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Employment insurance beneficiaries (regular benefits) by census metropolitan category, Canada

(SC_14100454_1593101824)
Observations
Aug 2026: 541320
Updated: 2026-11-02, 1:00:47 p.m. ET
Units
Persons,
Frequency
Monthly
Source
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance Statistics
Series ID
SC_14100454_1593101824
Table 14-10-0454-01
CREDEmployment insurance beneficiaries (regular benefits) by census metropolitan category, Canada
COVID-19 recessionGlobal Financial Crisis20000040000060000080000010000001200000140000016000001800000200020032006200920122015201820212026Persons2000-01-01: 5236202000-02-01: 5300902000-03-01: 5235802000-04-01: 5207702000-05-01: 5159702000-06-01: 5209402000-07-01: 5205802000-08-01: 5129202000-09-01: 5144102000-10-01: 5122002000-11-01: 5103502000-12-01: 5095302001-01-01: 5123702001-02-01: 5167302001-03-01: 5318102001-04-01: 5411202001-05-01: 5423402001-06-01: 5446202001-07-01: 5393502001-08-01: 5543002001-09-01: 5609402001-10-01: 5725302001-11-01: 5893902001-12-01: 5977402002-01-01: 6068802002-02-01: 6012802002-03-01: 5957402002-04-01: 5776502002-05-01: 5854702002-06-01: 5740902002-07-01: 5767402002-08-01: 5689602002-09-01: 5744302002-10-01: 5715402002-11-01: 5672502002-12-01: 5695502003-01-01: 5654202003-02-01: 5715302003-03-01: 5778802003-04-01: 5860802003-05-01: 5941202003-06-01: 5996202003-07-01: 6185602003-08-01: 6007202003-09-01: 5935802003-10-01: 5938802003-11-01: 5906002003-12-01: 5864002004-01-01: 5864702004-02-01: 5811702004-03-01: 5720902004-04-01: 5792202004-05-01: 5754002004-06-01: 5685302004-07-01: 5735302004-08-01: 5604502004-09-01: 5588102004-10-01: 5529602004-11-01: 5497102004-12-01: 5501902005-01-01: 5441402005-02-01: 5490802005-03-01: 5505702005-04-01: 5507802005-05-01: 5497802005-06-01: 5513502005-07-01: 5413002005-08-01: 5416702005-09-01: 5395402005-10-01: 5359602005-11-01: 5302902005-12-01: 5268802006-01-01: 5329202006-02-01: 5269302006-03-01: 5279602006-04-01: 5150402006-05-01: 5192502006-06-01: 5196002006-07-01: 5242302006-08-01: 5233402006-09-01: 5218702006-10-01: 5231602006-11-01: 5244402006-12-01: 5196402007-01-01: 5203302007-02-01: 5220702007-03-01: 5142102007-04-01: 5153902007-05-01: 5024002007-06-01: 4952002007-07-01: 5018902007-08-01: 4940002007-09-01: 4915502007-10-01: 4930002007-11-01: 4876802007-12-01: 4992702008-01-01: 4895402008-02-01: 4955402008-03-01: 4905502008-04-01: 4957002008-05-01: 4960102008-06-01: 5000202008-07-01: 5039902008-08-01: 5112102008-09-01: 5190802008-10-01: 5236302008-11-01: 5351002008-12-01: 5767702009-01-01: 6387202009-02-01: 6924802009-03-01: 7891602009-04-01: 8029602009-05-01: 8146402009-06-01: 8215202009-07-01: 8149802009-08-01: 8015602009-09-01: 7843802009-10-01: 7717202009-11-01: 7612002009-12-01: 7623102010-01-01: 7618902010-02-01: 7603302010-03-01: 7459902010-04-01: 7397002010-05-01: 7314702010-06-01: 7229202010-07-01: 7223402010-08-01: 7007202010-09-01: 7014202010-10-01: 6894202010-11-01: 6794102010-12-01: 6747202011-01-01: 6618202011-02-01: 6573102011-03-01: 6393802011-04-01: 6374702011-05-01: 6238502011-06-01: 6128502011-07-01: 5920102011-08-01: 5917102011-09-01: 5848002011-10-01: 5757902011-11-01: 5720202011-12-01: 5710402012-01-01: 5760402012-02-01: 5678602012-03-01: 5677802012-04-01: 5441502012-05-01: 5515502012-06-01: 5478902012-07-01: 5422302012-08-01: 5547602012-09-01: 5500402012-10-01: 5533302012-11-01: 5507402012-12-01: 5395302013-01-01: 5356102013-02-01: 5287602013-03-01: 5223802013-04-01: 5220602013-05-01: 5168902013-06-01: 5158502013-07-01: 5150402013-08-01: 5144602013-09-01: 5175702013-10-01: 5183102013-11-01: 5162002013-12-01: 5168902014-01-01: 5094302014-02-01: 5099402014-03-01: 5150802014-04-01: 5213502014-05-01: 5110202014-06-01: 5140602014-07-01: 5097602014-08-01: 5031002014-09-01: 5053502014-10-01: 5003802014-11-01: 4978802014-12-01: 5036702015-01-01: 5068202015-02-01: 5136102015-03-01: 5180002015-04-01: 5300602015-05-01: 5377102015-06-01: 5402202015-07-01: 5512702015-08-01: 5397202015-09-01: 5409902015-10-01: 5398502015-11-01: 5464802015-12-01: 5489202016-01-01: 5529202016-02-01: 5575202016-03-01: 5546802016-04-01: 5498102016-05-01: 5553002016-06-01: 5574602016-07-01: 5847702016-08-01: 5742202016-09-01: 5774002016-10-01: 5786502016-11-01: 5782902016-12-01: 5756802017-01-01: 5741002017-02-01: 5653202017-03-01: 5636902017-04-01: 5548802017-05-01: 5437502017-06-01: 5332502017-07-01: 5320902017-08-01: 5228402017-09-01: 5163002017-10-01: 5169102017-11-01: 5050802017-12-01: 4956202018-01-01: 4990602018-02-01: 4844802018-03-01: 4735502018-04-01: 4693502018-05-01: 4611602018-06-01: 4681502018-07-01: 4598902018-08-01: 4659502018-09-01: 4589702018-10-01: 4566702018-11-01: 4531102018-12-01: 4552602019-01-01: 4460802019-02-01: 4497102019-03-01: 4375502019-04-01: 4335102019-05-01: 4347302019-06-01: 4452102019-07-01: 4531602019-08-01: 4600302019-09-01: 4574002019-10-01: 4612902019-11-01: 4662602019-12-01: 4598002020-01-01: 4630502020-02-01: 4470902020-03-01: 5124202020-04-01: 6587902020-05-01: 5540902020-06-01: 4500002020-07-01: 2311002020-08-01: 1642602020-09-01: 2586802020-10-01: 13447002020-11-01: 13297502020-12-01: 13727702021-01-01: 15583402021-02-01: 15877902021-03-01: 14939202021-04-01: 16159502021-05-01: 16539802021-06-01: 16119102021-07-01: 15231902021-08-01: 14748602021-09-01: 13034602021-10-01: 7673702021-11-01: 7188602021-12-01: 6596302022-01-01: 6744602022-02-01: 5848302022-03-01: 5430502022-04-01: 5235002022-05-01: 5061802022-06-01: 4964102022-07-01: 4966202022-08-01: 4771302022-09-01: 4544002022-10-01: 4351602022-11-01: 4145302022-12-01: 4039802023-01-01: 3942602023-02-01: 3946102023-03-01: 4001802023-04-01: 4058602023-05-01: 4143702023-06-01: 4260802023-07-01: 4336502023-08-01: 4499702023-09-01: 4564902023-10-01: 4597402023-11-01: 4641702023-12-01: 4679702024-01-01: 4770902024-02-01: 4751602024-03-01: 4783102024-04-01: 4667602024-05-01: 4792402024-06-01: 4785002024-07-01: 4846102024-08-01: 4904102024-09-01: 4875302024-10-01: 4873202024-11-01: 4824002024-12-01: 4823802025-01-01: 4897802025-02-01: 5062902025-03-01: 5082302025-04-01: 5303802025-05-01: 5303102025-06-01: 5505302025-07-01: 5592402025-08-01: 5574402025-09-01: 5540502025-10-01: 5600302025-11-01: 5684202025-12-01: 5695202026-01-01: 5593702026-02-01: 5506002026-03-01: 5504402026-04-01: 5475902026-05-01: 5477602026-06-01: 5462602026-07-01: 5456802026-08-01: 541320
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: Persons

Frequency: Monthly

Notes: . Employment insurance beneficiaries (regular benefits) by census metropolitan category, From the Employment Insurance Statistics (Statistics Canada), table 14-10-0454-01. Expressed in persons; published monthly.

Suggested Citation: Statistics Canada, Employment insurance beneficiaries (regular benefits) by census metropolitan category, Canada SC_14100454_1593101824, retrieved from CRED, Canadian Research Economic Data; https://cred.nshipyard.com/series/SC_14100454_1593101824, 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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Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours via CRED
Shaded areas indicate Canadian recessions (C.D. Howe Institute).
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