Unemployment Insurance (UI) is now called Employment Insurance (EI). You may be able to get EI benefits from the government if you are unemployed. There are different kinds of EI benefits. This section is about regular unemployment benefits.

There are 5 kinds of EI benefits:

• regular unemployment benefits for people who are looking for work,
• re-employment benefits to help unemployed people return to work,
• sickness benefits for people who are off work because of illness or accident,
• compassionate care benefits for people who must be off work to care for a gravely ill family member or close friend, and
• pregnancy and parental benefits for people who are pregnant or have a new baby or adopted a child.

This Legal Rights Guide covers regular unemployment benefits. It also has a short section about re-employment benefits.