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Originally Posted by jaydorn
It varies by region of the country, I guess there's areas of Canada where the maximum amount of time you can collect EI is 45 weeks... Yes just 7 weeks short of an entire year. This is where people get steamed about the seasonal workers who do 8-12 weeks (2-3 months) and collect IE the rest of the year.
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Is actually amazing how short of a period you can work and still collect EI. Its 10.5 weeks at 40 hours per week if the unemployment rate is 13.1% or higher or 17.5 weeks if it is 6% or lower - according to
this site. The fact that you can get up to 45 weeks of benefits if the UI rate is 13.1% or higher is crazy.
Edit: As pointed out below, the 45 weeks of benefits occur after 1330 hours worked, or over 33 weeks of full time work, so that's not nearly so bad.