EI benefit claims are up for working-age men and women: StatCan
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A growing number of men and women in the working-age population are getting unemployment benefits, recent data from Statistics Canada shows.
A growing number of men and women in Canada’s working-age population are getting unemployment benefits, recent data shows.
Statistics Canada reported on Thursday that the number of men aged 25 to 54 years old who received regular Employment Insurance benefits increased by almost 13 per cent in June compared to the same time last year.
On a monthly basis, the agency said EI beneficiaries among core-aged men have gone up for two successive months — in June and July.
StatCan data also showed a 10.5-per cent annual increase in the number of core-aged women (25 to 54 years) receiving regular EI benefits in June.
This comes as the unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 6.4 per cent in June, with more people searching for work, while overall employment held steady, the agency noted, citing the labour force survey.
“In general, variations in the number of EI beneficiaries can reflect changes in the circumstances of different groups, including those becoming beneficiaries, those going back to work, those exhausting their regular benefits, and those no longer receiving benefits for other reasons,” StatCan said.
Overall, a total of 474,000 Canadians got regular EI benefits that month, which was a 10.4-per cent jump compared with June 2023.
Among different provinces, the rise in regular EI beneficiaries was most notable in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia.
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