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Where did CERB go in Montreal? Federal data gives most detailed portrait yet
[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]There were 200,270 in the second period, 172,230 in the third, 149,800 in the fourth, 129,510 in the fifth, 118,780 in the sixth, and 103,060 in the final month before a trio of new benefits and a revamped employment insurance system replaced CERB.The figures come from federal data The Canadian Press obtained under the Access to Information Act that provides the most detailed picture yet of where the aid went.The data from Employment and Social Development Canada is broken down by the first three digits of postal codes, known as forward sortation areas (FSAs), to determine the number of active recipients at any time anywhere in the country.The Canadian Press used