Detailed Key Statistical Measures (KSM) Report - 2016

This report contains detailed Key Statistical Measures (KSMs) supplemental to the Canadian Workers’ Compensation System – Year at a Glance report.

Please note, differences in population, industry mixes, coverage and legislation/policy may affect comparability between jurisdictions. These measures use
standard definitions that may differ from WCB reports. Please contact the WCB directly with any inquiries about an individual jurisdiction.

Claim Measures
Claim Measures CAN NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC NT/NU YT
Claims

1 Claims Reported (#) 42

740,627 13,147 3,913 24,838 17,354 110,274 230,933 36,672 29,587 118,969 149,554 3,736 1,650
2 Total Lost Time Claims (#) 36 32 39
240,682 3,589 1,010 6,087 4,516 68,537 57,368 14,272 8,589 24,380 51,044 826 464
2.1 Lost Time Claims for 37 33
Assessable Employers (#) 218,779 3,298 980 5,594 3,254 67,409 43,386 12,351 8,342 23,630 49,256 815 464
2.2 Lost Time Claims for Self- 37 33 47
Insured Employers (#) 21,903 291 30 493 1,262 1,128 13,982 1,921 247 750 1,788 11 0
Injury Frequency

21 Lost Time Injury Frequency 55 37 34 25

(%) 1.54 1.58 1.44 1.81 1.41 1.80 1.07 2.91 2.11 1.25 2.20 2.03 2.10
Fatalities

3 Fatalities Accepted (#) 5

904 13 2 24 20 217 289 16 31 144 144 1 3
3.1 Fatalities Accepted - 41
Occupational Disease (#) 592 8 1 15 7 137 231 12 17 77 85 0 2
3.2 Fatalities Accepted - Injury 48
(#) 312 5 1 9 13 80 58 4 14 67 59 1 1
Coverage

22 Workforce Covered (%) 56 1 38

(%) 84.38 97.61 98.04 75.40 91.39 92.60 76.24 77.40 71.30 84.36 97.61 97.16 97.32
Duration

18 Average Composite 37 34
Duration of Claim (#) U/A 117.07 74.30 110.32 44.07 U/A N/A 34.16 56.61 65.75 70.90 49.94 30.76
Return to Work

24.1 Claims on Wage-Loss 13,37 13,34 13 13

Benefits after 2 years (%) 3.00 5.40 3.35 5.05 5.75 5.29 2.07 1.17 1.60 2.72 1.30 2.21 2.91
24.2 Claims on Wage-Loss 13,37 13,34 13 13
Benefits after 6 years (%) 1.86 3.72 3.08 4.10 1.96 3.07 1.93 0.65 0.15 1.26 0.66 0.21 0.22
25.1 Percentage of Wage-Loss 37 34 17
Claims off Wage-Loss 60.44 52.59 47.62 49.25 55.98 55.21 72.33 64.10 58.69 59.93 56.00 68.80 63.52
Benefits at 30 days (%)
25.3 Percentage of Wage-Loss 37 34 17
Claims off Wage-Loss 77.66 69.24 65.64 72.66 68.42 72.40 85.16 81.65 73.63 77.75 78.00 78.80 80.90
Benefits at 90 days (%)
Claim Measures CAN NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC NT/NU YT
25.4 Percentage of Wage-Loss 37 34 17
Claims off Wage-Loss 74.50 70.59 78.00 73.68 76.62 87.99 85.63 77.54 83.47 83.00 81.70 83.48
Benefits at 120 days (%)
25.5 Percentage of Wage-Loss 37 34 16
Claims off Wage-Loss 86.73 80.62 76.14 83.14 80.38 82.00 91.18 90.14 84.42 89.12 88.00 86.20 88.63
Benefits at 180 days (%)
25.6 Percentage of Wage-Loss 37 34 17
Claims off Wage-Loss 92.39 89.52 82.67 88.47 89.08 89.89 95.02 94.67 93.55 94.69 92.00 91.70 97.42
Benefits at 360 days (%)
Impairment

19 Average Impairment Rating 7 34 24

(%) (%) 8.93 15.18 6.28 7.93 8.07 10.27 9.92 4.86 7.43 9.71 9.60 9.40 8.56
20 Proportion of Claims 7 37 34
Awarded Impairment 13.28 14.09 20.52 23.94 10.73 26.66 5.97 6.82 6.75 11.22 11.10 13.50 8.09
Benefits (%)

Financial Measures
Financial Measures CAN NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC NT/NU YT
Funding / Investment

14 Market Rate of Return (%) 7

6.70 8.51 9.16 6.70 9.16 7.10 6.30 3.50 7.10 7.30 5.40 4.57 5.60
15 Percentage Funded (%) 54 46
108.70 126.10 159.40 84.10 112.10 109.00 87.90 145.90 133.07 133.76 141.75 110.00 149.80
Admin Costs

8 Administration Costs ($ 29
millions) ($) 1,750.7 34.9 5.7 41.9 29.1 356.4 646.0 66.3 54.4 193.6 289.0 25.2 8.2
IR1 Administration Costs Per 57
$100 of Assessable Payroll 0.30 0.42 0.30 0.40 0.33 0.26 0.38 0.36 0.26 0.19 0.31 0.87 0.74
($)
IR6 Administration Costs per 57 37 32
Lost Time Claim ($) 8,002 10,582 5,865 7,482 8,943 5,287 14,890 5,368 6,521 8,193 5,867 30,870 17,702
OH&S Costs

9 OH&S Costs ($ millions) 23 40

($) 613.9 9.8 1.2 12.4 11.3 181.3 193.0 19.1 24.5 68.0 86.3 4.3 2.8
IR4 OH&S Costs per $100 of
Assessable Payroll ($) 0.11 0.12 0.06 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.11 0.11 0.12 0.07 0.09 0.15 0.25
Assessment Rate

13.1 Actual Average 53 8

Assessment Rate for 1.86 2.20 1.83 2.65 1.12 1.85 2.59 1.25 1.32 1.01 1.63 2.00 1.81
Assessable Employers ($)
13.2 Provisional Average 53 6 30,50
Assessment Rate for 1.83 2.20 1.77 2.65 1.11 1.84 2.46 1.25 1.34 1.02 1.70 2.00 1.85
Assessable Employers ($)
Revenue

10 Assessment Revenue for 45 21

Assessable Employers ($ 10,960.2 173.6 34.8 283.1 97.3 2,541.1 4,785.0 226.6 281.8 994.5 1,465.3 57.0 20.2
millions) ($)
11 Total Premium Revenue ($ 44 21
millions) ($) N/A 183.8 34.8 319.0 212.7 U/A 4,858.0 256.9 281.8 994.5 1,493.8 56.9 20.7
Financial Measures CAN NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC NT/NU YT
Payroll

12 Assessable Payroll ($ 19
billions) ($) 575.5 8.4 1.9 10.5 8.8 139.0 171.6 18.2 20.9 99.8 92.4 2.9 1.1
Benefit Costs

4.1 Current Year Benefit Costs 27 18

($ millions) ($) 5,682.1 82.1 20.8 180.2 125.2 1,743.6 1,335.0 134.8 170.7 785.6 1,065.0 27.8 11.2
6 Benefit Costs Incurred ($ 28 20,9 12 22 43 18
millions) ($) 8,197.1 161.8 20.7 248.5 255.6 2,179.2 2,094.0 148.5 278.6 1,457.7 1,274.2 62.5 15.8
IR2 Current Year Benefit Costs 57
Per $100 of Assessable 0.99 0.98 1.10 1.72 1.42 1.25 0.78 0.74 0.82 0.79 1.15 0.96 1.00
Payroll ($)
IR5 Current Year Average 57 37 32
Benefit Cost per Lost Time 25,972 24,894 21,252 32,211 38,476 25,866 30,770 10,914 20,468 33,246 21,622 34,157 24,152
Claim ($)
Benefit Liabilities

7.1 Benefit Liabilities ($ 35 18

millions) ($) 59,963.8 921.1 145.9 1,737.3 1,107.0 12,644.3 24,300.0 801.6 1,072.6 6,341.7 10,480.8 289.1 122.4
23 Real Rate of Return 3 2 4 14 49 51 26
Assumption (%) (%) N/A 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.75 3.75 2.45 3.42 3.25 2.50 3.00 3.50 3.42
Benefit Payments

5.1 Benefits Paid During the 15 27 18

Year ($ millions) ($) 7,218.0 136.0 23.0 225.7 142.8 2,001.9 2,252.0 156.8 204.1 766.4 1,259.0 36.0 14.3
16 Average Days from Injury 52,34 58 31
to First Payment (#) U/A 33.41 37.29 28.00 35.44 N/A 36.66 24.70 34.94 22.93 27.00 26.50 30.82
17 Average Days from 52,34 58 31 11,10
Registration to First U/A 27.23 29.36 20.00 22.98 N/A 27.60 19.60 26.51 19.52 20.70 10.10 27.14
Payment (#)

(Extracted on: 5/8/2021 6:07:14 PM)

Important Note to Readers:
Differences in population, industry mixes, coverage and legislation/policy may affect comparability between jurisdictions. These measures use standard definitions that may
differ from WCB reports. Please contact the WCB directly with any inquiries about an individual jurisdiction.
Source: Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada, Key Statistical Measures (www.awcbc.org)
Please find footnotes on the next page
Footnotes______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ID Text
1 2014 Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates are based on 2006 Census population estimates, whereas years prior to 2011 were based on 2001 Census population
estimates.
2 A real rate of 3.0% is used to discount supplementary benefits, 4.75% is used to discount LTD and survivor pensions, 1.75% is used to discount medical aid and a real
rate of 3.5% is used for rehabilitation and non-income benefits.
3 A real rate of 4.26% is used in the first year following valuation with respect to CPI-Indexed benefits (2014-4.62%)
4 A real rate of 4.61% is used in the first year following valuation with respect to fully indexed benefits (STD & rehabilitation benefits, LTD and survivor pensions). Health
Care costs are discounted at a real rate of 0.79%.
5 Accepted Fatalities excludes Pre-1990 100% Permanent Disability Pension Fatalities.
6 All rate group rates remain unchanged from 2013 to 2016 (except for Rate Group 845 “Government and Related Services” that had a rate increase in 2015 due to
expanded coverage for presumptive legislation for firefighters).
7 Arithmetic average. Weighted average unavailable due to lack of data in some areas.
8 Based on amounts reported in KSM for Assessment Revenue for Assessable Employers and Assessable Payroll for Assessable Employers.
9 Difference due to changes in actuarial valuation of benefit liabilities. Change in actuarial valuation of benefit liabilities reflects the impact of the legislative amendment
for post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”) and the strengthening of valuation assumptions and methodologies, partially offset by the continuation of favorable
experience results.
10 Does not exclude appeals.
11 Does not exclude payments made to employers.
12 Does not include any provision for future payments of claims relating to self-insurers, as they are a liability of the self-insurers.
13 Does not include cases involving permanent economic loss payments.
14 Except for the year following the valuation where 4.54% is used
15 Excludes $56M in LRI contributions and claim administration costs.
16 Excludes claims from KSM #2 for which no days were paid
17 Excludes claims from KSM #2 for which no days were paid.
18 Excludes estimated admin costs.
19 Excludes insured payroll not reported.
20 Excludes self-insured employers.
21 Excludes Surplus Distribution.
22 Figure revised to exclude self-insured portion.
23 Figures in 9.7 Other represent SAFE Work Manitoba Program Costs and WCB Sponsorships
24 Focused health care, combined with consistent assessment and application of policy has led to a notable reduction in the average PI percentage awarded.
25 For injury frequency and workforce covered calculations, NT/NU uses SEPH data, which are 3% to 6% lower than labour force data. This methodology results in the
injury frequency being overestimated due to the characteristics of the data.
26 For medical benefits, the net discount rate is 0.95%.
27 Health Care and Vocational Rehab are included in this figure.
28 In 2012, Occupational Disease liability was recorded for the first time.
29 In 2013, IAS 19 was adopted by WSIB.
30 Includes a provision for CHOICES rebates.
31 Includes employer paid claims
32 NB has a 3 day waiting period therefore, the number of lost time claims listed in this report may not reflect every lost time injury for this province. NB accepted 5,698
lost-time claims (including day of accident) in total in 2016.
33 NB has a 3 day waiting period therefore, the number of lost time claims listed in this report may not reflect every lost time injury for this province. NB accepted 5,698
lost-time claims (including day of accident) in total in 2016.
34 NB has a waiting period. This measure has been restated to include the claims with a waiting period. The total number of lost time claims for 2016 is 5852. The
number of waiting period claims included is 1528.
35 NB includes the future expense of administering claims in the Benefit Costs Incurred (KSM #6) and Total Benefit Liabilities (KSM #7).
36 NS has a 2 day waiting period therefore, the number of lost time claims listed in this report may not reflect every lost time injury for this province. The total number of
lost-time claims published in the WCB of Nova Scotia's 2016 annual report is 5,847. This annual report figure does not include permanent disability claims.
37 NS has a 2 day waiting period therefore, the number of lost time claims listed in this report may not reflect every lost time injury for this province. The total number of
lost-time claims published in the WCB of Nova Scotia's 2016 annual report is 5,847. This annual report figure does not include permanent disability claims.
38 NT/NU allows self-employed individuals with no assessable payroll to opt out of personal coverage, should they so choose.
39 On December 6, 2016, the WSIB’s Accounts and Claims Enterprise System (ACES) was fully implemented. ACES is our modernized, integrated solution for
administering employer accounts and managing worker claims. The implementation of our new system is improving our ability to respond to customers’ needs. In
addition, our eAdjudication processes are facilitating faster eligibility decisions and earlier interventions for recovery and return to work. We discovered that some
limited-entitlement cases which should have been coded as no lost time claims have, in fact, been coded as lost time through the adjudication process. Limited-
entitlement claims are claims where health care benefits are granted but loss of earnings benefits are not because appropriate modified work was available. To ensure
clarity and accuracy in future reporting, we have corrected our claims coding for 2017. Most observable for 2016 is an increase in the lost time injury rate and allowed
lost time injuries, but a decrease in the no lost time injury rate and no lost time injuries. These nuances should be taken into consideration when using the 2016 Non-
Financial KSMs.
40 Other category includes funding for the Workers Advocate.
41 Prescribed cancer legislation allowing coverage of firefighter presumptive occupational disease claims are included - Cancers in Firefighters and Fire Investigators
Legislation (Policy 23-02-01).
42 Program for Exposure Incident Reporting (PEIR) and amalgamated claims are excluded.
43 Rehabilitation is included in this number.
44 Schedule 2 revenue represents administration fees and KSM #10 before bad debt. Since 2013, Safety Groups classified as funding commitments rather than revenue.
45 Since 2013, Safety Groups are classified as funding commitments rather than revenue. Bad debt is classified as administrative expense.
46 The percentage funded for rate setting purposes is 114.5%. It corresponds to the ratio of assets to liabilities excluding latent occupational diseases yet to be reported.
47 There may be a small number of self-insured claims for the Government of Yukon. These numbers are too small to identify and break out separately for the KSM
submission.
48 This KSM will not match By the Numbers (BTN) as the traumatic fatality count in BTN is by year of death, whereas this KSM represents traumatic fatalities by year
accepted, regardless of year of death.
49 To discount partially indexed benefits other than health care costs, a real rate of 3.47% for 2017 payments and 2.45% for 2018 and later are used.
50 Variance to actual due to definitional differences, etc.
51 Wage growth is 3.25% (1% over assumed inflation rate of 2.25%) and increase in health care costs is 5.25% (3.00% over assumed inflation rate of 2.25%).
52 Waiting period claims are not captured in this measure because they never received a loss of earning payment.
53 Weighted average calculated as follows: The sum of all jurisdictional assessment revenue, calculated by multiplying the Average Assessment Rate (KSM #13) by $100
of assessable payroll (KSM #12/100), divided by the sum, for all jurisdictions, of $100 of assessable payroll (KSM #12/100).
54 Weighted average calculated as follows: The sum of the estimated jurisdictional assets divided by the sum of the total jurisdictional benefits liabilities for assessable
employers ($M) (KSM #7) expressed as a percentage, where est. assets (in $M) are calculated by multiplying the total benefits liability for assessable employers ($M)
(KSM #7) by the percentage funded (KSM #15).
55 Weighted average is calculated as follows: Total number of lost-time claims for assessable employers (KSM #2.1) divided by the total of the estimated number of
workers of assessable employers (estimated by dividing KSM #2.1 by KSM #21).
56 Weighted average is calculated as follows: Total number of workers covered divided by total Employed Labour Force. Total number of workers covered is the sum, over
all jurisdictions, of the % of workforce covered (KSM #22) multiplied by the Employed Labour Force.
57 Weighted Average.
58 WSIB issues payments approximately 2 weeks following the initial entitlement date.