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Employment Insurance statistics
  March 2007 February 2007 March 2006 February to March 2007 March 2006 to March 2007
  Seasonally adjusted
      % change
Regular beneficiaries 482,220p 485,810r 502,040 -0.7 -3.9
Regular benefits paid ($ millions) 695.5p 701.0r 676.3 -0.8 2.8
Initial and Renewal Claims received ('000) 221.4p 211.7r 224.4 4.6 -1.4
  Unadjusted
All beneficiaries ('000)1 881.2p 895.2p 938.3    
Regular beneficiaries ('000) 618.0p 629.1p 641.7    
Initial and Renewal Claims received ('000) 190.6 162.5 197.8    
Payments ($ millions) 1,271.7 1,420.9 1,338.5    
  Year-to-date (January to March)
      2007 2006 2006 to 2007
         % change
Claims received ('000)     704.5 699.9 0.7
Payments ($ millions)     4,329.4 4,374.3 -1.0
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1."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) and are representative of data for the Labour Force Survey reference week which is usually the week containing the 15th of the month.


Number of beneficiaries receiving regular benefits
  March 2007p February to March 2007 March 2006 to March 2007
  Seasonally adjusted
    % change
Canada 482,220 -0.7 -3.9
Newfoundland and Labrador 36,470 0.2 -3.7
Prince Edward Island 7,640 0.7 -3.9
Nova Scotia 27,270 -0.1 -4.8
New Brunswick 31,070 -1.2 -5.4
Quebec 174,250 -1.3 -1.5
Ontario 130,470 0.6 -0.9
Manitoba 10,290 -2.6 -6.2
Saskatchewan 9,350 -2.3 -2.5
Alberta 16,400 -0.5 -13.1
British Columbia 37,690 -2.1 -13.6
Yukon 800 2.6 -4.8
Northwest Territories 710 1.4 -9.0
Nunavut 390 2.6 -2.5
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Note:The number of beneficiaries includes all claimants who received regular benefits for the Labour Force Survey reference week, usually containing the 15th day of the month. 
Date Modified: 2009-08-20

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