The Government of Canada has released the new employment insurance rates for 2026, and while the premium may be dropping, many Canadians will end up actually seeing more taken off their paycheques.

The Government of Canada has introduced even more employment insurance (EI) measures to support workers affected by the trade war. Last Friday, Minister of Jobs and Families Steven MacKinnon announced ...

GATINEAU, QC, Sept. 12, 2025 /CNW/ - Today, the Canada Employment Insurance Commission announced that it has set the 2026 Employment Insurance (EI) premium rate at $1.63 per $100 of insurable earnings ...

Canadians may be having a tougher time finding and keeping stable employment in 2025, as new data shows the number of Employment Insurance (EI) recipients is rising at a much faster rate than last ...

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 ...

A new report from Statistics Canada shows that the number of people receiving Employment Insurance (EI) benefits has increased staggeringly in just one year. Canada's unemployment rate has been high ...

Federal Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould says she would widen the eligibility for Canada's employment insurance system, and introduce a universal basic income program if she becomes the ...

Economists and union leaders are calling on the federal government to immediately begin reforms of Canada’s employment insurance system to ensure workers impacted by job losses during the trade war ...

The number of Canadians receiving jobless benefits in July reached the highest level outside of the pandemic period since 2017 in another sign of the country’s deteriorating job market. But while the ...