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Employment Insurance statistics
  July 2007 June 2007 July 2006 June to July 2007 July 2006 to July 2007
  Seasonally adjusted
        % change
Regular beneficiaries 531,210p 474,120r 476,150 12.0 11.6
Regular benefits paid ($ millions) 702.9p 710.7r 723.8 -1.1 -2.9
Initial and Renewal Claims received ('000) 218.0p 219.2r 223.9 -0.5 -2.6
  Unadjusted
All beneficiaries ('000)1 720.7p 604.2p 669.9    
Regular beneficiaries ('000) 486.8p 367.5p 426.5    
Initial and Renewal Claims received ('000) 302.9 174.2 304.6    
Payments ($ millions) 1,100.7 962.3 1,131.7    
  Year-to-date (January to July)
      2007 2006 2006 to 2007
          % change
Claims received ('000)     1,525.3 1,539.5 -0.9
Payments ($ millions)     8,961.3 9,074.9 -1.3
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1."All beneficiaries" includes all claimants receiving regular benefits (for example, as a result of a 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
  July 2007p June to July 2007 July 2006 to July 2007
  Seasonally adjusted
    % change
Canada 531,210 12.0 11.6
Newfoundland and Labrador 36,120 -0.2 -6.1
Prince Edward Island 8,710 7.5 4.1
Nova Scotia 29,000 3.1 0.0
New Brunswick 30,980 1.7 -8.3
Quebec 191,130 15.4 14.4
Ontario 142,060 6.5 18.1
Manitoba 13,350 32.6 30.8
Saskatchewan 11,360 19.5 28.4
Alberta 18,140 10.6 1.8
British Columbia 42,270 13.7 4.5
Yukon 790 1.3 -4.8
Northwest Territories 610 -3.2 -9.0
Nunavut 340 0.0 -10.5
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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.