The number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits was little changed in October (+0.7%; +2,900) and stood at 443,000. Considering this little variation, little change was observed over the last three months, after three consecutive monthly increases that ended in July. On a year-over-year basis, the number of regular EI beneficiaries increased by 6,500 (+1.5%) in October.
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