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Number of Canadians on unemployment benefits edges down in August

Published 2015-10-22, 08:36 a/m
Number of Canadians on unemployment benefits edges down in August

OTTAWA, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The number of Canadians receiving
regular unemployment benefits decreased in August, partly due to
more people going back to work, Statistics Canada said.
The amount of people that received employment insurance (EI)
benefits fell 1.4 percent in August to 536,800. Still, compared
to a year ago, that was up 7.1 percent.
Most of the decrease in August came from Ontario, the
country's most populous province, where the number of
beneficiaries declined by 3.9 percent.
In Alberta, which has seen the number of people on jobless
benefits surge more than 80 percent in the last year amid a
collapse in the price of oil, those receiving benefits edged up
just 0.3 percent in August.
But the number of Albertans filing EI claims jumped by 14.8
percent in the same month. The number of claims is an indication
of the number of people who could become beneficiaries. Overall
claims filed in Canada increased by 4.9 percent.
Canada was in a mild recession in the first half of the year
but growth is expected to resume in the second half, with
economists pointing to the relatively resilient jobs market as
evidence the downturn will not be sustained.

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