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)
  • hours of operation: 7:00 am to 8:00 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 March 10, 2025.

Definition of average wait time

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

Days Average wait time
Monday March 10, 2025 18 seconds
Tuesday March 11, 2025 9 seconds
Wednesday March 12, 2025 7 seconds
Thursday March 13, 2025 2 seconds
Friday March 14, 2025 18 seconds
Average wait time for the week of March 10, 2025 11 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 March 3 to 7 2 seconds
The week of February 24 to 28 15 seconds
The week of February 17 to 21 19 seconds
The week of February 10 to 14 19 seconds
Monthly average wait times
Months Average wait time
February 2025 15 seconds
January 2025 54 seconds
December 2024 4 minutes
November 2024 3 minutes
October 2024 1 minute
September 2024 3 minutes
August 2024 3 minutes
July 2024 2 minutes
June 2024 53 seconds
May 2024 1 minute
April 2024 5 minutes
March 2024 8 minutes

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