Canada: unattached individuals receiving employment insurance benefits

The number of persons not in census families receiving employment insurance benefits in Canada decreased by 267,540 units (-35.03 percent) since the previous year. The year marks a significant change in the number compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significant higher number than the preceding years.

Find more key insights for the number of persons not in census families receiving employment insurance benefits in countries and regions like median government transfers to persons not in census families (Canada), median total income of all families (British Columbia), and median total income of all families (Prince Edward Island).

Persons not in census families receiving employment insurance benefits in Canada from 2002 to 2022

Characteristic	Number of persons
2022	496,210
2021	763,750
2020	637,020
2019	427,890
2018	430,650
2017	443,030
2016	445,990
2015	428,990
2014	405,830
2013	409,070
2012	421,930
2011	437,090
2010	475,460
2009	489,370
2008	379,740
2007	366,270
2006	370,390
2005	375,010
2004	379,270
2003	393,060
2002	378,280

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Release date

June 2024

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2002 to 2022

Supplementary notes

A person not in census families is an individual who is not part of a census family, couple family or lone-parent family. Persons not in census families may live with their married children or with their children who have children of their own. They may be living with a family to whom they are related or unrelated. They may also be living alone or with other persons not in census families.
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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