Box Table
Employment Insurance program, income beneficiaries by type of income benefit
for women and men, 1997 to 2009
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Income benefit type | 1997 | 2001 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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average number of monthly claimants | ||||||
Total income benefits1 | 775,866 | 735,672 | 761,747 | 733,770 | 750,343 | 1,056,316 |
Women | 374,418 | 357,557 | 404,292 | 385,264 | 392,229 | 482,610 |
Men | 401,448 | 378,113 | 357,453 | 348,508 | 358,114 | 573,706 |
Regular benefits | 605,112 | 521,363 | 494,043 | 479,469 | 486,326 | 733,984 |
Women | 255,198 | 201,862 | 197,727 | 191,812 | 192,624 | 263,668 |
Men | 349,912 | 319,501 | 296,316 | 287,658 | 293,703 | 470,319 |
Training benefits | 34,052 | 25,691 | 22,446 | 22,308 | 22,991 | 33,233 |
Women | 13,435 | 8,971 | 7,302 | 6,717 | 6,538 | 10,470 |
Men | 20,618 | 16,720 | 15,146 | 15,589 | 16,452 | 22,764 |
Job creation benefits | 2,647 | 1,090 | 582 | 549 | 439 | 512 |
Women | 1,224 | 498 | 321 | 313 | 251 | 278 |
Men | 1,426 | 592 | 261 | 233 | 192 | 232 |
Self-employment benefits | 4,762 | 2,562 | 2,004 | 1,815 | 1,635 | 2,185 |
Women | 1,768 | 927 | 774 | 698 | 628 | 750 |
Men | 2,997 | 1,635 | 1,231 | 1,118 | 1,010 | 1,435 |
Sickness benefits | 35,275 | 48,606 | 59,228 | 59,583 | 60,984 | 62,174 |
Women | 21,342 | 28,598 | 35,185 | 35,448 | 35,983 | 35,778 |
Men | 13,932 | 20,005 | 24,042 | 24,136 | 25,001 | 26,398 |
Maternity benefits | 49,341 | 55,090 | 46,912 | 47,064 | 48,145 | 48,788 |
Women | 49,340 | 55,090 | 46,911 | 47,064 | 48,144 | 48,788 |
Fishing benefits | 11,826 | 12,462 | 12,808 | 12,562 | 12,595 | 12,118 |
Women | 1,452 | 2,072 | 2,419 | 2,447 | 2,482 | 2,318 |
Men | 10,375 | 10,391 | 10,390 | 10,114 | 10,112 | 9,801 |
Work sharing benefits | 1,685 | 7,806 | 1,791 | 2,556 | 4,755 | 48,343 |
Women | 670 | 3,057 | 549 | 825 | 1,456 | 14,349 |
Men | 1,016 | 4,753 | 1,243 | 1,732 | 3,302 | 33,996 |
Adoption benefits | 341 | 834 | 1,209 | 1,138 | 1,092 | 1,085 |
Women | 312 | 738 | 1,048 | 995 | 938 | 922 |
Men | 28 | 96 | 162 | 142 | 152 | 164 |
Parental benefits | 30,829 | 60,174 | 120,718 | 106,707 | 111,354 | 113,868 |
Women | 29,681 | 55,751 | 112,056 | 98,932 | 103,167 | 105,272 |
Men | 1,147 | 4,426 | 8,663 | 7,778 | 8,186 | 8,594 |
1. The number of beneficiaries
receving total income benefits excludes employment insurance claimants receiving
employment and support measures benefits. Note: Compassionate care benefits were created as of January 2004, however data are too small to report. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 276-0001. |
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