Employment Insurance Act

Marginal note:Registration

• 138 (1) Every person employed in insurable employment shall be registered with the Commission.

• Marginal note:Register

  (2) The Commission shall maintain a register containing the names of all insured persons registered with the Commission and such other information as it determines is required to identify accurately all persons so registered.

• Marginal note:Social Insurance Number

  (3) The Commission shall assign to each person registered with it a number that is suitable for use as a file number or account number or for data processing purposes and the number so assigned to a person by the Commission under this section is the person’s Social Insurance Number for any purpose for which a Social Insurance Number is required.

• Marginal note:Social Insurance Number card

  (4) The Commission shall issue to each person registered with it a card containing the person’s name and Social Insurance Number.