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 To qualify for EI benefits, a claimant must have worked a certain number of hours of insurable employment during the claimant’s qualifying period. The required number of hours may vary according to the location of the claimant, and the unemployment rate in the region they live in.  The definition of qualifying period is set out in s 8(1) of the ''EI Act''.  This is usually the shorter of either:
-a)	the 52 weeks immediately before the benefit period commences under s 10(1); or Due to Covid-19, if claimants received the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), the 52-week period to accumulate insured hours will be extended. (As of the time of writing, these changes are in effect until September 25, 2021. Please check the CRA website for potential extensions or changes).
+a)	the 52 weeks immediately before the benefit period commences under s 10(1);
 b)	the period that begins on the first day of an immediately preceding benefit period and ends with the end of the week before the beginning of a benefit period under s 10(1).  I.e., the period between the beginning of a prior claim and the beginning of the present claim.