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

(SC_14100007_87235587)
Observations
Aug 2026: 987825780
Updated: 2026-11-02, 9:23:33 a.m. ET
Units
Dollars,
Frequency
Monthly
Source
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance Statistics
Series ID
SC_14100007_87235587
Table 14-10-0007-01
CREDBenefit payments, Special benefits, All classes of workers, Canada
COVID-19 recessionGlobal Financial Crisis100000000200000000300000000400000000500000000600000000700000000800000000900000000100000000011000000001997200020032006200920122015201820212026Dollars1997-01-01: 1314237601997-02-01: 1138505301997-03-01: 1357002101997-04-01: 1263048601997-05-01: 1223655001997-06-01: 1466609901997-07-01: 1314205201997-08-01: 1295499201997-09-01: 1557914801997-10-01: 1264714201997-11-01: 1429709901997-12-01: 1425977701998-01-01: 1026935401998-02-01: 1190580301998-03-01: 1428600901998-04-01: 1220175901998-05-01: 1421682801998-06-01: 1307857301998-07-01: 1301124101998-08-01: 1585172201998-09-01: 1337368701998-10-01: 1288136401998-11-01: 1498475901998-12-01: 1492275101999-01-01: 1238641201999-02-01: 1249152101999-03-01: 1336596501999-04-01: 1252927701999-05-01: 1520739901999-06-01: 1348616701999-07-01: 1339780401999-08-01: 1701648001999-09-01: 1399062701999-10-01: 1598046501999-11-01: 1405788301999-12-01: 1569861302000-01-01: 1384498402000-02-01: 1365369402000-03-01: 1385912802000-04-01: 1567013202000-05-01: 1445620802000-06-01: 1419785102000-07-01: 1739001502000-08-01: 1538170402000-09-01: 1444387102000-10-01: 1730358602000-11-01: 1442650402000-12-01: 1564497402001-01-01: 1455132002001-02-01: 1403187702001-03-01: 1475263302001-04-01: 1769551002001-05-01: 1617640202001-06-01: 1650115102001-07-01: 2197668802001-08-01: 1995596202001-09-01: 2564706502001-10-01: 2429984502001-11-01: 2455863802001-12-01: 3070478702002-01-01: 2697365102002-02-01: 2594469602002-03-01: 2578946002002-04-01: 3198002602002-05-01: 2581988202002-06-01: 2606566202002-07-01: 3265438702002-08-01: 2689038402002-09-01: 3214243602002-10-01: 2653875902002-11-01: 2638991702002-12-01: 3224644502003-01-01: 2725216802003-02-01: 2672690502003-03-01: 3318431202003-04-01: 2716666402003-05-01: 2724950702003-06-01: 3384830402003-07-01: 2824808402003-08-01: 2832399102003-09-01: 3469583302003-10-01: 2795595702003-11-01: 3430230202003-12-01: 2893934002004-01-01: 2857697502004-02-01: 3514170102004-03-01: 2978280402004-04-01: 2902728502004-05-01: 3583970902004-06-01: 2961462702004-07-01: 2935831002004-08-01: 3729280102004-09-01: 2954203702004-10-01: 3495943502004-11-01: 3012404902004-12-01: 2973022802005-01-01: 3624354802005-02-01: 3003968302005-03-01: 3068019302005-04-01: 2991577502005-05-01: 3706184402005-06-01: 3047694302005-07-01: 3193731702005-08-01: 3714573102005-09-01: 3079007102005-10-01: 3744120902005-11-01: 3083582302005-12-01: 3088073402006-01-01: 3810882302006-02-01: 3112987802006-03-01: 3081166202006-04-01: 3595072702006-05-01: 2994541802006-06-01: 2915827202006-07-01: 3481661702006-08-01: 2930902302006-09-01: 2778652202006-10-01: 3329222702006-11-01: 2721196402006-12-01: 2691813902007-01-01: 3340118802007-02-01: 2717326902007-03-01: 2745491702007-04-01: 3313658402007-05-01: 2797952102007-06-01: 2772175502007-07-01: 3443796902007-08-01: 2902523902007-09-01: 3406080402007-10-01: 2851951802007-11-01: 2843376502007-12-01: 3455680002008-01-01: 3159380802008-02-01: 2913418102008-03-01: 3603109402008-04-01: 2993535602008-05-01: 2972683602008-06-01: 3623315802008-07-01: 3029995402008-08-01: 3028136202008-09-01: 3714194502008-10-01: 3009235602008-11-01: 3652326302008-12-01: 3097270502009-01-01: 3105417102009-02-01: 3116921402009-03-01: 3877694702009-04-01: 3148456102009-05-01: 3783065602009-06-01: 3163142302009-07-01: 3188194202009-08-01: 3932623902009-09-01: 3204679702009-10-01: 3144371102009-11-01: 3891062002009-12-01: 3201793202010-01-01: 3879958102010-02-01: 3187331002010-03-01: 3261451102010-04-01: 3142632802010-05-01: 3870206002010-06-01: 3215682002010-07-01: 3203852202010-08-01: 3960773202010-09-01: 3177068102010-10-01: 3784843002010-11-01: 3194760502010-12-01: 3193898502011-01-01: 3914111802011-02-01: 3238067702011-03-01: 3323963502011-04-01: 3201269602011-05-01: 3975858802011-06-01: 3281944002011-07-01: 3279005602011-08-01: 4029611902011-09-01: 3263485502011-10-01: 3930457302011-11-01: 3269944802011-12-01: 3294611902012-01-01: 4186002202012-02-01: 3454134502012-03-01: 3413174902012-04-01: 4101602102012-05-01: 3409423702012-06-01: 3388251202012-07-01: 4167465002012-08-01: 3485261202012-09-01: 4150155702012-10-01: 3464306402012-11-01: 3413209702012-12-01: 4242775402013-01-01: 3586301902013-02-01: 3546066402013-03-01: 3535306902013-04-01: 4300909702013-05-01: 3553065302013-06-01: 3556005302013-07-01: 4422371302013-08-01: 3666916002013-09-01: 4489542702013-10-01: 3689975802013-11-01: 3645359802013-12-01: 4488346202014-01-01: 3797741102014-02-01: 3759468602014-03-01: 4706428602014-04-01: 3795286202014-05-01: 3810305202014-06-01: 4655250002014-07-01: 3904560102014-08-01: 3865577202014-09-01: 4746509802014-10-01: 3879306202014-11-01: 4711293002014-12-01: 3959312802015-01-01: 3926752302015-02-01: 3942435502015-03-01: 4951675302015-04-01: 3969160902015-05-01: 4790812102015-06-01: 4002884802015-07-01: 4021339602015-08-01: 5001379002015-09-01: 4009607802015-10-01: 3976444002015-11-01: 4923264102015-12-01: 4084345902016-01-01: 4993601202016-02-01: 4235339202016-03-01: 4235057402016-04-01: 4155902002016-05-01: 5094027102016-06-01: 4158896802016-07-01: 4206368902016-08-01: 5245731802016-09-01: 4574932802016-10-01: 4796118602016-11-01: 4261721202016-12-01: 4263357002017-01-01: 5316522302017-02-01: 4442301602017-03-01: 4541001502017-04-01: 5361242602017-05-01: 4521983702017-06-01: 4429468902017-07-01: 5405497502017-08-01: 4561279802017-09-01: 4377521402017-10-01: 5363759302017-11-01: 4427516202017-12-01: 4444185802018-01-01: 5527123202018-02-01: 4560307002018-03-01: 4601807702018-04-01: 5586613302018-05-01: 4563916202018-06-01: 4468827202018-07-01: 5517062902018-08-01: 4601717902018-09-01: 5402408702018-10-01: 4534484302018-11-01: 4465887202018-12-01: 5486634802019-01-01: 4660721802019-02-01: 4633130002019-03-01: 5759858202019-04-01: 4784597602019-05-01: 4698740602019-06-01: 4719456802019-07-01: 5820312502019-08-01: 4834220802019-09-01: 5887660602019-10-01: 4867746702019-11-01: 4780326602019-12-01: 5897945102020-01-01: 4897679002020-02-01: 4927848402020-10-01: 4870077202020-11-01: 7602739202020-12-01: 6803698802021-01-01: 8120434502021-02-01: 6083094002021-03-01: 6228898402021-04-01: 6038415902021-05-01: 7541221002021-06-01: 6307168102021-07-01: 6324370702021-08-01: 7906849502021-09-01: 6348457102021-10-01: 7109579702021-11-01: 6075077902021-12-01: 5880630002022-01-01: 6982910202022-02-01: 5707362802022-03-01: 5787843202022-04-01: 5474590602022-05-01: 6759694302022-06-01: 5617742902022-07-01: 5591963302022-08-01: 6905359402022-09-01: 5572890702022-10-01: 6699154602022-11-01: 5579694602022-12-01: 5479218902023-01-01: 6612282702023-02-01: 5540212602023-03-01: 5794462602023-04-01: 6830828802023-05-01: 5955483502023-06-01: 6010397502023-07-01: 7365254902023-08-01: 6373531302023-09-01: 6124391102023-10-01: 7559070902023-11-01: 6331476702023-12-01: 6257425002024-01-01: 7832561302024-02-01: 6480140402024-03-01: 6419361602024-04-01: 7942152202024-05-01: 6472937402024-06-01: 6495859802024-07-01: 8096987602024-08-01: 6725537702024-09-01: 8130029402024-10-01: 6798222102024-11-01: 6638911302024-12-01: 8143615802025-01-01: 6798591902025-02-01: 6768469302025-03-01: 8454764202025-04-01: 7019547002025-05-01: 7061220702025-06-01: 8616116202025-07-01: 7440255102025-08-01: 7427745902025-09-01: 9133680902025-10-01: 7510122002025-11-01: 9003085802025-12-01: 7572041502026-01-01: 7457346302026-02-01: 7682529402026-03-01: 9668313902026-04-01: 7753100002026-05-01: 9230158902026-06-01: 7962541502026-07-01: 8059242002026-08-01: 987825780
Source: Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance Statistics via CRED
Shaded areas indicate Canadian recessions (C.D. Howe Institute).
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Notes

Source: Statistics Canada

Release: Employment Insurance Statistics

Units: Dollars

Frequency: Monthly

Notes: Benefit payments, Special 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, Special benefits, All classes of workers, Canada SC_14100007_87235587, retrieved from CRED, Canadian Research Economic Data; https://cred.nshipyard.com/series/SC_14100007_87235587, 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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