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Wednesday, December 18, 2002 Employment InsuranceOctober 2002 (preliminary)The estimated number of Canadians (adjusted for seasonality) receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits in October was up 0.6% from September to 556,600. Ontario was the only province or territory to record a decrease (-1.4%). The largest increases were in Prince Edward Island (+5.2%), Yukon (+5.2%) and Alberta (+4.9%). Quebec showed a slight monthly rise of 0.4%, just below the national average.
Also on a seasonally adjusted basis, regular benefit payments in October totalled $752.6 million, and initial and renewal claims received were reported at 240,850.
Note: Employment Insurance Statistics Program data are produced from an administrative data source and may, from time to time, be affected by changes to the Employment Insurance Act or administrative procedures. The number of beneficiaries is a measure of all persons who received Employment Insurance benefits for the week containing the fifteenth day of the month. The regular benefit payments series measures the total of all monies received by individuals for the entire month. Although job creation, training and self-employment benefit payments are included in the regular benefit payments series, the regular benefits comprise the vast majority of this dollar amount. Available on CANSIM: tables 276-0001 to 276-0006, 276-0009, 276-0011, 276-0015 and 276-0016. Information on methods and data quality available in the Integrated Meta Data Base: survey number 2604. For general information or to order data, contact Client Services (1-866-873-8788; 613-951-4090; labour@statcan.gc.ca). To enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Gilles Groleau (613-951-4091) or Jamie Brunet (613-951-6684), Labour Statistics Division. |
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