Benefit payments, All types of income benefits, All classes of workers, Canada

(SC_14100007_87235570)
Observations
Aug 2026: 2848081460
Updated: 2026-11-02, 9:09:39 a.m. ET
Units
Dollars,
Frequency
Monthly
Source
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance Statistics
Series ID
SC_14100007_87235570
Table 14-10-0007-01
CREDBenefit payments, All types of income benefits, All classes of workers, Canada
COVID-19 recessionGlobal Financial Crisis50000000010000000001500000000200000000025000000003000000000350000000040000000004500000000500000000055000000001997200020032006200920122015201820212026Dollars1997-01-01: 12720074201997-02-01: 10401686301997-03-01: 10320983701997-04-01: 11057691101997-05-01: 8309750101997-06-01: 7454872601997-07-01: 7042491601997-08-01: 7046551501997-09-01: 7260276701997-10-01: 6275144801997-11-01: 7080916301997-12-01: 9054211801998-01-01: 10349456601998-02-01: 10294444001998-03-01: 11565059401998-04-01: 9507345001998-05-01: 7954044801998-06-01: 7271230201998-07-01: 6612435401998-08-01: 8031119001998-09-01: 6648087301998-10-01: 6101875901998-11-01: 7800656401998-12-01: 8981660001999-01-01: 10293600301999-02-01: 10043243601999-03-01: 11223464101999-04-01: 9129154401999-05-01: 8544925901999-06-01: 6615087901999-07-01: 5970103601999-08-01: 8117407301999-09-01: 6013067901999-10-01: 6188869301999-11-01: 7179219401999-12-01: 7989636402000-01-01: 10704698202000-02-01: 9761277902000-03-01: 9430716902000-04-01: 9027507402000-05-01: 7768115102000-06-01: 5906108502000-07-01: 6747282502000-08-01: 7025292502000-09-01: 5627618902000-10-01: 6604092002000-11-01: 6686752302000-12-01: 7561020102001-01-01: 11100512602001-02-01: 9569066402001-03-01: 9595059002001-04-01: 10399647902001-05-01: 7890709402001-06-01: 6654869502001-07-01: 8250912202001-08-01: 8126959202001-09-01: 8136628902001-10-01: 8266526202001-11-01: 8830770602001-12-01: 11312986502002-01-01: 13620264202002-02-01: 12292012302002-03-01: 11813277102002-04-01: 13531154302002-05-01: 9354008202002-06-01: 8183610702002-07-01: 10042569202002-08-01: 9030944302002-09-01: 9505907602002-10-01: 8078990902002-11-01: 8691504802002-12-01: 11814430302003-01-01: 12536731302003-02-01: 11938551102003-03-01: 14235345302003-04-01: 11095574202003-05-01: 9655751502003-06-01: 10205703002003-07-01: 9051534602003-08-01: 9629169502003-09-01: 10456455902003-10-01: 8436645602003-11-01: 11057139802003-12-01: 10960422002004-01-01: 12460216402004-02-01: 14716363302004-03-01: 12693677802004-04-01: 11190817202004-05-01: 11573645002004-06-01: 8479949802004-07-01: 8315259802004-08-01: 11916736002004-09-01: 8378843802004-10-01: 9379398802004-11-01: 9558843402004-12-01: 10176817302005-01-01: 14358044102005-02-01: 12255560202005-03-01: 12210520802005-04-01: 11137121102005-05-01: 11674835202005-06-01: 8327628002005-07-01: 8686615502005-08-01: 11289514802005-09-01: 8310501702005-10-01: 9786444302005-11-01: 8993501302005-12-01: 9930615602006-01-01: 14370174802006-02-01: 12149748002006-03-01: 11856591502006-04-01: 12652477302006-05-01: 9465081502006-06-01: 8081523702006-07-01: 9807847302006-08-01: 9809694602006-09-01: 8090638902006-10-01: 9576883002006-11-01: 8757950002006-12-01: 9632384902007-01-01: 14144424502007-02-01: 11790969502007-03-01: 11526586502007-04-01: 12904957602007-05-01: 9140478102007-06-01: 7925485102007-07-01: 9818603602007-08-01: 9597738002007-09-01: 9495486002007-10-01: 7993261902007-11-01: 8696492002007-12-01: 11220688602008-01-01: 12555419302008-02-01: 11891626102008-03-01: 14156666402008-04-01: 11215643402008-05-01: 9391171902008-06-01: 9888521302008-07-01: 8804971602008-08-01: 10154997702008-09-01: 10660163402008-10-01: 8483084002008-11-01: 11234408102008-12-01: 11717724802009-01-01: 14422432502009-02-01: 15274211002009-03-01: 19520663102009-04-01: 16866220702009-05-01: 17432002402009-06-01: 14021898102009-07-01: 14083522702009-08-01: 18310475202009-09-01: 13333736202009-10-01: 12558693302009-11-01: 16127040202009-12-01: 14889937202010-01-01: 20292266102010-02-01: 16954596802010-03-01: 17359267002010-04-01: 15486535902010-05-01: 16236482502010-06-01: 12286737702010-07-01: 12385186902010-08-01: 16754693902010-09-01: 11903039102010-10-01: 13218240702010-11-01: 12469211502010-12-01: 13468085602011-01-01: 18870836402011-02-01: 15646599702011-03-01: 15583671902011-04-01: 13959548202011-05-01: 15009960102011-06-01: 10866820102011-07-01: 11019302902011-08-01: 14654710202011-09-01: 10484243902011-10-01: 11835320702011-11-01: 10707106802011-12-01: 11864637102012-01-01: 17693387702012-02-01: 15108439502012-03-01: 14502147202012-04-01: 15927457802012-05-01: 11397022702012-06-01: 10048591702012-07-01: 12574863402012-08-01: 12299588302012-09-01: 12178141902012-10-01: 10143844002012-11-01: 10522586102012-12-01: 14227287502013-01-01: 14958269002013-02-01: 14461216202013-03-01: 13911639502013-04-01: 16074336302013-05-01: 11155878202013-06-01: 10105101402013-07-01: 12717803002013-08-01: 12231192502013-09-01: 12663841002013-10-01: 10138727002013-11-01: 10565047102013-12-01: 14668337602014-01-01: 14984819002014-02-01: 14841495102014-03-01: 17863475702014-04-01: 13791894002014-05-01: 11831675002014-06-01: 12442503602014-07-01: 11219809702014-08-01: 12502223302014-09-01: 13111082202014-10-01: 10159180702014-11-01: 12988421502014-12-01: 12955452002015-01-01: 15124077802015-02-01: 15417271002015-03-01: 19086080102015-04-01: 14795387402015-05-01: 14927205502015-06-01: 11494747602015-07-01: 11896971402015-08-01: 16789173802015-09-01: 11736542902015-10-01: 11044280302015-11-01: 14669316402015-12-01: 13955787602016-01-01: 19685311402016-02-01: 17545105602016-03-01: 16931773602016-04-01: 15506787702016-05-01: 16288303202016-06-01: 12175660002016-07-01: 13023739002016-08-01: 18369271302016-09-01: 13658546802016-10-01: 14189743802016-11-01: 13404800402016-12-01: 14647532502017-01-01: 21114286502017-02-01: 17535541202017-03-01: 17219200102017-04-01: 18661961602017-05-01: 13837411602017-06-01: 11833612402017-07-01: 15200541502017-08-01: 14910582002017-09-01: 11954765602017-10-01: 13717778102017-11-01: 12311362402017-12-01: 13668226602018-01-01: 20566455302018-02-01: 16498214002018-03-01: 15889592202018-04-01: 17678377302018-05-01: 12267957402018-06-01: 10726848402018-07-01: 14275838302018-08-01: 13926462102018-09-01: 13051195402018-10-01: 10703432402018-11-01: 11366977102018-12-01: 15867018302019-01-01: 16921323902019-02-01: 15992975602019-03-01: 18744498202019-04-01: 14708586102019-05-01: 12181361902019-06-01: 10849339302019-07-01: 14510853302019-08-01: 14284127202019-09-01: 14048305502019-10-01: 11179468402019-11-01: 11890635702019-12-01: 16771106302020-01-01: 17395581002020-02-01: 16663121802020-10-01: 30227332102020-11-01: 39444235802020-12-01: 36379042602021-01-01: 51173636502021-02-01: 43370906802021-03-01: 43283996502021-04-01: 40334012102021-05-01: 47285920302021-06-01: 36900285802021-07-01: 37686020302021-08-01: 47286405802021-09-01: 32034902402021-10-01: 23596287202021-11-01: 20310617202021-12-01: 20262999802022-01-01: 27252944802022-02-01: 21694098502022-03-01: 20882965402022-04-01: 17964749302022-05-01: 18616488302022-06-01: 13767056802022-07-01: 15007997502022-08-01: 20189886402022-09-01: 13553363802022-10-01: 14840956802022-11-01: 13246883402022-12-01: 14506673302023-01-01: 21106854802023-02-01: 17527193402023-03-01: 17790350102023-04-01: 18759583802023-05-01: 14204812402023-06-01: 12842577002023-07-01: 17551309102023-08-01: 18129166402023-09-01: 14463993902023-10-01: 16751738502023-11-01: 15370150402023-12-01: 17017994102024-01-01: 25190408702024-02-01: 20368278802024-03-01: 19529841802024-04-01: 22278025702024-05-01: 15641115602024-06-01: 14588775802024-07-01: 20355067802024-08-01: 19767884602024-09-01: 19458845902024-10-01: 15509325502024-11-01: 16195123802024-12-01: 22211263502025-01-01: 22589681502025-02-01: 21409040902025-03-01: 25635088302025-04-01: 19890403902025-05-01: 17785540002025-06-01: 19907821502025-07-01: 21161902502025-08-01: 22825661102025-09-01: 22993207402025-10-01: 18160870502025-11-01: 22992269102025-12-01: 22387159202026-01-01: 26490120702026-02-01: 24639722302026-03-01: 29872395102026-04-01: 22425360702026-05-01: 22845530502026-06-01: 18521619002026-07-01: 22199532502026-08-01: 2848081460
Source: Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance Statistics via CRED
Shaded areas indicate Canadian recessions (C.D. Howe Institute).
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Notes

Units: Dollars

Frequency: Monthly

Notes: Benefit payments, All types of income benefits, All classes of workers. From the Employment Insurance Statistics (Statistics Canada), table 14-10-0007-01. Expressed in dollars; published monthly.

Suggested Citation: Statistics Canada, Benefit payments, All types of income benefits, All classes of workers, Canada SC_14100007_87235570, retrieved from CRED, Canadian Research Economic Data; https://cred.nshipyard.com/series/SC_14100007_87235570, November 2, 2026.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey via CRED
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Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey via CRED
Shaded areas indicate Canadian recessions (C.D. Howe Institute).
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Labour Force Participation Rate

CREDAverage Hourly Earnings
COVID-19 recession232425262728293031323334201620182020202220242026Dollars per hour2016-09-01: 23.722016-10-01: 24.22016-11-01: 24.232016-12-01: 24.322017-01-01: 24.052017-02-01: 24.322017-03-01: 24.32017-04-01: 24.682017-05-01: 24.22017-06-01: 24.232017-07-01: 23.832017-08-01: 23.82017-09-01: 24.362017-10-01: 24.362017-11-01: 24.462017-12-01: 24.72018-01-01: 24.822018-02-01: 24.972018-03-01: 25.112018-04-01: 24.862018-05-01: 24.772018-06-01: 24.862018-07-01: 24.822018-08-01: 24.932018-09-01: 25.32018-10-01: 25.352018-11-01: 25.442018-12-01: 25.682019-01-01: 25.392019-02-01: 25.772019-03-01: 25.532019-04-01: 25.72019-05-01: 25.732019-06-01: 25.692019-07-01: 25.522019-08-01: 25.552019-09-01: 25.572019-10-01: 26.022019-11-01: 26.022019-12-01: 26.492020-01-01: 26.252020-02-01: 26.382020-03-01: 26.772020-04-01: 27.322020-05-01: 27.312020-06-01: 27.162020-07-01: 26.82020-08-01: 26.992020-09-01: 26.992020-10-01: 27.232020-11-01: 27.132020-12-01: 27.562021-01-01: 27.752021-02-01: 27.932021-03-01: 27.512021-04-01: 27.522021-05-01: 27.652021-06-01: 27.322021-07-01: 27.312021-08-01: 27.412021-09-01: 27.462021-10-01: 27.662021-11-01: 27.832021-12-01: 28.312022-01-01: 28.142022-02-01: 28.192022-03-01: 28.62022-04-01: 28.482022-05-01: 28.412022-06-01: 28.592022-07-01: 28.222022-08-01: 28.422022-09-01: 28.832022-10-01: 28.992022-11-01: 29.192022-12-01: 29.442023-01-01: 29.252023-02-01: 29.42023-03-01: 29.572023-04-01: 29.662023-05-01: 29.722023-06-01: 29.712023-07-01: 29.62023-08-01: 29.462023-09-01: 29.832023-10-01: 30.022023-11-01: 29.892023-12-01: 30.022024-01-01: 30.142024-02-01: 30.542024-03-01: 30.452024-04-01: 30.742024-05-01: 30.762024-06-01: 30.872024-07-01: 30.572024-08-01: 30.912024-09-01: 31.172024-10-01: 32.022024-11-01: 31.152024-12-01: 31.012025-01-01: 31.222025-02-01: 31.432025-03-01: 31.252025-04-01: 31.72025-05-01: 31.82025-06-01: 31.552025-07-01: 31.742025-08-01: 31.732025-09-01: 32.122025-10-01: 32.392025-11-01: 32.512025-12-01: 32.742026-01-01: 32.752026-02-01: 32.992026-03-01: 32.842026-04-01: 32.922026-05-01: 33.012026-06-01: 32.742026-07-01: 32.912026-08-01: 33.1
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours via CRED
Shaded areas indicate Canadian recessions (C.D. Howe Institute).
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