7 58.4 +10.8
South Central Quebec 94.5 105.9 50.2 57.7 59.0 +2.3
Sherbrooke 110.2 120.7 55.1 59.1 67.8 +14.7
Montérégie  384.0 417.7 199.5 214.0 222.5 +3.9
Montreal 2,661.7 2,825.3 1,084.6 1,168.5 1,334.4 +14.2
Central Quebec 830.3 925.6 505.3 524.9 563.7 +7.4
North Western Quebec 199.5 259.2 141.1 133.7 141.1 +5.6
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 441.4 510.3 281.3 261.9 265.4 +1.3
Hull 174.7 197.6 78.1 78.5 89.2 +13.6
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 106.7 122.6 66.8 63.2 63.8 +1.0
Ottawa 465.7 567.4 180.9 214.6 254.0 +18.3
Eastern Ontario 232.6 304.4 136.2 141.8 156.7 +10.5
Kingston 76.8 103.3 35.3 37.6 43.8 +16.4
Central Ontario  724.0 876.0 335.1 359.4 422.8 +17.6
Oshawa 252.2 296.2 100.2 112.2 144.3 +28.6
Toronto 3,842.6 4,293.7 1,313.3 1,564.8 1,993.3 +27.4
Hamilton 419.8 493.2 171.2 184.9 249.3 +34.8
St. Catharines 376.9 418.1 116.1 128.5 168.2 +30.9
London 275.0 355.7 133.2 136.3 158.4 +16.3
Niagara 173.7 205.4 88.0 90.1 108.9 +20.8
Windsor 287.5 348.8 142.8 119.5 124.9 +4.5
Kitchener 274.8 329.9 117.1 145.4 189.4 +30.3
Huron 175.7 213.5 106.2 123.7 128.2 +3.6
South Central Ontario  233.3 286.1 124.4 145.5 174.9 +20.2
Sudbury  98.4 137.2 48.6 49.2 57.6 +17.0
Thunder Bay 75.5 86.7 36.0 36.4 38.0 +4.6
Northern Ontario 367.6 450.7 228.3 218.1 239.0 +9.6
Winnipeg 493.0 549.0 218.3 213.7 237.2 +11.0
Southern Manitoba 164.3 192.2 95.4 102.4 110.5 +7.8
Northern Manitoba 127.8 178.8 116.4 108.2 105.5 -2.5
Regina  134.4 156.1 59.6 57.0 63.8 +12.0
Saskatoon  181.8 197.8 82.6 81.2 88.7 +9.3
Southern Saskatchewan  160.0 184.0 91.0 88.0 93.9 +6.6
Northern Saskatchewan  224.6 281.2 169.9 163.4 163.8 +0.2
Calgary 1,114.3 1,179.8 414.2 443.2 497.7 +12.3
Edmonton 1,165.6 1,211.8 479.8 510.6 591.6 +15.9
Northern Alberta 244.7 265.9 136.6 143.4 161.7 +12.8
Southern Alberta 779.6 820.4 324.2 336.3 354.5 +5.4
Southern Interior British Columbia 481.0 565.6 259.0 277.7 294.7 +6.1
Abbotsford 98.3 122.8 53.9 54.5 58.5 +7.4
Vancouver 1,332.5 1,488.1 516.8 656.8 674.3 +2.7
Victoria 160.7 179.3 63.4 68.6 76.7 +11.9
Southern Coastal British Columbia  346.9 411.6 165.4 178.1 192.2 +7.9
Northern British Columbia  256.7 314.2 157.6 168.1 174.2 +3.6
Whitehorse 15.8 20.9 9.2 9.9 10.8 +9.3
Yukon (excluding Whitehorse) 11.8 14.9 7.3 8.1 7.9 -2.5
Yellowknife 7.6 11.1 5.4 4.9 4.8 -2.2
Northwest Territories (excluding Yellowknife) 18.8 25.2 10.6 13.2 13.3 +0.4
Iqaluit 2.0 3.5 0.8 1.1 1.4 +25.0
Nunavut (excluding Iqaluit) 14.5 23.5 12.4 12.3 11.6 -5.6
Canada 24,930.1 28,622.1 12,310.0 12,812.1 14,290.9 +11.5
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 Includes benefits paid for training purposes under section 25 of the Employment Insurance Act.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Annex 2.9: Seasonal regular claimants

Annex 2.9.1: Seasonal regular claimants1: New claims established
Category Total of 2020-212,3 Total of 2021-223 Total of 2022-233 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 24,750 25,400 28,460 28,008 27,722 -1.0
Prince Edward Island 6,210 6,480 6,930 7,058 7,138 +1.1
Nova Scotia 17,190 18,100 21,520 20,297 20,524 +1.1
New Brunswick 26,070 26,180 29,720 28,849 28,654 -0.7
Quebec 114,120 124,820 133,170 137,181 140,158 +2.2
Ontario 60,960 79,280 90,730 93,995 99,717 +6.1
Manitoba 7,290 9,990 12,130 12,090 12,837 +6.2
Saskatchewan 7,430 8,940 9,940 9,975 10,534 +5.6
Alberta 15,870 20,310 22,310 24,377 26,803 +10.0
British Columbia 16,170 22,560 26,490 25,601 28,355 +10.8
Yukon 420 440 340 385 381 -1.0
Northwest Territories 230 240 X 220 199 -9.5
Nunavut 40 60 X 59 80 +35.6
Men 230,780 231,180 240,340 245,570 248,858 +1.3
Women 65,970 111,620 141,650 142,525 154,244 +8.2
24 years old and under 7,590 6,850 7,670 8,173 8,934 +9.3
25 to 44 years old 118,510 130,800 140,720 143,843 150,927 +4.9
45 to 54 years old 63,800 79,460 89,660 90,382 93,576 +3.5
55 years old and over 106,850 125,690 143,940 145,697 149,665 +2.7
Canada 296,750 342,800 381,990 388,095 403,102 +3.9
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 Seasonal regular claimants are individuals who established 3 or more regular or fishing claims in the 5 fiscal years preceding the reference year, of which at least 2 were established at the same time of year as their claim in the reference year. The "same time of year" is defined as the 8 weeks before and the 8 weeks after the week in which the reference year claim was established, for a total window of 17 weeks.
  • 2 Claims for EI regular benefits could not be established during the first half of 2020-21 due to the implementation of the Canada Emergency Response Benefits (CERB).
  • 3 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • X Suppressed for confidentiality purposes.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.9.2: Seasonal regular claimants1: Average actual duration (number of weeks)
Category Claims established before March 15, 2020 and completed in 2020-21 Claims established on or after September 27, 2020 and completed in 2020-212 Claims established between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021 and completed in 2021-222 Claims established on or after September 26, 2021 and completed in 2021-22 Claims established between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021 and completed in 2022-232 Claims established on or after September 26, 2021 and completed in 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 31.2 9.0 32.7 9.8 37.5 28.1 27.8R 27.6 -0.6
Prince Edward Island 26.2 10.5 30.1 12.7 33.3 25.3 23.8R 24.7 +3.6
Nova Scotia 25.9 8.7 29.5 13.4 33.6 22.8 23.0R 22.6 -1.4
New Brunswick 25.2 9.6 28.9 11.9 32.3 24.1 23.4R 23.4 -0.3
Quebec 18.0 7.7 20.0 10.3 19.3 15.1 14.4R 14.2 -0.9
Ontario 17.4 9.3 20.0 11.3 16.0 14.5 13.2R 13.9 +5.4
Manitoba 18.9 10.4 22.4 12.7 16.1 17.2 15.9R 15.7 -1.1
Saskatchewan 21.8 11.6 24.9 13.1 21.6 19.1 18.1R 17.7 -2.2
Alberta 20.8 10.3 23.1 12.4 20.0 16.8 15.2R 15.4 +1.1
British Columbia 17.0 11.5 24.9 13.9 15.1 14.7 14.6R 14.0 -4.1
Yukon 20.8 13.2 29.6 18.1 33.7 19.9 19.6R 20.2 +3.3
Northwest Territories 23.5 X 34.0 14.0 28.0 17.8 18.0R 22.9 +27.4
Nunavut X n/a 28.8 n/a 50.0 22.5 29.4R 24.0 -18.2
Men 20.7 8.8 23.6 10.9 26.9 17.9 17.6R 17.5 -0.4
Women 20.0 10.6 22.1 13.6 18.4 16.6 14.8 15.0 +0.9
24 years old and under 20.8 9.1 23.5 9.8 23.9 17.6 17.9R 17.1 -4.3
25 to 44 years old 19.3 8.6 21.1 9.9 20.2 16.0 15.2R 15.4 -1.0
45 to 54 years old 20.1 9.0 21.7 11.2 18.4 16.8 15.6R 15.6 +0.3
55 years old and over 22.0 10.3 26.2 13.9 22.7 19.5 18.5R 18.7 +0.9
Canada 20.5 9.1 23.1 11.5 20.6 17.5 16.6R 16.6 0.0
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 Seasonal regular claimants are individuals who established 3 or more regular or fishing claims in the 5 fiscal years preceding the reference year, of which at least 2 were established at the same time of year as their claim in the reference year. The "same time of year" is defined as the 8 weeks before and the 8 weeks after the week in which the reference year claim was established, for a total window of 17 weeks.
  • 2 EI temporary measures affecting the maximum number of entitlement weeks were in effect during this period.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • X Suppressed for confidentiality purposes.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 and 2021-22 and 100% of data for 2022-23 to 2024-25.
Annex 2.9.3: Seasonal regular claimants1: Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Category Second half of 2020-212 First half of 2021-222 2 months in fall 20212 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 547 541 508 528 540 560 582 +4.1
Prince Edward Island 536 542 491 516 527 547 567 +3.7
Nova Scotia 543 537 488 525 521 543 564 +3.8
New Brunswick 543 544 517 536 552 567 587 +3.5
Quebec 554 555 501 558 575 593 614 +3.6
Ontario 558 571 504 569 571 586 613 +4.6
Manitoba 553 531 532 559 535 548 561 +2.5
Saskatchewan 558 535 548 567 552 569 582 +2.3
Alberta 567 555 568 592 570 586 597 +1.9
British Columbia 549 551 516 548 545 574 596 +3.8
Yukon 561 563 561 569 622 628 648 +3.1
Northwest Territories 569 595 557 581 613 629 653 +3.8
Nunavut 555 X n/a 627 X 639 650 +1.6
Men 559 565 534 571 588 606 624 +3.0
Women 530 555 464 488 516 535 565 +5.6
24 years old and under 551 550 518 542 568 592 607 +2.6
25 to 44 years old 559 564 531 572 586 604 625 +3.4
45 to 54 years old 555 558 518 564 568 584 608 +4.1
55 years old and over 544 550 496 531 533 553 574 +3.8
Canada 553 557 512 556 561 580 601 +3.7
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 Seasonal regular claimants are individuals who established 3 or more regular or fishing claims in the 5 fiscal years preceding the reference year, of which at least 2 were established at the same time of year as their claim in the reference year. The "same time of year" is defined as the 8 weeks before and the 8 weeks after the week in which the reference year claim was established, for a total window of 17 weeks.
  • 2 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • X Suppressed for confidentiality purposes.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.9.4: Seasonal regular claimants1: Amount paid ($ millions)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 404.7 429.2 412.5 400.6 432.2 +7.9
Prince Edward Island 90.4 98.6 86.9 88.6 95.5 +7.8
Nova Scotia 244.7 273.5 244.3 238.0 252.9 +6.3
New Brunswick 366.0 387.6 362.2 354.6 365.5 +3.1
Quebec 1,206.4 1,236.7 1,059.8 1,042.1 1,095.9 +5.2
Ontario 668.3 839.5 706.9 694.4 810.3 +16.7
Manitoba 96.9 115.1 105.7 101.2 109.6 +8.3
Saskatchewan 97.0 118.3 104.4 99.2 104.0 +4.9
Alberta 216.3 267.4 232.4 213.4 240.2 +12.6
British Columbia 200.3 271.2 218.2 199.6 218.0 +9.2
Yukon 5.5 7.2 5.1 4.7 4.9 +2.7
Northwest Territories 3.9 4.8 2.6 2.8 2.9 +2.8
Nunavut 0.4 1.3 0.8 1.1 1.1 -2.6
Men 2,758.7 2,878.6 2,523.1 2,465.2 2,625.6 +6.5
Women 842.1 1,171.7 1,018.8 975.0 1,107.3 +13.6
24 years old and under 95.7 98.8 95.1 79.3 90.6 +14.1
25 to 44 years old 1,360.0 1,487.4 1,283.1 1,229.6 1,335.2 +8.6
45 to 54 years old 785.1 877.7 782.8 754.9 812.9 +7.7
55 years old and over 1,360.0 1,586.4 1,380.9 1,376.4 1,494.3 +8.6
Canada 3,600.7 4,050.3 3,541.8 3,440.3 3,732.9 +8.5
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefits was paid.
  • 1 Seasonal regular claimants are individuals who established 3 or more regular or fishing claims in the 5 fiscal years preceding the reference year, of which at least 2 were established at the same time of year as their claim in the reference year. The "same time of year" is defined as the 8 weeks before and the 8 weeks after the week in which the reference year claim was established, for a total window of 17 weeks.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Annex 2.10: Fishing benefits

Annex 2.10.1: Fishing benefits: New claims established
Category Total of 2020-211 Total of 2021-221 Total of 2022-231 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 12,066 13,816 14,408 11,953 13,005 +8.8
Prince Edward Island 3,145 3,105 3,169 3,150 3,142 -0.3
Nova Scotia 5,369 5,359 5,494 5,400 5,338 -1.1
New Brunswick 3,021 3,124 3,007 2,830 2,852 +0.8
Quebec 1,289 1,284 1,264 1,089 1,097 +0.7
British Columbia 2,434 2,139 2,006 1,920 1,839 -4.2
Other provinces and territories 964 1,128 1,099 1,095 1,032 -5.8
Men 22,608 23,669 23,944 21,746 22,236 +2.3
Women 5,680 6,286 6,503 5,691 6,069 +6.6
24 years old and under 1,341 1,560 1,629 1,410 1,490 +5.7
25 to 44 years old 7,494 7,882 8,130 7,376 7,498 +1.7
45 to 54 years old 7,231 7,252 7,130 6,338 6,375 +0.6
55 years old and over 12,222 13,261 13,558 12,313 12,942 +5.1
Canada 28,288 29,955 30,447 27,437 28,305 +3.2
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI fishing benefits was paid.
  • 1 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.10.2: Fishing benefits: Average actual duration (number of weeks)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 19.9 22.2 22.9 20.9 21.6 +3.4
Prince Edward Island 19.7 21.2 20.6 21.0 20.5 -2.4
Nova Scotia 20.4 21.5 21.1 21.0 21.2 +0.9
New Brunswick 19.8 21.4 21.2 21.0 21.4 +1.9
Quebec 18.6 21.2 20.7 20.5 20.4 -0.4
British Columbia 23.3 23.0 22.9 22.8 23.2 +1.6
Other provinces and territories 23.6 23.9 23.2 23.4 23.8 +1.9
Men 20.0 21.7 21.8 20.9 21.2 +1.8
Women 21.6 23.2 23.3 22.3 22.6 +1.4
24 years old and under 19.9 20.6 20.3 19.5 19.7 +1.3
25 to 44 years old 20.5 21.6 21.8 20.9 21.2 +1.4
45 to 54 years old 19.8 21.8 21.9 20.8 21.3 +2.3
55 years old and over 20.5 22.4 22.6 21.7 22.0 +1.6
Canada 20.3 22.0 22.1 21.2 21.5 +1.7
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI fishing benefits was paid. Estimates on average actual duration are based on claims established.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.10.3: Fishing benefits: Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Category First half of 2020-21 Second half of 2020-211 First half of 2021-221 2 months in fall 20211 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 511 561 576 560 568 604 602 638 +5.9
Prince Edward Island 563 570 593 552 583 614 625 649 +3.8
Nova Scotia 558 567 591 529 570 600 610 635 +3.9
New Brunswick 552 573 592 570 582 603 621 642 +3.4
Quebec 565 570 591 545 584 596 622 643 +3.3
British Columbia 482 567 573 475 498 518 529 562 +6.2
Other provinces and territories 441 548 555 475 461 479 513 520 +1.3
Men 537 567 584 543 568 597 605 633 +4.6
Women 506 559 575 531 549 579 582 618 +6.1
24 years old and under 517 557 572 521 541 574 576 609 +5.8
25 to 44 years old 534 565 583 539 562 590 601 628 +4.4
45 to 54 years old 540 567 586 547 573 602 611 640 +4.6
55 years old and over 527 565 581 538 565 594 597 628 +5.2
Canada 532 565 582 539 565 594 601 630 +4.9
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI fishing benefits was paid.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.10.4: Fishing benefits: Amount paid ($ millions)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 133.7 163.0 178.0 159.1 173.9 +9.3
Prince Edward Island 36.1 34.3 38.0 40.3 42.0 +4.3
Nova Scotia 63.4 65.7 68.1 68.8 70.8 +3.0
New Brunswick 38.6 41.8 40.8 36.6 38.7 +5.7
Quebec 13.0 13.7 13.2 14.0 14.1 +1.2
British Columbia 26.8 22.4 21.4 23.2 23.3 +0.4
Other provinces and territories 12.1 13.8 13.0 13.0 12.7 -2.4
Men 260.2 280.7 295.4 279.7 293.0 +4.7
Women 63.4 74.1 77.1 75.2 82.6 +9.8
24 years old and under 15.5 18.8 20.4 16.2 17.6 +8.5
25 to 44 years old 92.8 98.0 102.1 94.2 98.5 +4.6
45 to 54 years old 77.2 81.8 82.7 82.5 85.3 +3.3
55 years old and over 138.1 156.2 167.4 162.0 174.2 +7.5
Canada 323.6 354.8 372.5 354.9 375.6 +5.8
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI fishing benefits was paid.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Annex 2.11: Special benefits

Annex 2.11.1: Special benefits: New claims established
Category Total of 2020-211,2 Total of 2021-222 Total of 2022-232 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 13,120 14,190 14,930 14,805 15,185 +2.6
Prince Edward Island 6,050 6,830 6,500 6,607 6,501 -1.6
Nova Scotia 24,980 28,520 26,110 27,148 27,004 -0.5
New Brunswick 30,050 33,060 31,670 31,207 30,255 -3.1
Quebec 139,530 147,550 134,150 137,411 138,445 +0.8
Ontario 243,530 255,620 241,440 247,458 255,244 +3.1
Manitoba 24,190 25,050 22,630 24,092 24,923 +3.4
Saskatchewan 18,260 18,730 17,730 18,087 18,240 +0.8
Alberta 76,610 74,480 70,180 74,990 78,359 +4.5
British Columbia 92,670 98,350 90,320 91,877 95,356 +3.8
Yukon 880 940 870 855 904 +5.7
Northwest Territories 720 690 720 728 719 -1.2
Nunavut 670 610 570 492 445 -9.6
Men 254,480 272,760 252,090 265,506 272,838 +2.8
Women 416,780 431,860 405,730 410,251 418,742 +2.1
24 years old and under 60,350 52,740 42,540 40,466 38,361 -5.2
25 to 44 years old 381,580 422,600 392,190 406,586 422,811 +4.0
45 to 54 years old 97,570 101,030 93,370 94,318 94,436 +0.1
55 years old and over 131,760 128,250 129,720 134,387 135,972 +1.2
Employees 670,420 703,510 656,820 674,485 690,094 +2.3
Self-employed persons 840 1,110 1,000 1,272 1,486 +16.8
Canada 671,260 704,620 657,820 675,757 691,580 +2.3
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI special benefits was paid.
  • 1 Claims for sickness benefits could not be established during the first half of 2020-21 due to the implementation of the Canada Emergency Response Benefits (CERB).
  • 2 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.11.2: Special benefits1: Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Category First half of 2020-21 Second half of 2020-212 First half of 2021-222 2 months in fall 20212 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 506 533 543 487 471 511 529 552 +4.3
Prince Edward Island 508 538 546 509 485 504 532 555 +4.2
Nova Scotia 500 535 544 485 472 496 529 551 +4.2
New Brunswick 496 534 540 502 483 505 531 552 +4.0
Quebec 495 533 542 481 489 508 531 552 +4.0
Ontario 522 542 558 515 522 537 560 583 +4.1
Manitoba 493 535 546 491 492 500 533 551 +3.3
Saskatchewan 513 542 555 516 509 528 548 569 +3.8
Alberta 527 545 559 521 528 537 555 573 +3.2
British Columbia 519 542 556 515 525 540 564 586 +3.9
Yukon 550 564 579 587 557 609 611 629 +3.0
Northwest Territories 555 569 586 525 587 597 612 631 +3.1
Nunavut 513 565 575 515 590 569 618 637 +3.2
Men 549 548 561 530 543 560 581 603 +3.7
Women 507 532 548 484 483 503 527 549 +4.1
24 years old and under 417 516 522 430 408 426 461 482 +4.8
25 to 44 years old 525 545 559 517 528 545 568 589 +3.7
45 to 54 years old 513 540 552 510 514 529 551 573 +4.0
55 years old and over 497 534 547 490 482 500 521 541 +4.0
Employees 518 539 553 503 508 526 549 571 +4.0
Self-employed persons 418 525 517 392 397 381 405 442 +9.0
Canada 518 539 553 503 508 525 549 571 +4.0
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI special benefits was paid.
  • 1 Excludes extended parental benefits which are paid at a lower benefit rate.
  • 2 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.11.3: Special benefits: Amount paid ($ millions)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 111.5 132.1 119.8 145.1 156.1 +7.6
Prince Edward Island 46.0 56.7 52.5 54.6 56.4 +3.2
Nova Scotia 216.3 260.6 232.2 261.6 279.7 +6.9
New Brunswick 217.7 249.0 232.8 254.1 268.5 +5.7
Quebec 592.8 749.4 628.4 815.4 891.2 +9.3
Ontario 2,931.7 3,341.8 3,133.4 3,419.7 3,680.4 +7.6
Manitoba 279.2 324.1 285.3 304.7 328.3 +7.7
Saskatchewan 245.8 280.7 249.7 259.4 271.4 +4.6
Alberta 971.0 1,076.8 980.0 1,058.8 1,148.7 +8.5
British Columbia 1,013.1 1,189.2 1,069.6 1,173.1 1,280.4 +9.2
Territories 30.7 37.4 33.8 31.8 26.0 -18.3
Men 1,296.0 1,518.9 1,408.6 1,758.6 1,905.9 +8.4
Women 5,359.7 6,178.7 5,608.9 6,019.7 6,489.2 +7.8
24 years old and under 422.4 516.8 360.5 371.7 372.8 +0.3
25 to 44 years old 5,081.1 5,840.5 5,469.2 5,820.9 6,295.6 +8.2
45 to 54 years old 487.8 597.3 520.3 666.1 717.0 +7.6
55 years old and over 664.5 743.0 667.5 919.6 1,009.7 +9.8
Employees 6,643.1 7,678.9 7,003.8 7,761.3 8,375.1 +7.9
Self-employed persons 12.6 18.7 13.7 17.0 19.9 +17.4
Canada 6,655.7 7,697.6 7,017.5 7,778.3 8,395.1 +7.9
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI special benefits was paid.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results on maternity, parental and sickness benefits are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25, whereas results on compassionate care benefits, family caregiver benefits for adults and children are based on 100% of data for 2020-21 to 2024-25.

Annex 2.12: Special benefits (by Employment Insurance region)

Annex 2.12.1: Special benefits (by Employment Insurance region): New claims established
EI region Total of 2020-211,2 Total of 2021-222 Total of 2022-232 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
St. John's 5,180 5,280 5,400 5,379 5,556 +3.3
Newfoundland-Labrador 7,940 8,910 9,530 9,426 9,629 +2.2
Charlottetown 2,200 2,300 1,930 1,966 1,935 -1.6
Prince Edward Island (excluding Charlottetown) 3,850 4,530 4,570 4,641 4,566 -1.6
Eastern Nova Scotia 6,840 8,150 7,930 8,121 8,172 +0.6
Western Nova Scotia 9,770 10,730 9,790 10,349 9,952 -3.8
Halifax 8,370 9,640 8,390 8,678 8,880 +2.3
Fredericton-Moncton-Saint-John 11,700 12,740 11,930 11,725 11,680 -0.4
Madawaska-Charlotte 4,250 5,030 4,260 4,242 4,048 -4.6
Restigouche-Albert 14,100 15,290 15,480 15,240 14,527 -4.7
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 3,760 4,340 4,810 5,347 5,390 +0.8
Québec 13,210 13,000 11,730 12,037 12,263 +1.9
Trois-Rivières 3,680 4,120 3,400 3,413 3,293 -3.5
South Central Quebec 4,700 4,110 3,660 3,587 3,487 -2.8
Sherbrooke 3,630 4,080 3,270 3,343 3,307 -1.1
Montérégie 11,400 11,230 10,250 10,850 10,881 +0.3
Montreal 49,750 49,990 45,540 47,033 48,266 +2.6
Central Quebec 24,070 28,340 24,990 25,457 25,548 +0.4
North Western Quebec 4,680 5,740 5,120 5,251 5,319 +1.3
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 13,050 13,830 12,920 12,800 12,444 -2.8
Hull 3,520 4,260 3,740 4,054 4,081 +0.7
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 4,080 4,510 4,720 4,239 4,166 -1.7
Ottawa 16,500 19,110 17,270 18,721 19,449 +3.9
Eastern Ontario 8,970 10,020 9,040 9,215 9,496 +3.0
Kingston 2,770 2,760 2,860 2,838 2,850 +0.4
Central Ontario 23,370 24,410 22,220 22,311 22,898 +2.6
Oshawa 7,720 8,900 8,450 8,763 8,875 +1.3
Toronto 95,190 95,740 91,270 94,138 96,823 +2.9
Hamilton 14,450 14,950 14,820 14,276 14,536 +1.8
St. Catharines 8,460 8,400 8,100 8,278 8,593 +3.8
London 9,010 10,310 9,490 9,766 10,204 +4.5
Niagara 6,440 6,730 6,290 6,614 6,965 +5.3
Windsor 7,300 7,490 6,890 6,420 7,360 +14.6
Kitchener 10,410 11,190 10,430 11,136 11,746 +5.5
Huron 6,830 7,300 6,890 7,036 6,717 -4.5
South Central Ontario 10,460 10,860 11,770 11,985 12,353 +3.1
Sudbury 3,910 4,320 3,430 3,534 3,695 +4.6
Thunder Bay 2,400 2,370 2,460 2,429 2,443 +0.6
Northern Ontario 9,340 10,760 9,760 9,998 10,241 +2.4
Winnipeg 15,490 15,760 14,400 14,887 15,410 +3.5
Southern Manitoba 6,800 7,100 6,520 7,272 7,505 +3.2
Northern Manitoba 1,900 2,190 1,710 1,933 2,008 +3.9
Regina 4,480 4,360 4,480 4,468 4,444 -0.5
Saskatoon 5,660 5,710 5,500 5,425 5,532 +2.0
Southern Saskatchewan 4,340 4,720 4,080 4,293 4,451 +3.7
Northern Saskatchewan 3,780 3,940 3,670 3,901 3,813 -2.3
Calgary 25,790 25,380 23,980 25,822 27,400 +6.1
Edmonton 26,750 25,880 24,530 26,872 28,084 +4.5
Northern Alberta 5,060 5,020 4,720 4,807 4,710 -2.0
Southern Alberta 19,010 18,200 16,950 17,489 18,165 +3.9
Southern Interior British Columbia 14,940 15,870 15,050 14,636 15,113 +3.3
Abbotsford 5,460 6,010 5,200 5,692 5,719 +0.5
Vancouver 45,680 48,550 44,460 45,681 47,640 +4.3
Victoria 6,510 7,640 6,180 6,518 7,028 +7.8
Southern Coastal British Columbia 13,240 13,140 12,630 12,660 13,079 +3.3
Northern British Columbia 6,840 7,140 6,800 6,690 6,777 +1.3
Whitehorse 760 750 770 699 757 +8.3
Yukon (excluding Whitehorse) 120 190 100 156 147 -5.8
Yellowknife 360 380 350 410 414 +1.0
Northwest Territories (excluding Yellowknife) 360 310 370 318 305 -4.1
Iqaluit 190 190 200 148 136 -8.1
Nunavut (excluding Iqaluit) 480 420 370 344 309 -10.2
Canada 671,260 704,620 657,820 675,757 691,580 +2.3
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI special benefits was paid.
  • 1 Claims for sickness benefits could not be established during the first half of 2020-21 due to the implementation of the Canadian Emergency Response Benefits (CERB).
  • 2 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.12.2: Special benefits (by Employment Insurance region)1: Average weekly benefit rate ($)
EI region First half of 2020-21 Second half of 2020-212 First half of 2021-222 2 months in fall 20212 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
St. John's 515 532 547 481 479 511 533 559 +4.9
Newfoundland-Labrador 498 533 540 490 467 511 528 548 +3.9
Charlottetown 507 533 542 449 485 478 520 548 +5.4
Prince Edward Island (excluding Charlottetown) 510 541 549 525 486 514 537 557 +3.7
Eastern Nova Scotia 524 539 546 507 487 509 545 561 +2.8
Western Nova Scotia 487 530 538 461 470 472 504 533 +5.8
Halifax 500 537 548 486 464 512 543 562 +3.5
Fredericton-Moncton-Saint-John 487 532 542 478 483 503 529 551 +4.0
Madawaska-Charlotte 505 529 537 469 463 485 515 537 +4.3
Restigouche-Albert 508 537 540 521 490 512 537 558 +3.9
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 459 532 537 514 499 510 532 552 +3.7
Québec 504 534 544 488 484 511 534 554 +3.7
Trois-Rivières 556 528 538 461 482 496 519 544 +4.9
South Central Quebec 513 532 545 465 476 504 537 556 +3.6
Sherbrooke 448 531 542 473 499 515 520 546 +5.0
Montérégie 505 535 540 470 482 504 532 550 +3.4
Montreal 499 532 542 482 492 510 534 555 +4.0
Central Quebec 483 531 541 467 486 502 524 546 +4.1
North Western Quebec 428 531 546 502 478 503 530 550 +3.8
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 472 535 543 487 503 508 526 548 +4.3
Hull 509 536 548 512 511 518 546 570 +4.5
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 533 534 541 480 487 515 535 555 +3.7
Ottawa 541 545 565 530 551 566 584 604 +3.4
Eastern Ontario 521 538 554 502 512 518 546 570 +4.4
Kingston 519 533 552 518 524 537 556 579 +4.2
Central Ontario 508 539 555 502 505 523 546 570 +4.3
Oshawa 521 542 558 536 525 555 573 595 +3.9
Toronto 525 543 560 520 529 540 566 588 +4.0
Hamilton 537 544 562 511 527 541 563 587 +4.2
St. Catharines 509 536 555 489 491 514 536 561 +4.8
London 515 541 555 511 506 530 546 574 +5.2
Niagara 513 541 555 504 511 527 548 574 +4.9
Windsor 505 541 557 516 515 521 539 572 +6.1
Kitchener 531 541 559 519 518 543 566 589 +4.0
Huron 487 542 553 502 527 525 546 567 +3.8
South Central Ontario 519 544 557 523 528 535 562 586 +4.2
Sudbury 526 544 563 509 508 527 560 582 +3.9
Thunder Bay 502 543 565 542 535 550 561 583 +4.0
Northern Ontario 519 541 554 506 504 535 553 576 +4.2
Winnipeg 499 533 545 500 482 500 532 551 +3.5
Southern Manitoba 480 538 544 482 502 492 535 552 +3.2
Northern Manitoba 489 535 556 465 535 531 535 550 +2.9
Regina 520 548 558 538 510 544 555 572 +3.0
Saskatoon 520 539 554 516 494 517 546 569 +4.3
Southern Saskatchewan 495 541 556 485 516 521 542 561 +3.5
Northern Saskatchewan 512 540 552 526 524 534 548 573 +4.7
Calgary 531 544 559 512 534 536 555 574 +3.3
Edmonton 532 546 560 528 526 543 558 575 +3.2
Northern Alberta 535 552 563 541 551 550 578 593 +2.7
Southern Alberta 512 543 559 513 514 528 545 562 +3.1
Southern Interior British Columbia 506 542 552 499 516 530 558 579 +3.7
Abbotsford 487 536 545 504 481 502 528 551 +4.3
Vancouver 524 544 558 523 535 550 570 593 +4.0
Victoria 535 543 560 530 547 549 576 600 +4.1
Southern Coastal British Columbia 506 540 552 506 503 535 559 580 +3.8
Northern British Columbia 533 547 559 518 537 533 571 590 +3.3
Whitehorse 546 564 579 586 549 613 611 630 +3.1
Yukon (excluding Whitehorse) 573 568 578 595 592 584 612 625 +2.1
Yellowknife 540 573 588 537 593 594 616 632 +2.7
Northwest Territories (excluding Yellowknife) 562 563 584 517 578 599 608 629 +3.5
Iqaluit 526 572 595 595 631 596 643 668 +3.9
Nunavut (excluding Iqaluit) 507 563 568 501 559 557 608 624 +2.7
Canada 518 539 553 503 508 525 549 571 +4.0
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI special benefits was paid.
  • 1 Excludes extended parental benefits which are paid at a lower benefit rate.
  • 2 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.12.3: Special benefits (by Employment Insurance region)1: Amount paid ($ millions)
EI region 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2023-24 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
St. John's 50.0 58.2 50.6 62.5 66.9 +7.0
Newfoundland-Labrador 60.8 73.0 68.7 82.5 89.1 +8.1
Charlottetown 18.0 26.3 18.8 19.7 20.8 +5.6
Prince Edward Island (excluding Charlottetown) 27.8 30.4 33.7 34.8 35.4 +1.8
Eastern Nova Scotia 48.2 60.1 57.9 63.1 66.7 +5.7
Western Nova Scotia 80.2 97.2 80.8 91.5 95.9 +4.8
Halifax 87.7 103.9 93.5 106.7 116.7 +9.4
Fredericton-Moncton-Saint-John 101.3 120.6 106.6 117.9 128.0 +8.6
Madawaska-Charlotte 29.4 36.7 33.3 34.5 36.5 +5.8
Restigouche-Albert 86.5 91.6 91.8 101.4 103.8 +2.4
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 17.9 20.8 19.1 27.2 28.8 +5.7
Québec 56.4 65.9 54.0 70.5 77.4 +9.9
Trois-Rivières 15.7 19.7 14.5 18.7 20.6 +10.4
South Central Quebec 18.1 20.5 16.7 20.5 21.9 +6.6
Sherbrooke 15.3 21.4 15.0 19.1 20.2 +5.6
Montérégie 46.9 59.8 49.2 66.4 73.5 +10.7
Montreal 209.7 261.1 216.9 289.6 321.6 +11.1
Central Quebec 103.5 137.3 118.5 150.2 165.5 +10.1
North Western Quebec 21.0 33.6 26.8 33.8 36.5 +7.8
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 54.8 65.2 58.2 70.7 74.2 +5.0
Hull 17.4 22.4 20.3 27.0 28.6 +5.8
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 16.6 21.8 20.6 23.8 25.3 +6.4
Ottawa 219.9 259.9 241.3 272.2 296.1 +8.8
Eastern Ontario 98.6 113.3 102.1 110.3 121.7 +10.4
Kingston 35.7 34.8 35.0 37.2 39.7 +6.7
Central Ontario 263.1 309.3 276.0 289.2 307.4 +6.3
Oshawa 92.3 113.1 116.6 127.7 132.8 +4.0
Toronto 1,230.5 1,357.4 1,288.2 1,406.8 1,507.3 +7.1
Hamilton 171.1 201.2 186.9 198.8 212.3 +6.8
St. Catharines 81.4 99.7 92.7 99.7 110.0 +10.4
London 101.3 127.0 113.0 125.2 137.0 +9.4
Niagara 72.5 77.2 76.1 83.1 90.4 +8.8
Windsor 67.4 83.7 71.6 76.1 86.9 +14.2
Kitchener 132.7 139.6 137.8 150.7 166.8 +10.7
Huron 72.2 82.1 74.6 78.5 80.7 +2.8
South Central Ontario 123.1 142.9 143.2 164.8 175.8 +6.7
Sudbury 38.0 49.8 38.7 41.8 45.4 +8.7
Thunder Bay 25.0 27.8 25.4 29.6 31.8 +7.5
Northern Ontario 97.4 115.2 105.7 119.1 128.3 +7.7
Winnipeg 175.2 203.1 181.5 188.3 202.2 +7.4
Southern Manitoba 80.1 93.8 80.3 90.9 98.9 +8.8
Northern Manitoba 23.0 26.7 22.5 24.9 26.7 +7.1
Regina 61.5 65.7 62.3 62.8 64.1 +2.0
Saskatoon 75.9 86.3 75.9 77.8 82.8 +6.5
Southern Saskatchewan 59.5 69.7 61.2 63.1 66.5 +5.4
Northern Saskatchewan 47.6 58.2 51.0 55.3 57.4 +3.8
Calgary 345.6 389.0 356.7 381.0 416.0 +9.2
Edmonton 333.5 373.2 337.1 369.4 407.0 +10.2
Northern Alberta 68.1 65.6 68.7 68.2 69.5 +1.9
Southern Alberta 221.1 246.9 216.1 238.2 254.3 +6.7
Southern Interior British Columbia 141.1 176.0 154.8 169.2 185.8 +9.8
Abbotsford 52.8 65.1 56.3 64.5 71.7 +11.1
Vancouver 548.4 621.7 569.6 624.3 678.8 +8.7
Victoria 69.0 89.8 78.2 84.1 92.3 +9.8
Southern Coastal British Columbia 125.7 150.4 132.7 145.8 160.8 +10.3
Northern British Columbia 74.7 85.9 76.1 83.6 89.4 +7.0
Whitehorse 9.5 11.9 11.0 10.7 12.0 +12.1
Yukon (excluding Whitehorse) 2.4 2.5 1.2 2.0 2.2 +8.6
Yellowknife 5.3 6.8 6.8 6.7 7.0 +4.7
Northwest Territories (excluding Yellowknife) 5.2 6.0 6.0 4.6 5.1 +10.5
Iqaluit 3.1 3.0 4.0 2.5 2.3 -7.5
Nunavut (excluding Iqaluit) 5.2 7.4 4.6 5.2 5.3 +2.8
Canada 6,638.6 7,686.3 7,004.4 7,766.1 8,382.4 +7.9
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI special benefits was paid.
  • 1 Total amounts paid in EI special benefits by EI region do not match those in Annex 2.11.3.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results on maternity, parental and sickness benefits are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25, whereas results on compassionate care benefits, family caregiver benefits for adults and family caregiver benefits for children are based on 100% of data for 2020-21 to 2024-25.

Annex 2.13: Firms and Employment Insurance regular and special benefits (by industry)

Annex 2.13.1: Firms and Employment Insurance regular and special benefits (by industry)
Industry Number of firms 2023 Distribution of firms (%) 2023 Firms' workforce1 2023 Distribution of the firms' workforce (%) 2023 Number of claimants who received EI regular benefits2 2023 Distribution of claimants who received EI regular benefits (%) 2023 Number of claimants who received EI special benefits2 2023 Distribution of claimants who received EI special benefits (%) 2023
Goods-producing industries 279,374 21.2 4,052,352 19.2 598,846 36.9 187,678 20.2
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 52,499 4.0 356,137 1.7 57,298 3.5 16,608 1.8
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 7,271 0.6 236,600 1.1 26,348 1.6 8,073 0.9
Utilities 859 0.1 118,807 0.6 4,285 0.3 3,646 0.4
Construction 168,057 12.7 1,486,524 7.0 354,605 21.9 68,988 7.4
Manufacturing 50,688 3.8 1,854,284 8.8 156,310 9.6 90,364 9.7
Services-producing industries 930,269 70.5 16,801,338 79.5 961,598 59.3 717,017 77.1
Wholesale and retail trade 148,964 11.3 3,263,320 15.4 128,275 7.9 124,305 13.4
Transportation and warehousing 91,399 6.9 992,819 4.7 75,285 4.6 43,996 4.7
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 89,505 6.8 1,179,763 5.6 38,904 2.4 45,477 4.9
Professional, scientific and technical services 169,132 12.8 1,445,879 6.8 90,377 5.6 49,376 5.3
Business, building and other support services3 60,666 4.6 1,247,106 5.9 114,957 7.1 56,334 6.1
Educational services 15,672 1.2 1,533,859 7.3 198,813 12.3 54,047 5.8
Health care and social assistance 127,008 9.6 2,001,871 9.5 62,544 3.9 136,187 14.6
Information, culture and recreation4 33,199 2.5 723,999 3.4 55,615 3.4 21,460 2.3
Accommodation and food services 81,139 6.2 1,525,660 7.2 73,975 4.6 50,640 5.4
Other services (excluding public administration) 108,427 8.2 758,507 3.6 42,622 2.6 32,701 3.5
Public administration 5,158 0.4 2,128,555 10.1 80,230 4.9 102,493 11.0
Unclassified industries5 109,470 8.3 279,815 1.3 60,931 3.8 25,523 2.7
Canada 1,319,113 100.0 21,133,505 100.0 1,621,374 100.0 930,218 100.0
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage shares are based on unrounded numbers.
  • 1 The number of workers in a firm is the number of individuals paid employment income by that firm, as indicated on a T4 form. The number of workers is adjusted so that each individual in the labour force is only counted once and individuals who work for more than one firm are taken into account. For example, if an employee earned $25,000 in firm 1 and $25,000 in firm 2, they were recorded as 0.5 employee at the first firm and 0.5 employee at the second firm.
  • 2 These columns are based on the number of individuals receiving EI regular and/or special benefits in 2023.
  • 3 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 4 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 5 For some claims, this information was not available in the data.
  • Sources: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of EI administrative data. Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), administrative data. Results are based on 100% of CRA data.

Annex 2.14: Maternity benefits

Annex 2.14.1: Maternity benefits1: New claims established
Category Total of 2020-213 Total of 2021-223 Total of 2022-233 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,520 2,140 2,160 2,175 2,232 +2.6
Prince Edward Island 1,100 1,170 1,020 1,005 983 -2.2
Nova Scotia 5,040 5,510 5,070 5,225 5,231 +0.1
New Brunswick 4,080 4,600 4,080 4,112 4,267 +3.8
Quebec2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ontario 82,260 89,190 86,700 88,966 90,963 +2.2
Manitoba 8,600 9,000 7,960 8,134 8,450 +3.9
Saskatchewan 7,680 7,860 7,300 7,261 7,165 -1.3
Alberta 28,190 29,080 28,390 28,518 29,692 +4.1
British Columbia 26,400 27,310 26,980 27,029 28,784 +6.5
Yukon 340 410 280 290 333 +14.8
Northwest Territories 430 380 330 279 293 +5.0
Nunavut 270 260 260 197 169 -14.2
24 years old and under 12,730 11,430 11,740 10,444 9,880 -5.4
25 to 29 years old 43,360 43,140 40,810 41,777 42,305 +1.3
30 to 34 years old 67,760 75,500 71,720 72,982 76,153 +4.3
35 to 39 years old 36,080 38,920 38,320 39,937 41,866 +4.8
40 years old and over 6,980 7,920 7,940 8,051 8,358 +3.8
Canada 166,910 176,910 170,530 173,191 178,562 +3.1
  • Notes: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI maternity benefits was paid.
  • 1 Figures also include maternity benefits for self-employed individuals.
  • 2 Since January 2006, Quebec has administered its own maternity benefits under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan.
  • 3 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.14.2: Maternity benefits: Average actual duration (number of weeks)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 14.5 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.5 -0.5
Prince Edward Island 14.5 14.6 14.6 14.6R 14.6 +0.2
Nova Scotia 14.7 14.5 14.6 14.6 14.6 -0.2
New Brunswick 14.6 14.5 14.6 14.6 14.6 0.0
Quebec1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ontario 14.7 14.4 14.6 14.7 14.6 -0.1
Manitoba 14.7 14.6 14.6 14.7 14.7 -0.1
Saskatchewan 14.7 14.6 14.6 14.7 14.6 -0.1
Alberta 14.7 14.5 14.6 14.6 14.6 -0.2
British Columbia 14.7 14.6 14.7 14.7 14.7 -0.1
Yukon 14.6 14.5 14.7 14.5 14.7 +1.5
Northwest Territories 14.5 14.4 14.6 14.6 14.6 0.0
Nunavut 14.3 14.1 14.2 14.2R 14.3 +1.0
24 years old and under 14.6 14.2 14.4 14.6 14.5 -0.2
25 to 29 years old 14.7 14.5 14.6 14.6 14.6 -0.2
30 to 34 years old 14.7 14.6 14.7 14.7 14.7 -0.1
35 to 39 years old 14.7 14.4 14.6 14.7 14.6 -0.1
40 years old and over 14.6 14.5 14.6 14.6 14.6 +0.1
Canada 14.7 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.6 -0.1
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of EI maternity benefits was paid.
  • 1 Since January 2006, Quebec has administered its own maternity benefits under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.14.3: Maternity benefits: Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Category First half of 2020-21 Second half of 2020-212 First half of 2021-222 2 months in fall 20212 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 495 545 553 557 490 545 554 577 +4.2
Prince Edward Island 496 545 556 447 514 528 547 570 +4.3
Nova Scotia 478 540 553 508 498 504 549 571 +4.1
New Brunswick 485 538 548 473 497 528 536 560 +4.6
Quebec1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ontario 515 553 563 526 542 546 572 593 +3.7
Manitoba 474 542 550 483 498 494 527 542 +2.9
Saskatchewan 499 550 558 516 526 529 548 567 +3.4
Alberta 519 552 561 532 535 537 551 564 +2.5
British Columbia 510 552 561 521 531 549 571 591 +3.6
Yukon 539 573 582 578 588 607 618 639 +3.3
Northwest Territories 556 574 577 553 601 591 622 628 +1.1
Nunavut 508 571 570 456 638 605 614 626 +1.9
24 years old and under 405 520 525 409 398 408 438 457 +4.5
25 to 29 years old 489 543 550 498 500 512 534 551 +3.2
30 to 34 years old 525 558 567 541 552 561 580 599 +3.2
35 to 39 years old 530 560 571 538 567 568 592 611 +3.3
40 years old and over 522 556 570 540 547 567 584 607 +4.0
Canada 510 551 561 521 533 541 563 583 +3.5
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI maternity benefits was paid.
  • 1 Since January 2006, Quebec has administered its own maternity benefits under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan.
  • 2 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.14.4: Maternity benefits: Amount paid ($ millions)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 17.2 19.2 16.7 17.6 18.6 +6.0
Prince Edward Island 8.2 9.7 8.1 7.9 8.2 +3.0
Nova Scotia 36.8 45.3 38.0 41.9 43.2 +3.0
New Brunswick 30.3 36.1 33.2 31.4 35.1 +11.7
Quebec1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ontario 657.4 743.1 697.3 737.8 785.6 +6.5
Manitoba 66.6 70.4 60.6 62.6 66.8 +6.7
Saskatchewan 59.7 65.8 56.0 57.9 59.2 +2.3
Alberta 227.9 245.3 222.7 227.2 243.9 +7.3
British Columbia 212.6 230.8 216.2 221.8 248.0 +11.8
Yukon 2.9 3.3 2.5 2.6 3.1 +21.3
Northwest Territories 3.0 3.6 2.8 2.6 2.7 +5.9
Nunavut 2.0 2.1 2.2 1.7 1.6 -5.4
24 years old and under 83.3 90.7 71.2 67.7 66.8 -1.4
25 to 29 years old 337.8 363.2 309.6 323.2 341.5 +5.7
30 to 34 years old 552.7 634.5 590.6 613.6 662.4 +8.0
35 to 39 years old 294.2 323.0 318.8 341.0 371.2 +8.9
40 years old and over 56.7 63.3 66.1 67.5 74.1 +9.8
Canada 1,324.7 1,474.7 1,356.3 1,413.0 1,516.0 +7.3
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI maternity benefits was paid.
  • 1 Since January 2006, Quebec has administered its own maternity benefits under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Annex 2.15: Parental benefits (biological and adoptive parents)

Annex 2.15.1: Parental benefits (biological and adoptive parents): New claims established
Category1 Total of 2020-213 Total of 2021-223 Total of 2022-233 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Parental standard 174,330 195,960 193,400 200,350 208,318 +4.0
Parental extended 38,770 45,940 42,740 43,655 48,199 +10.4
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,780 2,540 2,880 2,748 2,867 +4.3
Prince Edward Island 1,370 1,690 1,350 1,355 1,383 +2.1
Nova Scotia 6,660 7,750 7,500 7,662 7,745 +1.1
New Brunswick 5,210 6,180 5,720 5,797 6,134 +5.8
Quebec2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ontario 106,680 123,250 121,910 126,387 132,148 +4.6
Manitoba 10,960 11,990 11,170 11,669 12,100 +3.7
Saskatchewan 9,070 9,750 9,090 9,786 10,017 +2.4
Alberta 34,920 38,340 37,420 38,471 40,915 +6.4
British Columbia 34,110 39,020 37,840 39,017 42,040 +7.7
Yukon 440 580 490 432 502 +16.2
Northwest Territories 490 420 410 400 414 +3.5
Nunavut 410 390 360 281 252 -10.3
Men 50,100 68,350 69,270 74,540 81,989 +10.0
Women 163,000 173,550 166,870 169,465 174,528 +3.0
24 years old and under 13,270 12,670 12,920 11,781 11,215 -4.8
25 to 29 years old 49,760 52,240 49,980 51,263 52,720 +2.8
30 to 34 years old 84,740 99,840 96,580 99,527 105,881 +6.4
35 to 39 years old 51,000 58,160 58,590 62,177 66,574 +7.1
40 years old and over 14,330 18,990 18,070 19,257 20,127 +4.5
Canada 213,100 241,900 236,140 244,005 256,517 +5.1
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI parental benefits was paid. Parental benefits that are shared between 2 parents are considered as 2 separate claims.
  • 1 Starting December 3, 2017, parents can choose between receiving standard or extended parental benefits.
  • 2 Since January 2006, Quebec has administered its own parental benefits under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan.
  • 3 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.15.2: Parental benefits (biological and adoptive parents): Amount paid ($ millions)
Category1 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Parental standard 2,612.5 2,939.4 2,793.6 2,840.5 3,058.3 +7.7
Parental extended 565.3 650.5 706.0 648.2 686.1 +5.9
Newfoundland and Labrador 39.3 45.3 44.1 43.7 44.5 +1.8
Prince Edward Island 16.0 21.7 21.7 18.7 20.4 +9.1
Nova Scotia 89.0 106.4 108.2 102.7 110.6 +7.7
New Brunswick 69.2 84.6 85.5 79.7 86.5 +8.5
Quebec2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ontario 1,603.6 1,787.6 1,779.7 1,806.9 1,941.7 +7.5
Manitoba 150.3 178.5 166.4 157.9 168.1 +6.5
Saskatchewan 145.2 163.1 148.1 143.6 148.9 +3.7
Alberta 551.8 598.6 569.7 562.4 605.0 +7.6
British Columbia 496.2 581.6 555.5 556.1 600.8 +8.0
Yukon 5.9 8.0 7.4 6.6 7.3 +10.1
Northwest Territories 6.0 7.6 8.1 5.8 6.3 +8.1
Nunavut 5.3 7.0 5.3 4.5 4.4 -1.9
Men 359.2 411.0 441.8 464.7 512.8 +10.4
Women 2,818.6 3,179.0 3,057.8 3,024.0 3,231.6 +6.9
24 years old and under 171.8 222.1 170.9 159.4 158.0 -0.8
25 to 29 years old 756.1 868.1 773.8 756.8 801.3 +5.9
30 to 34 years old 1,319.4 1,484.3 1,490.2 1,470.5 1,590.0 +8.1
35 to 39 years old 740.7 814.6 839.7 869.6 944.9 +8.7
40 years old and over 189.8 200.9 225.0 232.4 250.3 +7.7
Canada 3,177.8 3,589.9 3,499.6 3,488.7 3,744.5 +7.3
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI parental benefits was paid.
  • 1 Starting December 3, 2017, parents can choose between receiving standard or extended parental benefits.
  • 2 Since January 2006, Quebec has administered its own parental benefits under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.15.3: Parental standard benefits1 (biological and adoptive parents): New claims established
Category Total of 2020-213 Total of 2021-223 Total of 2022-233 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,380 2,200 2,510 2,286 2,378 +4.0
Prince Edward Island 1,170 1,400 1,190 1,212 1,213 +0.1
Nova Scotia 5,570 6,360 6,380 6,316 6,268 -0.8
New Brunswick 4,420 5,360 4,820 4,936 5,148 +4.3
Quebec2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ontario 84,220 97,080 97,970 102,109 105,711 +3.5
Manitoba 9,380 9,610 9,450 9,483 9,688 +2.2
Saskatchewan 8,220 8,660 8,020 8,234 8,206 -0.3
Alberta 29,510 32,540 31,010 33,138 34,813 +5.1
British Columbia 28,410 31,710 31,070 31,836 34,065 +7.0
Yukon 290 410 390 298 349 +17.1
Northwest Territories 390 310 330 280 281 +0.4
Nunavut 370 320 260 222 198 -10.8
Men 41,950 57,680 57,660 62,198 67,890 +9.2
Women 132,380 138,280 135,740 138,152 140,428 +1.6
24 years old and under 10,800 10,390 10,900 9,726 9,165 -5.8
25 to 29 years old 41,670 42,360 41,260 42,585 43,217 +1.5
30 to 34 years old 69,460 81,100 79,300 82,145 86,403 +5.2
35 to 39 years old 41,070 46,820 47,540 50,417 53,410 +5.9
40 years old and over 11,330 15,290 14,400 15,477 16,123 +4.2
Canada 174,330 195,960 193,400 200,350 208,318 +4.0
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI parental standard benefits was paid. Parental benefits that are shared between 2 parents are considered as 2 separate claims.
  • 1 Starting December 3, 2017, parents can choose between receiving standard or extended parental benefits.
  • 2 Since January 2006, Quebec has administered its own parental benefits under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan.
  • 3 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.15.4: Parental standard benefits1 (biological and adoptive parents): Average actual duration (number of weeks)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 29.2 27.5 27.6 27.8R 26.3 -5.6
Prince Edward Island 27.2 25.0 25.8 25.9R 25.0 -3.4
Nova Scotia 27.3 25.6 25.1 24.8 24.7 -0.5
New Brunswick 27.1 25.7 25.9 25.2R 24.7 -2.1
Quebec2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ontario 27.5 25.6 25.7 25.4R 24.9 -1.9
Manitoba 27.6 26.5 26.1 25.9R 25.3 -2.2
Saskatchewan 28.6 27.6 27.2 26.7R 26.2 -1.8
Alberta 29.2 27.1 27.2 26.7R 26.0 -2.4
British Columbia 27.0 25.0 25.7 25.1R 24.4 -2.5
Yukon 26.7 25.5 24.7 24.6 24.0 -2.1
Northwest Territories 26.7 26.2 26.1 24.7R 24.6 -0.4
Nunavut 26.2 26.7 27.3 26.0R 25.8 -0.6
Men 12.3 10.9 11.0 10.7R 10.4 -3.2
Women 32.8 31.9 32.3 32.3 32.2 -0.3
24 years old and under 30.5 28.3 28.6 28.8R 28.4 -1.3
25 to 29 years old 29.5 27.9 27.8 27.6R 27.2 -1.7
30 to 34 years old 27.8 26.3 26.5 26.0R 25.4 -2.2
35 to 39 years old 26.4 24.4 24.7 24.3R 23.6 -2.6
40 years old and over 23.3 19.9 21.1 20.8R 20.6 -1.0
Canada 27.8 25.9 26.0 25.7R 25.1 -2.1
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of EI parental standard benefits was paid.
  • 1 Starting December 3, 2017, parents can choose between receiving standard or extended parental benefits. Starting March 17, 2019, parents who share parental benefits could receive an additional 5 weeks of parental standard benefits or 8 weeks of extended parental benefits.
  • 2 Since January 2006, Quebec has administered its own maternity benefits under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.15.5: Parental standard benefits1 (biological and adoptive parents): Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Category First half of 2020-21 Second half of 2020-213 First half of 2021-223 2 months in fall 20213 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 514 551 560 539 519 562 570 591 +3.7
Prince Edward Island 507 551 560 468 526 550 566 590 +4.1
Nova Scotia 499 548 561 511 527 535 571 592 +3.8
New Brunswick 497 544 557 505 524 544 560 581 +3.8
Quebec2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ontario 525 557 569 536 553 565 589 610 +3.6
Manitoba 493 548 556 502 523 520 555 571 +2.8
Saskatchewan 515 556 565 525 547 551 570 589 +3.2
Alberta 529 559 567 539 554 560 574 589 +2.8
British Columbia 522 558 567 533 563 570 589 610 +3.5
Yukon 549 571 586 582 589 615 616 640 +3.8
Northwest Territories 555 581 584 516 589 596 624 634 +1.6
Nunavut 508 564 575 540 629 608 621 640 +2.9
Men 557 570 581 563 590 606 623 643 +3.2
Women 510 552 562 519 532 541 564 583 +3.3
24 years old and under 417 525 530 432 421 425 460 481 +4.6
25 to 29 years old 497 547 555 509 512 531 551 568 +3.0
30 to 34 years old 533 562 571 546 565 575 594 613 +3.2
35 to 39 years old 541 564 575 549 576 585 606 626 +3.3
40 years old and over 538 563 574 542 586 588 606 628 +3.7
Canada 521 556 567 531 552 560 582 602 +3.4
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI parental standard benefits was paid.
  • 1 Starting December 3, 2017, parents can choose between receiving standard or extended parental benefits.
  • 2 Since January 2006, Quebec has administered its own parental benefits under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan.
  • 3 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.15.6: Parental standard benefits1 (biological and adoptive parents): Amount paid ($ millions)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 34.4 40.2 38.4 36.8 36.7 -0.2
Prince Edward Island 13.7 19.7 18.9 16.2 18.2 +12.2
Nova Scotia 78.1 87.8 86.1 85.4 90.6 +6.0
New Brunswick 60.5 71.6 71.4 67.4 72.8 +8.0
Quebec2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ontario 1,271.8 1,420.5 1,385.7 1,439.6 1,559.6 +8.3
Manitoba 130.5 148.5 133.9 128.9 135.9 +5.4
Saskatchewan 128.0 142.7 125.9 122.1 124.3 +1.8
Alberta 479.0 518.1 483.4 482.8 520.2 +7.8
British Columbia 402.6 472.1 434.3 448.5 486.9 +8.6
Yukon 4.5 5.9 5.2 4.9 5.2 +6.9
Northwest Territories 5.0 6.4 6.4 4.4 4.3 -1.4
Nunavut 4.4 5.9 3.9 3.5 3.5 +0.4
Men 312.7 355.4 381.8 404.3 444.3 +9.9
Women 2,299.9 2,584.0 2,411.8 2,436.3 2,614.0 +7.3
24 years old and under 145.3 182.4 134.9 130.7 128.4 -1.7
25 to 29 years old 635.2 720.4 614.9 621.0 657.7 +5.9
30 to 34 years old 1,077.5 1,220.0 1,199.9 1,202.8 1,305.7 +8.6
35 to 39 years old 600.7 655.7 667.1 700.6 764.6 +9.1
40 years old and over 153.8 160.9 176.8 185.4 201.9 +8.9
Canada 2,612.5 2,939.4 2,793.6 2,840.5 3,058.3 +7.7
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI parental standard benefits was paid.
  • 1 Starting December 3, 2017, parents can choose between receiving standard or extended parental benefits.
  • 2 Since January 2006, Quebec has administered its own parental benefits under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.15.7: Parental extended benefits1 (biological and adoptive parents): New claims established
Category Total of 2020-213 Total of 2021-223 Total of 2022-233 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 350 320 320 462 489 +5.8
Prince Edward Island 160 220 140 143 170 +18.9
Nova Scotia 1,160 1,500 1,190 1,346 1,477 +9.7
New Brunswick 790 890 900 861 986 +14.5
Quebec2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ontario 22,290 25,870 23,720 24,278 26,437 +8.9
Manitoba 1,670 2,410 1,810 2,186 2,412 +10.3
Saskatchewan 1,230 1,480 1,330 1,552 1,811 +16.7
Alberta 4,590 4,990 5,790 5,333 6,102 +14.4
British Columbia 6,210 7,900 7,230 7,181 7,975 +11.1
Territories 320 360 310 313 340 +8.6
Men 8,150 10,670 11,610 12,342 14,099 +14.2
Women 30,620 35,270 31,130 31,313 34,100 +8.9
24 years old and under 2,470 2,280 2,020 2,055 2,050 -0.2
25 to 29 years old 8,090 9,880 8,720 8,678 9,503 +9.5
30 to 34 years old 15,280 18,740 17,280 17,382 19,478 +12.1
35 to 39 years old 9,930 11,340 11,050 11,760 13,164 +11.9
40 years old and over 3,000 3,700 3,670 3,780 4,004 +5.9
Canada 38,770 45,940 42,740 43,655 48,199 +10.4
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI parental extended benefits was paid. Parental benefits that are shared between 2 parents are considered as 2 separate claims.
  • 1 Starting December 3, 2017, parents can choose between receiving standard or extended parental benefits.
  • 2 Since January 2006, Quebec has administered its own parental benefits under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan.
  • 3 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.15.8: Parental extended benefits1 (biological and adoptive parents): Average actual duration (number of weeks)
Category 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 44.6 48.8 47.1R 45.7 -3.0
Prince Edward Island 42.6 46.0 48.0R 43.7 -8.9
Nova Scotia 41.5 44.4 43.3R 41.6 -4.0
New Brunswick 42.5 44.6 44.3R 41.3 -6.7
Quebec2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ontario 44.7 44.9 44.6R 42.5 -4.7
Manitoba 43.8 45.9 44.9R 42.6 -5.2
Saskatchewan 44.9 46.9 45.7R 42.5 -6.9
Alberta 47.4 48.7 46.8 44.7 -4.4
British Columbia 43.7 45.2 44.9R 42.4 -5.7
Territories 40.6 41.8 39.3R 38.4 -2.2
Men 14.0 14.2 13.4R 12.5 -6.7
Women 55.1 56.3 56.5 56.3 -0.4
24 years old and under 49.8 53.3 51.9R 51.5 -0.7
25 to 29 years old 48.5 50.2 49.5R 47.6 -3.9
30 to 34 years old 45.0 45.9 45.8R 43.5 -5.1
35 to 39 years old 42.4 42.7 42.0R 39.3 -6.3
40 years old and over 36.2 35.0 35.3R 34.1 -3.4
Canada 44.6 45.5 44.9R 42.7 -4.9
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of EI parental extended benefits was paid.
  • 1 Starting December 3, 2017, parents can choose between receiving standard or extended parental benefits. Starting March 17, 2019 parents who share parental benefits could receive an additional 5 weeks of parental standard benefits or 8 weeks of extended parental benefits.
  • 2 Since January 2006, Quebec has administered its own maternity benefits under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.15.9: Parental extended benefits1 (biological and adoptive parents): Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Category First half of 2020-21 Second half of 2020-213 First half of 2021-223 2 months in fall 20213 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 255 325 321 360 272 326 347 362 +4.5
Prince Edward Island 295 319 336 269 348 330 335 350 +4.2
Nova Scotia 291 333 336 303 324 318 345 357 +3.6
New Brunswick 297 336 325 298 314 326 344 358 +4.1
Quebec2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ontario 318 338 342 324 339 344 359 373 +4.0
Manitoba 281 328 338 308 307 318 333 342 +2.8
Saskatchewan 297 331 335 313 317 325 337 355 +5.4
Alberta 311 330 335 304 329 327 337 351 +4.1
British Columbia 316 337 342 324 333 346 358 374 +4.3
Territories 332 342 342 346 383 375 383 396 +3.4
Men 336 346 352 345 362 372 382 394 +3.2
Women 307 333 337 313 324 327 342 356 +4.2
24 years old and under 247 321 321 250 259 264 277 288 +3.9
25 to 29 years old 297 330 332 301 317 315 334 349 +4.4
30 to 34 years old 320 339 342 330 340 347 358 372 +3.8
35 to 39 years old 320 339 346 330 347 353 367 381 +3.7
40 years old and over 332 339 349 321 345 359 370 384 +3.7
Canada 313 336 340 320 333 339 353 367 +4.0
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI parental extended benefits was paid.
  • 1 Starting December 3, 2017, parents can choose between receiving standard or extended parental benefits.
  • 2 Since January 2006, Quebec has administered its own parental benefits under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan.
  • 3 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.15.10: Parental extended benefits1 (biological and adoptive parents): Amount paid ($ millions)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 4.9 5.1 5.7 7.0 7.8 +12.2
Prince Edward Island 2.3 2.0 2.8 2.5 2.2 -10.4
Nova Scotia 10.9 18.6 22.1 17.3 20.1 +16.0
New Brunswick 8.7 13.0 14.0 12.3 13.6 +11.0
Quebec2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ontario 331.8 367.1 394.0 367.4 382.0 +4.0
Manitoba 19.8 30.0 32.4 29.0 32.3 +11.4
Saskatchewan 17.2 20.4 22.2 21.5 24.6 +14.4
Alberta 72.8 80.5 86.3 79.7 84.8 +6.4
British Columbia 93.7 109.5 121.2 107.6 113.8 +5.8
Territories 3.3 4.4 5.3 4.1 4.9 +18.7
Men 46.6 55.6 59.9 60.4 68.5 +13.4
Women 518.7 594.9 646.0 587.8 617.6 +5.1
24 years old and under 26.6 39.6 36.0 28.7 29.6 +3.3
25 to 29 years old 120.9 147.7 158.9 135.8 143.6 +5.7
30 to 34 years old 241.9 264.3 290.3 267.7 284.3 +6.2
35 to 39 years old 139.9 158.9 172.6 169.0 180.3 +6.7
40 years old and over 36.0 40.0 48.2 47.0 48.4 +3.0
Canada 565.3 650.5 706.0 648.2 686.1 +5.9
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI parental extended benefits was paid.
  • 1 Starting December 3, 2017, parents can choose between receiving standard or extended parental benefits.
  • 2 Since January 2006, Quebec has administered its own parental benefits under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Annex 2.16: Sickness benefits

Annex 2.16.1: Sickness benefits: New claims established
Category Total of 2020-211,2 Total of 2021-222 Total of 2022-232 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 10,880 12,310 12,680 12,710 13,002 +2.3
Prince Edward Island 4,770 5,460 5,330 5,438 5,305 -2.4
Nova Scotia 18,300 21,110 19,170 20,042 19,721 -1.6
New Brunswick 25,230 28,040 26,650 26,205 24,929 -4.9
Quebec 135,660 143,640 130,250 133,653 134,495 +0.6
Ontario 132,800 130,970 116,800 118,531 120,027 +1.3
Manitoba 12,990 13,170 11,300 12,478 12,851 +3.0
Saskatchewan 8,750 8,760 8,320 8,326 8,241 -1.0
Alberta 42,370 37,950 33,880 37,376 38,197 +2.2
British Columbia 57,700 60,240 53,270 54,136 54,526 +0.7
Yukon 460 330 370 416 392 -5.8
Northwest Territories 220 300 270 311 290 -6.8
Nunavut 220 180 190 176 170 -3.4
Men 199,620 199,850 177,150 185,017 184,335 -0.4
Women 250,730 262,610 241,330 244,781 247,811 +1.2
24 years old and under 47,750 41,740 31,290 29,972 28,273 -5.7
25 to 34 years old 98,030 108,020 91,830 95,804 96,975 +1.2
35 to 44 years old 87,500 97,710 86,500 89,729 91,397 +1.9
45 to 54 years old 90,810 92,520 85,250 85,993 85,747 -0.3
55 to 64 years old 98,840 98,040 95,440 97,376 96,319 -1.1
65 years old and over 27,420 24,430 28,170 30,924 33,435 +8.1
Canada 450,350 462,460 418,480 429,798 432,146 +0.5
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI sickness benefits was paid.
  • 1 Claims for sickness benefits could not be established during the first half of 2020-21 due to the implementation of the Canadian Emergency Response Benefits (CERB).
  • 2 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.16.2: Sickness benefits: Average actual duration (number of weeks)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 Claims established before December 18, 2022 and completed in 2022-231 Claims established before December 18, 2022 and completed in 2023-24R Claims established on or after December 18, 2022 and completed in 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 (claims established on or after December 18, 2022) to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 9.4 9.7 9.4 8.7 12.9R 12.8 -0.9
Prince Edward Island 8.1 8.1 7.9 7.4R 10.9 9.5 -12.4
Nova Scotia 8.9 9.3 8.9 7.9R 11.8R 11.8 +0.2
New Brunswick 8.3 8.4 8.3 8.0 10.9R 10.4 -4.0
Quebec 8.6 8.8 9.0 8.7 11.5R 12.0 +4.3
Ontario 9.6 9.4 10.1 9.6 13.3R 13.6 +2.3
Manitoba 9.1 8.8 9.8 9.5 12.8R 13.3 +4.1
Saskatchewan 9.0 8.9 10.2 9.4 13.1R 13.4 +2.1
Alberta 8.9 8.5 9.9 9.8R 13.1R 13.5 +3.6
British Columbia 9.7 9.9 10.4 9.8R 13.3R 13.7 +3.2
Yukon 10.1 10.8 10.8 10.6R 13.3R 14.7 +10.4
Northwest Territories 10.8 10.8 10.5 11.1R 15.2 15.5 +2.3
Nunavut 10.2 9.5 11.5 7.1R 14.3R 14.2 -1.2
Men 8.5 8.6 9.1 8.7 12.1R 12.3 +1.7
Women 9.5 9.5 9.8 9.2R 12.8R 13.1 +2.6
24 years old and under 7.8 7.8 8.6 8.5R 10.2 10.7 +4.6
25 to 34 years old 8.2 8.5 8.9 8.5R 11.0 11.3 +2.7
35 to 44 years old 8.9 8.9 9.4 9.1R 12.1R 12.4 +2.3
45 to 54 years old 9.3 9.5 9.8 9.3 12.9R 13.4 +3.6
55 to 64 years old 9.9 9.9 10.0 9.2R 13.7R 13.9 +1.8
65 years old and over 10.8 10.6 10.4 9.3 14.7R 14.4 -1.8
Canada 9.1 9.1 9.5 9.0 12.5R 12.7 +2.2
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of EI sickness benefits was paid.
  • 1 Results for 2022-23 represent claims established prior to December 18, 2022 and entitled to a maximum of 15 weeks of EI sickness benefits. Claims established on or after December 18, 2022 and entitled to a maximum of 26 weeks of EI sickness benefits are not considered.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 and 2021-22 and 100% of data for 2022-23 to 2024-25.
Annex 2.16.3: Sickness benefits: Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Category Second half of 2020-211 First half of 2021-221 2 months in fall 20211 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 531 538 483 468 500 523 545 +4.3
Prince Edward Island 536 539 511 466 492 524 546 +4.2
Nova Scotia 532 537 480 455 480 515 537 +4.3
New Brunswick 533 535 503 477 497 525 545 +3.9
Quebec 533 541 481 489 507 530 551 +3.9
Ontario 536 549 498 493 508 532 555 +4.4
Manitoba 529 537 478 463 477 513 531 +3.5
Saskatchewan 534 542 507 479 501 521 543 +4.3
Alberta 539 551 504 498 509 533 550 +3.1
British Columbia 538 549 504 499 521 546 567 +3.9
Yukon 561 571 595 505 602 606 618 +2.0
Northwest Territories 560 589 534 567 606 599 626 +4.6
Nunavut 563 569 452 553 517 618 636 +2.9
Men 545 555 523 529 544 567R 587 +3.7
Women 527 539 467 453 478 504R 526 +4.4
24 years old and under 515 520 431 403 426 460 481 +4.6
25 to 34 years old 536 544 491 488 507 533 554 +3.9
35 to 44 years old 541 552 505 508 525 552 573 +3.8
45 to 54 years old 540 551 508 509 526 548 570 +3.9
55 to 64 years old 536 548 494 488 507 529 551 +4.1
65 years old and over 528 540 477 453 469 490 510 +4.2
Canada 535 545 493 488 506 531 552 +4.0
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI sickness benefits was paid.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.16.4: Sickness benefits: Amount paid ($ millions)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 52.8 65.0 57.0 82.0 90.8 +10.8
Prince Edward Island 20.8 24.3 21.9 27.0 27.0 0.0
Nova Scotia 85.9 103.8 81.9 112.5 121.4 +7.9
New Brunswick 115.0 124.4 110.7 140.0 143.7 +2.7
Quebec 567.6 719.6 602.8 790.7 865.8 +9.5
Ontario 603.6 735.4 584.1 808.1 878.0 +8.7
Manitoba 56.5 69.2 52.7 78.5 87.3 +11.2
Saskatchewan 36.4 47.3 41.3 53.7 58.5 +9.0
Alberta 173.8 213.8 169.3 250.6 280.0 +11.7
British Columbia 281.8 353.7 276.8 374.7 409.1 +9.2
Yukon 2.6 2.6 2.0 3.3 3.6 +8.2
Northwest Territories 1.4 1.6 1.9 2.7 2.9 +6.0
Nunavut 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.5 1.5 +4.9
Men 890.4 1,056.1 914.8 1,240.8 1,334.1 +7.5
Women 1,109.0 1,405.7 1,088.6 1,484.4 1,635.6 +10.2
24 years old and under 163.2 199.9 115.6 141.4 144.6 +2.2
25 to 34 years old 409.9 542.9 403.6 543.2 594.9 +9.5
35 to 44 years old 390.6 506.6 422.3 579.3 634.2 +9.5
45 to 54 years old 418.2 519.3 441.8 589.2 636.1 +8.0
55 to 64 years old 476.6 551.7 485.2 667.4 721.0 +8.0
65 years old and over 140.8 141.5 134.9 204.7 238.9 +16.7
Canada 1,999.3 2,461.9 2,003.4 2,725.3 2,969.7 +9.0
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI sickness benefits was paid.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Annex 2.17: Sickness benefits (by industry)

Annex 2.17.1: Sickness benefits (by industry): Employment (totals in thousands)
Industry Employment (in thousands) 2019-20 Share (%) 2019-20 Employment (in thousands) 2024-25 Share (%) 2024-25
Goods-producing industries 3,995.0 21.0 4,210.5 20.2
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 357.6 1.9 289.5 1.4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 263.1 1.4 295.1 1.4
Utilities 132.4 0.7 151.5 0.7
Construction 1,488.9 7.8 1,618.3 7.8
Manufacturing 1,753.0 9.2 1,856.1 8.9
Services-producing industries 15,045.9 79.0 16,617.5 79.8
Wholesale and retail trade 2,922.1 15.3 2,943.6 14.1
Transportation and warehousing 1,030.5 5.4 1,083.1 5.2
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 1,237.5 6.5 1,438.4 6.9
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,567.1 8.2 1,987.6 9.5
Business, building and other support services1 747.1 3.9 714.6 3.4
Educational services 1,322.7 6.9 1,578.6 7.6
Health care and social assistance 2,480.0 13.0 2,849.1 13.7
Information, culture and recreation2 771.4 4.1 844.6 4.1
Accommodation and food services 1,195.9 6.3 1,154.3 5.5
Other services (excluding public administration) 780.3 4.1 792.1 3.8
Public administration 991.3 5.2 1,231.5 5.9
Canada 19,040.9 100.0 20,827.9 100.0
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage share is based on unrounded numbers.
  • 1 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 2 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, Table 14-10-0022-01.
Annex 2.17.2: Sickness benefits (by industry): New claims established
Industry New claims 2019-20 Share (%) 2019-20 New claims 2024-25 Share (%) 2024-25
Goods-producing industries 117,450 27.9 107,116 24.8
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 12,730 3.0 10,990 2.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 4,250 1.0 3,667 0.8
Utilities 720 0.2 630 0.1
Construction 45,550 10.8 42,532 9.8
Manufacturing 54,200 12.9 49,297 11.4
Services-producing industries 291,610 69.2 315,738 73.1
Wholesale and retail trade 67,000 15.9 67,968 15.7
Transportation and warehousing 21,850 5.2 24,328 5.6
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 12,000 2.8 12,113 2.8
Professional, scientific and technical services 12,540 3.0 14,505 3.4
Business, building and other support services1 27,510 6.5 28,194 6.5
Educational services 13,070 3.1 14,871 3.4
Health care and social assistance 52,690 12.5 66,248 15.3
Information, culture and recreation2 8,600 2.0 8,048 1.9
Accommodation and food services 29,870 7.1 26,026 6.0
Other services (excluding public administration) 17,970 4.3 18,286 4.2
Public administration 28,510 6.8 35,151 8.1
Unclassified Industries3 12,080 2.9 9,292 2.2
Canada 421,140 100.0 432,146 100.0
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI sickness benefits was paid.
  • 1 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 2 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 3 For some claims, this information was not available in the data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2019-20 and 100% of data for 2024-25.
Annex 2.17.3: Sickness benefits (by industry): Amount paid ($ millions)
Industry Amount paid ($ millions) 2019-20 Share (%) 2019-20 Amount paid ($ millions) 2024-25 Share (%) 2024-25
Goods-producing industries 527.9 28.0 755.5 25.4
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 59.4 3.1 58.1 2.0
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 23.5 1.2 30.5 1.0
Utilities 3.1 0.2 5.0 0.2
Construction 205.1 10.9 319.7 10.8
Manufacturing 236.8 12.5 342.3 11.5
Services-producing industries 1,314.6 69.6 2,155.6 72.6
Wholesale and retail trade 275.5 14.6 429.8 14.5
Transportation and warehousing 114.3 6.1 189.2 6.4
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 59.0 3.1 94.2 3.2
Professional, scientific and technical services 58.3 3.1 101.1 3.4
Business, building and other support services1 129.0 6.8 202.3 6.8
Educational services 55.3 2.9 88.2 3.0
Health care and social assistance 246.9 13.1 463.6 15.6
Information, culture and recreation2 35.2 1.9 52.8 1.8
Accommodation and food services 113.3 6.0 145.0 4.9
Other services (excluding public administration) 77.7 4.1 124.2 4.2
Public administration 150.1 7.9 265.3 8.9
Unclassified industries3 46.3 2.5 58.6 2.0
Canada 1,888.8 100.0 2,969.7 100.0
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage share is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI sickness benefits was paid.
  • 1 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 2 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 3 For some claims, this information was not available in the data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2019-20 and 100% of data for 2024-25.

Annex 2.18: Compassionate care benefits

Annex 2.18.1: Compassionate care benefits: New claims established1
Category Total of 2020-212 Total of 2021-222 Total of 2022-232 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 87 74 79 83 83 0.0
Prince Edward Island 31 30 44 44 24 -45.5
Nova Scotia 213 238 210 227 219 -3.5
New Brunswick 194 180 141 125 126 +0.8
Quebec 1,167 1,271 1,131 1,039 918 -11.6
Ontario 2,826 2,887 2,820 2,766 2,726 -1.4
Manitoba 264 225 264 267 276 +3.4
Saskatchewan 172 145 151 153 180 +17.6
Alberta 733 721 732 723 733 +1.4
British Columbia 1,090 989 1,034 976 999 +2.4
Territories 25 15 13 14 16 +14.3
Men 1,871 1,995 2,025 2,011 2,028 +0.8
Women 4,931 4,780 4,594 4,406 4,272 -3.0
24 years old and under 145 142 120 125 130 +4.0
25 to 44 years old 2,197 2,151 2,153 2,210 2,215 +0.2
45 to 54 years old 2,057 2,143 2,044 1,847 1,866 +1.0
55 years old and over 2,403 2,339 2,302 2,235 2,089 -6.5
Canada 6,802 6,775 6,619 6,417 6,300 -1.8
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI compassionate care benefits was paid. Claims for which benefits are shared between caregivers are considered as separate claims.
  • 1 Due to revisions to EI administrative data, caution should be taken when comparing results from 2023-24 onward to those from previous fiscal years.
  • 2 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.18.2: Compassionate care benefits: Average actual duration (number of weeks)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 13.4 13.1 10.9 10.5R 10.6 +0.4
Prince Edward Island 13.5 16.0 9.6 11.2R 13.3 +18.9
Nova Scotia 13.3 12.2 12.2 11.5 12.2 +5.9
New Brunswick 11.9 12.2 12.0 12.2R 11.3 -7.7
Quebec 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.2 9.1 -1.9
Ontario 12.2 11.8 11.8 11.0 11.4 +3.4
Manitoba 11.9 12.2 11.3 11.1R 10.8 -2.6
Saskatchewan 12.5 12.6 11.0 11.5 11.6 +0.9
Alberta 12.5 12.8 12.4 12.5 12.8 +2.2
British Columbia 12.1 12.1 12.6 11.9R 10.9 -7.9
Territories 11.4 11.9 12.7 11.3 13.4 +18.7
Men 12.3 12.2 12.1 11.8 11.9 +0.6
Women 11.6 11.4 11.3 10.7 10.7 +0.4
24 years old and under 10.1 10.6 11.4 11.2R 11.4 +1.7
25 to 44 years old 11.4 11.4 11.0 10.6 11.0 +4.4
45 to 54 years old 11.5 11.2 11.4 10.7 10.6 -1.5
55 years old and over 12.5 12.3 12.1 11.8R 11.7 -1.3
Canada 11.8 11.6 11.5 11.1R 11.1 +0.5
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of EI compassionate care benefits was paid.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.18.3: Compassionate care benefits: Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Category First half of 2020-21 Second half of 2020-211 First half of 2021-221 2 months in fall 20211 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 476 538 563 486 514 529 526 574 +9.0
Prince Edward Island 456 534 550 546 493 528 552 569 +3.1
Nova Scotia 501 539 548 466 471 495 545 558 +2.4
New Brunswick 478 537 533 487 483 503 503 539 +7.1
Quebec 498 539 557 497 510 535 547 576 +5.4
Ontario 513 553 564 532 530 553 570 597 +4.8
Manitoba 486 544 554 481 506 517 553 581 +5.0
Saskatchewan 494 556 557 489 552 555 551 582 +5.6
Alberta 516 553 566 531 555 556 575 593 +3.1
British Columbia 520 554 563 531 546 552 578 607 +5.0
Territories 556 561 573 536 627 619 622 647 +4.0
Men 536 559 572 550 565 577 602 620 +3.1
Women 499 545 556 505 511 532 547 577 +5.6
24 years old and under 427 528 525 417 437 466 482 514 +6.5
25 to 44 years old 525 556 564 531 538 561 580 605 +4.4
45 to 54 years old 509 551 564 533 539 555 577 604 +4.6
55 years old and over 498 543 557 502 511 527 542 569 +5.1
Canada 509 549 561 519 527 546 564 591 +4.8
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI compassionate care benefits was paid.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.18.4: Compassionate care benefits: Amount paid1 ($ thousands)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 620.4 603.7 462.5 461.7 495.8 +7.4
Prince Edward Island 247.2 253.6 220.6 300.1 191.3 -36.2
Nova Scotia 1,572.8 1,513.3 1,384.0 1,488.1 1,519.4 +2.1
New Brunswick 1,173.2 1,256.0 1,022.4 711.2 837.5 +17.8
Quebec 5,905.6 6,769.7 6,035.5 5,360.6 4,820.9 -10.1
Ontario 18,496.2 20,180.8 18,781.0 17,265.0 18,254.9 +5.7
Manitoba 1,689.4 1,660.9 1,482.9 1,552.6 1,825.4 +17.6
Saskatchewan 1,161.2 1,093.8 872.7 938.9 1,176.5 +25.3
Alberta 5,038.9 5,411.7 5,082.6 5,241.6 5,611.1 +7.0
British Columbia 7,300.9 7,106.8 6,994.6 6,514.6 6,467.2 -0.7
Territories 182.0 143.7 75.5 112.3 155.1 +38.1
Men 13,620.4 14,841.2 14,442.6 14,450.0 14,981.5 +3.7
Women 29,767.5 31,152.9 27,971.8 25,496.8 26,373.5 +3.4
24 years old and under 848.7 868.2 637.3 699.4 713.9 +2.1
25 to 44 years old 13,757.5 14,592.2 13,424.4 13,446.5 14,663.5 +9.1
45 to 54 years old 12,796.9 14,091.9 13,156.0 11,386.5 11,874.2 +4.3
55 years old and over 15,984.8 16,441.7 15,196.6 14,414.3 14,103.4 -2.2
Canada 43,387.9 45,994.0 42,414.4 39,946.8 41,355.0 +3.5
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI compassionate care benefits was paid.
  • 1 Due to revisions to EI administrative data, caution should be taken when comparing results from 2023-24 onward to those from previous fiscal years.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.

Annex 2.19: Family caregiver benefits for adults

Annex 2.19.1: Family caregiver benefits for adults: New claims established1
Category Total of 2020-212 Total of 2021-222 Total of 2022-232 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 166 196 188 178 221 +24.2
Prince Edward Island 86 73 81 96 67 -30.2
Nova Scotia 382 387 356 381 414 +8.7
New Brunswick 227 263 265 286 308 +7.7
Quebec 2,231 2,161 2,137 2,088 2,348 +12.5
Ontario 5,679 5,867 6,542 6,970 7,837 +12.4
Manitoba 388 451 487 482 544 +12.9
Saskatchewan 300 340 323 355 362 +2.0
Alberta 1,046 1,159 1,286 1,478 1,659 +12.2
British Columbia 1,668 1,616 1,568 1,778 1,955 +10.0
Territories 35 28 39 43 37 -14.0
Men 3,890 4,103 4,520 4,978 5,776 +16.0
Women 8,318 8,438 8,752 9,157 9,976 +8.9
24 years old and under 367 259 276 356 369 +3.7
25 to 34 years old 1,509 1,649 1,764 1,995 2,521 +26.4
35 to 44 years old 2,238 2,351 2,592 2,790 3,162 +13.3
45 to 54 years old 3,340 3,586 3,728 3,843 4,219 +9.8
55 to 64 years old 3,916 3,964 4,102 4,230 4,427 +4.7
65 years old and over 838 732 810 921 1,054 +14.4
Canada 12,208 12,541 13,272 14,135 15,752 +11.4
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of benefits for family caregiver for adults was paid. Claims for which benefits are shared between caregivers are considered as separate claims.
  • 1 Due to revisions to EI administrative data, caution should be taken when comparing results from 2023-24 onward to those from previous fiscal years.
  • 2 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.19.2: Family caregiver benefits for adults: Average actual duration (number of weeks)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 10.9 11.4 10.8 11.0 10.8 -2.4
Prince Edward Island 10.5 11.1 10.5 11.2 11.2 +0.4
Nova Scotia 11.5 11.7 11.0 10.7 10.6 -1.3
New Brunswick 11.2 11.6 10.8 10.2R 10.8 +5.7
Quebec 11.0 11.0 10.5 10.4R 10.3 -0.8
Ontario 10.9 10.9 10.1 9.9R 9.7 -1.4
Manitoba 11.3 11.3 10.1 10.7R 10.0 -6.8
Saskatchewan 12.1 11.5 10.6 10.5R 10.8 +2.9
Alberta 11.4 10.9 10.6 10.4 10.1 -2.5
British Columbia 11.4 11.3 10.8 10.5 10.3 -1.6
Territories 12.0 12.3 11.8 10.9R 10.5 -3.2
Men 10.9 10.8 10.4 10.1 10.0 -1.3
Women 11.2 11.1 10.3 10.2 10.0 -1.5
24 years old and under 10.3 11.3 9.9 10.1R 10.2 +1.3
25 to 34 years old 10.5 10.4 9.7 9.6 9.4 -2.5
35 to 44 years old 10.5 10.6 9.9 9.5 9.7 +2.0
45 to 54 years old 11.1 11.0 10.2 10.1R 9.7 -3.7
55 to 64 years old 11.6 11.4 10.9 10.6 10.5 -1.4
65 years old and over 12.3 12.0 11.3 11.6 11.7 +0.9
Canada 11.1 11.0 10.4 10.2R 10.0 -1.4
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of benefits for family caregiver for adults was paid.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.19.3: Family caregiver benefits for adults: Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Category First half of 2020-21 Second half of 2020-211 First half of 2021-221 2 months in fall 20211 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 455 535 545 474 498 503 527 540 +2.3
Prince Edward Island 525 532 539 431 481 518 516 526 +2.0
Nova Scotia 467 528 544 445 473 485 508 537 +5.7
New Brunswick 464 524 533 468 455 503 520 532 +2.3
Quebec 466 530 547 480 490 513 538 555 +3.2
Ontario 494 544 558 512 522 538 560 587 +4.8
Manitoba 484 533 544 492 487 504 543 560 +3.2
Saskatchewan 486 539 558 506 495 532 548 567 +3.4
Alberta 507 546 562 515 538 545 558 580 +4.1
British Columbia 492 539 557 517 515 539 567 588 +3.7
Territories 515 567 568 595 580 598 582 622 +7.0
Men 515 551 568 534 547 570 588 610 +3.7
Women 474 534 549 486 493 510 535 559 +4.4
24 years old and under 392 515 525 457 435 448 482 519 +7.7
25 to 34 years old 502 545 558 518 528 548 572 593 +3.7
35 to 44 years old 504 547 561 522 535 551 571 601 +5.2
45 to 54 years old 497 543 558 510 529 540 565 590 +4.5
55 to 64 years old 483 536 551 486 495 518 543 563 +3.6
65 years old and over 439 523 539 460 448 476 493 504 +2.1
Canada 488 539 555 501 512 531 554 577 +4.2
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of benefits for family caregiver for adults was paid.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.19.4: Family caregiver benefits for adults: Amount paid1 ($ thousands)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,088.0 1,346.7 1,125.2 1,054.6 1,298.9 +23.2
Prince Edward Island 446.2 455.6 419.6 543.0 391.1 -28.0
Nova Scotia 2,058.9 2,481.8 1,925.5 2,071.2 2,276.4 +9.9
New Brunswick 1,295.4 1,567.9 1,477.7 1,629.3 1,713.9 +5.2
Quebec 12,096.3 13,865.3 12,128.7 11,643.5 13,041.2 +12.0
Ontario 31,877.4 37,076.1 36,280.1 37,190.4 42,992.3 +15.6
Manitoba 2,251.0 2,701.2 2,553.4 2,785.9 2,975.2 +6.8
Saskatchewan 1,788.6 2,007.8 1,857.1 2,031.1 2,202.3 +8.4
Alberta 6,330.8 7,586.7 7,463.0 8,511.2 9,288.5 +9.1
British Columbia 9,832.6 10,336.8 9,191.3 10,048.0 11,703.1 +16.5
Territories 224.3 178.3 276.4 278.4 229.2 -17.7
Men 23,445.0 26,391.0 27,221.9 29,630.1 34,040.8 +14.9
Women 45,844.5 53,213.1 47,476.2 48,156.4 54,071.2 +12.3
24 years old and under 1,724.4 1,692.0 1,177.6 1,654.0 1,884.7 +14.0
25 to 34 years old 8,196.6 9,889.9 9,395.7 10,578.9 13,493.0 +27.5
35 to 44 years old 12,218.4 14,777.1 14,245.6 14,893.3 17,815.0 +19.6
45 to 54 years old 19,364.6 22,933.2 21,025.2 21,627.0 23,391.3 +8.2
55 to 64 years old 22,901.0 25,448.7 24,119.8 23,941.9 25,503.3 +6.5
65 years old and over 4,884.4 4,863.3 4,734.1 5,091.4 6,024.6 +18.3
Canada 69,289.4 79,604.2 74,698.0 77,786.5 88,111.9 +13.3
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of benefits for family caregiver for adults was paid.
  • 1 Due to revisions to EI administrative data, caution should be taken when comparing results from 2023-24 onward to those from previous fiscal years.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.

Annex 2.20: Family caregiver benefits for children

Annex 2.20.1: Family caregiver benefits for children: New claims established1
Category Total of 2020-212 Total of 2021-222 Total of 2022-232 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 71 56 47 48 58 +20.8
Prince Edward Island 44 31 30 23 36 +56.5
Nova Scotia 123 120 108 115 117 +1.7
New Brunswick 101 113 132 79 77 -2.5
Quebec 1,155 1,208 1,119 1,068 1,036 -3.0
Ontario 2,028 2,162 2,332 1,630 1,800 +10.4
Manitoba 209 185 209 158 167 +5.7
Saskatchewan 209 228 233 143 170 +18.9
Alberta 791 773 889 611 628 +2.8
British Columbia 791C 757C  734 533 582 +9.2
Territories 791C 757C  22 14 19 +35.7
Men 1,281 1,356 1,445 1,203 1,318 +9.6
Women 4,241 4,278 4,410 3,219 3,372 +4.8
24 years old and under 242 231 181 151 143 -5.3
25 to 44 years old 4,639 4,771 5,010 3,573 3,826 +7.1
45 to 54 years old 546 569 581 617 627 +1.6
55 years old and over 95 63 83 81 94 +16.0
Canada 5,522 5,634 5,855 4,422 4,690 +6.1
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of benefits for family caregiver for children was paid. Claims for which benefits are shared between caregivers are considered as separate claims.
  • 1 Due to revisions to EI administrative data, caution should be taken when comparing results from 2023-24 onward to those from previous fiscal years.
  • 2 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for the territories and British Columbia have been combined.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.20.2: Family caregiver benefits for children: Average actual duration (number of weeks)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 19.1 17.7 16.7 17.9R 13.7 -23.4
Prince Edward Island 7.6 14.7 17.4 16.9R 9.9 -41.5
Nova Scotia 18.3 15.4 18.3 18.2 14.2 -22.3
New Brunswick 15.5 19.2 15.1 17.4R 17.3 -0.8
Quebec 12.3 13.0 12.4 12.9R 12.7 -1.5
Ontario 16.2 15.8 16.8 16.1R 15.4 -4.3
Manitoba 16.9 17.1 15.3 19.0R 14.6 -23.1
Saskatchewan 14.9 14.7 16.9 18.9 16.1 -15.1
Alberta 14.9 15.0 15.9 16.2R 17.3 +7.0
British Columbia 14.5C 15.1C 16.6 16.2R 15.4 -4.8
Territories 14.5C 15.1C 22.0 10.2R 19.4 +90.4
Men 13.2 13.4 13.3 13.2R 12.8 -3.5
Women 15.4 15.6 16.2 16.4R 15.8 -3.3
24 years old and under 13.2 13.0 13.6 13.3R 14.3 +6.9
25 to 44 years old 14.1 14.2 14.7 14.9R 14.3 -4.2
45 to 54 years old 19.3 19.7 18.7 17.2R 17.2 +0.0
55 years old and over 19.7 20.4 15.2 17.5R 16.0 -8.6
Canada 14.8 15.0 15.3 14.8R 14.8 -3.4
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of benefits for family caregiver for children was paid.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for the territories and British Columbia have been combined.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.20.3: Family caregiver benefits for children: Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Category First half of 2020-21 Second half of 2020-211 First half of 2021-221 2 months in fall 20211 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 483 546 558 434 479 530 502 531 +5.8
Prince Edward Island 550 542 551 475 522 522 575 580 +0.9
Nova Scotia 469 543 556 452 498 506 518 526 +1.6
New Brunswick 498 548 548 464 467 493 522 582 +11.5
Quebec 494 549 555 517 536 545 563 589 +4.7
Ontario 511 554 565 518 544 553 560 581 +3.8
Manitoba 509 538 548 520 494 536 528 558 +5.6
Saskatchewan 506 552 558 539 541 551 564 540 -4.3
Alberta 520 548 564 523 555 551 563 566 +0.4
British Columbia 510 552 561C 524C 533C 556 552 584 +5.8
Territories 475 586 561C 524C 533C 608 616 643 +4.4
Men 526 560 571 546 572 582 598 621 +3.8
Women 500 547 557 505 524 536 538 557 +3.5
24 years old and under 425 526 524 499 436 435 471 503 +7.0
25 to 44 years old 510 552 562 521 543 554 564 581 +3.0
45 to 54 years old 520 548 565 507 527 542 544 577 +6.0
55 years old and over 467 548 541 481 505 515 540 571 +5.8
Canada 506 551 560 517 538 549 558 578 +3.7
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of benefits for family caregiver for children was paid.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for the territories and British Columbia have been combined.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.20.4: Family caregiver benefits for children: Amount paid1 ($ thousands)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 515.9 653.1 394.2 341.4 403.4 +18.2
Prince Edward Island 192.2 252.8 197.9 147.0 198.6 +35.1
Nova Scotia 980.7 1,033.8 823.0 958.5 688.3 -28.2
New Brunswick 751.2 975.8 906.9 659.8 680.6 +3.1
Quebec 7,161.2 9,170.2 7,512.1 7,699.9 7,557.6 -1.8
Ontario 16,636.2 18,363.8 17,279.2 12,460.3 13,823.1 +10.9
Manitoba 1,802.8 1,583.2 1,537.6 1,280.2 1,208.9 -5.6
Saskatchewan 1,504.9 1,478.7 1,506.6 1,248.1 1,401.9 +12.3
Alberta 6,153.3 6,016.3 5,771.6 4,771.4 4,922.7 +3.2
British Columbia 5,341.2 5,735.7 5,006.7 3,903.8 4,430.3 +13.3
Territories 180.4 163.5 226.0 125.6 164.0 +30.6
Men 9,302.0 10,549.0 10,317.4 8,991.6 9,927.6 +10.4
Women 31,918.0 34,877.9 30,844.4 24,609.2 25,551.8 +3.8
24 years old and under 1,426.1 1,578.2 963.9 844.8 798.4 -5.5
25 to 44 years old 33,250.0 36,660.8 33,844.9 26,661.4 27,833.4 +4.4
45 to 54 years old 5,644.8 6,357.2 5,749.2 5,345.4 5,999.1 +12.2
55 years old and over 899.2 830.7 603.7 749.3 848.5 +13.2
Canada 41,220.0 45,426.9 41,161.7 33,600.8 35,479.4 +5.6
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of benefits for family caregiver for children was paid.
  • 1 Due to revisions to EI administrative data, caution should be taken when comparing results from 2023-24 onward to those from previous fiscal years.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.

Annex 2.21: Work-Sharing benefits

Annex 2.21.1: Work-Sharing benefits: New claims established
Category Total of 2020-211 Total of 2021-221 Total of 2022-231 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 498 24C 15 60C 0 n/a
Prince Edward Island 121 24C 40 60C 24 n/a
Nova Scotia 2,029 96 39C 89 15 -83.1
New Brunswick 1,253 119 39C 64 102 +59.4
Quebec 19,666 3,816 3,666 8,515 10,385 +22.0
Ontario 29,381 8,285 3,900 5,756 6,248 +8.5
Manitoba 6,733 411 1,354 1,352 2,938 +117.3
Saskatchewan 1,742 250 39 107 524 +389.7
Alberta 11,770 788 334 308 595 +93.2
British Columbia 9,758 1,289 572 1,278 699 -45.3
Yukon 13 0 0 0 0 n/a
Northwest Territories 17 0 0 0 0 n/a
Nunavut 10 0 0 0 0 n/a
Men 52,895 10,277 6,532 11,397 15,668 +37.5
Women 30,096 4,801 3,427 6,132 5,862 -4.4
24 years old and under 4,272 1,102 731 1,025 1,167 +13.9
25 to 44 years old 36,683 5,708 3,519 6,694 8,709 +30.1
45 to 54 years old 21,295 3,861 2,439 4,240 5,192 +22.5
55 years old and over 20,741 4,407 3,270 5,570 6,462 +16.0
Canada 82,991 15,078 9,959 17,529 21,530 +22.8
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI Work-Sharing benefits was paid.
  • 1 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for some provinces have been combined.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.21.2: Work-Sharing benefits: Average actual duration (number of weeks)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 10.3 20.2 21.9 16.9C 25.2C +49.0
Prince Edward Island 9.8 48.1 5.6 16.9C 25.2C +49.0
Nova Scotia 9.7 29.4 34.3 21.2R,C 20.9 n/a
New Brunswick 13.6 23.7 21.1 21.2R,C 15.0 n/a
Quebec 11.5 19.7 24.5 18.0R 16.8 -6.8
Ontario 11.5 23.5 25.6 15.6R 17.6 +12.9
Manitoba 10.8 19.3 16.5 11.3R 9.3 -18.1
Saskatchewan 14.5 30.0 25.2 16.2 13.1 -18.9
Alberta 13.6 28.8 39.4 17.5R 20.7 +18.5
British Columbia 11.9 26.51,C 29.91,C 17.5R 18.1 +3.8
Yukon 11.7 26.51,C 29.91,C n/a n/a n/a
Northwest Territories 16.4 26.51,C 29.91,C n/a n/a n/a
Nunavut 7.4 26.51,C 29.91,C n/a n/a n/a
Men 11.6 22.7 25.1 16.3R 15.8 -3.1
Women 12.3 25.0 26.5 16.8R 17.5 +4.3
24 years old and under 11.2 18.5 18.1 13.3R 15.6 +17.5
25 to 44 years old 11.7 22.1 23.6 15.3R 15.4 +1.0
45 to 54 years old 11.9 25.0 27.1 16.4R 17.0 +3.6
55 years old and over 12.1 25.2 27.9 18.7R 17.3 -7.3
Canada 11.8 23.5 25.6 16.5R 16.4 -0.6
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of EI Work-Sharing benefits was paid.
  • 1 There were no new claims for Work-Sharing benefits established in the territories from 2021-22 to 2024-25. However, there were a few claims completed in 2021-22 and 2022-23, but the numbers were too low to present the average duration for the territories alone. Consequently, claims have been combined with British Columbia.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for some provinces and territories have been combined.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.21.3: Work-Sharing benefits: Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Category First half of 2020-21 Second half of 2020-211 First half of 2021-221 2 months in fall 20211 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 131 207 X X X 185 141C n/a n/a
Prince Edward Island 123 211 X X X 150 141C 110 n/a
Nova Scotia 122 148 129 102 133 143C 124 261 +110.4
New Brunswick 110 121 137 106 137 143C 115 297 +157.9
Quebec 120 144 137 176 140 139 139 146 +5.4
Ontario 136 148 142 127 140 137 142 147 +3.6
Manitoba 115 132 180 132 115 77 116 135 +15.6
Saskatchewan 153 157 134 176 207 142 152 166 +9.4
Alberta 137 148 163 164 194 138 111 153 +37.8
British Columbia 128 150 136 147 179 152 153 156 +2.2
Yukon X X n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Northwest Territories X X n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Nunavut X X n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Men 132 143 145 153 163 134 145 152 +4.9
Women 126 148 135 117 139 123 126 132 +4.2
24 years old and under 115 143 150 129 134 119 131 143 +9.1
25 to 44 years old 129 142 142 146 159 132 140 148 +6.2
45 to 54 years old 131 145 139 138 158 129 140 147 +4.9
55 years old and over 133 150 141 144 155 132 137 144 +5.4
Canada 130 145 142 142 155 130 138 147 +5.8
  • Notes: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI Work-Sharing benefits was paid.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for some provinces have been combined.
  • X Suppressed for confidentiality purposes.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.21.4: Work-Sharing benefits: Amount paid ($ thousands)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,302.8C 362.4C 64.8 37.0 5.5 -85.2
Prince Edward Island 1,302.8C 362.4C 34.6 139.5 85.0 -39.1
Nova Scotia 3,806.2 2,344.0 245.4 324.7 77.7 -76.1
New Brunswick 2,306.9 480.6 73.5 35.8 477.5 +1,234.6
Quebec 36,116.6 22,214.2 8,662.7 19,045.6 27,097.3 +42.3
Ontario 68,333.9 40,581.0 14,985.7 13,583.1 16,877.0 +24.3
Manitoba 11,150.1 4,555.2 1,376.5 1,933.6 3,605.5 +86.5
Saskatchewan 5,604.7 1,412.1 631.5 234.8 1,057.0 +350.1
Alberta 32,923.3 9,599.1 1,407.3 831.0 1,261.7 +51.8
British Columbia 21,820.2 7,200.8 3,142.1 3,371.9 2,758.8 -18.2
Yukon 90.5C 11.6C 2.1C 0.0 0.0 n/a
Northwest Territories 90.5C 11.6C 2.1C 0.0 0.0 n/a
Nunavut 90.5C 11.6C 2.1C 0.0 0.0 n/a
Men 117,810.1 56,726.0 20,306.6 26,105.4 37,679.4 +44.3
Women 65,645.1 32,035.2 10,319.7 13,431.6 15,623.6 +16.3
24 years old and under 7,584.7 3,685.4 1,529.5 1,798.1 2,859.6 +59.0
25 to 44 years old 76,688.5 30,099.7 10,036.8 13,824.6 20,282.1 +46.7
45 to 54 years old 48,710.4 25,224.5 8,060.2 9,999.6 13,372.1 +33.7
55 years old and over 50,471.6 29,751.5 10,999.7 13,914.7 16,789.2 +20.7
Canada 183,455.2 88,761.2 30,626.3 39,537.0 53,303.0 +34.8
  • Notes: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI Work-Sharing benefits was paid.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for some provinces and territories have been combined.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.

Annex 2.22: Work-Sharing benefits (by industry)

Annex 2.22.1: Work-Sharing benefits (by industry): New claims established
Industry Total of 2020-211 Total of 2021-221 Total of 2022-231 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Goods-producing industries 43,142 12,161 8,658 15,871 19,472 +22.7
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 445 82 58C 53C 118 n/a
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 658 24 58C 53C 31C n/a
Utilities 32 0 0 0 31C n/a
Construction 1,761 192 190 296 308 +4.1
Manufacturing 40,246 11,863 8,410 15,522 19,015 +22.5
Services-producing industries 37,959 2,550 1,192 1,623 1,967 +21.2
Wholesale and retail trade 13,011 1,053 445 768 641 -16.5
Transportation and warehousing 2,115 359 87C 86 138 +60.5
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 2,607 73 87C 16 29 +81.3
Professional, scientific and technical services 8,474 261 294 338 416 +23.1
Business, building and other support services2 4,925 257 191 140 311 +122.1
Educational services 768 29 31C 13 21 +61.5
Health care and social assistance 724 63 31C 13 20 +53.8
Information, culture and recreation3 2,016 96 81C 122 193 +58.2
Accommodation and food services 955 142 81C 80 75 -6.3
Other services (excluding public administration) 2,165 217C 63C 47C 123C +161.7C
Public administration 199 217C 63C 47C 123C +161.7C
Unclassified industries4 1,890 367 109 35 91 +160.0
Canada 82,991 15,078 9,959 17,529 21,530 +22.8
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 of EI Work-Sharing benefits was paid.
  • 1 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • 2 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 3 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 4 For some claims, this information was not available in the data.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for some industries have been combined.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.22.2: Work-Sharing benefits (by industry): Average actual duration (number of weeks)
Industry 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Goods-producing industries 11.7 21.0 23.4 16.0R 16.3 +2.1
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 10.0 25.8 26.2 20.2R,C 9.1C -54.8C
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 14.0C 27.6 63.2C 20.2R,C 9.1C -54.8C
Utilities 14.0C 60.5 63.2C n/a n/a n/a
Construction 14.7 24.6 31.3 16.0R 16.7 +4.4
Manufacturing 11.6 20.7 23.2 16.0R 16.4 +2.4
Services-producing industries 12.0 27.9 34.3 20.5R 17.3 -15.2
Wholesale and retail trade 11.5 25.6 30.1 19.6R 15.7 -19.9
Transportation and warehousing 10.9 27.7 39.2 16.3R 16.3 -0.2
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 10.0 34.4 33.8 13.0R 16.8 +28.8
Professional, scientific and technical services 12.5 26.2 38.2 22.9R 19.9 -13.2
Business, building and other support services1 13.1 31.1 33.7 17.1R 17.0 -0.9
Educational services 12.7 25.0 36.5 22.8R,C 19.5 n/a
Health care and social assistance 12.4 25.4 39.1 22.8R,C 20.9 n/a
Information, culture and recreation2 13.1 36.9 53.9 34.4R 19.8 -13.0
Accommodation and food services 11.2 23.4 28.1 19.1R 18.0 -47.6
Other services (excluding public administration) 12.8 29.7 33.1 18.1R,C 11.8C -34.5C
Public administration 12.2 18.0 15.9 18.1R,C 11.8C -34.5C
Unclassified industries3 11.2 27.1 35.8 14.8R 9.5 -35.8
Canada 11.8 23.5 25.6 16.5R 16.4 -0.6
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of EI Work-Sharing benefits was paid.
  • 1 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 2 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 3 For some claims, this information was not available in the data.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for some industries have been combined.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.22.3: Work-Sharing benefits (by industry): Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Industry First half of 2020-21 Second half of 2020-211 First half of 2021-221 2 months in fall 20211 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Goods-producing industries 133 143 141 139 164 127 137 145 +6.3
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 117 174 111 X X 196C 142C 195 n/a
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 198 143 173 144 0 196C 142C 178C n/a
Utilities X X 0 0 0 0 0 178C n/a
Construction 149 156 155 172 195 141 201 177 -12.1
Manufacturing 132 142 141 139 163 126 136 145 +6.6
Services-producing industries 125 148 144 146 133 153 155 157 +1.3
Wholesale and retail trade 116 147 123 140 123 130 145 141 -2.4
Transportation and warehousing 118 127 186 231 180 179C 141 156 +10.8
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 144 169 X X X 179C 146 146 +0.1
Professional, scientific and technical services 128 150 150 167 170 174 168 163 -2.9
Business, building and other support services2 131 144 135 110 131 145 152 151 -0.8
Educational services 177 191 191 X X 154C 173 146 -15.6
Health care and social assistance 140 135 153 X X 154C 113 186 +65.2
Information, culture and recreation3 123 166 102 238 178 171C 215 224 +4.4
Accommodation and food services 121 166 160 123 131 171C 123 117 -4.7
Other services (excluding public administration) 119 137 141 X X 177C 167C 152C -9.2C
Public administration 141 164 134C 189C 158C 177C 167C 152C -9.2C
Unclassified industries4 147 165 134C 189C 158C 167 124 170 +37.0
Canada 130 145 142 142 155 130 138 147 +5.8
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least 1 $ of EI Work-Sharing benefits was paid.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • 2 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 3 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 4 For some claims, this information was not available in the data.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for some industries have been combined.
  • X suppressed for confidentiality purposes.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.22.4: Work-Sharing benefits (by industry): Amount paid ($ thousands)
Industry 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Goods-producing industries 97,279.2 59,255.0 23,254.3 34,650.5 47,581.4 +37.3
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 943.2 413.3 228.3 152.7 291.6 +91.0
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 2,220.7 385.0 29.8 25.0 33.3 +33.1
Utilities 299.3 56.1 0.9 0.0 5.0 n/a
Construction 5,582.5 1,966.3 476.0 983.9 1,241.4 +26.2
Manufacturing 88,233.5 56,434.2 22,519.2 33,488.9 46,010.1 +37.4
Services-producing industries 81,683.5 28,114.8 7,041.0 4,776.8 5,554.3 +16.3
Wholesale and retail trade 24,246.6 7,680.7 2,064.5 1,917.2 1,903.3 -0.7
Transportation and warehousing 4,612.1 3,027.2 1,885.6 159.6 247.8 +55.2
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 5,711.7 1,244.2 114.7 56.2 60.7 +8.0
Professional, scientific and technical services 17,855.5 3,527.5 1,197.4 1,303.4 1,289.2 -1.1
Business, building and other support services1 12,446.9 5,915.5 610.6 471.4 562.2 +19.2
Educational services 2,247.8 1,041.2 126.2 41.7 74.2 +77.8
Health care and social assistance 1,558.4 629.8 137.7 48.8 77.4 +58.6
Information, culture and recreation2 5,504.2 1,789.2 317.9 430.6 921.7 +114.0
Accommodation and food services 2,218.9 1,086.8 109.4 164.4 188.1 +14.4
Other services (excluding public administration) 4,918.9 2,106.3 469.0 165.3 222.5 +34.6
Public administration 362.5 1,457.9C 8.1 18.1 7.3 -59.4
Unclassified industries3 4,492.6 1,457.9C 331.0 109.7 167.3 +52.5
Canada 183,455.2 88,761.2 30,626.3 39,537.0 53,303.0 +34.8
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least 1 $ of EI Work-Sharing benefits was paid.
  • 1 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 2 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 3 For some claims, this information was not available in the data.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for some industries have been combined.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.

Annex 2.23: Family Supplement

Annex 2.23.1: Family Supplement: New claims established
Category 2020-211 2021-221 2022-231 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,700 1,700 1,610 1,639 1,466 -10.6
Prince Edward Island 700 470 380 391 390 -0.3
Nova Scotia 5,000 3,170 2,210 2,684 2,366 -11.8
New Brunswick 3,850 2,200 2,080 2,377 2,234 -6.0
Quebec 21,860 11,590 9,140 9,486 9,084 -4.2
Ontario 33,330 14,320 15,170 17,598 16,824 -4.4
Manitoba 4,610 3,310 3,450 3,531 3,366 -4.7
Saskatchewan 3,910 2,580 2,610 3,040 2,882 -5.2
Alberta 10,380 5,210 5,150 6,031 6,213 +3.0
British Columbia 8,420 4,710 4,120 4,430 4,114 -7.1
Yukon 60 100C 50C 16 19 +18.8
Northwest Territories 110 100C 50C 60 59 -1.7
Nunavut 140 110 60 69 64 -7.2
Men 15,970 9,040 8,040 9,554 9,350 -2.1
Women 79,100 40,430 37,990 41,798 39,731 -4.9
24 years old and under 9,990 6,390 5,520 4,971 4,146 -16.6
25 to 44 years old 69,200 35,480 33,050 38,042 36,557 -3.9
45 to 54 years old 13,700 6,470 6,190 7,044 7,046 0.0
55 years old and over 2,180 1,130 1,270 1,295 1,332 +2.9
Canada 95,070 49,470 46,030 51,352 49,081 -4.4
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 in Family Supplement was paid.
  • 1 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for some territories have been combined.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.23.2: Family Supplement: Percentage of new claims established which included Family Supplement (%)
Category 2020-211 2021-221 2022-231 2023-24 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 2.7 2.0 1.9 2.1 1.9
Prince Edward Island 2.8 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.7
Nova Scotia 4.9 3.5 2.8 3.4 3.1
New Brunswick 3.5 2.3 2.5 2.9 2.8
Quebec 2.9 2.2 1.9 1.9 1.8
Ontario 3.1 2.1 2.5 2.7 2.4
Manitoba 4.5 4.6 5.1 5.0 4.6
Saskatchewan 5.0 4.5 4.9 5.6 5.2
Alberta 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.8
British Columbia 2.5 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.7
Yukon 1.9 2.0C 1.2C 0.7 0.8
Northwest Territories 3.8 2.0C 1.2C 2.5 2.9
Nunavut 7.1 7.0 4.4 5.0 5.0
Men 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8
Women 5.5 4.1 4.2 4.6 4.3
24 years old and under 2.3 2.7 3.2 2.7 2.3
25 to 44 years old 5.0 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.5
45 to 54 years old 2.6 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.0
55 years old and over 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
Canada 3.1 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.4
  • Note: Includes claims for which at least $1 in Family Supplement was paid.
  • 1 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for some territories have been combined.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.23.3: Family Supplement: Average weekly Family Supplement ($)
Category First half of 2020-21 Second half of 2020-211 First half of 2021-221 2 months in fall 20211 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 38 39 45 45 43 36 40 41 +1.5
Prince Edward Island 27 34 28 27 26 37 38 41 +7.1
Nova Scotia 35 38 43 33 44 41 43 45 +4.4
New Brunswick 45 37 36 40 40 39 43 43 +0.2
Quebec 36 39 44 41 41 44 43 44 +1.7
Ontario 45 37 41 39 40 43 44 44 -0.3
Manitoba 55 42 51 52 55 52 57 55 -3.3
Saskatchewan 54 45 51 47 53 57 55 54 -1.2
Alberta 50 39 46 41 42 48 48 48 -0.2
British Columbia 50 36 39 47C,R 42 42 42 42 -0.1
Yukon 63C 39 47C 47C,R 18C 45C 38 50 +31.6
Northwest Territories 63C 29 47C 47C,R 18C 45C 46 38 -18.5
Nunavut 52 37 54 47C,R 18C 59 49 42 -14.7
Men 46 40 47 45 46 53 50 50 -1.0
Women 47 38 43 40 41 43 45 45 0.0
24 years old and under 36 35 36 36 37 38 37 36 -1.6
25 to 44 years old 52 40 46 43 44 47 48 48 -0.2
45 to 54 years old 46 35 41 40 39 40 39 39 0.0
55 years old and over 32 31 36 36 37 38 38 38 -0.3
Canada 47 38 44 41 42 45 46 46 -0.1
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 in Family Supplement was paid.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for some territories have been combined.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.23.4: Family Supplement: Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Category First half of 2020-21 Second half of 2020-211 First half of 2021-221 2 months in fall 20211 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 414 537 525 433 344 389 406 437 +7.6
Prince Edward Island 348 531 524 414 330 379 417 454 +8.9
Nova Scotia 332 534 532 376 349 360 400 437 +9.1
New Brunswick 370 533 524 399 341 405 428 461 +7.5
Quebec 411 538 537 430 404 438 458 481 +5.1
Ontario 371 533 522 392 396 399 434 466 +7.5
Manitoba 375 540 534 427 386 410 434 469 +8.0
Saskatchewan 394 542 536 444 404 410 436 470 +7.6
Alberta 405 535 530 442 408 402 434 459 +5.7
British Columbia 386 534 524 418C,R 392 414 455 485 +6.7
Yukon 460C 541 500C 418C,R 465C 372C 545 496 -9.1
Northwest Territories 460C 532 500C 418C,R 465C 372C 465 517 +11.3
Nunavut 349 539 529 418C,R 465C 394 459 553 +20.5
Men 417 539 539 464 451 477 499 523 +4.7
Women 375 535 527 400 373 393 423 455 +7.4
24 years old and under 348 526 505 387 347 349 376 411 +9.4
25 to 44 years old 390 537 532 416 392 413 443 473 +6.8
45 to 54 years old 424 533 532 435 413 426 448 471 +5.1
55 years old and over 365 531 533 465 411 440 452 473 +4.6
Canada 378 535 529 415 390 408 437 468 +6.9
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 in Family Supplement was paid.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for some territories have been combined.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.23.5: Family Supplement: Amount paid ($ millions)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 3.4 4.9 2.0 1.9 1.9 +1.4
Prince Edward Island 0.9 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.4 +28.3
Nova Scotia 6.6 8.3 2.6 2.7 2.9 +8.1
New Brunswick 5.0 5.4 2.1 2.4 2.6 +10.2
Quebec 20.5 25.8 7.1 7.1 7.4 +4.5
Ontario 38.2 38.9 12.5 15.4 16.7 +8.1
Manitoba 6.5 7.4 4.0 4.8 4.6 -5.2
Saskatchewan 5.4 6.9 3.6 4.0 3.8 -6.1
Alberta 12.3 14.1 5.4 6.1 6.8 +12.3
British Columbia 9.6 10.0 3.7 3.8 3.6 -3.4
Yukon 0.1 0.1 0.1C 0.1C 0.1C -7.2C
Northwest Territories 0.1 0.1 0.1C 0.1C 0.1C -7.2C
Nunavut 0.1 0.2 0.1C 0.1C 0.1C -7.2C
Men 18.0 20.1 7.9 8.5 8.9 +4.5
Women 90.6 102.8 35.8 40.1 42.0 +4.7
24 years old and under 10.2 10.6 5.4 4.9 4.3 -11.5
25 to 44 years old 82.3 92.9 32.6 37.7 39.8 +5.7
45 to 54 years old 14.1 17.2 4.8 5.1 5.7 +10.7
55 years old and over 1.9 2.3 0.9 0.9 1.1 +14.3
Canada 108.6 123.0 43.7 48.6 50.9 +4.7
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which at least $1 in Family Supplement was paid.
  • C For confidentiality purposes, data for the territories have been combined.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Annex 2.24: Working while on claim

Annex 2.24.1: Working while on claim: Number of completed claims for Employment Insurance regular benefits with working while on claim
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 35,200 52,260 40,031 32,512R 31,175 -4.1
Prince Edward Island 6,510 11,380 8,915 6,882R 6,790 -1.3
Nova Scotia 27,630 53,890 35,265 26,021R 25,352 -2.6
New Brunswick 36,270 57,050 43,493 32,973R 31,864 -3.4
Quebec 236,520 376,570 224,649 196,819R 196,548 -0.1
Ontario 177,810 470,810 182,237 150,469R 156,787 +4.2
Manitoba 19,440 41,320 20,622 16,860R 18,406 +9.2
Saskatchewan 16,430 30,660 16,797 13,700R 14,194 +3.6
Alberta 68,340 151,570 59,646 51,702R 56,363 +9.0
British Columbia 67,680 146,120 65,606 58,002R 60,303 +4.0
Yukon 570 1,160 600 498R 569 +14.3
Northwest Territories 390 780 551 448R 436 +2.7
Nunavut 160 440 283 244R 232 -4.9
Men 421,990 690,740 379,010 333,811R 348,940 +4.5
Women 270,960 703,270 319,685 253,319R 250,079 -1.3
24 years old and under 78,600 224,490 70,917 49,472R 53,517 +8.2
25 to 44 years old 332,580 627,100 323,332 284,784R 295,342 +3.7
45 to 54 years old 157,190 285,560 157,883 135,074R 135,120 0.0
55 years old and over 124,580 256,860 146,563 117,800R 115,040 -2.3
Canada 692,950 1,394,010 698,695 587,130R 599,019 +2.0
  • Note: Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of regular benefits was paid. Includes only claims with at least $1 of employment income earned from working while on claim while claiming EI regular benefits.
  • p Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 and 2021-22 and 100% of data for 2022-23 to 2024-25.
Annex 2.24.2: Working while on claim: Average number of weeks worked while on claim
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 14.9 17.8 17.2 17.2R 16.8 -2.7
Prince Edward Island 12.1 14.5 12.2 13.5R 13.0 -4.1
Nova Scotia 12.6 15.1 14.2 13.5R 13.1 -3.1
New Brunswick 14.9 17.8 15.8 16.3R 16.0 -1.7
Quebec 11.0 14.0 13.3 12.7R 12.5 -1.5
Ontario 6.9 11.6 8.7 7.3R 6.9 -5.4
Manitoba 5.7 10.7 6.4 5.6 5.4 -3.4
Saskatchewan 6.7 11.6 7.6 6.8R 6.6 -3.2
Alberta 6.2 12.0 7.9 6.7R 6.5 -3.2
British Columbia 7.5 13.4 8.0 7.1R 6.9 -3.4
Yukon 6.4 10.3 4.9 5.0R 4.9 -0.2
Northwest Territories 6.4 7.4 6.3 4.4R 5.8 +29.9
Nunavut 5.1 2.6 4.5 4.8R 5.1 +6.0
Men 9.8 12.5 12.0 11.6R 10.9 -6.0
Women 8.7 13.7 10.2 8.8R 8.7 -1.0
24 years old and under 6.5 10.2 8.1 8.0R 7.5 -6.5
25 to 44 years old 8.7 12.2 10.3 9.5R 9.2 -3.1
45 to 54 years old 10.8 15.0 12.6 11.5R 11.1 -3.5
55 years old and over 11.0 15.5 13.1 12.3R 11.9 -3.5
Canada 9.3 13.1 11.2 10.4R 10.0 -3.9
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of regular benefits was paid. Includes only weeks with at least $1 of employment income earned from working while on claim while claiming EI regular benefits.
  • p Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 and 2021-22 and 100% of data for 2022-23 to 2024-25.
Annex 2.24.3: Working while on claim: Average weekly employment income earned from working while on claim ($)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,074 981 1,099 1,211R 1,291 +6.6
Prince Edward Island 751 677 760 884R 914 +3.4
Nova Scotia 878 711 879 985R 1,007 +2.1
New Brunswick 883 763 877 1,024R 1,047 +2.3
Quebec 904 740 938 1,024R 1,058 +3.3
Ontario 740 525 714 792R 801 +1.1
Manitoba 621 471 611 683R 695 +1.7
Saskatchewan 774 622 722 835R 848 +1.5
Alberta 852 647 836 964R 987 +2.4
British Columbia 808 588 783 890R 883 -0.8
Yukon 764 633 659 808R 777 -3.9
Northwest Territories 824 794 813 881R 963 +9.3
Nunavut 732 707 720 778R 866 +11.2
Men 1,003 831 1,064 1,159R 1,167 +0.7
Women 580 450 577 648R 664 +2.6
24 years old and under 646 401 602 730R 740 +1.4
25 to 44 years old 859 659 857 953R 968 +1.7
45 to 54 years old 903 733 906 986R 1,016 +3.0
55 years old and over 841 694 852 936R 962 +2.7
Canada 847 639 841 938R 957 +2.0
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of regular benefits was paid. Includes employment income only (all amounts paid in Employment Insurance benefits are excluded from the calculation). Only weeks with at least $1 of employment income earned from working while on claim while claiming EI regular benefits are taken into account in the calculation.
  • p Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 and 2021-22 and 100% of data for 2022-23 to 2024-25.
Annex 2.24.4: Working while on claim: Percentage of completed claims for Employment Insurance regular benefits with employment income from working while on claim (%)
Category 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (% points) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 59.6 62.6 59.0 54.9R 53.5 -1.4
Prince Edward Island 48.2 55.9 48.5 46.5R 44.1 -2.4
Nova Scotia 51.8 57.3 52.7 48.4R 46.7 -1.7
New Brunswick 57.5 58.9 55.7 53.3R 51.2 -2.1
Quebec 55.4 54.0 52.5 51.6R 48.8 -2.8
Ontario 44.3 50.4 43.5 38.3R 35.5 -2.8
Manitoba 45.5 49.8 42.6 39.9R 39.4 -0.5
Saskatchewan 43.1 46.4 41.2 39.4R 38.2 -1.2
Alberta 44.3 48.7 41.2 40.2R 39.3 -0.9
British Columbia 48.6 51.2 45.7 42.8R 41.2 -1.6
Yukon 36.3 40.6 36.7 34.6R 33.0 -1.6
Northwest Territories 29.1 32.1 32.5 30.9R 29.9 -1.0
Nunavut 27.1 30.1 28.4 29.5R 28.2 -1.4
Men 47.9 47.4 44.5 42.6R 40.5 -2.1
Women 52.7 57.5 52.6 48.3R 45.4 -2.9
24 years old and under 47.0 55.7 46.5 41.0R 40.6 -0.5
25 to 44 years old 52.8 54.7 50.6 47.3R 44.7 -2.6
45 to 54 years old 57.4 59.3 56.8 53.7R 50.8 -3.0
55 years old and over 38.5 39.6 37.6 35.2R 32.6 -2.7
Canada 49.7 52.0 47.9 44.9R 42.4 -2.5
  • Note: Changes in percentage points are based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of EI regular benefit was paid.
  • p Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 and 2021-22 and 100% of data for 2022-23 to 2024-25.

Annex 2.25: Regular benefits for apprentices

Annex 2.25.1: Regular benefits for apprentices: New claims established
Category1 Total of 2020-212 Total of 2021-222 Total of 2022-232 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 480 730 900 957R 957 +0.0
Prince Edward Island 120 220 260 367R 376 +2.5
Nova Scotia 1,060 1,090 1,280 1,525R 1,883 +23.5
New Brunswick 1,080 1,310 1,330 1,550R 1,747 +12.7
Quebec3 140 180 110 187R 193 +3.2
Ontario 9,550 13,930 16,520 18,232R 18,576 +1.9
Manitoba 2,160 2,350 2,440 2,650R 3,172 +19.7
Saskatchewan 1,490 2,140 2,430 2,744R 2,950 +7.5
Alberta 7,950 10,970 11,710 13,568R 15,430 +13.7
British Columbia 7,540 8,830 9,590 10,422R 10,836 +4.0
Territories 130 250 150 230R 219 -4.8
Men 29,860 39,660 44,100 49,372 52,771 +6.9
Women 1,840 2,340 2,620 3,060 3,568 +16.6
24 years old and under 13,550 17,800 20,100 22,952 25,440 +10.8
25 to 44 years old 17,260 22,770 25,150 27,802 29,082 +4.6
45 years old and over 890 1,430 1,470 1,678 1,817 +8.3
Canada 31,700 42,000 46,720 52,432 56,339 +7.5
  • Note: Includes claims from apprentices referred to training under Section 25 of the Employment Insurance Act for which at least $1 of EI benefits was paid while the claimant was on training.
  • 1 Due to methodological changes, data by region have been revised for 2023-24.
  • 2 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • 3 The low number of claims from apprentices in Quebec is due to the unique program design in which apprentices complete all of the technical training prior to beginning on-the-job training.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.25.2: Regular benefits for apprentices: Average actual duration (number of training weeks)
Category Claims established before March 15, 2020 and completed in 2020-21 Claims established between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021 and completed in 2020-211 Claims established between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021 and completed in 2021-221 Claims established on or after September 26, 2021 and completed in 2021-22 Claims established on or after September 26, 2021 and completed in 2022-232 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 7.9 7.0 8.0 7.5 8.5 9.1R 8.9 -1.8
Prince Edward Island 7.6 8.0 11.1 7.1 9.4 9.6R 9.1 -4.7
Nova Scotia 8.1 6.4 8.8 6.7 8.1 8.5R 8.4 -0.8
New Brunswick 9.2 6.7 8.8 6.2 8.1 8.4R 8.3 -0.7
Quebec X X 16.3 9.0 10.5 9.8R 9.0 -7.8
Ontario 9.9 8.0 9.6 7.8 8.8 9.0R 9.1 +0.8
Manitoba 10.4 7.5 9.7 8.3 9.1 9.4R 9.4 +0.0
Saskatchewan 9.3 6.3 9.7 6.5 8.2 8.8R 8.5 -2.5
Alberta 9.3 7.5 10.3 7.7 8.9 9.0R 8.7 -3.4
British Columbia 10.1 7.2 9.9 7.1 8.8 9.0R 9.0 -0.2
Territories 8.4 7.4 9.4 10.1 9.6 9.3R 9.4 +0.8
Men 9.6 7.5 9.7 7.6 8.8 9.0R 8.9 -0.9
Women 9.2 7.6 10.8 7.7 8.9 9.0R 8.8 -1.5
24 years old and under 9.8 7.4 10.1 7.5 8.8 9.0R 8.9 -1.0
25 to 44 years old 9.5 7.5 9.7 7.7 8.8 9.0R 8.9 -0.8
45 years old and over 9.2 8.2 9.0 7.6 8.5 8.8R 8.6 -2.6
Canada 9.6 7.5 9.8 7.6 8.8 9.0R 8.9 -1.0
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims from apprentices referred to training under Section 25 of the Employment Insurance Act for which at least $1 of EI benefits was paid while the claimant was on training.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the maximum number of entitlement weeks were in effect during this period.
  • 2 The average duration of claims completed in 2022-23 only accounts for claims that were established on or after September 26, 2021. Claims that were established between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021 were mostly completed in 2020-21 and 2021-22, and those that were completed in 2022-23 have a high duration.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • X Suppressed for confidentiality purposes.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.25.3: Regular benefits for apprentices: Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Category1 Second half of 2020-212 First half of 2021-222 2 months in fall 20212 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 552 556 528 539 564 604 625 +3.4
Prince Edward Island 529 491 458 429 505 539R 543 +0.8
Nova Scotia 512 528 499 537 528 544R 574 +5.6
New Brunswick 515 520 520 490 525 544 574 +5.5
Quebec 513 494 451 545 516 581R 595 +2.5
Ontario 546 563 549 574 585 603 622 +3.1
Manitoba 549 551 544 563 548 583 603 +3.4
Saskatchewan 557 556 559 583 575 594R 616 +3.7
Alberta 561 573 572 581 595 608R 624 +2.7
British Columbia 543 556 537 556 572 597 620 +3.8
Territories 553 595 557 577 610 620R 646 +4.1
Men 549 561 552 569 581 600 619 +3.2
Women 525 540 507 526 543 571 591 +3.6
24 years old and under 540 547 532 540 558 578 598 +3.4
25 to 44 years old 553 568 558 586 592 611 631 +3.3
45 years old and over 546 565 566 551 588 610 631 +3.4
Canada 547 559 549 566 578 598 617 +3.2
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims from apprentices referred to training under Section 25 of the Employment Insurance Act for which at least $1 of EI benefits was paid while the claimant was on training.
  • 1 Due to methodological changes, data by region have been revised for 2023-24.
  • 2 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Annex 2.25.4: Regular benefits for apprentices: Amount paid ($ millions)
Category1 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Newfoundland and Labrador 5.7 7.0 7.3 8.9R 9.0 +1.0
Prince Edward Island 1.0 1.3 1.3 2.4 2.2 -8.2
Nova Scotia 7.3 7.0 6.9 9.4R 12.0 +27.3
New Brunswick 7.1 7.7 7.7 9.8 12.0 +22.0
Quebec 1.7 1.9 1.0 1.3R 1.6 +20.3
Ontario 63.1 82.8 101.8 122.9R 135.7 +10.4
Manitoba 13.5 15.6 14.4 16.9 21.2 +25.3
Saskatchewan 8.8 13.3 13.7 16.1R 17.7 +10.4
Alberta 56.5 72.2 73.9 89.2R 104.5 +17.1
British Columbia 47.2 52.3 53.4 64.7R 73.2 +13.0
Territories 0.7 1.4 0.9 1.5R 1.5 -0.3
Men 197.4 246.3 264.9 321.1 363.4 +13.2
Women 15.0 16.2 17.4 22.1 27.1 +22.6
24 years old and under 83.2 101.2 109.7 135.0 159.7 +18.3
25 to 44 years old 120.6 150.9 162.1 194.9 216.1 +10.9
45 years old and over 8.7 10.5 10.5 13.3 14.7 +10.5
Canada 212.5 262.6 282.3 343.2 390.5 +13.8
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims from apprentices referred to training under Section 25 of the Employment Insurance Act for which at least $1 of EI benefits was paid while the claimant was on training.
  • 1 Due to methodological changes, data by region have been revised for 2023-24.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on a 10% sample of data for 2020-21 to 2022-23 and 100% of data for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Annex 2.26: Regular benefits while on training with permission from Service Canada (Skills Boost)

Annex 2.26.1: Regular benefits while on training with permission from Service Canada (Skills Boost): New claims established
Category1 2020-212 2021-222 2022-232 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Atlantic provinces 23 42 56 66R 47 -28.8
Quebec 187 163 140 208 207 -0.5
Ontario 126 158 182 205R 177 -13.7
Manitoba 19 32 28 33 38 +15.2
Saskatchewan 17 25 22 31R 18 -41.9
Alberta 147 132 115 118R 104 -11.9
British Columbia and territories3 93 71 84 120R 101 -15.8
Men 249 299 307 412 373 -9.5
Women 363 324 320 369 319 -13.6
34 years old and under 208 229 247 291 247 -15.1
35 to 44 years old 229 226 227 261 238 -8.8
45 to 54 years old 131 124 115 183 162 -11.5
55 years old and over 44 44 38 46 45 -2.2
Canada 612 623 627 781 692 -11.4
  • Note: Includes claims for which claimants received permission from Service Canada to train.
  • 1 Due to methodological changes, data by region have been revised for 2023-24.
  • 2 Different EI temporary measures affecting the eligibility for EI benefits were in effect from September 27, 2020 to September 24, 2022.
  • 3 For confidentiality reasons, data for the territories have been included with those for British Columbia.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.26.2: Regular benefits while on training with permission from Service Canada (Skills Boost): Average actual duration (number of training weeks)
Category Claims established before March 15, 2020 and completed in 2020-21 Claims established between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021, and completed in 2021-221 Claims established on or after September 26, 2021 and completed in 2022-23 2023-24R 2024-25P Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Atlantic provinces 23.0 24.2 16.0 20.3 20.7 +2.0
Quebec 18.8 25.2 16.2 17.7 17.9 +1.0
Ontario 20.6 23.6 16.2 15.5R 16.4 +5.5
Manitoba 19.5 22.3 16.2 18.9R 19.1 +1.2
Saskatchewan 19.6 22.5 17.6 16.5R 15.9 -3.6
Alberta 21.0 24.3 16.6 15.8 18.5 +16.9
British Columbia and territories2 17.9 24.3 16.7 15.3R 16.5 +7.6
Men 19.0 23.7 15.0 15.5R 16.6 +7.2
Women 20.7 24.7 17.9 17.9R 18.9 +5.4
34 years old and under 19.5 25.0 15.4 16.0R 16.9 +5.7
35 to 44 years old 20.4 24.5 17.3 17.9 18.1 +1.1
45 to 54 years old 20.2 23.0 17.0 16.8 18.7 +11.1
55 years old and over 18.3 22.6 15.2 13.3R 15.0 +12.6
Canada 19.9 24.3 16.4 16.7 17.6 +5.5
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes completed claims for which claimants received permission from Service Canada to train.
  • 1 EI temporary measures affecting the maximum number of entitlement weeks were in effect during this period.
  • 2 For confidentiality reasons, data for the territories have been included with those for British Columbia.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.26.3: Regular benefits while on training with permission from Service Canada (Skills Boost): Average weekly benefit rate ($)
Category1 Second half of 2020-212 First half of 2021-222 2 months in fall 20212 Last 4 months of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Atlantic provinces 511 536 524 556 507 520 540 +3.7
Quebec 525 529 494 506 540 562R 584 +3.8
Ontario 527 524 499 532 548 581R 593 +2.1
Manitoba 506 528 505 536 557 488 571 +17.0
Saskatchewan 495 550 388 505 532 539R 591 +9.7
Alberta 538 558 556 540 556 573 594 +3.7
British Columbia and territories3 521 535 463 530 573 578R 602 +4.1
Men 539 555 541 552 571 581 605 +4.1
Women 517 523 470 493 527 545 567 +4.1
34 years old and under 524 535 488 520 539 568 580 +2.1
35 to 44 years old 533 536 488 530 560 561 589 +5.0
45 to 54 years old 513 535 530 544 550 565 594 +5.1
55 years old and over 535 547 515 491 513 539 580 +7.7
Canada 526 536 500 526 547 563 587 +4.2
  • Note: Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which claimants received permission from Service Canada to train.
  • 1 Due to methodological changes, data by region have been revised for 2023-24.
  • 2 EI temporary measures affecting the weekly benefit rate were in effect during this period.
  • 3 For confidentiality reasons, data for the territories have been included with those for British Columbia.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.26.4: Regular benefits while on training with permission from Service Canada (Skills Boost): Amount paid ($ millions)
Category1 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Change (%) 2023-24 to 2024-25
Atlantic provinces 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7 -26.8
Quebec 3.4 2.2 1.6 2.8 2.9 +2.4
Ontario 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.8R 2.7 -6.1
Manitoba 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 +49.5
Saskatchewan 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 -26.6
Alberta 2.9 2.2 1.5 1.6 1.7 +5.0
British Columbia and territories2 1.7 1.0 1.1 1.6R 1.5 -5.4
Men 4.7 4.4 3.7 5.6 5.5 -1.5
Women 6.7 4.9 4.1 5.0 4.8 -4.0
34 years old and under 3.7 3.1 2.8 3.6 3.4 -3.2
35 to 44 years old 4.4 3.5 2.9 3.7 3.5 -7.8
45 to 54 years old 2.4 2.0 1.5 2.6 2.6 -0.1
55 years old and over 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 +21.1
Canada 11.4 9.3 7.8 10.5 10.2 -2.6
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage change is based on unrounded numbers. Includes claims for which claimants received permission from Service Canada to train.
  • 1 Due to methodological changes, data by region have been revised for 2023-24.
  • 2 For confidentiality reasons, data for the territories have been included with those for British Columbia.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.

Annex 2.27: Completed pure and combined Employment Insurance claims, by types of benefits

Annex 2.27.1: Completed pure and combined Employment Insurance claims, by types of benefits
Benefit type Number of claims 2022-23 Share of combined claims 2022-23 (%) Number of claims 2023-24R Share of combined claims 2023-24R (%) Number of claims 2024-25P Share of combined claims 2024-25P (%)
Regular 1,512,141 12.3 1,359,792R 11.5R 1,468,813 11.6
Fishing 28,980 12.0 27,787R 13.9 28,124 13.1
Sickness 461,074 43.9 411,066R 40.3R 451,229 40.0
Maternity 176,062 98.6 156,453R 98.3R 173,987 98.4
Parental1 247,034 72.5 228,073R 69.8R 254,078 69.9
Compassionate care 6,654 34.6 6,464R 35.2 6,611 35.8
Family caregiver for adults 12,321 31.7 13,150R 29.2R 14,808 31.3
Family caregiver for children 3,237 22.8 3,119R 24.0R 3,187 25.0
Work-Sharing 18,151 43.4 10,326R 28.1R 18,562 34.1
All claims2 2,068,043 17.5 1,879,769R 16.6R 2,045,908 16.8
  • Note: Includes completed claims for which at least $1 of EI benefits was paid.
  • 1 Parental benefits for biological parents and parental benefits for adoptive parents are grouped together.
  • 2 The sum of claims by benefit type does not add up to the total because more than one benefit type can be part of the same claim.
  • P Preliminary data.
  • R Revised data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.

Annex 2.28: Employment Insurance benefit repayment

Annex 2.28.1: Employment Insurance benefit repayment1: People who repaid benefits
Category2 2020 2021 2022 2023
Newfoundland and Labrador 8,712 12,495 11,382 10,668
Prince Edward Island 1,199 1,885 1,504 1,312
Nova Scotia 6,508 8,570 6,715 6,480
New Brunswick 4,879 6,445 5,732 5,163
Quebec 45,916 68,463 52,337 49,610
Ontario 46,239 64,746 43,665 43,000
Manitoba 3,685 4,890 3,314 3,281
Saskatchewan 5,230 6,791 4,847 4,713
Alberta 28,464 42,353 28,217 27,223
British Columbia 19,294 27,543 19,176 18,521
Yukon 344 399 252 297
Northwest Territories 304 490 262 222
Nunavut 113 131 97 97
Non-residents of Canada 80 112 69 n/a
Men 149,849 206,775 152,804 148,045
Women 21,118 38,538 24,765 22,542
24 years old and under 3,250 5,382 4,431 4,346
25 to 44 years old 75,830 110,992 79,839 77,885
45 to 54 years old 39,320 54,216 39,303 37,674
55 years old and over 52,567 74,723 53,996 50,682
Goods-producing industries 112,572 146,357 111,263 112,149
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 5,769 7,973 6,121 5,593
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 9,269 11,851 8,373 8,664
Utilities 1,975 1,979 1,891 1,694
Construction 73,030 98,121 77,986 81,978
Manufacturing 22,529 26,433 16,892 14,220
Services-producing industries 56,018 92,480 58,928 52,847
Wholesale and retail trade 8,965 15,465 7,824 6,650
Transportation and warehousing 6,319 8,988 5,748 5,259
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 3,426 5,177 3,228 2,848
Professional, scientific and technical services 10,050 16,317 12,254 10,324
Business, building and other support services3 7,732 10,741 6,899 6,763
Educational services 5,610 11,954 8,688 8,185
Health care and social assistance 1,798 3,095 1,712 1,480
Information, culture and recreation4 2,580 5,193 2,964 3,126
Accommodation and food services 1,370 3,663 1,800 1,115
Other services (excluding public administration) 4,193 6,027 3,849 3,317
Public administration 3,975 5,860 3,962 3,780
Unclassified industries5 2,377 6,476 7,378 5,591
Canada 170,967 245,313 177,569 170,587
  • 1 As benefit repayments are administered through the tax system, the most recent data available are for the 2023 tax year.
  • 2 Due to methodological changes, data comparisons by province or territory between 2023 and previous years need to be made with caution.
  • 3 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 4 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 5 For some claims, this information was not available in the data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.28.2: Employment Insurance benefit repayment1: Amount repaid ($ millions)
Category2 2020 2021 2022 2023
Newfoundland and Labrador 18.8 36.9 32.5 25.9
Prince Edward Island 3.5 7.6 6.0 4.4
Nova Scotia 14.2 25.1 19.0 17.8
New Brunswick 9.8 17.2 13.5 12.1
Quebec 61.5 93.6 63.0 60.7
Ontario 59.5 110.8 62.0 63.5
Manitoba 5.2 8.7 5.4 5.5
Saskatchewan 8.0 13.4 8.3 8.2
Alberta 43.0 85.0 49.0 48.5
British Columbia 26.0 50.1 29.3 30.9
Yukon 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.6
Northwest Territories 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.4
Nunavut 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2
Non-residents of Canada 0.1 0.2 0.1 n/a
Men 224.3 375.7 250.4 244.2
Women 26.5 74.9 38.8 34.4
24 years old and under 4.3 8.5 6.5 6.5
25 to 44 years old 101.9 173.4 112.9 113.4
45 to 54 years old 58.2 100.5 64.0 60.9
55 years old and over 86.6 168.2 105.7 97.8
Goods-producing industries 166.3 255.2 179.7 179.3
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 10.4 20.4 14.8 12.7
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 14.6 24.5 15.8 16.4
Utilities 2.9 3.3 2.7 2.9
Construction 105.9 151.3 112.1 124.1
Manufacturing 32.5 55.7 34.4 23.2
Services-producing industries 81.6 189.0 103.5 93.9
Wholesale and retail trade 16.2 38.3 19.6 16.0
Transportation and warehousing 8.8 18.1 9.5 8.7
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 4.9 11.0 5.5 4.7
Professional, scientific and technical services 15.6 30.6 21.3 20.4
Business, building and other support services3 11.4 21.7 11.8 11.9
Educational services 4.8 19.1 11.4 10.5
Health care and social assistance 2.2 6.3 2.7 2.1
Information, culture and recreation4 3.3 10.4 4.6 5.0
Accommodation and food services 2.0 8.5 2.6 1.8
Other services (excluding public administration) 6.9 12.7 7.3 6.3
Public administration 5.6 12.2 7.1 6.4
Unclassified industries5 2.9 6.4 5.9 5.4
Canada 250.8 450.6 289.2 278.6
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding.
  • 1 As benefit repayments are administered through the tax system, the most recent data available are for the 2023 tax year.
  • 2 Due to methodological changes, data comparisons by province or territory between 2023 and previous years need to be made with caution.
  • 3 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 4 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 5 For some claims, this information was not available in the data.
  • Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data. Results are based on 100% of data.

Annex 2.29: Contributors to the Employment Insurance program

Annex 2.29.1: Contributors to the Employment Insurance program1: EI premium
Category Total 2022 ($ millions) Total 2023 ($ millions) % of total 2023 Paid by employers2 2023 ($ millions) Paid by employees 2023 ($ millions)
Newfoundland and Labrador 370.4 400.6 1.4 231.6 173.5
Prince Edward Island 118.9 131.8 0.5 75.9 56.8
Nova Scotia 693.9 774.9 2.7 442.6 338.8
New Brunswick 559.7 613.8 2.1 351.0 267.3
Quebec 4,838.4 5,358.3 18.5 3,026.6 2,385.7
Ontario 10,776.1 11,768.2 40.6 6,734.5 5,163.9
Manitoba 927.7 1,015.2 3.5 578.3 445.8
Saskatchewan 778.6 848.3 2.9 482.2 375.4
Alberta 3,391.8 3,731.1 12.9 2,139.0 1,648.7
British Columbia 3,837.4 4,206.0 14.5 2,421.4 1,836.9
Yukon 41.3 45.7 0.2 26.5 20.0
Northwest Territories 43.0 46.0 0.2 26.5 20.4
Nunavut 29.0 31.4 0.1 18.3 13.8
Outside Canada and multiple jurisdictions 31.9 36.5 0.1 21.0 15.8
Men 14,522.7 15,896.1 54.8 9,120.6 6,987.5
Women 11,915.2 13,111.8 45.2 7,454.9 5,775.4
Unknown gender3 0.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a
24 years old and under 2,193.5 2,407.3 8.3 1,391.5 1,024.1
25 to 44 years old 12,906.5 14,330.6 49.4 8,203.9 6,318.4
45 to 54 years old 5,827.9 6,294.1 21.7 3,578.3 2,797.5
55 years old and over 5,506.4 5,976.0 20.6 3,401.8 2,622.8
Unknown age3 3.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Goods-producing industries 5,783.8 6,329.8 21.8 3,656.0 2,758.2
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 337.9 359.7 1.2 210.6 152.3
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 439.1 471.5 1.6 269.8 213.7
Utilities 214.0 231.1 0.8 127.7 106.0
Construction 2,097.8 2,307.3 8.0 1,361.2 988.5
Manufacturing 2,695.0 2,960.2 10.2 1,686.7 1,297.6
Services-producing industries 20,410.0 22,391.9 77.2 12,750.1 9,882.6
Wholesale and retail trade 3,434.7 3,731.4 12.9 2,142.5 1,616.6
Transportation and warehousing 1,263.6 1,410.4 4.9 801.4 623.7
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 1,715.9 1,881.4 6.5 1,054.2 848.6
Professional, scientific and technical services 2,093.9 2,296.7 7.9 1,323.2 1,009.9
Business, building and other support services4 1,474.2 1,571.7 5.4 910.3 682.8
Educational services 1,976.9 2,140.6 7.4 1,189.1 972.5
Health care and social assistance 2,505.8 2,748.7 9.5 1,572.7 1,214.0
Information, culture and recreation5 868.5 947.6 3.3 543.5 416.0
Accommodation and food services 962.3 1,132.0 3.9 660.0 475.8
Other services (excluding public administration) 828.1 918.3 3.2 534.5 392.7
Public administration 3,286.0 3,613.1 12.5 2,018.7 1,629.9
Unclassified industries3 244.4 286.2 1.0 169.4 122.0
Canada 26,438.2 29,007.9 100.0 16,575.5 12,762.8
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage share is based on unrounded numbers.
  • 1 As Employment Insurance premium payments are administered through the tax system, the most recent data available are for the 2023 tax year. EI premiums paid are determined based on the residence of employees.
  • 2 Employer contributions are 1.4 times the level of employee contributions. However, employers who participate in the Premium Reduction Program may contribute less than 1.4 times their employees' contributions. Consult Chapter 2, Section 2.7 for more information.
  • 3 For some T4 slips, this information was not available in the data.
  • 4 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 5 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • Source: Canada Revenue Agency, T4 slips with employment income. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.29.2: Contributors to the Employment Insurance program1: Employment income
Category Total employment income ($ millions) 2022 Total employment income ($ millions) 2023 % of total employment income 2023 Total insurable earnings ($ millions) 2022 Total insurable earnings ($ millions) 2023
Newfoundland and Labrador 14,455.7 15,523.4 1.2 10,152.3 10,646.5
Prince Edward Island 4,180.3 4,547.2 0.4 3,250.0 3,490.1
Nova Scotia 26,044.7 28,525.4 2.2 19,217.7 20,802.5
New Brunswick 20,501.7 21,909.9 1.7 15,455.8 16,435.3
Quebec 254,284.7 268,082.8 21.0 179,075.4 187,355.2
Ontario 477,262.8 510,255.5 40.0 299,944.1 317,388.9
Manitoba 35,965.2 38,303.8 3.0 25,765.7 27,359.7
Saskatchewan 31,748.3 33,690.7 2.6 21,815.7 23,042.9
Alberta 158,656.1 169,166.8 13.3 94,916.9 101,200.8
British Columbia 164,787.9 177,143.4 13.9 106,168.8 112,758.0
Yukon 1,689.8 1,845.8 0.1 1,145.1 1,229.0
Northwest Territories 1,978.0 2,095.6 0.2 1,204.3 1,250.6
Nunavut 1,345.3 1,391.9 0.1 808.8 850.8
Outside Canada and multiple jurisdictions 2,612.3 2,807.5 0.2 947.4 1,043.6
Men 718,795.1 764,850.0 60.0 427,975.9 451,479.7
Women 476,707.5 510,439.8 40.0 351,884.6 373,374.2
Unknown gender2 10.4 n/a n/a 7.5 n/a
24 years old and under 65,741.7 69,936.0 5.5 62,305.2 65,992.2
25 to 44 years old 546,168.5 591,402.4 46.4 381,417.6 407,772.6
45 to 54 years old 302,825.2 318,511.1 25.0 173,961.9 181,399.9
55 years old and over 280,616.7 295,440.2 23.2 162,066.6 169,689.2
Unknown age2 161.0 n/a n/a 116.8 n/a
Goods-producing industries 264,225.3 281,520.6 22.1 169,340.0 178,681.3
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 13,004.7 13,413.7 1.1 9,551.7 9,824.3
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 31,727.9 32,862.0 2.6 13,012.2 13,506.9
Utilities 13,081.0 14,025.5 1.1 6,558.9 6,880.4
Construction 91,231.4 97,854.3 7.7 60,020.9 63,602.3
Manufacturing 115,180.2 123,365.1 9.7 80,196.4 84,867.5
Services-producing industries 918,858.9 979,221.3 76.8 603,590.7 638,352.7
Wholesale and retail trade 145,983.5 153,248.6 12.0 99,695.7 104,486.6
Transportation and warehousing 54,615.4 59,535.3 4.7 37,206.8 40,141.7
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 103,003.1 109,031.7 8.5 51,399.7 54,443.6
Professional, scientific and technical services 116,648.7 126,691.8 9.9 62,006.9 65,380.5
Business, building and other support services3 66,089.6 68,449.3 5.4 42,680.3 43,855.5
Educational services 81,955.2 85,516.9 6.7 60,356.5 63,097.9
Health care and social assistance 102,939.8 108,041.4 8.5 75,856.9 79,766.0
Information, culture and recreation4 42,123.0 45,450.9 3.6 25,686.9 26,838.2
Accommodation and food services 30,885.4 34,903.0 2.7 26,930.7 30,599.3
Other services (excluding public administration) 32,800.8 35,148.7 2.8 23,689.8 25,308.6
Public administration 141,814.3 153,203.7 12.0 98,080.4 104,434.6
Unclassified industries2 12,428.8 14,547.9 1.1 6,937.3 7,819.9
Canada 1,195,513.0 1,275,289.8 100.0 779,868.0 824,853.9
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage share is based on unrounded numbers.
  • 1 As Employment Insurance premium payments are administered through the tax system, the most recent data available are for the 2023 tax year. EI premiums paid are determined based on the residence of employees.
  • 2 For some T4 slips, this information was not available in the data.
  • 3 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 4 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • Source: Canada Revenue Agency, T4 slips with employment income. Results are based on 100% of data.
Annex 2.29.3: Contributors to the Employment Insurance program1: Employment income per worker
Category Number of workers with employment income 2022 Number of workers with employment income 2023 % of total 2023 Employment income per worker ($ per year) 2022 Employment income per worker ($ per year) 2023 Insurable earnings per worker ($ per year) 2022 Insurable earnings per worker ($ per year) 2023
Newfoundland and Labrador 280,935 283,199 1.3 51,456 54,814 36,138 37,594
Prince Edward Island 96,407 99,132 0.5 43,361 45,870 33,711 35,207
Nova Scotia 535,765 550,073 2.6 48,612 51,858 35,870 37,818
New Brunswick 434,389 440,206 2.1 47,197 49,772 35,581 37,335
Quebec 4,799,441 4,809,114 22.7 52,982 55,745 37,312 38,958
Ontario 7,907,956 8,066,768 38.2 60,352 63,254 37,929 39,345
Manitoba 727,839 741,435 3.5 49,414 51,662 35,400 36,901
Saskatchewan 593,455 607,063 2.9 53,497 55,498 36,761 37,958
Alberta 2,436,992 2,534,458 12.0 65,103 66,747 38,948 39,930
British Columbia 2,833,567 2,893,777 13.7 58,156 61,215 37,468 38,966
Yukon 27,534 28,700 0.1 61,372 64,315 41,590 42,822
Northwest Territories 28,942 29,195 0.1 68,343 71,781 41,612 42,836
Nunavut 21,567 22,264 0.1 62,378 62,517 37,503 38,213
Outside Canada and multiple jurisdictions 31,068 34,036 0.2 84,083 82,487 30,494 30,661
Men 10,750,656 10,980,078 51.9 66,861 69,658 39,809 41,118
Women 10,004,628 10,159,342 48.1 47,649 50,243 35,172 36,752
Unknown gender2 573 n/a n/a 18,138 n/a 13,028 n/a
24 years old and under 3,452,557 3,447,457 16.3 19,041 20,286 18,046 19,142
25 to 44 years old 9,005,067 9,363,005 44.3 60,651 63,164 42,356 43,551
45 to 54 years old 3,800,619 3,839,546 18.2 79,678 82,955 45,772 47,245
55 years old and over 4,493,928 4,489,412 21.2 62,444 65,808 36,063 37,798
Unknown age2 3,686 n/a n/a 43,668 n/a 31,685 n/a
Goods-producing industries 4,001,560 4,087,458 19.3 66,031 68,874 42,319 43,715
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 372,662 372,838 1.8 34,897 35,977 25,631 26,350
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 234,671 239,170 1.1 135,202 137,400 55,448 56,474
Utilities 116,042 119,713 0.6 112,727 117,159 56,522 57,474
Construction 1,453,967 1,495,995 7.1 62,747 65,411 41,281 42,515
Manufacturing 1,824,218 1,859,742 8.8 63,139 66,335 43,962 45,634
Services-producing industries 16,499,058 16,774,889 79.4 55,692 58,374 36,583 38,054
Wholesale and retail trade 3,230,153 3,243,986 15.3 45,194 47,241 30,864 32,209
Transportation and warehousing 965,424 995,154 4.7 56,571 59,825 38,539 40,337
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 1,164,602 1,186,684 5.6 88,445 91,879 44,135 45,879
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,412,437 1,453,524 6.9 82,587 87,162 43,901 44,981
Business, building and other support services3 1,265,566 1,235,417 5.8 52,221 55,406 33,724 35,499
Educational services 1,488,310 1,521,252 7.2 55,066 56,215 40,554 41,478
Health care and social assistance 1,977,959 2,010,042 9.5 52,043 53,751 38,351 39,684
Information, culture and recreation4 698,180 722,878 3.4 60,333 62,875 36,791 37,127
Accommodation and food services 1,459,219 1,507,620 7.1 21,166 23,151 18,456 20,296
Other services (excluding public administration) 735,992 756,791 3.6 44,567 46,444 32,188 33,442
Public administration 2,101,216 2,141,541 10.1 67,492 71,539 46,678 48,766
Unclassified industries2 255,239 277,073 1.3 48,695 52,506 27,179 28,223
Canada 20,755,857 21,139,420 100.0 57,599 60,328 37,573 39,020
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage share is based on unrounded numbers.
  • 1 As Employment Insurance premium payments are administered through the tax system, the most recent data available are for the 2023 tax year. EI premiums paid are determined based on the residence of employees.
  • 2 For some T4 slips, this information was not available in the data.
  • 3 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 4 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • Source: Canada Revenue Agency, T4 slips with employment income. Results are based on 100% of data.

Annex 2.30: Adjusted benefits-to-contributions (B/C) ratios

Annex 2.30.1: Adjusted benefits-to-contributions (B/C) ratios1
Category EI premium ($ millions) 2023 EI premium % of total 2023 EI regular benefits ($ millions) 2023 EI regular benefits % of total 2023 Total EI benefits ($ millions) 2023 Total EI benefits % of total 2023 Adjusted regular B/C ratio2,3 (Canada=1) 2023 Adjusted total B/C ratio2 (Canada=1) 2023
Newfoundland and Labrador 400.6 1.4 749.9 6.6 1,075.9 5.4 5.11 3.93
Prince Edward Island 131.8 0.5 154.2 1.4 267.4 1.4 3.21 2.97
Nova Scotia 774.9 2.7 531.8 4.7 867.6 4.4 1.86 1.64
New Brunswick 613.8 2.1 650.1 5.7 955.4 4.8 2.87 2.28
Quebec 5,358.3 18.5 2,782.5 24.5 3,634.2 18.4 1.08 0.99
Ontario 11,768.2 40.6 3,304.0 29.1 6,777.6 34.2 0.76 0.84
Manitoba 1,015.2 3.5 368.9 3.2 704.0 3.6 0.98 1.02
Saskatchewan 848.3 2.9 328.3 2.9 596.3 3.0 1.03 1.03
Alberta 3,731.1 12.9 1,237.7 10.9 2,386.4 12.1 0.89 0.94
British Columbia 4,206.0 14.5 1,214.3 10.7 2,448.7 12.4 0.78 0.85
Yukon 45.7 0.2 15.9 0.1 29.2 0.1 0.94 0.94
Northwest Territories 46.0 0.2 15.1 0.1 26.8 0.1 0.88 0.85
Nunavut 31.4 0.1 12.7 0.1 22.0 0.1 1.08 1.03
Other province or territory4 36.5 0.1 1.3 0.0 10.8 0.1 0.09 0.43
Men 15,896.1 54.8 7,414.2 65.2 9,757.5 49.3 1.19 0.90
Women 13,111.8 45.2 3,952.4 34.8 10,044.7 50.7 0.77 1.12
Unknown gender5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
24 years old and under 2,407.3 8.3 869.7 7.7 1,434.3 7.2 0.96 0.87
25 to 44 years old 14,330.6 49.4 5,107.4 44.9 11,193.6 56.5 0.91 1.14
45 to 54 years old 6,294.1 21.7 2,199.7 19.4 2,951.5 14.9 0.88 0.69
55 years old and over 5,976.0 20.6 3,189.8 28.1 4,222.8 21.3 1.36 1.04
Unknown age5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Goods-producing industries 6,329.8 21.8 4,573.6 40.2 6,279.3 31.7 1.86 1.45
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 359.7 1.2 550.6 4.8 688.6 3.5 4.07 2.80
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 471.5 1.6 250.2 2.2 322.4 1.6 1.34 1.00
Utilities 231.1 0.8 31.4 0.3 64.6 0.3 0.33 0.41
Construction 2,307.3 8.0 2,637.4 23.2 3,262.2 16.5 3.01 2.07
Manufacturing 2,960.2 10.2 1,104.2 9.7 1,941.5 9.8 0.94 0.96
Services-producing industries 22,391.9 77.2 6,546.9 57.6 13,150.2 66.4 0.74 0.86
Wholesale and retail trade 3,731.4 12.9 941.1 8.3 1,968.1 9.9 0.65 0.77
Transportation and warehousing 1,410.4 4.9 505.8 4.5 835.0 4.2 0.91 0.87
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 1,881.4 6.5 311.4 2.7 797.7 4.0 0.42 0.62
Professional, scientific and technical services 2,296.7 7.9 813.3 7.2 1,325.9 6.7 0.90 0.85
Business, building and other support services6 1,571.7 5.4 854.4 7.5 1,319.0 6.7 1.41 1.23
Educational services 2,140.6 7.4 910.6 8.0 1,516.6 7.7 1.05 1.04
Health care and social assistance 2,748.7 9.5 393.4 3.5 1,665.4 8.4 0.36 0.89
Information, culture and recreation7 947.6 3.3 397.8 3.5 592.0 3.0 1.08 0.92
Accommodation and food services 1,132.0 3.9 473.5 4.2 801.9 4.0 1.12 1.04
Other services (excluding public administration) 918.3 3.2 323.1 2.8 603.0 3.0 0.93 0.96
Public administration 3,613.1 12.5 622.5 5.5 1,725.7 8.7 0.43 0.70
Unclassified industries5 286.2 1.0 246.1 2.2 372.8 1.9 2.28 1.91
Canada 29,007.9 100.0 11,366.6 100.0 19,802.2 100.0 1.00 1.00
  • Note: Data may not add up to the total due to rounding. Percentage share is based on unrounded numbers.
  • 1 As Employment Insurance premium payments are administered through the tax system, the most recent data available are for the 2023 tax year. EI premiums paid are determined based on the residence of employees.
  • 2 For ease of analysis, the benefits-to-contributions ratios have been adjusted (that is, standardized) so that the figure for Canada equals 1.
  • 3 To factor in the Quebec Parental Insurance Program (QPIP), which reduced the premiums paid by employers and employees in Quebec, and the Premium Reduction Program (PRP), which reduces the premiums paid by employers who offer their employees a short-term disability plan, the regular benefits-to-contributions ratios have been calculated based on an estimate of the Employment Insurance premiums that would have been paid by employees and employers in the absence of QPIP and PRP, rather than on premiums that were actually paid.
  • 4 This category includes outside Canada and multiple jurisdictions.
  • 5 For some T4 slips, this information was not available in the data.
  • 6 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 55 (Management of companies and enterprises) and 56 (Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • 7 This industry sector comprises the industries with codes 51 (Information and cultural industries) and 71 (Arts, entertainment and recreation) from the North American Industry Classification System.
  • Sources: Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), T4 slips with employment income (for data on contributions). Results are based on 100% of CRA data. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Employment Insurance (EI) administrative data (for data on benefits). Results are based on 100% of EI administrative data.

Annex 2.31: Unemployment rates by Employment Insurance region

Annex 2.31.1: Unemployment rates by Employment Insurance region1,2
Effective date3 Apr. 7, 2024 to May 11, 2024 May 12, 2024 to June 8, 2024 June 9, 2024 to July 6, 2024 July 7, 2024 to Aug. 10, 2024 Aug. 11, 2024 to Sept. 7, 2024 Sept. 8, 2024 to Oct. 12, 2024 Oct. 13, 2024 to Nov. 9, 2024 Nov. 10, 2024 to Dec. 7, 2024 Dec. 8, 2024 to Jan. 11, 2025 Jan. 12, 2025 to Feb. 8, 2025 Feb. 9, 2025 to Mar. 8, 2025 Mar. 9, 2025 to Apr. 5, 2025 Minimum of the 12 months Average of the 12 months Maximum of the 12 months
Unemployment rate moving average ending on the month of …4 March 2024 (%) April 2024 (%) May 2024 (%) June 2024 (%) July 2024 (%) August 2024 (%) September 2024 (%) October 2024 (%) November 2024 (%) December 2024 (%) January 2025 (%) February 2025 (%) 2024-25 (%) 2024-25 (%) 2024-25 (%)
St. John's 6.2 6.9 7.1 7.5 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.6 7.0 6.2 6.8 7.5
Newfoundland-Labrador 13.4 12.5 12.0 11.3 11.5 12.3 13.1 13.7 13.8 13.9 14.1 14.0 11.3 13.0 14.1
Charlottetown 5.2 5.3 5.5 6.2 6.9 7.3 6.5 6.5 6.6 7.5 6.7 6.2 5.2 6.4 7.5
Prince Edward Island (excluding Charlottetown) 10.2 9.7 9.2 8.5 8.7 9.1 9.2 9.6 9.8 10.4 10.2 10.3 8.5 9.6 10.4
Eastern Nova Scotia 12.2 11.3 10.0 9.3 9.5 10.5 10.3 10.3 10.4 10.7 10.4 10.5 9.3 10.5 12.2
Western Nova Scotia 6.8 6.5 6.7 6.7 7.3 7.1 7.7 7.4 7.5 7.3 7.1 7.0 6.5 7.1 7.7
Halifax 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.0 5.3 5.6
Fredericton-Moncton-Saint-John 5.8 5.9 6.3 6.4 6.8 6.4 5.8 5.4 5.7 6.4 6.6 6.8 5.4 6.2 6.8
Madawaska-Charlotte 7.6 7.6 7.2 6.4 6.2 6.9 7.5 7.9 7.7 7.3 6.3 5.9 5.9 7.0 7.9
Restigouche-Albert 11.3 11.1 10.5 9.7 9.6 9.3 9.7 9.6 9.8 10.0 9.9 10.1 9.3 10.1 11.3
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 10.3 10.0 9.7 9.8 9.2 8.4 7.6 7.3 8.4 9.0 9.6 8.4 7.3 9.0 10.3
Québec 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.0 4.5 4.4 4.7 4.5 3.3 4.0 4.7
Trois-Rivières 5.7 5.3 5.0 6.1 6.4 6.8 6.4 6.2 6.2 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.8 5.8 6.8
South Central Québec 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.8 3.3
Sherbrooke 6.2 5.3 4.3 3.6 4.4 5.2 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.1 3.6 5.2 6.2
Montérégie 3.8 4.0 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.9 4.3
Montréal 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.3 6.6 6.9 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.5 5.8 6.5 6.9
Central Quebec 4.0 4.3 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.9 4.0 4.5 4.9
North Western Quebec 4.4 4.3 4.6 5.1 5.6 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.6 7.0 6.7 6.9 4.3 5.9 7.0
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 4.6 5.3 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.1 4.7 4.9 5.3 5.3 5.0 4.6 5.0 5.3
Hull 4.6 4.9 5.2 5.8 6.3 6.9 7.1 7.0 6.7 6.2 5.9 5.3 4.6 6.0 7.1
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 2.0 1.8 1.6 2.2 3.0 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.9 4.2 3.3 3.1 1.6 3.1 4.2
Ottawa 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.7 6.0 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.0 5.8 6.3
Eastern Ontario 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.8 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.9 6.2 6.0 5.4 5.0 5.0 5.8 6.3
Kingston 7.0 6.6 5.9 5.4 6.0 6.4 6.4 5.8 5.8 6.1 6.3 6.4 5.4 6.2 7.0
Central Ontario 5.3 5.4 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.5 5.6 4.5 5.0 5.6
Oshawa 5.3 5.5 5.1 5.9 6.6 7.8 7.8 8.0 7.8 7.9 7.9 7.8 5.1 7.0 8.0
Toronto 7.4 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.6 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.5 8.8 8.6 7.4 8.0 8.8
Hamilton 6.4 6.7 7.1 7.4 7.3 6.9 6.4 6.3 6.7 7.1 7.1 7.1 6.3 6.9 7.4
St. Catharines 7.9 8.3 8.0 8.3 8.1 7.6 7.2 6.7 6.6 6.2 6.0 6.1 6.0 7.3 8.3
London 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.7 7.3 7.3 6.7 6.5 6.8 7.3
Niagara 4.3 5.0 5.4 5.7 5.3 5.1 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.1 4.6 5.4 4.1 5.0 5.7
Windsor 8.1 8.8 9.1 9.4 9.2 8.9 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.9 9.4 9.9 8.1 8.9 9.9
Kitchener 6.7 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.5 7.1 7.5 7.8 7.9 7.8 8.3 8.4 6.2 7.2 8.4
Huron 6.2 5.5 5.6 6.0 6.5 6.9 7.1 7.5 7.6 7.4 7.1 7.1 5.5 6.7 7.6
South Central Ontario 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.8 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.4 5.5 3.1 4.3 5.5
Sudbury 6.0 5.2 4.9 5.1 5.4 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.3 5.0 5.6 5.8 4.9 5.5 6.0
Thunder Bay 4.7 4.5 3.8 3.2 3.1 3.6 4.4 5.1 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.5 3.1 4.6 5.8
Northern Ontario 8.2 7.7 7.3 7.2 7.9 8.1 8.3 8.2 8.4 8.5 7.5 6.1 6.1 7.8 8.5
Winnipeg 4.6 5.0 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.9 6.1 6.2 6.2 4.6 5.5 6.2
Southern Manitoba 6.7 6.8 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.8 6.6 6.8 6.4 6.8 6.8 7.1 6.3 6.7 7.1
Northern Manitoba 31.3 32.6 32.9 33.4 33.6 34.0 34.3 34.8 34.8 35.0 33.6 32.4 31.3 33.6 35.0
Regina 4.9 5.9 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.8 6.8 7.1 7.3 4.9 6.3 7.3
Saskatoon 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.4
Southern Saskatchewan 7.8 8.0 7.4 7.2 6.5 6.5 6.6 7.2 7.4 7.3 6.7 6.4 6.4 7.1 8.0
Northern Saskatchewan 14.9 14.7 14.9 14.7 15.4 15.6 15.2 14.9 15.3 15.3 15.1 14.7 14.7 15.1 15.6
Calgary 6.7 7.9 8.5 8.8 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.9 8.1 7.9 7.7 7.4 6.7 7.8 8.8
Edmonton 6.7 6.8 6.9 7.2 7.9 8.5 8.9 8.7 8.4 7.7 7.4 7.3 6.7 7.7 8.9
Northern Alberta 12.0 12.0 11.8 11.5 11.6 11.4 11.1 10.7 10.7 11.0 10.5 10.0 10.0 11.2 12.0
Southern Alberta 6.6 6.2 6.5 6.2 6.3 6.1 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.3 6.6
Southern Interior British Columbia 6.9 6.1 5.6 5.5 6.0 6.4 6.2 6.2 5.9 6.2 6.0 6.2 5.5 6.1 6.9
Abbotsford 4.7 5.5 5.7 6.2 6.5 6.5 6.2 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.8 4.7 5.8 6.5
Vancouver 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.8 6.0 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.7 6.8 5.5 6.1 6.8
Victoria 5.2 4.9 5.0 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.9 4.3 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.7 4.3 5.2
Southern Coastal British Columbia 5.3 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.9 6.2 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.6 5.2 6.1 6.6
Northern British Columbia 9.0 8.2 7.7 7.2 7.2 7.6 8.3 8.9 9.1 9.3 9.7 9.2 7.2 8.5 9.7
Whitehorse 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.6 4.1 5.3 5.3 5.7 4.8 4.6 4.8 3.4 4.4 5.7
Yukon (excluding Whitehorse) 11.3 7.1 6.7 6.3 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.5 6.2 6.7 6.5 6.4 5.5 6.7 11.3
Yellowknife 4.2 3.6 3.6 3.0 3.3 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.7 4.7 4.4 3.3 3.0 3.6 4.7
Northwest Territories (excluding Yellowknife) 10.7 10.7 9.8 10.5 9.9 8.4 8.5 10.2 10.4 8.8 8.6 8.4 8.4 9.6 10.7
Iqaluit 6.2 7.0 6.4 4.8 5.1 4.9 6.4 5.2 5.3 4.8 5.2 5.2 4.8 5.5 7.0
Nunavut (excluding Iqaluit) 15.1 14.4 14.2 13.1 12.8 14.8 12.0 10.9 10.6 10.5 10.4 10.3 10.3 12.4 15.1
  • 1 The unemployment rates in this annex are those used in the administration of the EI program. These rates come from Statistics Canada but may differ from the official unemployment rates due to differences in methodology, as explained below.
  • 2 To obtain the monthly unemployment rates used for the purposes of the Employment Insurance program relating to periods before April 7, 2024, please refer to the Monthly Seasonal Adjusted Unemployment Rates by EI Region page.
  • 3 Effective for new claims established between the dates indicated.
  • 4 The regional unemployment rates are calculated using a 3-month moving average (or, in the case of the territories, a 12-month moving average if this is larger) of seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for the period ending in the month indicated. These regional rates come from Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey (LFS). The regional unemployment rates in the provinces incorporate an estimate of the rates of unemployment for status Indians living on reserves, as per section 17 of the Employment Insurance Regulations. Conversely, the regional unemployment rates in the territories are representative of the population, as LFS data cover persons living on and off reserves. A monthly regional unemployment rate substitute is used if Statistics Canada cannot publish a monthly unemployment rate for reasons of confidentiality.
  • Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (for data on unemployment rate); Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance administrative data (for information on effective dates).

Annex 2.32: Employment Insurance regions map

Annex 2.32.1: Employment Insurance regions map – 2024-25
Annex 2.32: description follows
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  • Newfoundland and Labrador:
    • 01 St-John's
    • 02 Newfoundland/Labrador
  • Prince Edward Island:
    • 65 Charlottetown
    • 66 Prince Edward Island
  • Nova Scotia:
    • 04 Eastern Nova Scotia
    • 05 Western Nova Scotia
    • 06 Halifax
  • New Brunswick:
    • 07 Fredericton-Moncton-Saint John
    • 08 Madawaska-Charlotte
    • 09 Restigouche-Albert
  • Quebec:
    • 10 Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
    • 11 Québec
    • 12 Trois-Rivières
    • 13 South Central Quebec
    • 14 Sherbrooke
    • 15 Montérégie
    • 16 Montréal
    • 17 Central Quebec
    • 18 North Western Quebec
    • 19 Bas-St-Laurent-Côte-Nord
    • 20 Hull
    • 21 Chicoutimi-Jonquière
  • Ontario:
    • 22 Ottawa
    • 23 Eastern Ontario
    • 24 Kingston
    • 25 Central Ontario
    • 26 Oshawa
    • 27 Toronto
    • 28 Hamilton
    • 29 St. Catherines
    • 30 London
    • 31 Niagara
    • 32 Windsor
    • 33 Kitchener
    • 34 Huron
    • 35 South Central Ontario
    • 36 Sudbury
    • 37 Thunder Bay
    • 38 Northern Ontario
  • Manitoba:
    • 39 Winnipeg
    • 40 Southern Manitoba
    • 41 Northern Manitoba
  • Saskatchewan:
    • 42 Regina
    • 43 Saskatoon
    • 44 Southern Saskatchewan
    • 45 Northern Saskatchewan
  • Alberta:
    • 46 Calgary
    • 47 Edmonton
    • 48 Northern Alberta
    • 49 Southern Alberta
  • British Columbia:
    • 50 Southern Interior British Columbia
    • 51 Abbotsford
    • 52 Vancouver
    • 53 Victoria
    • 54 Southern Coastal British Columbia
    • 55 Northern British Columbia
  • Yukon:
    • 59 Whitehorse
    • 60 Yukon
  • Northwest Territories:
    • 61 Yellowknife
    • 62 Northwest Territories
  • Nunavut:
    • 63 Iqaluit
    • 64 Nunavut

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2026-05-07