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Employment Insurance (EI) program statistics

All data is updated weekly and is current as of June 22, 2025

Notes
  • First-time recipients are individuals receiving an EI payment for the first time since April 1, 2025.
  • Active recipients are individuals currently receiving EI payments
  • Total gross benefit dollars are cumulative since April 1, 2025

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Application processing statistics

Table 1: EI application processing statistics
Employment Insurance (EI) program Week starting on June 16, 2025 Cumulative from April 1, 2025
Registered applications 57,050 586,850
Processed applications 52,440 586,510
Claims established (approved applications) 37,590 451,840
Recipients Not applicable 1,269,890
Notes for table 1
  • A registered application removes unnecessary duplicate requests for EI benefits that some individuals submit. It represents actual requests for EI benefits and initiates the process of determining EI eligibility and entitlement
  • A processed application represents the adjudication of a registered application that results in an initial decision. Every registered application will be adjudicated; however, high volumes can cause a processing backlog where an application registered in one week may not be processed until a subsequent week
  • A claim established is a processed application with a decision to pay the claim as it met the criteria of the EI program. As not all processed applications meet the EI program criteria, the number of claims established will be less than the number of processed applications
  • A recipient is someone who receives at least one payment. To receive EI payments, a recipient must file their bi-weekly report. Each bi-weekly filing enables up to two weeks of EI payments in arrears depending on the content of the filing. An individual who never files their bi-weekly report will not receive a payment and therefore will not become a recipient. As payments are two weeks in arrears, the last completed EI week will never show any recipients
  • This data is operational in nature and will fluctuate over time. For any given week, the number of registered applications and processed applications will not be equal due to timing and volume
  • Cumulative totals are as of April 1, 2025
  • All numbers are rounded to the nearest 10

EI benefits statistics by type

Table 2: EI benefits – Number of recipients by benefit type
EI benefits Active recipients Cumulative recipients since April 1, 2025
Regular 574,620 834,230
Sickness 127,770 162,780
Fishing 7,240 18,210
Maternity and parental 203,750 244,200
Caregiving 7,310 9,690
Self employed 1,050 1,290
Total 921,060 1,269,890
Notes for table 2
  • A recipient is someone who receives at least one payment
  • Recipients can receive more than one type of benefit. For example, a recipient who is receiving EI maternity benefits can change to receive EI caregiving benefits. Regardless of which benefit type a recipient receives, they are only eligible to receive one benefit type per week
  • Active recipients represent individuals currently receiving EI payments
  • Cumulative recipients from April 1 represent individuals who started receiving EI payments since the beginning of the fiscal year
  • All values are rounded to the nearest 10 and are recalculated every week. Rounding may cause a small difference between the total and the sum of individual values
Table 3: EI benefits – Gross benefit paid to recipients by benefit type (millions)
EI benefits Gross benefit paid to active recipients Cumulative benefit paid to recipients since April 1, 2025
Regular 4,602.32 2,973.28
Sickness 893.58 594.51
Fishing 47.51 64.23
Maternity and parental 2,993.48 1,223.88
Caregiving 49.69 36.92
Self employed 10.30 4.68
Total 8,596.89 4,897.49
Notes for table 3
  • Gross benefit paid (millions) represents the amount paid, before tax. EI deducts tax at source for all EI benefits. Rounding may cause a small difference between the total and the sum of individual values
  • Active recipients represent individuals currently receiving EI payments and gross benefit paid to active recipients represent the total amount paid to them
  • Cumulative benefit paid to recipients since April 1 represent the amount of EI paid to recipients this fiscal year
  • A recipient is someone who receives at least one payment

EI recipients statistics

Active recipients by province or territory and age group

Table 4: EI active recipients by province or territory and age group – Number of active recipients
Provinces and territories Under 25 25 - 34 Years 35 - 44 Years 45 - 54 Years 55 - 64 Years 65 and Older Total
Newfoundland and Labrador 3,150 7,610 7,550 9,390 13,370 5,250 46,320
Prince Edward Island 820 2,150 1,690 1,550 1,960 1,160 9,320
Nova Scotia 2,710 9,910 7,390 6,030 7,450 2,990 36,470
New Brunswick 3,260 9,740 8,190 8,150 10,960 4,070 44,360
Quebec 11,910 40,540 43,160 38,860 43,630 14,720 192,830
Ontario 21,070 123,390 79,360 43,280 43,470 12,160 322,720
Manitoba 3,120 11,400 7,250 4,200 3,800 1,160 30,930
Saskatchewan 2,380 8,930 5,690 3,070 2,720 1,120 23,910
Alberta 8,800 38,760 26,840 13,860 11,780 3,540 103,580
British Columbia 7,210 39,030 28,670 13,840 13,740 4,630 107,120
Yukon 50 380 300 90 100 40 950
Northwest Territories 80 400 270 140 140 40 1,070
Nunavut 80 190 160 80 50 20 580
Not Applicable 50 500 290 50 20 20 940
Total 64,680 292,930 216,810 142,580 153,180 50,920 921,060

Notes for tables 4 to 11

Table 5: EI active recipients by province or territory and age group – Percentage of active recipients
Provinces and territories Under 25 25 - 34 Years 35 - 44 Years 45 - 54 Years 55 - 64 Years 65 and Older Total
Newfoundland and Labrador 6.8% 16.4% 16.3% 20.3% 28.9% 11.3% 5.0%
Prince Edward Island 8.8% 23.0% 18.2% 16.6% 21.0% 12.4% 1.0%
Nova Scotia 7.4% 27.2% 20.3% 16.5% 20.4% 8.2% 4.0%
New Brunswick 7.3% 21.9% 18.5% 18.4% 24.7% 9.2% 4.8%
Quebec 6.2% 21.0% 22.4% 20.2% 22.6% 7.6% 20.9%
Ontario 6.5% 38.2% 24.6% 13.4% 13.5% 3.8% 35.0%
Manitoba 10.1% 36.9% 23.4% 13.6% 12.3% 3.8% 3.4%
Saskatchewan 9.9% 37.3% 23.8% 12.9% 11.4% 4.7% 2.6%
Alberta 8.5% 37.4% 25.9% 13.4% 11.4% 3.4% 11.2%
British Columbia 6.7% 36.4% 26.8% 12.9% 12.8% 4.3% 11.6%
Yukon 4.9% 39.9% 31.4% 9.0% 10.3% 4.5% 0.1%
Northwest Territories 7.6% 37.3% 25.6% 13.3% 12.6% 3.6% 0.1%
Nunavut 13.4% 33.0% 27.0% 14.4% 8.7% 3.5% 0.1%
Not Applicable 5.6% 53.4% 31.1% 5.6% 2.1% 2.1% 0.1%
Total 7.0% 31.8% 23.5% 15.5% 16.6% 5.5% 100.0%

Notes for tables 4 to 11

Table 6: EI gross benefit paid to active recipients by province or territory and age group – Gross benefit paid (millions)
Provinces and territories Under 25 25 - 34 Years 35 - 44 Years 45 - 54 Years 55 - 64 Years 65 and Older Total
Newfoundland and Labrador 28.28 83.88 73.37 87.64 129.46 50.68 453.30
Prince Edward Island 8.05 24.92 18.11 15.91 19.93 11.99 98.91
Nova Scotia 21.58 109.14 70.61 50.67 61.74 25.53 339.27
New Brunswick 28.94 104.60 75.68 71.09 100.08 39.85 420.23
Quebec 71.67 274.59 294.16 265.93 305.98 106.09 1,318.42
Ontario 168.20 1,455.59 856.26 339.96 330.26 92.25 3,242.51
Manitoba 24.21 125.43 71.60 31.54 28.34 9.45 290.57
Saskatchewan 20.90 107.33 60.06 26.86 23.32 10.36 248.83
Alberta 72.73 456.76 288.55 121.88 105.03 30.70 1,075.65
British Columbia 54.04 452.68 307.93 112.89 109.68 35.93 1,073.16
Yukon 0.46 4.72 3.69 0.76 0.89 0.39 10.90
Northwest Territories 0.84 5.22 3.23 1.28 1.36 0.36 12.28
Nunavut 0.85 2.35 1.84 0.77 0.55 0.08 6.45
Not Applicable 0.31 3.51 2.06 0.39 0.12 0.02 6.41
Total 501.06 3,210.72 2,127.13 1,127.57 1,216.74 413.67 8,596.89

Notes for tables 4 to 11

Table 7: EI gross benefit paid to active recipients by province or territory and age group – Percentage of gross benefit
Provinces and territories Under 25 25 - 34 Years 35 - 44 Years 45 - 54 Years 55 - 64 Years 65 and Older Total
Newfoundland and Labrador 6.2% 18.5% 16.2% 19.3% 28.6% 11.2% 5.3%
Prince Edward Island 8.1% 25.2% 18.3% 16.1% 20.2% 12.1% 1.2%
Nova Scotia 6.4% 32.2% 20.8% 14.9% 18.2% 7.5% 3.9%
New Brunswick 6.9% 24.9% 18.0% 16.9% 23.8% 9.5% 4.9%
Quebec 5.4% 20.8% 22.3% 20.2% 23.2% 8.0% 15.3%
Ontario 5.2% 44.9% 26.4% 10.5% 10.2% 2.8% 37.7%
Manitoba 8.3% 43.2% 24.6% 10.9% 9.8% 3.3% 3.4%
Saskatchewan 8.4% 43.1% 24.1% 10.8% 9.4% 4.2% 2.9%
Alberta 6.8% 42.5% 26.8% 11.3% 9.8% 2.9% 12.5%
British Columbia 5.0% 42.2% 28.7% 10.5% 10.2% 3.3% 12.5%
Yukon 4.2% 43.3% 33.8% 7.0% 8.2% 3.5% 0.1%
Northwest Territories 6.9% 42.5% 26.3% 10.4% 11.1% 2.9% 0.1%
Nunavut 13.2% 36.5% 28.5% 11.9% 8.6% 1.3% 0.1%
Not Applicable 4.9% 54.7% 32.1% 6.1% 1.9% 0.3% 0.1%
Total 5.8% 37.3% 24.7% 13.1% 14.2% 4.8% 100.0%

Notes for tables 4 to 11

Active recipients by province or territory and gender

Table 8: EI active recipients by province or territory and gender – Number of active recipients
Provinces and territories Female gender Male gender Total
Newfoundland and Labrador 19,370 26,950 46,320
Prince Edward Island 4,180 5,140 9,320
Nova Scotia 16,230 20,240 36,470
New Brunswick 19,170 25,190 44,360
Quebec 68,760 124,070 192,830
Ontario 181,960 140,760 322,720
Manitoba 16,410 14,520 30,930
Saskatchewan 12,600 11,310 23,910
Alberta 56,440 47,140 103,580
British Columbia 60,710 46,400 107,120
Yukon 560 390 950
Northwest Territories 560 510 1,070
Nunavut 320 250 570
Not Applicable 170 750 920
Total 457,440 463,630 921,060

Notes for tables 4 to 11

Table 9: EI active recipients by province or territory and gender – Percentage of active recipients
Provinces and territories Female gender Male gender Total
Newfoundland and Labrador 41.8% 58.2% 5.0%
Prince Edward Island 44.9% 55.1% 1.0%
Nova Scotia 44.5% 55.5% 4.0%
New Brunswick 43.2% 56.8% 4.8%
Quebec 35.7% 64.3% 20.9%
Ontario 56.4% 43.6% 35.0%
Manitoba 53.1% 46.9% 3.4%
Saskatchewan 52.7% 47.3% 2.6%
Alberta 54.5% 45.5% 11.2%
British Columbia 56.7% 43.3% 11.6%
Yukon 58.6% 41.4% 0.1%
Northwest Territories 52.5% 47.5% 0.1%
Nunavut 55.9% 44.1% 0.1%
Not Applicable 18.0% 82.0% 0.1%
Total 49.7% 50.3% 100.0%

Notes for tables 4 to 11

Table 10: EI gross benefit paid to active recipients by province or territory and gender – Gross benefit paid (millions)
Provinces and territories Female gender Male gender Total
Newfoundland and Labrador 183.36 269.94 453.30
Prince Edward Island 43.77 55.15 98.91
Nova Scotia 165.27 174.00 339.27
New Brunswick 176.49 243.73 420.23
Quebec 446.98 871.45 1,318.42
Ontario 2,106.31 1,136.20 3,242.51
Manitoba 178.47 112.11 290.57
Saskatchewan 149.38 99.45 248.83
Alberta 661.64 414.01 1,075.65
British Columbia 704.65 368.51 1,073.16
Yukon 7.40 3.50 10.90
Northwest Territories 7.57 4.72 12.28
Nunavut 3.79 2.66 6.45
Not Applicable 2.24 4.17 6.41
Total 4,837.31 3,759.58 8,596.89

Notes for tables 4 to 11

Table 11: EI gross benefit paid to active recipients by province or territory and gender – Percentage of gross benefit
Provinces and territories Female gender Male gender Total
Newfoundland and Labrador 40.5% 59.5% 5.3%
Prince Edward Island 44.2% 55.8% 1.2%
Nova Scotia 48.7% 51.3% 3.9%
New Brunswick 42.0% 58.0% 4.9%
Quebec 33.9% 66.1% 15.3%
Ontario 65.0% 35.0% 37.7%
Manitoba 61.4% 38.6% 3.4%
Saskatchewan 60.0% 40.0% 2.9%
Alberta 61.5% 38.5% 12.5%
British Columbia 65.7% 34.3% 12.5%
Yukon 67.9% 32.1% 0.1%
Northwest Territories 61.6% 38.4% 0.1%
Nunavut 58.7% 41.3% 0.1%
Not Applicable 34.9% 65.1% 0.1%
Total 56.3% 43.7% 100.0%
Notes for tables 4 to 11
  • A recipient is someone who receives at least one payment
  • All values for number of recipients are rounded to the nearest 10. Rounding may cause a small difference between the total and the sum of the active recipient values
  • Gross benefit paid (millions) represents the gross amount of benefits paid, before tax. EI deducts tax at source for all EI benefits. Rounding may cause a small difference between the total and the sum of individual values
  • Not applicable is used when a recipient provides an address outside of Canada. While the EI program requires individuals to reside inside Canada to qualify, some individuals may be currently out of the country on a temporary basis, or working in Canada on a temporary basis. For example:
    • a student who is temporarily abroad
    • someone temporarily working abroad, or
    • temporary worker who has fallen ill but their home address is in another country

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