Up 14.0% yr/yr (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Ottawa, 18 Jul - In May, 464,000 Canadians received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, up 1.9%, or 8,700 people, from April, according to Statistics Canada.

Prior to the increase in May, the number of regular EI recipients had held relatively steady since September 2023, it added.

On a year-over-year basis, the number of regular EI beneficiaries was up by 57,000, or 14.0%, in May.

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