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Tuesday, January 27, 2004 Employment InsuranceNovember 2003 (preliminary)The estimated number of Canadians (adjusted for seasonality) receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits in November was 571,310, down 1.4% from October. While this was the fourth consecutive monthly decline, the number was still 3.8% higher than in November 2002. Nova Scotia, Quebec, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon have all shown continuous decreases for at least the past three months. At the national level, the recent downward trend follows steady increases in the number of regular beneficiaries observed during the first half of 2003.
Also on a seasonally adjusted basis, regular benefit payments in November totalled $752.6 million, while the number of people making initial and renewal claims was 243,590. 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. Available on CANSIM: tables 276-0001 to 276-0006, 276-0009, 276-0011, 276-0015 and 276-0016. Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2604. Data on Employment Insurance for December will be released on February 24. 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.
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