Infographic 1
Number of regular Employment Insurance beneficiaries up sharply in January

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Number of regular Employment Insurance beneficiaries up sharply in January"

This is a linear chart.

The left vertical axis shows the number of regular Employment Insurance beneficiaries from 0 to 1,600,000 by increments of 200,000.

The right vertical axis shows the unemployment rate (%) from 0 to 16 by increments of 2.

The horizontal axis shows every month from January 2019 to January 2021.

The light blue line that represents the number of regular Employment Insurance beneficiaries shows its lowest point in August 2020, at 159,720, and its highest point in January 2021, at 1,480,420.

The dark blue line that represents the unemployment rate shows its lowest point in May 2019, at 5.4%, and its highest point in May 2020, at 13.7%.

Source(s): Employment Insurance Statistics (2604), table 14-10-0011-01; Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0287-01.