Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
Symbol of the Government of Canada

Number of employment insurance beneficiaries by type of income benefit

Related tables:   Employment insurance, social assistance and other transfers,   Non-wage benefits.  

Number of employment insurance beneficiaries by type of income benefit
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  annual average
Total income benefits1 761,747 733,770 750,343 1,056,316 982,816
Sickness 59,228 59,583 60,984 62,174 61,597
Maternity 46,912 47,064 48,145 48,788 47,133
Fishing 12,808 12,562 12,595 12,118 11,542
Work sharing 1,791 2,556 4,755 48,343 30,953
Adoption 1,209 1,138 1,092 1,085 1,026
Parental 120,718 106,707 111,354 113,868 112,455
Regular 494,043 479,469 486,326 733,984 684,179
Training 22,446 22,308 22,991 33,233 31,380
Job creation 582 549 439 512 414
Self-employment assistance 2,004 1,815 1,635 2,185 2,107

Find information related to this table (CANSIM table(s); Definitions, data sources and methods; The Daily; publications; and related Summary tables).