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APPENDIX A: EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS FOR THE PERIOD OF 8 MAY 2016 TO 11 JUNE 2016

Province/Territory

Economic Region Name

Unemployment Rate

Number of Insured Hours Required to Qualify for Regular Benefits

Minimum Number of Weeks Payable for Regular Benefits

Maximum Number of Weeks Payable for Regular Benefits

Number of Best Weeks Required for Benefit Calculation

Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John’s

7.1

630

17

40

20

Rest

18.4

420

32

45

14

Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown

7.4

630

17

40

20

Rest

14.4

420

26

45

14

Nova Scotia

Eastern

15.4

420

30

45

14

Western

8.6

595

18

42

19

Halifax

7.1

630

17

40

20

New Brunswick

Fred.-Monct.-Saint John

8.6

595

18

42

19

Madawaska-Charlotte

8.9

595

18

42

19

Restigouche-Albert

14.4

420

28

45

14

Quebec

Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-M.

16.9

420

32

45

14

Quebec City

4.6

700

14

36

22

Trois-Rivières

6.6

665

15

38

21

South Central

6.3

665

15

38

21

Sherbrooke

7.7

630

17

40

20

Montérégie

6.3

665

15

38

21

Montreal

8.5

595

18

42

19

Central

6.9

665

15

38

21

Northwestern

9.6

560

20

44

18

Lower-St. Lawr., N. Shore

9.7

560

20

44

18

Hull

6.6

665

15

38

21

Chicoutimi-Jonquière

9.9

560

20

44

18

Ontario

Ottawa

6.9

665

15

38

21

Eastern

8.2

595

18

42

19

Kingston

6.3

665

15

38

21

Central

6.3

665

15

38

21

Oshawa

6.1

665

15

38

21

Toronto

7.5

630

17

40

20

Hamilton

5.4

700

14

36

22

St. Catharines

7.6

630

17

40

20

London

7.3

630

17

40

20

Niagara

8.2

595

18

42

19

Windsor

6.7

665

15

38

21

Kitchener

5.7

700

14

36

22

Huron

7.3

630

17

40

20

South Central

4.7

700

14

36

22

Sudbury

8.6

595

18

42

19

Thunder Bay

7.3

630

17

40

20

Northern

12.5

455

24

45

15

Manitoba

Winnipeg

6.2

665

15

38

21

Southern

7.0

665

15

38

21

Northern

34.0

420

32

45

14

Saskatchewan

Regina

5.0

700

14

36

22

Saskatoon

7.1

630

17

40

20

Southern

7.4

630

17

40

20

Northern

19.9

420

32

45

14

Alberta

Calgary

8.4

595

18

42

19

Edmonton

6.9

665

15

38

21

Northern

12.3

455

24

45

15

Southern

8.2

595

18

42

19

British Columbia

Southern Interior

8.7

595

18

42

19

Abbotsford

7.1

630

17

40

20

Vancouver

6.0

700

14

36

22

Victoria

7.1

630

17

40

20

Southern Coastal

7.0

665

15

38

21

Northern

10.8

525

21

45

17

Territories

Whitehorse

5.9

700

14

36

22

Rest of Yukon

8.3

595

18

42

19

Yellowknife

6.6

665

15

38

21

Rest of NWT

12.4

455

24

45

15

Iqaluit

5.2

700

14

36

22

Rest of Nunavut

21.5

420

32

45

14

Source: Table prepared using data published at: Government of Canada, “EI Program Characteristics for the period of May 08, 2016 to June 11, 2016.”