Chart 5
Regular Employment Insurance beneficiaries per thousand employed, 1976 to 2016
Note(s):
This chart uses annual averages of monthly data unadjusted for seasonality for Employment Insurance (EI) beneficiaries. Data from 1976 to 1996 include those people receiving regular benefits, training benefits, job creation benefits and self-employment benefits. Data from 1997 to 2016 include those people receiving regular benefits, whether or not they participated in one of the three employment benefit programs. This chart uses annual data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) for the number of employed.
Chart description
This is a line chart.
Canada | Atlantic region | Quebec | Ontario | Prairie region | British Columbia | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | 65.5 | 154.1 | 96.8 | 45.7 | 20.3 | 68 |
1977 | 68.8 | 168.6 | 104.4 | 45.3 | 25.3 | 67.5 |
1978 | 71.6 | 172.4 | 109.6 | 46.2 | 29 | 71.4 |
1979 | 60 | 151 | 93.2 | 38.6 | 22.2 | 57.3 |
1980 | 57.3 | 142.2 | 87.6 | 41.3 | 21.4 | 45 |
1981 | 57.1 | 148.6 | 91.3 | 37.8 | 22.7 | 43.7 |
1982 | 96.8 | 192.6 | 141.9 | 69.2 | 51.4 | 105.5 |
1983 | 104.1 | 201.4 | 135.1 | 75.3 | 75 | 117.3 |
1984 | 97.3 | 207.6 | 126.7 | 62.3 | 72.9 | 121 |
1985 | 90.2 | 207.7 | 118.9 | 56.2 | 65.2 | 109.6 |
1986 | 83.4 | 201.5 | 108.6 | 48.5 | 66.6 | 100.3 |
1987 | 76 | 194.5 | 97.9 | 40.5 | 63.9 | 95.1 |
1988 | 71.8 | 189.6 | 97.6 | 35.5 | 58.2 | 88.5 |
1989 | 70.7 | 191.7 | 100 | 33.7 | 57 | 80.4 |
1990 | 76.1 | 191.4 | 107.9 | 45.1 | 53.7 | 75.7 |
1991 | 93 | 214.3 | 124.7 | 66 | 61.9 | 87.4 |
1992 | 96.2 | 225.4 | 128.9 | 69.8 | 65.1 | 82.9 |
1993 | 89.6 | 214.6 | 121.6 | 63.7 | 60.7 | 76 |
1994 | 74.8 | 192.7 | 104.3 | 50.1 | 50.4 | 60.9 |
1995 | 61.8 | 156.5 | 89.6 | 39.7 | 41.7 | 50.9 |
1996 | 58 | 146.4 | 86.1 | 38.1 | 36.2 | 47.8 |
1997 | 47.2 | 124.2 | 70.9 | 30.5 | 26.7 | 38.6 |
1998 | 43.7 | 121.8 | 65.6 | 25.5 | 26 | 39.8 |
1999 | 39.2 | 116.3 | 57.6 | 20.9 | 27 | 35.7 |
2000 | 34.9 | 110.5 | 52.1 | 18.4 | 22.3 | 30.1 |
2001 | 36.9 | 112.6 | 54.5 | 21.7 | 21.1 | 32.3 |
2002 | 38.2 | 112.4 | 53.2 | 23.7 | 23.8 | 34.9 |
2003 | 37.6 | 109.5 | 52.7 | 23.7 | 23.8 | 33.9 |
2004 | 35.6 | 107.3 | 50.5 | 22.6 | 21.3 | 30.2 |
2005 | 33.5 | 107 | 49.2 | 21.4 | 17.9 | 25.5 |
2006 | 31.7 | 105 | 47.9 | 20.8 | 15.3 | 20.7 |
2007 | 30.1 | 98.3 | 45.6 | 20.7 | 14 | 18.4 |
2008 | 30.1 | 96 | 42.9 | 22.3 | 13.8 | 20.4 |
2009 | 46 | 113.2 | 53.7 | 39.9 | 28.9 | 40.5 |
2010 | 42.3 | 110.1 | 50.4 | 34.1 | 27.4 | 38.5 |
2011 | 35.3 | 104.7 | 43.9 | 27.1 | 20.2 | 30.7 |
2012 | 31.9 | 97.9 | 40.9 | 24.3 | 16.8 | 26.3 |
2013 | 29.6 | 89.9 | 37.4 | 23.4 | 16 | 23.8 |
2014 | 28.5 | 86.3 | 37.3 | 21.9 | 15.7 | 23 |
2015 | 29.8 | 90.4 | 36.9 | 21.4 | 22.5 | 23.2 |
2016 | 31.2 | 95.7 | 34.4 | 20 | 34.4 | 22.9 |
Note(s):
This chart uses annual averages of monthly data unadjusted for seasonality for Employment Insurance (EI) beneficiaries. Data from 1976 to 1996 include those people receiving regular benefits, training benefits, job creation benefits and self-employment benefits. Data from 1997 to 2016 include those people receiving regular benefits, whether or not they participated in one of the three employment benefit programs. This chart uses annual data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) for the number of employed.
Report a problem on this page
Is something not working? Is there information outdated? Can't find what you're looking for?
Please contact us and let us know how we can help you.
- Date modified: