Table 1
Coverage and eligibility of the unemployed for Employment Insurance benefits, 2011

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Coverage and eligibility of the unemployed for Employment Insurance benefits, 2011
  Number Unemployed Contributors Contributors with valid job separation
  thousands %
Unemployed 1,345 100.0
Contributors 867 64.5 100.0
Contributors, valid job separation 695 51.7 80.2 100.0
Eligible contributors 545 40.6 62.9 78.4
Not eligible due to not enough insurable hours 150 11.2 17.3 21.6
Contributors, invalid job separation 171 12.7 19.8
Invalid job separation: quit to go back to school 71 5.3 8.2
Invalid job separation: other reasons deemed invalid 100 7.4 11.5
Non-contributors 478 35.5
Had no insurable employment 46 3.4
Had not worked in previous 12 months / never worked 432 32.2
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