Employment Insurance, December 2021

February 17, 2022, 8:41 a.m. (EST)

Approximately 636,000 Canadians received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits in December, down by 56,000 (-8.1%) from a month earlier.

December EI statistics reflect labour market conditions during the week of December 5 to 11, 2021.

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