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’s 2025 budget sets out an agenda of $141.4 billion in new spending offset by $51.7 billion in projected ...

On average, 1.4 million Canadians were unemployed at any point of 2024 and 64.5% of them had contributed to employment insurance (EI) in the previous 12 months. That rate was slightly lower than the ...

Government announces suite of changes to address labour shortages, support workers affected by economic shifts ...

Saskatchewan has seen a year-over-year decline in the number of people receiving Employment Insurance benefits for the third straight month. A report by Statistics Canada said 13,150 people were ...