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Employee benefit weeks, All types of income benefits, Canada

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Aug 2026: 4911940
Updated: 2026-11-02, 9:23:54 a.m. ET
Units
Number,
Frequency
Monthly
Source
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance Statistics
Series ID
SC_14100007_87235596
Table 14-10-0007-01
CREDEmployee benefit weeks, All types of income benefits, Canada
COVID-19 recessionGlobal Financial Crisis2000000300000040000005000000600000070000008000000900000010000000110000001997200020032006200920122015201820212026Number1997-01-01: 48108301997-02-01: 39154801997-03-01: 38976701997-04-01: 41853001997-05-01: 32018201997-06-01: 29767201997-07-01: 28468101997-08-01: 28122001997-09-01: 29179801997-10-01: 25392301997-11-01: 27731501997-12-01: 34370301998-01-01: 38783701998-02-01: 38312001998-03-01: 42818301998-04-01: 35621901998-05-01: 30544401998-06-01: 28771501998-07-01: 26037001998-08-01: 30923301998-09-01: 26021301998-10-01: 23961301998-11-01: 29589201998-12-01: 33406401999-01-01: 37606101999-02-01: 36391701999-03-01: 40730401999-04-01: 33160601999-05-01: 31776201999-06-01: 25448101999-07-01: 23037501999-08-01: 30767401999-09-01: 23221301999-10-01: 23662301999-11-01: 26798701999-12-01: 29161202000-01-01: 38369402000-02-01: 34936702000-03-01: 33799802000-04-01: 32243802000-05-01: 28560702000-06-01: 22319802000-07-01: 25244502000-08-01: 25996502000-09-01: 21087602000-10-01: 24765002000-11-01: 24170402000-12-01: 26817602001-01-01: 38895202001-02-01: 33252302001-03-01: 33447102001-04-01: 36304202001-05-01: 28528502001-06-01: 24023602001-07-01: 29430902001-08-01: 28208702001-09-01: 28831802001-10-01: 29278602001-11-01: 30457802001-12-01: 38427802002-01-01: 45901702002-02-01: 41122502002-03-01: 39544902002-04-01: 45292702002-05-01: 32782602002-06-01: 28426502002-07-01: 34984202002-08-01: 31078302002-09-01: 32795602002-10-01: 27754802002-11-01: 29202202002-12-01: 39046202003-01-01: 41384802003-02-01: 39161402003-03-01: 46753902003-04-01: 36572702003-05-01: 32509402003-06-01: 34875802003-07-01: 31022202003-08-01: 32430002003-09-01: 35466002003-10-01: 28752002003-11-01: 36577102003-12-01: 36103402004-01-01: 40745102004-02-01: 47685702004-03-01: 41441902004-04-01: 36491102004-05-01: 38370802004-06-01: 28849402004-07-01: 28293302004-08-01: 39538402004-09-01: 28159302004-10-01: 31091102004-11-01: 31390802004-12-01: 33136702005-01-01: 46228002005-02-01: 39164502005-03-01: 39246002005-04-01: 35953102005-05-01: 38325802005-06-01: 27982402005-07-01: 29167402005-08-01: 37195902005-09-01: 27740802005-10-01: 32295702005-11-01: 29406402005-12-01: 31990102006-01-01: 45594502006-02-01: 38275402006-03-01: 37576502006-04-01: 39679002006-05-01: 30595302006-06-01: 26401802006-07-01: 31604902006-08-01: 31374702006-09-01: 26074902006-10-01: 30527702006-11-01: 27531102006-12-01: 29879302007-01-01: 43453902007-02-01: 36001302007-03-01: 35353402007-04-01: 39253102007-05-01: 28649302007-06-01: 25137102007-07-01: 30884802007-08-01: 29640802007-09-01: 29391402007-10-01: 24968602007-11-01: 26725602007-12-01: 34265802008-01-01: 36686602008-02-01: 35122802008-03-01: 41732102008-04-01: 33076302008-05-01: 28385602008-06-01: 30027502008-07-01: 26881802008-08-01: 30166902008-09-01: 31881802008-10-01: 25503702008-11-01: 32847902008-12-01: 33844102009-01-01: 41135302009-02-01: 43345102009-03-01: 55629302009-04-01: 48560102009-05-01: 50328502009-06-01: 41878202009-07-01: 42347902009-08-01: 53080902009-09-01: 40179302009-10-01: 38082902009-11-01: 47768102009-12-01: 43880002010-01-01: 58623102010-02-01: 49126602010-03-01: 50608702010-04-01: 44873102010-05-01: 47263202010-06-01: 36346202010-07-01: 36360602010-08-01: 47869602010-09-01: 34569702010-10-01: 38083402010-11-01: 35890202010-12-01: 38184102011-01-01: 52499902011-02-01: 43415902011-03-01: 43592302011-04-01: 38631502011-05-01: 41863902011-06-01: 30798502011-07-01: 31256302011-08-01: 40409002011-09-01: 29363602011-10-01: 32803602011-11-01: 29615202011-12-01: 32520602012-01-01: 47732902012-02-01: 40662002012-03-01: 39165202012-04-01: 42629702012-05-01: 31342902012-06-01: 27839202012-07-01: 34563602012-08-01: 33357302012-09-01: 33884702012-10-01: 28455002012-11-01: 29264102012-12-01: 38492002013-01-01: 39915802013-02-01: 38373802013-03-01: 37226602013-04-01: 42482702013-05-01: 30021602013-06-01: 27108502013-07-01: 33829702013-08-01: 31613502013-09-01: 33213802013-10-01: 26804702013-11-01: 27654102013-12-01: 37565302014-01-01: 37896402014-02-01: 37272302014-03-01: 44693202014-04-01: 34427102014-05-01: 29966602014-06-01: 31478202014-07-01: 28647002014-08-01: 30927402014-09-01: 32908902014-10-01: 25784702014-11-01: 32399402014-12-01: 32024402015-01-01: 36843202015-02-01: 37333502015-03-01: 45954402015-04-01: 35524602015-05-01: 35984402015-06-01: 28190502015-07-01: 29339802015-08-01: 40278002015-09-01: 28935802015-10-01: 27306402015-11-01: 35535002015-12-01: 33569402016-01-01: 46582902016-02-01: 40672502016-03-01: 40082102016-04-01: 36854602016-05-01: 38816602016-06-01: 29291002016-07-01: 31141902016-08-01: 42928802016-09-01: 32525402016-10-01: 33884102016-11-01: 31950602016-12-01: 34518602017-01-01: 49061102017-02-01: 40809402017-03-01: 40437802017-04-01: 43262302017-05-01: 32796202017-06-01: 28280002017-07-01: 35932702017-08-01: 34668602017-09-01: 28367702017-10-01: 32531002017-11-01: 29153902017-12-01: 31647902018-01-01: 46893602018-02-01: 37688502018-03-01: 36456302018-04-01: 40336102018-05-01: 28582102018-06-01: 25079302018-07-01: 33271402018-08-01: 31900802018-09-01: 30444802018-10-01: 25287402018-11-01: 26499902018-12-01: 36226202019-01-01: 38332702019-02-01: 36052702019-03-01: 41975202019-04-01: 32990302019-05-01: 27993802019-06-01: 24907302019-07-01: 33426802019-08-01: 32041402019-09-01: 32139502019-10-01: 25826702019-11-01: 27103002019-12-01: 37402402020-01-01: 38352402020-02-01: 36660902020-10-01: 61392202020-11-01: 80048202020-12-01: 73124802021-01-01: 101140102021-02-01: 86052502021-03-01: 86538302021-04-01: 80927002021-05-01: 94674802021-06-01: 74483502021-07-01: 75392802021-08-01: 93738202021-09-01: 64441302021-10-01: 46936102021-11-01: 40496902021-12-01: 40581002022-01-01: 54518302022-02-01: 44100602022-03-01: 42538902022-04-01: 36486402022-05-01: 38105402022-06-01: 28327002022-07-01: 30986802022-08-01: 40823302022-09-01: 27605102022-10-01: 30433902022-11-01: 26826102022-12-01: 28780502023-01-01: 40970502023-02-01: 33898702023-03-01: 34455802023-04-01: 36091702023-05-01: 27871602023-06-01: 25434502023-07-01: 34841902023-08-01: 35126502023-09-01: 28608002023-10-01: 32657702023-11-01: 29904802023-12-01: 32602202024-01-01: 47573702024-02-01: 38551602024-03-01: 36997302024-04-01: 42083802024-05-01: 30248702024-06-01: 28164602024-07-01: 39027502024-08-01: 36895602024-09-01: 36895802024-10-01: 29458902024-11-01: 30100802024-12-01: 40614602025-01-01: 41488102025-02-01: 39333502025-03-01: 46783202025-04-01: 36549002025-05-01: 33061702025-06-01: 36789902025-07-01: 39230402025-08-01: 41068902025-09-01: 41922902025-10-01: 32787602025-11-01: 41373602025-12-01: 40123602026-01-01: 46572402026-02-01: 43435302026-03-01: 51981702026-04-01: 39381202026-05-01: 40309602026-06-01: 32865102026-07-01: 39220602026-08-01: 4911940
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: Number

Frequency: Monthly

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

Suggested Citation: Statistics Canada, Employee benefit weeks, All types of income benefits, Canada SC_14100007_87235596, retrieved from CRED, Canadian Research Economic Data; https://cred.nshipyard.com/series/SC_14100007_87235596, 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
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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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