Benefit payments, Regular benefits, All classes of workers, Canada

(SC_14100007_87235573)
Observations
Aug 2026: 1819211280
Updated: 2026-11-02, 9:23:22 a.m. ET
Units
Dollars,
Frequency
Monthly
Source
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance Statistics
Series ID
SC_14100007_87235573
Table 14-10-0007-01
CREDBenefit payments, Regular benefits, All classes of workers, Canada
COVID-19 recessionGlobal Financial Crisis500000000100000000015000000002000000000250000000030000000003500000000400000000045000000001997200020032006200920122015201820212026Dollars1997-01-01: 11031763001997-02-01: 8967018901997-03-01: 8670027501997-04-01: 9474833101997-05-01: 6881630701997-06-01: 5948670701997-07-01: 5680421201997-08-01: 5699302801997-09-01: 5637084701997-10-01: 4931680301997-11-01: 5424410401997-12-01: 7268856901998-01-01: 8996491401998-02-01: 8769988901998-03-01: 9750134101998-04-01: 7984593801998-05-01: 6394473701998-06-01: 5886799501998-07-01: 5269588001998-08-01: 6394495701998-09-01: 5260341301998-10-01: 4743007201998-11-01: 6020555501998-12-01: 7152583401999-01-01: 8719859401999-02-01: 8459627201999-03-01: 9493546401999-04-01: 7575283901999-05-01: 6881695201999-06-01: 5205075501999-07-01: 4590318301999-08-01: 6357727001999-09-01: 4562874901999-10-01: 4512196601999-11-01: 5484906801999-12-01: 6102564102000-01-01: 8930811502000-02-01: 8042646902000-03-01: 7702555102000-04-01: 7139396402000-05-01: 6167629402000-06-01: 4429287702000-07-01: 4963238002000-08-01: 5419836802000-09-01: 4117415602000-10-01: 4758254102000-11-01: 4957166602000-12-01: 5674261202001-01-01: 9208858802001-02-01: 7804077002001-03-01: 7749784102001-04-01: 8230001202001-05-01: 6089850802001-06-01: 4911569102001-07-01: 5965632002001-08-01: 6005832902001-09-01: 5443811302001-10-01: 5656517302001-11-01: 6009081002001-12-01: 7818752002002-01-01: 10456739202002-02-01: 9251987602002-03-01: 8800279602002-04-01: 9865391502002-05-01: 6589606902002-06-01: 5485454702002-07-01: 6675607102002-08-01: 6206328602002-09-01: 6115005302002-10-01: 5235083802002-11-01: 5730645402002-12-01: 8141865002003-01-01: 9432200902003-02-01: 8856627802003-03-01: 10441382502003-04-01: 7970857002003-05-01: 6696387702003-06-01: 6657943402003-07-01: 6079113602003-08-01: 6628105602003-09-01: 6745177002003-10-01: 5391353702003-11-01: 7185323402003-12-01: 7678787602004-01-01: 9251899802004-02-01: 10756672902004-03-01: 9307477002004-04-01: 7922817502004-05-01: 7754406502004-06-01: 5436054602004-07-01: 5305977302004-08-01: 8008967202004-09-01: 5257142202004-10-01: 5652061602004-11-01: 6184032802004-12-01: 6850160802005-01-01: 10343616102005-02-01: 8861104402005-03-01: 8747724302005-04-01: 7783437402005-05-01: 7706060102005-06-01: 5194655502005-07-01: 5426757402005-08-01: 7416575802005-09-01: 5084623602005-10-01: 5812794602005-11-01: 5606357402005-12-01: 6525876002006-01-01: 10193548902006-02-01: 8689843202006-03-01: 8431097502006-04-01: 8695006302006-05-01: 6322798902006-06-01: 5087964002006-07-01: 6237247702006-08-01: 6744251602006-09-01: 5176111902006-10-01: 6055146802006-11-01: 5758973802006-12-01: 6654210702007-01-01: 10455021702007-02-01: 8752006202007-03-01: 8461194102007-04-01: 9226716302007-05-01: 6202039702007-06-01: 5078565302007-07-01: 6275728802007-08-01: 6541474502007-09-01: 5900715902007-10-01: 4948335302007-11-01: 5569425602007-12-01: 7435284402008-01-01: 9099309602008-02-01: 8651647702008-03-01: 10146673102008-04-01: 7916192302008-05-01: 6260663302008-06-01: 6164792602008-07-01: 5672430402008-08-01: 6970323202008-09-01: 6737214102008-10-01: 5278913602008-11-01: 7235924002008-12-01: 8298108302009-01-01: 11010396002009-02-01: 11772450202009-03-01: 15159180902009-04-01: 13288002402009-05-01: 13293800802009-06-01: 10478428202009-07-01: 10481452002009-08-01: 13982211102009-09-01: 9687853502009-10-01: 8947767302009-11-01: 11640835802009-12-01: 11182099302010-01-01: 15856797602010-02-01: 13248130502010-03-01: 13584208502010-04-01: 11899917902010-05-01: 12053311002010-06-01: 8868734702010-07-01: 8986886802010-08-01: 12527314502010-09-01: 8489460902010-10-01: 9143026802010-11-01: 8924466802010-12-01: 9934425202011-01-01: 14593426502011-02-01: 12060377302011-03-01: 11915149902011-04-01: 10464079502011-05-01: 10848169702011-06-01: 7473020302011-07-01: 7610216202011-08-01: 10393401302011-09-01: 7024511202011-10-01: 7651101602011-11-01: 7143454302011-12-01: 8284884502012-01-01: 13167978502012-02-01: 11319914602012-03-01: 10759371302012-04-01: 11465949302012-05-01: 7831153502012-06-01: 6556046102012-07-01: 8262410502012-08-01: 8619190902012-09-01: 7800865702012-10-01: 6454719302012-11-01: 6823774602012-12-01: 9672505202013-01-01: 11091541502013-02-01: 10609798102013-03-01: 10077729902013-04-01: 11418281202013-05-01: 7478528902013-06-01: 6466126702013-07-01: 8161382402013-08-01: 8387525302013-09-01: 7948859402013-10-01: 6235580102013-11-01: 6640656302013-12-01: 9836449002014-01-01: 10918988402014-02-01: 10778046902014-03-01: 12806107802014-04-01: 9709133102014-05-01: 7863020302014-06-01: 7681565802014-07-01: 7201084502014-08-01: 8462139602014-09-01: 8126290402014-10-01: 6072362602014-11-01: 7938709602014-12-01: 8689938802015-01-01: 10925231002015-02-01: 11152931102015-03-01: 13759647302015-04-01: 10521721302015-05-01: 9918486202015-06-01: 7387948002015-07-01: 7745232402015-08-01: 11549881902015-09-01: 7502595002015-10-01: 6828145402015-11-01: 9352783702015-12-01: 9545869002016-01-01: 14341590602016-02-01: 12947894902016-03-01: 12340002902016-04-01: 11019137902016-05-01: 10951335902016-06-01: 7880178602016-07-01: 8659030802016-08-01: 12849490202016-09-01: 8838229602016-10-01: 9076693702016-11-01: 8794103302016-12-01: 10058175802017-01-01: 15426240302017-02-01: 12734310702017-03-01: 12317959702017-04-01: 12902197102017-05-01: 9111978702017-06-01: 7274389402017-07-01: 9617849702017-08-01: 10123810402017-09-01: 7355972502017-10-01: 8039536702017-11-01: 7543618402017-12-01: 8909244702018-01-01: 14643311402018-02-01: 11593968002018-03-01: 10947919502018-04-01: 11707441102018-05-01: 7539173002018-06-01: 6142250302018-07-01: 8566338202018-08-01: 9101243902018-09-01: 7382920702018-10-01: 5897480502018-11-01: 6564987402018-12-01: 9997362602019-01-01: 11923758402019-02-01: 11008962802019-03-01: 12560366802019-04-01: 9603451702019-05-01: 7317397502019-06-01: 5999170602019-07-01: 8487638102019-08-01: 9208586802019-09-01: 7861865402019-10-01: 6023408002019-11-01: 6754297202019-12-01: 10456731802020-01-01: 12156728802020-02-01: 11368143502020-10-01: 24950369202020-11-01: 31259872202020-12-01: 29100447102021-01-01: 42540122402021-02-01: 36785127402021-03-01: 36521085502021-04-01: 33866324302021-05-01: 39402994602021-06-01: 30325123302021-07-01: 31075586402021-08-01: 38990338202021-09-01: 25350708002021-10-01: 16069518502021-11-01: 13797326202021-12-01: 13993057202022-01-01: 19829277202022-02-01: 15571285202022-03-01: 14680247902022-04-01: 12132316002022-05-01: 11592048702022-06-01: 7969462702022-07-01: 9178849202022-08-01: 12926456102022-09-01: 7672944402022-10-01: 7729458002022-11-01: 7254381702022-12-01: 8648192202023-01-01: 14056216502023-02-01: 11584084302023-03-01: 11590217002023-04-01: 11481701702023-05-01: 7986357302023-06-01: 6678956602023-07-01: 9965989202023-08-01: 11489534602023-09-01: 8064854802023-10-01: 8808148202023-11-01: 8628017302023-12-01: 10381795302024-01-01: 16911358502024-02-01: 13482179002024-03-01: 12715864802024-04-01: 13875862402024-05-01: 8964498302024-06-01: 7928643402024-07-01: 11976391602024-08-01: 12735124002024-09-01: 10940921302024-10-01: 8330814902024-11-01: 9120662802024-12-01: 13569947002025-01-01: 15380750902025-02-01: 14210419902025-03-01: 16676277802025-04-01: 12473733902025-05-01: 10458896802025-06-01: 11020465402025-07-01: 13364846402025-08-01: 15033571102025-09-01: 13405217502025-10-01: 10213918502025-11-01: 13402858502025-12-01: 14295999402026-01-01: 18531176802026-02-01: 16455953202026-03-01: 19616366002026-04-01: 14237292302026-05-01: 13312522202026-06-01: 10324801902026-07-01: 13836633002026-08-01: 1819211280
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, Regular benefits, All classes of workers. From the Employment Insurance Statistics (Statistics Canada), table 14-10-0007-01. Expressed in dollars; published monthly.

Suggested Citation: Statistics Canada, Benefit payments, Regular benefits, All classes of workers, Canada SC_14100007_87235573, retrieved from CRED, Canadian Research Economic Data; https://cred.nshipyard.com/series/SC_14100007_87235573, November 2, 2026.

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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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