Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Employment Insurance benefits first decline in 11 months

According to figures released Monday by Statistics Canada, 787 700 people received benefits last July, is 31 500 or 3.8% less than the month before.

The largest drops occurred in Ontario (-5.9%), Quebec (-5.3%) and Alberta (-4.4%). The only province which has registered a significant increase was Newfoundland and Labrador, with 6.5% higher benefits in July. Despite the general reduction of insurance providers jobs in July, there were still 287 400 more than in October 2008.

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