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For EI purposes, British Columbia is divided into six regions: | |||
*a) Southern Interior consisting of Thompson-Nicola, Columbia-Shuswap, Okanagan and Kootenays Regional Districts; | |||
*b) Southern Coastal British Columbia, consisting of Comox-Strathcona, Powell River, Squamish-Lillooet, Fraser Valley, Sunshine Coast, Nanaimo, Alberni-Clayoquot, Cowichan Valley and Capital Regional Districts; | |||
*c) Abbotsford, consisting of Mission and Abbotsford; | |||
*d) Vancouver, consisting of Greater Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey, Delta, Burnaby, Langley, Maple Ridge, Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows and New Westminster; | |||
*e) Victoria, including Saanich, Metchosin, Oak Bay, Sooke and Esquimalt; and | |||
*f) Northern British Columbia. | |||
For more details on the regions, refer to the ''EI Regulations'', Schedule I, s 7. The monthly seasonally adjusted regional rate is available from [http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/71-001-x/2009005/t018-eng.htm Statistics Canada]. | |||
'''NOTE:''' A claimant who does not qualify at the time of his or her application may subsequently qualify if the regional unemployment rate should rise into a higher category. However, the converse does not apply. That is, once a claimant meets the requirements, he or she will not be cut off if the rate subsequently goes down. | |||
'''NOTE:''' The number of hours that an insured person (other than a new or re-entrant to the labour force) needs under s 7 to qualify for benefits is increased to the number shown under s 7.1(1) if one or more violations has occurred in the 260 week period prior to the initial claim (see [[Keeping Out of Trouble on Employment Insurance (8:IX) | Section IX: Keeping Out of Trouble). | |||
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