Canada / Number on Employment Insurance (EI) benefits was virtually unchanged

Following three consecutive months of decline, the number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits was virtually unchanged in February, at 528,900. Compared with a year earlier, the number of beneficiaries was down 7.4%.

A number of provinces had fewer beneficiaries in February, with the largest percentage decreases in Prince Edward Island, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick all saw smaller declines. There was little change in the other provinces.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor 

via The Daily — Employment Insurance, February 2013.