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Contact the Employer Contact Centre

For more information on Employment Insurance (EI) for employers, please consult EI information for employers.

Not an employer? Consult EI contact information for individuals.

Online

You can use the following online self-service options:

By phone

The Employer Contact Centre's automated service provides specific information on some of Service Canada's employer-related programs and services. It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

During business hours, you can call the Employer Contact Centre to obtain:

We will ask you for the following information when you call:

  • your Business Number (BN), or the BN of the business you are calling about
  • the postal code associated with the BN (as registered with CRA)

Canada and the United States:

  • Toll-free: 1-800-367-5693
  • TTY: 1-855-881-9874

Outside Canada and the United States:

  • 506-546-7569 (collect calls accepted)

Business hours:

  • 7 am to 8 pm, Eastern Time, Monday to Friday

Average wait times

Our service standard is to answer your call within 10 minutes. Please see below our average wait times for the week of August 17, 2026.

Definition of average wait time

This is the average length of time that callers wait in queue before speaking to a representative.

Days Average wait time
Monday, August 17, 2026 2 minutes
Tuesday, August 18, 2026 19 seconds
Wednesday, August 19, 2026 10 seconds
Thursday, August 20, 2026 38 seconds
Friday, August 21, 2026 1 second
Average wait time for the week of August 17, 2026 33 seconds

To resolve your enquiry without waiting to speak to a representative, you may use one of our online self-service options described above.

Weekly average wait times
Weeks Average wait time
The week of August 10 to 14 51 seconds
The week of August 3 to 7 2 minutes
The week of July 27 to 31 2 minutes
The week of July 20 to 24 9 minutes
Monthly average wait times
Months Average wait time
July 2026 3 minutes
June 2026 3 seconds
May 2026 2 seconds
April 2026 2 seconds
March 2026 2 seconds
February 2026 1 second
January 2026 6 seconds
December 2025 20 seconds
November 2025 6 seconds
October 2025 3 seconds
September 2025 5 seconds
August 2025 13 seconds

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