Employee benefit payments, All types of income benefits, Canada

(SC_14100007_87235571)
Observations
Aug 2026: 2808968720
Updated: 2026-11-02, 9:23:12 a.m. ET
Units
Dollars,
Frequency
Monthly
Source
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance Statistics
Series ID
SC_14100007_87235571
Table 14-10-0007-01
CREDEmployee benefit payments, All types of income benefits, Canada
COVID-19 recessionGlobal Financial Crisis50000000010000000001500000000200000000025000000003000000000350000000040000000004500000000500000000055000000001997200020032006200920122015201820212026Dollars1997-01-01: 12359765201997-02-01: 10117166501997-03-01: 10037788901997-04-01: 10748179201997-05-01: 8112169801997-06-01: 7420841001997-07-01: 6998291901997-08-01: 6998065401997-09-01: 7198522501997-10-01: 6199346201997-11-01: 6857348001997-12-01: 8699208701998-01-01: 10028685501998-02-01: 9968699901998-03-01: 11192162501998-04-01: 9216190501998-05-01: 7826128501998-06-01: 7205533501998-07-01: 6578465201998-08-01: 7986397201998-09-01: 6604940401998-10-01: 6040438301998-11-01: 7531112901998-12-01: 8660975601999-01-01: 9977742801999-02-01: 9730591801999-03-01: 10855949301999-04-01: 8846023301999-05-01: 8419003401999-06-01: 6566460401999-07-01: 5938273101999-08-01: 8066423301999-09-01: 5969927601999-10-01: 6115606001999-11-01: 6896640101999-12-01: 7679703202000-01-01: 10323135602000-02-01: 9415705502000-03-01: 9094783102000-04-01: 8710680002000-05-01: 7618868802000-06-01: 5853719502000-07-01: 6705352802000-08-01: 6959814102000-09-01: 5566108202000-10-01: 6496104302000-11-01: 6408308602000-12-01: 7247864302001-01-01: 10678394902001-02-01: 9222979502001-03-01: 9244260302001-04-01: 10021624502001-05-01: 7743100502001-06-01: 6591042502001-07-01: 8188005902001-08-01: 8025428802001-09-01: 8041403702001-10-01: 8120995402001-11-01: 8508244502001-12-01: 10935088302002-01-01: 13211000902002-02-01: 11907896202002-03-01: 11434932002002-04-01: 13115813402002-05-01: 9210106102002-06-01: 8118813902002-07-01: 9965948102002-08-01: 8912766502002-09-01: 9345690902002-10-01: 7901124502002-11-01: 8377988802002-12-01: 11376851002003-01-01: 12171771202003-02-01: 11545068202003-03-01: 13777057102003-04-01: 10705992002003-05-01: 9443528102003-06-01: 10073577302003-07-01: 8935198902003-08-01: 9480266202003-09-01: 10241080602003-10-01: 8209930902003-11-01: 10635135902003-12-01: 10591114902004-01-01: 12125122602004-02-01: 14293816802004-03-01: 12306897602004-04-01: 10841190202004-05-01: 11350404602004-06-01: 8408172202004-07-01: 8250766702004-08-01: 11745744602004-09-01: 8217666202004-10-01: 9152797002004-11-01: 9202841702004-12-01: 9830658902005-01-01: 13977642802005-02-01: 11874989602005-03-01: 11829042502005-04-01: 10787105002005-05-01: 11425836502005-06-01: 8254945602005-07-01: 8628808402005-08-01: 11139167202005-09-01: 8171272502005-10-01: 9566283502005-11-01: 8700657102005-12-01: 9626243202006-01-01: 14016549902006-02-01: 11813866502006-03-01: 11524499702006-04-01: 12299750802006-05-01: 9325383402006-06-01: 8008762502006-07-01: 9723083402006-08-01: 9679210002006-09-01: 7959642002006-10-01: 9389193402006-11-01: 8487085502006-12-01: 9353408402007-01-01: 13802607102007-02-01: 11479035402007-03-01: 11217446302007-04-01: 12553547502007-05-01: 9017040202007-06-01: 7865441302007-07-01: 9733077202007-08-01: 9454403202007-09-01: 9317747802007-10-01: 7809254502007-11-01: 8419923002007-12-01: 10899589102008-01-01: 12270004002008-02-01: 11579669502008-03-01: 13765486402008-04-01: 10929170602008-05-01: 9255230802008-06-01: 9809259502008-07-01: 8721182702008-08-01: 10014100402008-09-01: 10472367702008-10-01: 8310330302008-11-01: 10912664302008-12-01: 11430354202009-01-01: 14159651902009-02-01: 14969983702009-03-01: 19167436202009-04-01: 16587772602009-05-01: 17263795102009-06-01: 13946863202009-07-01: 13995616102009-08-01: 18133752602009-09-01: 13180198702009-10-01: 12388010802009-11-01: 15811250202009-12-01: 14620495402010-01-01: 20000396902010-02-01: 16668550002010-03-01: 17062171402010-04-01: 15217091902010-05-01: 16072097802010-06-01: 12218897902010-07-01: 12304307802010-08-01: 16582999702010-09-01: 11753120802010-10-01: 13010732702010-11-01: 12201479002010-12-01: 13199189902011-01-01: 18572959102011-02-01: 15353932302011-03-01: 15286819802011-04-01: 13693921302011-05-01: 14845260202011-06-01: 10789189002011-07-01: 10920027102011-08-01: 14452186002011-09-01: 10307612002011-10-01: 11594225002011-11-01: 10429072502011-12-01: 11594063302012-01-01: 17376314102012-02-01: 14797665402012-03-01: 14199003102012-04-01: 15588449302012-05-01: 11268341502012-06-01: 9965035202012-07-01: 12450107702012-08-01: 12122612102012-09-01: 11962458302012-10-01: 9934397702012-11-01: 10245332002012-12-01: 13921647002013-01-01: 14690967802013-02-01: 14167574602013-03-01: 13623539702013-04-01: 15729361602013-05-01: 11042367402013-06-01: 10031617702013-07-01: 12592576102013-08-01: 12060802102013-09-01: 12446380902013-10-01: 9939322802013-11-01: 10294866702013-12-01: 14334512402014-01-01: 14730812402014-02-01: 14549912602014-03-01: 17526058902014-04-01: 13518570002014-05-01: 11685109402014-06-01: 12345915502014-07-01: 11115226602014-08-01: 12330623402014-09-01: 12877901702014-10-01: 9955056402014-11-01: 12653660302014-12-01: 12655808702015-01-01: 14859717302015-02-01: 15103333502015-03-01: 18721069502015-04-01: 14501962302015-05-01: 14724035102015-06-01: 11408099102015-07-01: 11791050402015-08-01: 16570157102015-09-01: 11536885702015-10-01: 10829237002015-11-01: 14305711202015-12-01: 13662687302016-01-01: 19367792702016-02-01: 17217332502016-03-01: 16609174402016-04-01: 15209636702016-05-01: 16084652002016-06-01: 12076657902016-07-01: 12902862602016-08-01: 18134416102016-09-01: 13450070402016-10-01: 13910444702016-11-01: 13089989102016-12-01: 14347122002017-01-01: 20767614102017-02-01: 17196994502017-03-01: 16878666702017-04-01: 18277911002017-05-01: 13649708402017-06-01: 11712852802017-07-01: 15028359702017-08-01: 14689550902017-09-01: 11734863002017-10-01: 13404869902017-11-01: 11970686802017-12-01: 13351404202018-01-01: 20169152302018-02-01: 16152095102018-03-01: 15546818902018-04-01: 17288976802018-05-01: 12100152702018-06-01: 10607983502018-07-01: 14078991602018-08-01: 13697987202018-09-01: 12780756202018-10-01: 10428487002018-11-01: 11027705602018-12-01: 15478877602019-01-01: 16582874802019-02-01: 15640477302019-03-01: 18316075402019-04-01: 14387823802019-05-01: 12015845302019-06-01: 10718901102019-07-01: 14307538402019-08-01: 14044100902019-09-01: 13751534602019-10-01: 10894783202019-11-01: 11542437202019-12-01: 16360214802020-01-01: 17062538002020-02-01: 16304376202020-10-01: 29959839102020-11-01: 39007568802020-12-01: 36019675802021-01-01: 50764451002021-02-01: 42992051902021-03-01: 42895424502021-04-01: 40017267002021-05-01: 47058939902021-06-01: 36720878902021-07-01: 37465175602021-08-01: 46955060702021-09-01: 31756163002021-10-01: 23236371502021-11-01: 19927708502021-12-01: 19918890602022-01-01: 26850196202022-02-01: 21317419302022-03-01: 20499861702022-04-01: 17633755102022-05-01: 18379929302022-06-01: 13603355402022-07-01: 14786598402022-08-01: 19839800702022-09-01: 13253981102022-10-01: 14437500002022-11-01: 12845807302022-12-01: 14127082902023-01-01: 20676161102023-02-01: 17135091102023-03-01: 17396219602023-04-01: 18322931602023-05-01: 13958022102023-06-01: 12699826902023-07-01: 17345309102023-08-01: 17872382302023-09-01: 14202157102023-10-01: 16387195102023-11-01: 14985326702023-12-01: 16660514002024-01-01: 24763736202024-02-01: 19991356402024-03-01: 19162970702024-04-01: 21847262102024-05-01: 15464889702024-06-01: 14453871102024-07-01: 20104753502024-08-01: 19475708702024-09-01: 19093342302024-10-01: 15160758902024-11-01: 15788353702024-12-01: 21742869302025-01-01: 22206316602025-02-01: 21010131402025-03-01: 25164013602025-04-01: 19531814302025-05-01: 17575245302025-06-01: 19693465802025-07-01: 20880173902025-08-01: 22507437302025-09-01: 22597556802025-10-01: 17778178002025-11-01: 22459145702025-12-01: 21946397402026-01-01: 26048104402026-02-01: 24208258402026-03-01: 29354428302026-04-01: 22046041202026-05-01: 22589761602026-06-01: 18335517702026-07-01: 21930530402026-08-01: 2808968720
Source: Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance Statistics via CRED
Shaded areas indicate Canadian recessions (C.D. Howe Institute).
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Notes

Units: Dollars

Frequency: Monthly

Notes: Benefit payments, All types of income benefits, Employee. From the Employment Insurance Statistics (Statistics Canada), table 14-10-0007-01. Expressed in dollars; published monthly.

Suggested Citation: Statistics Canada, Employee benefit payments, All types of income benefits, Canada SC_14100007_87235571, retrieved from CRED, Canadian Research Economic Data; https://cred.nshipyard.com/series/SC_14100007_87235571, November 2, 2026.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey via CRED
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Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey via CRED
Shaded areas indicate Canadian recessions (C.D. Howe Institute).
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Labour Force Participation Rate

CREDAverage Hourly Earnings
COVID-19 recession232425262728293031323334201620182020202220242026Dollars per hour2016-09-01: 23.722016-10-01: 24.22016-11-01: 24.232016-12-01: 24.322017-01-01: 24.052017-02-01: 24.322017-03-01: 24.32017-04-01: 24.682017-05-01: 24.22017-06-01: 24.232017-07-01: 23.832017-08-01: 23.82017-09-01: 24.362017-10-01: 24.362017-11-01: 24.462017-12-01: 24.72018-01-01: 24.822018-02-01: 24.972018-03-01: 25.112018-04-01: 24.862018-05-01: 24.772018-06-01: 24.862018-07-01: 24.822018-08-01: 24.932018-09-01: 25.32018-10-01: 25.352018-11-01: 25.442018-12-01: 25.682019-01-01: 25.392019-02-01: 25.772019-03-01: 25.532019-04-01: 25.72019-05-01: 25.732019-06-01: 25.692019-07-01: 25.522019-08-01: 25.552019-09-01: 25.572019-10-01: 26.022019-11-01: 26.022019-12-01: 26.492020-01-01: 26.252020-02-01: 26.382020-03-01: 26.772020-04-01: 27.322020-05-01: 27.312020-06-01: 27.162020-07-01: 26.82020-08-01: 26.992020-09-01: 26.992020-10-01: 27.232020-11-01: 27.132020-12-01: 27.562021-01-01: 27.752021-02-01: 27.932021-03-01: 27.512021-04-01: 27.522021-05-01: 27.652021-06-01: 27.322021-07-01: 27.312021-08-01: 27.412021-09-01: 27.462021-10-01: 27.662021-11-01: 27.832021-12-01: 28.312022-01-01: 28.142022-02-01: 28.192022-03-01: 28.62022-04-01: 28.482022-05-01: 28.412022-06-01: 28.592022-07-01: 28.222022-08-01: 28.422022-09-01: 28.832022-10-01: 28.992022-11-01: 29.192022-12-01: 29.442023-01-01: 29.252023-02-01: 29.42023-03-01: 29.572023-04-01: 29.662023-05-01: 29.722023-06-01: 29.712023-07-01: 29.62023-08-01: 29.462023-09-01: 29.832023-10-01: 30.022023-11-01: 29.892023-12-01: 30.022024-01-01: 30.142024-02-01: 30.542024-03-01: 30.452024-04-01: 30.742024-05-01: 30.762024-06-01: 30.872024-07-01: 30.572024-08-01: 30.912024-09-01: 31.172024-10-01: 32.022024-11-01: 31.152024-12-01: 31.012025-01-01: 31.222025-02-01: 31.432025-03-01: 31.252025-04-01: 31.72025-05-01: 31.82025-06-01: 31.552025-07-01: 31.742025-08-01: 31.732025-09-01: 32.122025-10-01: 32.392025-11-01: 32.512025-12-01: 32.742026-01-01: 32.752026-02-01: 32.992026-03-01: 32.842026-04-01: 32.922026-05-01: 33.012026-06-01: 32.742026-07-01: 32.912026-08-01: 33.1
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours via CRED
Shaded areas indicate Canadian recessions (C.D. Howe Institute).
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