The Daily, Tuesday, August 26, 2003. Employment Insurance

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Employment Insurance

The estimated number of Canadians (adjusted for seasonality) receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits in June moved up 0.5% from May to 565,120, marking the fifth consecutive monthly rise. Increases in Ontario (+2.7%), Manitoba (+2.5%), British Columbia (+2.2%) and Nova Scotia (+2.0%) were partly offset by decreases in Prince Edward Island (-8.9%), New Brunswick (-5.2%) and Newfoundland and Labrador (-2.5%).

Also on a seasonally adjusted basis, regular benefit payments in June totalled $785.5 million, while the number of people making initial and renewal claims was 269,940.

Number of beneficiaries receiving regular benefits

June 2003^p

May to June 2003

June 2002 to June 2003

Seasonally adjusted

% change

Canada

565,120

0.5

1.3

Newfoundland and Labrador

36,540

-2.5

1.5

Prince Edward Island

7,620

-8.9

-5.6

Nova Scotia

30,370

2.0

1.6

New Brunswick

34,360

-5.2

-2.9

Quebec

182,430

-1.0

0.4

Ontario

143,690

2.7

5.1

Manitoba

13,320

2.5

-8.4

Saskatchewan

11,580

0.6

-4.8

Alberta

34,370

0.1

6.0

British Columbia

66,220

2.2

-2.9

Yukon Territory

990

1.0

-2.0

Northwest Territories and Nunavut

1,100

-0.9

-5.2

Unadjusted

Northwest Territories

690

-15.9

-8.0

Nunavut

370

5.7

2.8

^p	Preliminary figures.

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.

Employment Insurance statistics

June 2003

May 2003

June 2002

May to June 2003

June 2002 to June 2003

Seasonally adjusted

% change

Regular beneficiaries

565,120^p

562,490^p

557,610

0.5

1.3

Regular benefits paid ($ millions)

785.5^p

754.3

731.2

4.1

7.4

Claims received ('000)

269.9^p

263.5

215.5

2.4

25.2

Unadjusted

% change

All beneficiaries ('000) (see note to users)

707.8^p

777.0^p

688.7

-8.9

2.8

Regular beneficiaries ('000)

444.2^p

513.0^p

435.2

-13.4

2.1

Claims received ('000)

213.5

187.9

155.3

13.6

37.5

Payments ($ millions)

1,175.1

1,082.6

1,008.1

8.5

16.6

Year-to-date (January to June)

2003

2002

2002 to 2003

% change

Claims received ('000)

1,362.9

1,263.3

7.9

Payments ($ millions)

8,032.9

7,980.7

0.7

^p	Preliminary figures.
Note:	"All beneficiaries" includes all claimants receiving regular benefits (for example, as a result of layoff) or special benefits (for example, as a result of illness).

Available on CANSIM: tables 276-0001 to 276-0006, 276-0009, 276-0011, 276-0015 and 276-0016. (These tables will be updated later.)

Definitions, data sources and methods: 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), Labour Statistics Division.