Canada: families receiving employment insurance benefits

In 2022, the number of families receiving employment insurance benefits in Canada decreased by 0.7 million units (-27.78 percent) since 2021. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significant higher number than the preceding years.

Find more key insights for the number of families receiving employment insurance benefits in countries and regions like median employment income of persons not in census families (Canada), median total income of all families (Newfoundland and Labrador), and median total income of all families (Northwest Territories).

Number of families receiving employment insurance benefits in Canada from 2002 to 2022 (in millions)

Characteristic	Number of families in millions
2022	1.86
2021	2.52
2020	2.23
2019	1.7
2018	1.73
2017	1.79
2016	1.81
2015	1.77
2014	1.72
2013	1.73
2012	1.78
2011	1.85
2010	2
2009	2.08
2008	1.73
2007	1.68
2006	1.68
2005	1.69
2004	1.75
2003	1.77
2002	1.78

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Release date

June 2024

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2002 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Families are comprised of: 1) couples (married or common-law, including same-sex couples) living in the same dwelling with or without children, and 2) single parents (male or female) living with one or more children. Persons who are not matched to a family become persons not in census families. They may be living alone, with a family to whom they are related, with a family to whom they are unrelated or with other persons not in census families.
Values have been rounded. Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2001 to 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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