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Employment Insurance statistics
  August 2007 July 2007 August 2006 July to August 2007 August 2006 to August 2007
  Seasonally adjusted
        % change
Regular beneficiaries 488,600p 529,070r 508,860 -7.6 -4.0
Regular benefits paid ($ millions) 702.3p 702.9r 697.6 -0.1 0.7
Initial and Renewal Claims received ('000) 209.8p 215.9r 219.2 -2.8 -4.3
  Unadjusted
All beneficiaries ('000)1 709.4p 720.7p 745.6    
Regular beneficiaries ('000) 473.9p 486.8p 501.4    
Initial and Renewal Claims received ('000) 155.3 302.9 172.0    
Payments ($ millions) 1,115.6 1,100.7 1,121.6    
  Year-to-date (January to August)
      2007 2006 2006 to 2007
          % change
Claims received ('000)     1,680.6 1,711.4 -1.8
Payments ($ millions)     10,077.0 10,196.4 -1.2
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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
  August 2007p July to August 2007 August 2006 to August 2007
  Seasonally adjusted
    % change
Canada 488,600 -7.6 -4.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 36,470 0.9 -4.8
Prince Edward Island 8,140 -6.9 -3.6
Nova Scotia 28,310 -2.9 -8.3
New Brunswick 29,930 -4.0 -11.1
Quebec 164,200 -13.6 -5.7
Ontario 134,600 -5.7 0.1
Manitoba 11,160 -16.2 -2.7
Saskatchewan 10,210 -9.7 -5.6
Alberta 18,020 -2.6 -14.9
British Columbia 39,090 -7.1 -6.8
Yukon 790 0.0 -8.1
Northwest Territories 600 -1.6 -13.0
Nunavut 340 0.0 -8.1
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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.