Employment Insurance

The number of Canadians receiving regular employment insurance benefits jumped 13.2 per cent in the first seven months of 2025, reaching 552,000 …

The Canada Employment Insurance Commission set the 2026 Employment Insurance premium rate at $1.63 per $100 of insurable earnings for employees, down …

Canada saw 541,000 people collecting regular Employment Insurance benefits in June, marking a 12.8% jump from the same month last year, according …

Newfoundland and Labrador is asking Ottawa to extend Employment Insurance benefits and increase work permit flexibility for workers displaced by unprecedented wildfires …

The number of Canadians collecting regular Employment Insurance benefits remained essentially flat in May, declining by just 1,600 people to 517,000 recipients, …

The federal government has extended temporary Employment Insurance measures until October to help more than 290,000 Canadian workers affected by U.S. tariffs, …

The federal government is introducing temporary changes to employment insurance to support Canadian workers affected by tariffs imposed by the United States …

The number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits held steady in January, with 478,000 people collecting benefits — down slightly …

The federal government has introduced a new online tool to help Canadians quickly estimate their potential Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, an initiative …

The number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits continued to rise in July, reaching 489,000, an increase of 11,000 or …