Canada: median employment insurance benefits to unattached individuals

The median employment insurance benefits received by persons not in census families in Canada decreased by 4,360 dollars (-43.69 percent) since the previous year. This was a significant decrease in the median employment insurance benefits received by persons not in census families. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significant higher median employment insurance benefits received by persons not in census families than the preceding years.

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Median employment insurance benefits received by persons not in census families in Canada from 2009 to 2022 (in Canadian dollars)

Characteristic	Median government transfers in Canadian dollars
2022	5,620
2021	9,980
2020	5,500
2019	5,470
2018	5,430
2017	5,430
2016	5,590
2015	5,430
2014	5,170
2013	5,010
2012	4,890
2011	4,930
2010	5,000
2009	5,160

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Release date

June 2024

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Canada

Survey time period

2009 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Government transfer payments are payments to individuals by the federal or provincial governments: Employment Insurance (EI), Goods and Services Tax Credit (GST) and Harmonized Tax Credit (HST), Canada Child Tax Benefit, Old Age Security (OAS) and net federal supplements, Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP), Workers' Compensation, Social Assistance and provincial refundable tax credits and Family Benefits.

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, 2008 to 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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